Match.com expands its influence!
16:09:00 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
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Match.com, an operating business of IAC announced today the successful completion of its acquisition of eDodo in China and Netclub in France. These two acquisitions are consistent with the continued aggressive global expansion plans for Match.com in 2007.
Match.com is coming off a record year, with revenue of $311.2 million, a 25% increase from 2005. An increase in international paid subscribers and continued development of global markets contributed greatly to the Company's success in 2006, with the most notable development in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. Match.com currently operates more than 35 local country sites in 15 languages, and the company's reach spans six continents.
New Age Community goes online!
17:49:31 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
Recently launched website, Newageconnections.com, provides an exciting new conscious dating and community website created for the new age culture.
The new age community is rapidly growing and has been made popular by such names as Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsch, and many more.
New Age Connections is the online dating service and community for those who share interests in new age thought, spirituality, metaphysical beliefs, conscious living, alternative health, yoga, green living and sustainable culture, and progressive social change.
French looking for love online. Recent survey!
02:20:10 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
The French already have Paris and the language of love and a new study shows they are among the highest users of online personal sites.
They had the highest proportion of Internet users visiting the sites in December last year, followed by Britain and the United States, according to comScore Networks, a global Internet research firm.
"The French might have a more flirty and upfront behavior, so maybe that's part of it," Bob Ivins, managing director for comScore Europe said in an interview.
BRIDES should consider travelling to their wedding in a taxi, wearing a second-hand wedding dress and asking guests to bring a bottle to the reception, according to the Church of England.
A new guide being used by the Church encourages couples to reject the costly culture surrounding weddings and embrace a more simplistic approach. It also offers tips on how to create an environmentally-friendly ceremony and reception. (information source living.scotsman.com)
I personally think that every person should decide on his/her own how to celebrate that wondreful day. Some people do choose simple clothes, others like expensive and beautiful items. Though it's funny that a chirch makes such a plea ;)
How can we advertise our Dating Site Offline?
02:39:36 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
Offline Advertising is rarely used by Dating Sites Owners to promote their communities. Though Free Dating Sites need that more then others.
Here are the reasons:
1) you need to widen a database
2) online advertising can be expensive and not very resultative. And the budgets are usually tight when you start a Free Dating Site
3) free dating sites need to attract people from a certain offline community
So as the goals are clear we can think about possible ways of offline marketing. Of course, Mass media is a great source and you can place your ads in newspapers, on radio, on TV. If you plan to cover a larger audience area I think radio will be the best source because:
You and your Dating Business on Holiday! Stay Organized while travelling!
04:24:38 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
People who run their own business are usually very busy and they don't have time to rest. This also conserns Online Dating Business owners because they are able to work from everywhere. Usually they need only a phone and a laptop. But they do need to go on holiday sometimes.
To help small business owners make the most of their business travel, Winston partnered with Office Depot offers these tips for organizing your busy travel schedule:
* Ban Briefcase Build-Up: Your briefcase should be a mode of transport, not a long-term storage facility. To help keep your briefcase or tote clutter-free, get into the habit of keeping your briefcase open by your desk to receive nightly "homework," such as papers to read and documents to edit. The following morning, spend a few minutes going through the papers and folders.
New bicultural community online!
01:29:38 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
February 14, 2007-Aiming to make love bloom across the world this Valentine's Day, Quepasa Corporation (Nasdaq:QPSA), owner of Quepasa.com, the world's largest bicultural, Hispanic Internet community, has acquired Corazones.com, one of the leading online dating sites in the U.S. and Latin America. The match-up of these two means Cupid's arrow now has a more powerful global flight across the online dating world.
According to U.S. News & World Report, in the U.S. alone, more than 40 million Americans have turned to the Internet to find the love of their lives. The marriage between Quepasa, the nation's fastest-growing social network, and Corazones.com, one of the best-known Hispanic dating sites, enables love connections to be made the world over. Quepasa Corporation acquired Corazones.com from DNI Holdings LLC.
Is it time to go out to Asian markets?
