by David Evans | Audio & Video
I came across a service called Hello my number is. HELLOmynumberis.com is a fun new way to meet people! The process is simple. All you need to do is signup for an account, generate some Tag Numbers, and then anonymously give the Tag Numbers out to people you would...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
Iovation has several videos out that describe how their anti-fraud device fingerprinting technology can benefit various online constituencies.Financial Services: http://www.iovation.com/videos/fin_video.html Online Communities:...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
At TechCrunch 50 a number of prominent Angel investors have shared a wealth of information about how to raise funds in today’s business climate. Anyone even remotely considering raising money for a dating service needs to read Angel Investors Say Now Is Their...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing
Converting a free dating site to paid subscriptions usually results in horrendous attrition rates. Jott, which converts speech to email on my iPhone (and web of course), recently made the changeover from free beta to paid. The email to users was well crafted, gave us...
by David Evans | Marketing
Speaking of social media, no one can avoid Online Booty Call now that they’re on Twitter. Funny updates, good engagement of followers and not spamming. Nice job guys.
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
Dear dating sites, Your profiles are stale because you make it difficult for people to update them. I can update my social network status from Twitter, Firefox, myriad desktop clients, Flash apps and every mobile phone but I have to go through a 10 step process to...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching
Tech Crunch 50 is today. Practically everyone who matters in the Internet space is there. Why should you care? If you’re a dating site executive, you are are probably focused on driving traffic and conversion rates. But do you ever actually stop and think about...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
WhiteLabelDating.com is migrating their server from Rackspace to Peer1 in Atlanta this Thursday. As a result, customers should benefit from faster, brand new hardware all running the latest software, faster file storage, databases, web servers, firewalls and load...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Safety, Profiles & Matching
Online Dating Insider sponsor HonestyOnline is now providing identify verification to speed dating services. FastLife.com, the world’s largest speed dating service, has partnered with Honestly Online Inc. to launch Prestige Speed Dating, designed exclusively for...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Every week I receive emails from dating site startups about how to get funded. Traditional VC’s have traditionally avoided the dating space, most investments come from single angel investors or angel syndicates. The problem has been how to find angels who are...