Month: September 2008

Together Dating/The Right One Present @ Matchmakers Conference

Posted on September 9, 2008

Therightone_togetherdating_loga PRESS RELEASE — Sep 8 — Paul Falzone, CEO of The Right One/Together Dating and the author of A Singles Guide to Finding the Right One, is one of several featured speakers and panelists at the upcoming Matchmakers Conference, to be held on September 12-14 in New Jersey. Falzone will participate on panels covering: 
– Business Development, Expansion / Recession-Proofing your Business
– Legal Issues/Risk Management
– Customer Care, Service Practices
Together Dating/The Right One's COO Terry Fitzpatrick will also be a panelist at the Matchmakers Conference taking part in the discussion on marketing, affiliations and lead generation. FULL ARTICLE @ OPW

Mark Brooks: I'll be keynoting also. See MatchmakersConference.com for more info. (Disclosure: The Right One/Together Dating are clients of Courtland Brooks)

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Fling Now #1 Casual Dating Site

Posted on September 9, 2008

Fling_logo OPW — Sep 9 — AdultFriendFinder and Fling.com have been running close on traffic for a while now, but Fling.com just overtook AdultFriendFinder.com for total traffic according to Compete.com. I included Match.com to give some perspective on the graph.  Fling is up 7.4% for the month with 22m unique visitors, and AdultFriendFinder is down 3.5% for the month with 21.7m uniques. AFF has a LOT of momentum, but Fling rides on a very considerable affiliate network of its own. AFF still has a considerable lead for user engagement and visits. These collossals of the adult dating world will be duking it out for a long while to come but without Andrew Conru at the helm, will AFF be able to maintain a lead? Your comments please. (Disclosure: Fling is a client of Courtland Brooks).

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New Dating Site For Positive Singles

Posted on September 9, 2008

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PR WEB — Sep 8 –  A new HIV Dating website, HIV&Single.com, has been launched. Its main purpose is
to connect positive singles living with HIV but there are also other
helpful tools to support people living with HIV, such as an HIV forum. The forum provides a place where members can
discuss treatment for HIV, their struggles with HIV, and any other
issue. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

Dating Sites For Prisoners

Posted on September 9, 2008

Woman_in_prison EXAMINER.COM — Sep 8 — The number of sites is growing as fast as the prisons themselves with sites like prisonpenpals.com, jailbabes.com, jaildudes.com, inmate.com, ladiesofthepen.com, Cellblockmail.com, and inmatesforyou.com. The sites make their money by charging inmates (roughly $40 to $75) to post their ads and print and forward any responses, or by charging penpals (usually less than $10) for inmate addresses.  Susan Smith is one of the most popular prisoners on writeaprisoner.com where she has her pick of men – to the tune of over 1 million emails and letters – who are lining up online to be her beau. Apparently locking your children in a car, driving them into a lake and killing them isn't a deterrent for some men…go figure.

The full article was originally published at Examiner, but is no longer available.

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Call For Pupils To Be Taught About Relationships

Posted on September 9, 2008

Dating_direct_nove_logo BIRMINGHAM POST — Sep 8 — Teaching children how to manage relationships at school should help tackle Britain's high divorce rate, it has been claimed. They need to be educated in matters such as how far they should go on a first date, what it means to be in a relationship, how best to conduct themselves and know the difference between a friendship and something more serious. The call comes from DatingDirect.com, the UK dating agencies, which claims it is dealing with a growing number of divorced clients who do not know how to form lasting relationships.

The full article was originally published at Birmingham Post, but is no longer available.

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Prestige Speed Dating w/Honesty Online

Posted on September 8, 2008

Fastlife_honestyonline_loga THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Sep 7 — Prestige Speed Dating is a new service catering to "successful" singles, launched by dating firm FastLife.com and Honesty Online, an identity-verification service. FastLife says it has identified an increase in concern among its members about finances, as opposed to appearance and age. All Prestige members will meet minimum financial criteria. "Recessions cause people to alter their behaviors, and dating habits are no exception," says FastLife founder Justin Parfitt. FULL ARTICLE @ SEATTLE TIMES

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Dating Site For Adulterers

Posted on September 8, 2008

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WASHINGTON TIMES — Sep 5 — Ashley Madison, a dating site that
connects people who are already partnered but seeking
no-strings-attached affairs, has 2.2m members and just launched a
million-dollar advertising campaign. But national networks think
America isn’t quite ready for a dating site for the already attached. A
billboard in New York’s Times Square showed a couple entering a hotel
room and urged, "Life is short. Have an affair in New York City." It
was removed after just three days. The
company bought ad time on channels including ESPN, CNN, Fox News
Channel and Spike, but the networks seemed to have second thoughts.
ESPN, for one, says it has instructed its affiliates to quit airing the
ad. FULL ARTICLE @ WASHINGTON TIMES

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Newspapers Return To Internet Dating

Posted on September 8, 2008

Accelerating_pain_techcrunch WLD BLOG — Sep 5 — Total print ads in the U.S. were down 16% in the second quarter to $8.8 billion. Perhaps this is why newspapers are returning to known revenue generating sources such as dating – particularly in-paper dating through IVR and online dating. We're in the process of rolling out a few hundred dating sites for regional newspapers in the UK and will be formally announcing this and some more partnerships in October.

The full article was originally published at WLD blog, but is no longer available.

Brokers Come Out On Top In Sex Survey

Posted on September 7, 2008

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CITY.AM — Sep 2 — Brokers have been voted the "best in bed", according to a
poll by dating site BeNaughty.com, which describes itself as a "flirty
and addictive community of seriously sexy and naughty singles". Female
lawyers came in a close second behind brokers while male analysts
lagged behind, letting themselves down with poor foreplay. FULL ARTICLE @ CITY.AM

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