by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
This just in from the Yahoo PR machine: Ask Desiree is a new portal with tons of great dating tips, polls and features. “Ask Desiree� allows singles to “ping� their dating questions to Desiree, check out fresh date activities and get advice on how to spiff up...
by David Evans | Marketing
As the reputation and identity management market continues to heat up, last week’s press release from iKarma made my head spin trying to figure out the core message. The press release is a perfect example of trying to say too many things and ending up...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
The New York Times article about Myspace is causing quite the commotion. The Social Software Weblog mentions the Tim O’Reilly post about 100,000 people making friends with the Wendy’s hamburger. If corporations are going to pony up $35k so I can put a hot...
by David Evans | Marketing
Adrants sez that in a recent study on an internet advertising campaign for Panasonic found that: Behavioral targeting identified and reached 50.3 percent more imminent buyers of Panasonic plasma TV’s than contextual targeting. The study, by Next Century Media...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
Ad Age on talks about singles flocking to Myspace from Match.com. The novelty has worn off and dating sites have not stepped up to the plate with new features to keep up with consumers. BindMindFind and $200 couple’s therapy do not a healthy industry make....
by David Evans | Marketing
I personally don’t pay much attention to dating and social networking site rankings. I leave that to Hitwise and Comscore. It’s Yahoo, Match, Eharmony, Spark and Friendfinder in the US. Everyone else is fighting for the free and niche eyeballs. For sure,...