sign up for the newsletter
Newsletter signup: Stay on top of breaking news by adding your email address to our low volume email list (2-3 special alerts a month on average). You will also start receiving the weekly digest-style version containing the top stories of the week, special features...Valentines Day marketing
I received another TRUE Valentine’s Day marketing email. I don’t usually comment on every ad I see but this one caused me to pause. Titillating to say the least. I would have expected them to take the high road with the tone of their ads instead of going...eHarmony background
From a Bella Online: …They had secured a few financial grants to help get them started and had lined up investors to help them afford the initial launch costs. The equipment and technology alone for eHarmony web site cost more than $3.1 million. They had no...Interview with SpringStreet Networks
Today I had the opportunity to spend some time on the phone with Barry Kallander, the CEO of SpringStreet Networks. In recent months the speculation surrounding the potential sale of the Nerve.com spinoff have resulted in quite a few erroneous rumors flying around and...2001 EU online dating research
This report is for historical purposes only. MatchNet with a $17M market cap, $8 million in cash on hand. Match (TicketMaster!) has 3M members when it acquired oneandonly.com and Matchmaker had 45% growth numbers. A testatment to the speed this industry has expanded,...Xbox- the next eHarmony?
According to this story from xbox.com two Xbox live gamers playing Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon have hooked up for more than a gaming session and now they have a baby together. An isolated incident, but it makes you wonder about the matchmaking capabilities of...SITRAS builds legislation coalition
As part of it’s ongoing efforts to remain relevant to to dating industry, last week SITRAS held a conference call with several major online dating site executives. From what I’ve heard, the topic of the call was to enlist dating sites to, among other...Online Dating Insider Boston dinner
Since iDate, a number of you have expressed interest in getting together informally to continue conversations started by the pool in Miami. Until I started attending conferences, I had no idea how many online and offline dating and social networking industry players...Interesting note from Match. Word
Interesting note from Match. Word on the street is that they will implement an optional background check in the next 60-90 days
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
@datinginsider
