by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
By now you’ve probably gone and checked out Engage. If you haven’t, you should go see what up at the latest entrant into the online introduction space. While I was surfing my RSS newsreader today (1097 unread posts!) I stopped over at SiliconBeat where I...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Looks like Webdate stripped all the ads out of their site and relaunched a completely new site. They also launched a 1 800 line at $1.99/minute. The similarities to Lavalife are there, perhaps using the site as a loss leader to drive people to the telephone? Perhaps...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
I am so happy that she responded! Turns out she “like active rest” and “periodically I am engaged By sports for maintenance of a body.” I particularly enjoyed her open line “The computer in a service Acquaintances found to me some...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
I’m working on a few items related to dating site spam. While I put things together, here s my current favorite opening line from Russian Brides. “hi, I very much liked your structure and me more…” I’ve received 25 emails like this on...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
I just saw a commercial for yet another movie with a theme centered around online dating. It’s clear that a few savy dating sites have made deep inroads into Hollywood. Obviously the product placement bug has hit the dating industry, PerfectMatch is prominently...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Fairfax, publisher of the The Sydney Morning Herald, today said it had bought the privately owned online dating service RSVP.com.au for a whopping $38.92 million ($29M USD). Fairfax group executive Alan Revell said RSVP had solid revenue growth, high margins and...