by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Safety, Marketing, Mobile Dating
OKCupid Asking About Background Checks: By asking members questions about background checks, OkCupid can effectively poll people without seeming too much like an intrusive survey. Interestingly enough, this question appeared right after I was asked how freaky I am....
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research, Mobile Dating
Employing over 95 full time staff with annualised revenues in excess of £30million, Global Personals (White Label Dating), co-founders Ross Williams and Steve Pammenter reflect on the company’s journey to becoming one of the fastest growing companies in the UK...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups
I came across Patriot Dating, a great niche site to either embrace, or avoid, depending on your geo-political perspective. I can’t imagine talking about love of country on a first date, but still, an untapped (until now) market. Redemption clock for eHarmony is...
by David Evans | Marketing
Haven’t done this most basic of searches in a while. Search results Google for the phrase “dating sites”. I love how Datehookup is the number one organic search result. DH has 1.5 million members, is the largest dating site you’ve never heard...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing
Years ago, back in the wild-west days of Facebook, companies like Zoosk and Are You Interested were able to grow like weeds by taking advantage of Facebook’s then quite lax approach at allowing viral marketing on people’s walls. Over time, Facebook clamped...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events
Check out the eAmore conference videos, great if you were unable to attend or want to refresh your memory. Eamore participants Luv@FirstTweet are having a Feedback Forum Wednesday Aug 24th at 6:30PM at Creative Cloud Inc. at 160 Varick Street, Floor 12 (10 Hudson St),...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing, Online Dating Industry
Bravo Partners With OkCupid—It’s a Match: To promote its new show “Most Eligible Dallas”, which follows a group of attractive singles (including a couple NFL players) as they navigate the Texas dating scene, Bravo teamed up with online dating site OkCupid to...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Safety, Dating Sites & Startups, Legal
DuoDater is a new Dating Website For Double Dates. At first glance this seems like a great idea but do do you really want to get into your personal history, dating nightmares and other personal topics in front of two complete strangers? The founder says sites like...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Site Features, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Industry
eHarmony Premier launches, looks like they are pushing for one-time payment of $503.40. eHarmony has a lot of membership options these days. eHarmony also has a new CEO. Former Zynga general manager (Farmville) Jeremy Verba has jumped ship to helm the expanding dating...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events
The inaugural eAmore NYC newsletter is out. Check out the interview with a HowAboutWe investor RRE; eAmore NYC Innovation Summit video, pix, & reviews; next eAmore survey; B2C and B2B free video of the entire evening as well as promos and announcements about the...