Online Dating Industry Update 12-9-12
That’s One Way To Do It: Every once in a while a single person gets tired of online dating and decides to go big and buy a billboard. This one is somewhere in San Diego. IAC Says No Plan To Bid For Cupid: Surprised they even mentioned they weren’t...Announcing The Matchmaker Survey
The Matchmaking Institute is conducting an industry survey of 2,500 matchmakers in the United States and Canada. This survey will be published this February – and each February thereafter, as part of an industry fact sheet and resource for the media. Full...Cue Flying Pigs, AARP Partners With HowAboutWe
Years ago I sat poolside in Miami talking to a few dating site owners. The topic turned to the over-50 baby-boomers and each and every site owner in attendance was salivating at the thought of partnering with AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). One after...Dating Industry News 12-3-12
This is the best newsletter ever written by a dating site, thanks social dating site Hinge. At Business Insider’s IGNITION conference in New York last Tuesday, OkCupid cofounder Sam Yagan talked about How OkCupid Uses Data. At the beginning they didn’t...New Mobile Dating Apps, EU Dating Market Studies, Cuddling For Cash
Startup of the week: Banjo brings friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram together, by location (and it’s awesome). Via VentureBeat. This is a must-read article for anyone doing a mobile dating app. Banjo is going on my home screen right now. The folks...Online Dating Industry News For 11-19-12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCLzXXYR5e0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtI8FzuOTjc&noredirect=1 Two great great dating site videos. “There’s something you should know about Jen, she voted for Dennis Kucinich”, Ha! Great marketing piece to...Facebook Relationship Prediction Algorithm Challenges Dating Industry Efforts
Facebook is able to predict with great accuracy the probability for two people exchanging casually on the network to become romantically involved, says Frederic Filloux, writing in Monday Note about how Big Data can change the economics of digital publishing. The...Tool & Services For Starting A Dating Site
Here are a number of resources for anyone starting or running a dating site. I’m compiling a comprehensive list that I’ll probably make available to clients and people who join my dating site startups email list. More coming on this soon. CrazyCTR boosts...Mindblowing Futuristic First Date Scenario
Dating site executives, investors and the media often ask me what I think the future of online dating will look like. My usual response is that the 30th generation of Match Synapse will include DNA and genetic testing, full credit card report analysis, behavioral and...
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