02:57:16 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
SHANGHAI -Top U.S. online matchmakers - among them popular eHarmony and Match.com -- are hoping to hook up with Chinese partners to promote Web dating services, in an effort to explore new profit streams in emerging markets.
Private equity and technology sources said on Wednesday that Match.com, owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp, has already secured Love21CN.com, one of China's biggest online dating service providers, as its main target for a potential stake purchase or business partnership.
A group of senior executives from Match.com's headquarters in Dallas, Texas, already paid a formal visit to Love21CN.com late last year and expressed interest in cooperating with the Chinese Web site, the sources said.
Pilot Group supports ChronoPay’s payment solutions!
23:56:37 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
February 1, 2007
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – The USA and Russia based Pilot Group has chosen ChronoPay’s payment solutions to be integrated into their e-business solutions – Dating Pro Software, eLMs Pro Software, and Roommate Software. It is planned to add it into other solutions in the future. Pilot Group customers are now able to easily connect to ChronoPay’s online payment platform, though which they are able to offer all popular payment methods to their customers.
Pilot Group is a rapidly growing international company with over 7 years software development experience, worldwide clientele, and the team of IT professionals. Clients from the USA, Holland, Germany, and Russia have acknowledged their competence and expertise. PilotGroup is experienced in web development, game development, software development and graphic design.
Online dating business carnival - February 15, 2007
01:57:28 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Articles
Welcome to the February 15, 2007 edition of online dating business carnival.
Dating Tips
David Maister presents Relationships and Romance posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, "Learn how to improve all of your relationships with the 6 Rules of Romance."
Andrew Schultz presents Win The Women! Five Tips For A Successful Date | Andrew-Schultz.com posted at Andrew-Schultz.com, saying, "This article highlights some of the biggest mistakes a man can make on the first date, and gives great advice on how to avoid making them."
Shamelle presents How To Easily (and Lazily!) Make Your Loved One Feel Special posted at Enhance Life.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of online dating business carnival using our carnival submission form.
Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Give your appraisal of this Dating Blog!
23:47:01 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
I am glad to welcome you again in our Dating Blog. I greet all our constant subscribers and every newcomer. All this time I have been trying to choose and publish the best articles devoted to Dating Themes and was extremely excited when you posted your comments or emailed my your feedbacks.
Who knows better than You what's most interesting, necessary, and useful for you. Therefore, you have an opportunity now to express your opinion on blog categories and themes you are interested in, articles you would like to read, additions you would like to make, etc.
We are always open for Your suggestions, commentaries, and appraisal. Help us make this Blog more interesting and useful for You. GIVE YOUR APPRAISAL!
There you can also specify the theme you're interested in and wish me to discover. I'll be glad to answer you with my future blog posts.
European Dating Site - challenge and opportunity!
01:29:33 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, has found that the US online dating market continues to grow, but faces a stagnation in the number of users paying for access. Detailed in a new report "Online Dating in 2007: US Market Searches for New Users as European Market Challenges US Dominance", JupiterResearch has also found that European online dating sites are attracting new users and will double revenues from 243 million euros in 2006 to 549 million euros in 2011.
As Nate Elliott, Senior Analyst at JupiterResearch and lead author of the report says, athough US dating sites are converting browsers into payers better than ever before, they’ll have to offer additional paid services to existing customers, and tap into new user segments, to reignite significant market growth.
How to overcome "purchasing obstacles" at your Dating Site?
00:01:22 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
Starting Online Dating Business is always a stress as it requires a lot of effort to promote your Dating Site and to stand out in the crowd. But actually all starts with a Software which will be the basis for your future Online Dating Site.
Denise O'Berry, an entrepreneur who quickly built her own successful consulting business, writes about "purchasing obstacles" that prevent people ordering online. This concerns not only products but services. As Online Dating is initialy a service we can use her advice in Online Dating Business.
I have transferred them into Online Dating specialities. Here's what I've got:
1. Make an easy to use interface. Less time to reach the members and features of your Dating Site. Usually people stay at the site for a few seconds before they decide to go away or go on with exploration.
