by David Evans | Uncategorized
Its the Friday before Valentine’s Day. I have done so many media interviews that every time the phone rings I pick up and start reciting industry stats. Speaking of phones, new Verizon iPhone in the house. I dropped a call with Match yesterday, three times. When...
by David Evans | Dating Research
American Express called to discuss the results of their Valentine’s Day survey. These stats are as juicy as yesterday’s Men’s Health survey. When asked about spending on dating year-round among singles. They survey found: Nearly one-third of singles...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Dating Site Technology
The recent spate of dating site hack attacks shows no signs up letting up anytime soon. From Krebs on Security’s eHarmony Hacked, which done a nice job covering the recent dating site hacks: Online dating giant eHarmony has begun urging many users to change...
by David Evans | Dating Research
The week before Valentine’s Day is chock-full of polls, surveys and a hundred press releases all beginning with “Because Valentine’s Day is around the corner. This survey from Men’s Health caught my attention. Any press release that begins with...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
As more and more people subscribe to dating sites, buy freemium upgrades and virtual goods, having a comprehensive billing system in place thats tied into the dating site sales funnel is more important than ever. Especially when it comes to re-billing at the end of a...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
I do focus groups every once in a while. I’m opinionated, like to talk and a week’s worth of beer money for an hour drawing pictures on cereal boxes and responding to branding firm test names for businesses is fun and often fascinating. Receive today:...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
LifeStyles Condoms undergo rigorous quality control tests at every point of the manufacturing process to ensure that condoms meet worldwide requirements. As far as I’m concerned they can’t test them...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
Writing a dating site profiles is a huge turnoff for most people. Being asked to fill out a dating site profile usually gets a reaction similar to being told of an impending trip to the dentist. Because its almost Valentine’s Day, a new study came out this week...
by David Evans | Marketing
I seriously thought this was a spoof but its true, Spark Networks (owners of JDate) just launched JPicks – a Groupon style site for Jewish people. You may be thinking to yourself, “Oy vey, enough with all these daily deal sites. Why do we need another one?” So,...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Over the years I’ve been on a few tv pilots and documentaries. Its part and parcel for being a blogger and the only “analyst” covering the multi-billion dollar dating industry. I was in a dating documentary a few years ago. Seeking Happily Ever...