by David Evans | Dating Safety, Marketing, Mobile Dating
I love love love HowAboutWe’s Flash Contest from March (lag, I know!). No question, the HowAboutWe marketing department runs circles around the rest of the online dating industry and their goofy 20-something’s blog is pretty awesome (says the older guy who...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Marketing, Mobile Dating
Big news, social discovery/dating site Badoo is on track to hit 150 million users today. Corporate communications at Badoo told me that they attribute the 150,000 daily new users in part to mobile and US growth, specifically. Thirty-five million active users per month...
by David Evans | Marketing
Its amazing how many dating sites don’t take the time to write a blog or post up social media content. For all the grief I give HowAboutWe on the premise of their business model, their blog kicks the cr@p out of just about every other dating site blog (I...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events, Marketing
For those of you who were unable to attend eAmore last night, here’s another dating industry event for you. The main conference days (3 & 4 March) are fully orientated to bringing you more traffic. The goal is to create a dynamic business atmosphere in which...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Research, Marketing, Online Dating Industry, Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching
Today’s New York Times has an article about The Dubious Science of Online Dating. While I was reading it, Markus Frind, founder of Plentyoffish (recently rebranded as POF), sent me ELI J. FINKEL AND BENJAMIN R. KARNEY are wrong at least when it comes to POF....
by David Evans | Marketing
A few years ago I was in New York City visiting friends, clients and family. After a long day of meetings with clients, visiting OkCupid and a few other dating site offices, I was thirsty and in need of good company. Thankfully, I ended up meeting Sherri Langburt for...