Tips that drive you to a successful Online Dating Business!
10:37:47 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
Today I came accross advice on making your own Business. And I thought that those tips will drive you to a successful Online Dating Business.
So, as Brian Tracy writes, there are seven essential principles that you must practice as an entrepreneur throughout your business life if you are to achieve maximum success.
1. Clarity: You must be absolutely clear on who you are and what you want. You need written goals and plans for every part of your life.
Comment: it's also important for Online Dating Business as we should know for sure the final stage of our site development and view the community we wish to achieve.
2. Competence: To be truly successful and happy, you must be very good at what you do. You must resolve to join the top 10 percent in your field. You must make excellent performance of the business task your primary goal and then dedicate all your energies to doing quality work and offering quality products and services.
Comment: Online Dating sphere is very tense and it requires imagination and experience to stand out of all the Dating and Networking sites that are there in the Net. And you yourself should see your site as it should be and reach this goal at any means.
What are you planning to do for your users on St.Valentine's Day?
16:29:33 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
St.Valentine's Day is a good reason to start a new Dating Site or to add some new features to yours. So did CatholicSingles.com, the original dating website for Catholic singles. Today they announced that they are opening the website for full access membership privileges in honor of Valentine's Day.
David Nevarez, President of CatholicSingles.com(R), said, "From February 10th to February 13th we will be giving full membership privileges to anyone who visits our site. Not just the trial memberships, but our full access membership privileges. We want all single Catholics to have the opportunity to meet someone on Valentine's Day."
So you can try to use the features cause the full access membership period starts on Saturday, February 10th and ends at midnight on Tuesday, February 13th, 2007. Just visit the site and click on the 'Subscribe Now' link to begin. Once you go through the quick sign-up process, you have access to full CatholicSingles.com membership privileges and the chance to meet the thousands of other members on the site (read more at prnewswire.com).
Well, that's quite a good present for all the mebers and newcomers, a good marketing action to attract more users and the right time to do it. And what are you planning to do for your users on St.Valentine's Day?
Online Dating Business Carnival calls for submissions!
16:03:55 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
This is a quick note for our readers who don't only read the blog but also have theirs and/or write articles they wish to share. Not long ago we have started Online Dating Business Carnival.
We have had 2 editions already (check 1 and 2)
Now we're getting ready for the upcoming edition that will be published on February, 15th here at Online Dating Blog. This edition will be devoted to new trends in Dating Industry, Dating Site management on holidays, Dating Tips, humour and all that you wish to share with everyone.
If you're interested check up the submit form for the upcoming Carnival. The submissions are accepted till February, 14th. Hurry up! Thank you in advance!
Safety Online - Make your own Tips!
15:38:25 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
Safety is still the point when we speak about Dating Online. Every Dating Site Administrator tries to create a safe space for their users. Usually when creating something new we study the market and learn the experience.
Carol Feineman, Colfax Record Editor, notes some safety tips that eHarmony offers to their members. They are numerous and usual. I only have one question: if a person fulfills all those recommendations, how would he or she communicate?!
I'm sure that when we meet a person for the first time we try to get his or her personal data (age, likes, address), something that could unite us. Besides, personal info is the thing that helps us to maintain conversation when there's nothing to say. And at last personal info creates a bond between people.
The internet is the matchmaker of our time
17:34:16 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
"The internet is the matchmaker of our time," said Steve Levine, Senior Vice President and Head of Technology Telecom for Synovate in North Latin America. "As it continues to grow, and becomes even more integrated in our lives, we should expect to see more people trying online dating."
And millions of people all over the world have really tried Online Dating at least once. As a result so many people dating online produced a lot of lies and preconceptions that it's difficult to differenciate now who is who. A question came into my mind: What do people lie about usually?
A new study says online daters, both men and women, usually lie about either their height or weight, and sometimes their age. The study revealed that men systematically overestimated their height, while women more commonly underestimated their weight, said Jeffrey Hancock, an assistant professor of communication at Cornell University and the lead author on this study.
