by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
A nice Boston Marathon yesterday, capping off a great weekend. After shedding it’s dating businesses, Think Partnerships is out of the dating game. To celebrate, they went out and bought IceRocket, a blog search engine. IceRocket is owned by Mark Cuban, owner of...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Not much happening in the dating world this week, the perfect time for me to take a few days off blogging and focus on other things.
by David Evans | Dating Research
This new home for this page is here. Before you spend anywhere from $1,500 to upwards of $50,000 on a matchmaker or traditional dating service you owe it to yourself to be as well-informed as possible. The first step is being aware of all your options. There are many...
by David Evans | Dating Research
This new home for this page is here. John LaRosa of Marketdata publishes the only in-depth study of “The U.S. Dating Services Market.” His newest addition, dated April 2006, is now available. I’ve sold a lot of the last version to everyone from...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Userplane sent out new stats for their communications suite. (Userplane is a long-time sponsor of ODI). 40 million, 60 million live conversations between users in 20 countries each month. The company is adding 5,000 new communities to its roster each week Ad network...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Found this on Craigslist, company is trying to compete with Eharmony. I just got off the phone with Eharmony’s PR firm, expect more info on the status of the company shortly. COMPANY DESCRIPTION: LoveEnsureâ„¢ (Relationship Technologies LLC): LoveEnsureâ„¢ is a...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Relationship Exchange emailed their partners last week about a new service called MyDatingPro. RE partners have until April 7 to decline having MDP promoted to their members. Talk about a sketchy opt-out program, they are even making partners mail physical letters....
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Jaynie M. Studenmund, President and Chief Executive Officer, has stepped down after less than three months on the job. Previously she was the COO. Board member Gregory Waldorf has assumed the role of chief executive officer. Studenmund will retain her position on the...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
The Internet Stock Blog has the transcript for the Think Partnership Inc. Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript. Technorati Tags: think+partnership
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Innovate Don’t Imitate: Read this while reading GigaOM about all of the VOIP clients being dusted off/launched to compete with Skype. Competition is good for innovation. Dating sites, are you listening? SkypeWeb mentions Verbdate again. Verbdate uses Skype to...