E-help from Econfidant
Ever since Jim Safka at Match.com said the number one demand from members was help with online dating, several companies have emerged to provide dating advice. We have videos from Dr. Phil, live coaching from any number of people and now for $19.99 a month Econfidant...Love@AOL Valentine’s Day Survey
Hightlights and lowlights: 76% of singles nationwide who use Internet dating sites have met someone special. You have got to be kidding me. The survey found that 16% of singles met their last date online, besting more traditional meeting places like work (15%), bars...Google to Buy Friendster?
Rumor Alert: Silicon Beat has news on rumor that Google may buy Friendster. Goodle offered $30 million for friendster in 2003. Current asking price is less than $5 million. This comes on the tail of recent rumors that Kleiner Perkins put another $5-12 million into...Rocketboom Temporary Matchmaker
Many hip chain stores are putting up temporary locations in old burned out or abandoned building. Bring in $100,000 worth of inventory, string up a few lights and post some creative signs and sit back while the press eats it up and and customers mob the makeshift...Valentine Day Surveys
I’ve received a ton of Valentine’s Day survey’s. It’s interesting that the only time most dating sites tend to do these survey’s at Valentine’s Day. Do dating sites gain more paying customers during this pre V-day time period? I...Online Dating Targeted Discounting Strategies
Nate Elliot at Jupiter Research has come up with an interesting concept for online dating sites called targeted discounting strategies. This is a concept worth serious deliberation and consideration. Before going into pricing strategies, it’s important to...Thoughts on Jupiter and GMI Research
A few people were nice enough to provide a copy of their iDate presentations, check the left sidebar and keep them coming. I would like to post copies of the traffic/stats presentations. I looked that the Jupiter Research report and the GMI poll briefly this week. As...Yahoo Shows No Love For Mac Users
Spent a few minutes revising my profile at Yahoo because change is good. I went to upload a few new photos, and the photo upload feature was b0rked. Missing preview page, unable to upload multiple photos simultaneously and now all of a sudden in Firefox the upload...Anonymous Calling, Background checks = FUD
I was reading an interview with Phonematrix’s CEO. Phonematrix is the latest of a long line of companies trying to sell anonymous calling to the dating industry. I’ve also heard from several background check companies “excited at the positive...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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