by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Mobile Dating, Social: Dating & Networking
Massive link-dump and some videos, enjoy. When is HowAboutWe going to do a deal with Foursquare? Check-in, rich location data and a slick recommendation service. SimpleWash will help you purge your Facebook account of content that single people, employers and mom may...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Business Insider article I contributed to: Facebook’s Graph Search Would Make Online Dating Unbearably Awkward. Couple of choice quotes. Sam Yagan, CEO of both OkCupid & Match.com said, “I used graph search and it showed me people who meet my criteria...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups, Profiles & Matching, Social: Dating & Networking
Social dating and discovery in its current format is based on a wobbly foundation of media spin, investors (both gullible and heroic) and the reality that singles are tired of the decade-old dating site model. The dating industry needed a swift kick in the pants, and...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Brian Bowman at LikeIt has a great post on TechCrunch, Facebook Is Primed To Disrupt Online Dating. Brian made some solid points and there are a few things I disagree with, so let’s dive in, shall we? Brian sets the tone of the article right up front....
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events, Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Research, Dating Safety, Dating Site Features, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Industry, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking, Uncategorized
It was great to see everyone at Online Dating Summit in Miami! Met a lot of readers from EU and AU as well as key players at top US dating sites. Many people were fried after Affiliate Summit in Vegas. My keynote presentation is at http://slidesha.re/WUcGU5 Sign up...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Matchmaking, Social: Dating & Networking
Facebook had an invite-only press event today and boy did they deliver. Facebook announced a feature so stunning and ridiculous and crazy and amazing that it could quite possibly render wide swaths of various industry to waste. One things is for sure, the dating...