See below the life principles that may help you go on with your Dating Business even if everything crashes around you. I find them very optimistic and sometimes funny. It's a joke posted at AskMen.com by Tim G. So probably it'll make you smile and think one and the same time.
Here we go:
1- You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-savings time.
2- You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
3- The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.
4- The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.
Customer Statistics for your Online Dating Business!
14:59:11 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
Today I have found an interesting report. It's devoted to the last year stats on Internet activities and preferences. Denise O'Berry gives a list of Sample Trends from Oct / Nov 2006
For companies who accept online payment:
- In October, 14.5% of payments were accepted online
- November, 17.5%
Payment Methods:
- Visa: 16.4% in October, 17.3% in November
- Mastercard: 7.3% in October, 7.3% in November
- Amex: 4.0% in October, 4.0% in November
- Paypal: 6.0% in October, 5.3% in November
- Other (including check, cash, credit, etc.): 66.3% in October, 66.1% in November
Give your appraisal of this Dating Blog!
17:17:10 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
I am glad to welcome you again in our Dating Blog. I greet all our constant subscribers and every newcomer. All this time I have been trying to choose and publish the best articles devoted to Dating Themes and was extremely excited when you posted your comments or emailed my your feedbacks.
Who knows better than You what's most interesting, necessary, and useful for you. Therefore, you have an opportunity now to express your opinion on blog categories and themes you are interested in, articles you would like to read, additions you would like to make, etc. This time I would like to thank our visitors and publishers for their comments and articles: Andrew Schultz, Alexander Vulfov, Sanj, Bx, Alan, BOM, Newhangout, Annerose, Bubba, Nina Malashenko and many more for reading and evaluating our Dating Blog.
We are always open for Your suggestions, commentaries, and appraisal. Help us make this Blog more interesting and useful for You. GIVE YOUR APPRAISAL!
There you can also specify the theme you're interested in and wish me to discover. I'll be glad to answer you with my future blog posts.
If you have your own Dating Articles you can submit them for the upcoming Online Dating Business Carnival here.
Four Free Dating Sites for you. How that all started!
13:58:13 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Sites - True Stories
Throughout the history of man, there have always been elements that were firmly embedded in the social structure and one of them is the need to interact with one another. More than that, the need to establish relationships has always been an important factor in human lives. Even thinkers and philosophers have clearly established theories that attest to this fact. Sociologist Abraham Maslow even came up with a hierarchy of needs that all humans, regardless of race or creed, follow – more unconsciously than consciously. In this hierarchy of needs, we will find that the need to belong and to be loved is one of the most important things that human beings seek out. Thus, it comes as no surprise that since time immemorial, the seeking out of human company has been high in the priorities of men and women all over the world.
Author: Andrew Schultz
Have you ever walked by the self help section of the book store and see that one lonely looking guy who is trying to find the book to help him change it all? What did you think of him? Did you attach a stigma to him because he was in the self help section?
In this country (United States), the vast majority of the population looks at personal development as a bad thing. Why? The very concept that you can pick up a book that may somehow help you change yourself to be more efficient, a harder worker, more profitable, and more successful is exciting! Being able to draw from the knowledge of other people on any topic is an amazing concept, and one that we should be embracing readily.
St.Valentine's Day is on its way! Are you ready?
14:37:44 by Julia Dorofeeva
Categories: Dating Business Tips & Articles
All lovers' holiday is coming and Online Dating Business is getting ready. As usual there will be Dating Sites' promotions and special offers for people who register on February, 14. Other Dating Sites will organize Dating Events for their members to make people talk and probably meet their match face to face.
At your own Dating Site you can do more then that. Here are some St'Valentine's Day ideas that came into my mind:
* offer your members an option of Exchanging Gifts using Gift Shop module and your personal skills of getting things delivered.
Result: your members will have a tool to make pleasant things to their beloved or show up their feelings to new members. That will increase matches at your site and convergence.
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