MASHABLE — Jan 27 — Markus Frind is looking to buy or build a huge paid dating site to
harpoon even his biggest competitors. Frind proclaims, "Given what everyone else in the market is doing
now the only real choice we have is to acquire a mass market paid
dating site or build one myself." FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
Mark Brooks: Email me at mark@courtlandbrooks.com if interested. Plentyoffish.com is a client of Courtland Brooks.
Mark;
He is not going to buy absolutely nothing.
He is going to obtain valuable information for minor&privately_held paid dating sites
and then
He will customize a white label solution and launch a paid dating site better than minor&privately_held paid dating sites but not as good a major paid dating sites with compatibility matching because he will need a high level of customer retention.
Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
Mark;
He is not going to buy absolutely nothing.
He is going to obtain valuable information for minor&privately_held paid dating sites
and then
He will customize a white label solution and launch a paid dating site better than minor&privately_held paid dating sites but not as good a major paid dating sites with compatibility matching because he will need a high level of customer retention.
Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
As I said on Markus’ blog, in part,
“…For years your stchick has been that paid is dead and free is the future. You have been preaching this mantra ad nauseam.
What happened? Did reality finally hit?;-)
How come I am the only one calling you on this?…”
As I said on Markus’ blog, in part,
“…For years your stchick has been that paid is dead and free is the future. You have been preaching this mantra ad nauseam.
What happened? Did reality finally hit?;-)
How come I am the only one calling you on this?…”
PEOPLE MEDIA IS LOOKING TO ACQUIRE STRATEGIC ASSETS
People Media is the fastest growing Top 10 online dating company and the dominant leader in the niche dating space. We are looking for acquisitions with revenues under $50 million. We are looking at companies, assets and/or domains that help us cement our dominant position in the Black, Senior, Christian, Latino and Single Parent segments or helps us expand into new categories. We are looking to grow aggressively through opportunistic acquisitions and have significant capital to deploy. Serious inquiries only and you can reach me through LinkedIn.
Greg Kim
VP, Strategy & Corporate Development
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorykim
PEOPLE MEDIA IS LOOKING TO ACQUIRE STRATEGIC ASSETS
People Media is the fastest growing Top 10 online dating company and the dominant leader in the niche dating space. We are looking for acquisitions with revenues under $50 million. We are looking at companies, assets and/or domains that help us cement our dominant position in the Black, Senior, Christian, Latino and Single Parent segments or helps us expand into new categories. We are looking to grow aggressively through opportunistic acquisitions and have significant capital to deploy. Serious inquiries only and you can reach me through LinkedIn.
Greg Kim
VP, Strategy & Corporate Development
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorykim
@greg: dominant in the latino segment?
@sam: lower cpm’s are probably annoying him a little, but what i imagine gets under his skin is all this massive traffic and low revenue per member. it must kill him to see how much match and others make with less traffic. that said, i gotta give it to markus, he’s got a competitive streak, wants to expand, make more money and annoy more people (even if putting his foot in his mouth a few times a year =) btw, was great seeing everyone at iDate!
life is good!
@greg: dominant in the latino segment?
@sam: lower cpm’s are probably annoying him a little, but what i imagine gets under his skin is all this massive traffic and low revenue per member. it must kill him to see how much match and others make with less traffic. that said, i gotta give it to markus, he’s got a competitive streak, wants to expand, make more money and annoy more people (even if putting his foot in his mouth a few times a year =) btw, was great seeing everyone at iDate!
life is good!
I thought Markus and his beautiful hareem were sunning themselves in Mexico now? Lucky, lucky people.
It’ll be interesting whether Markus does add paid – I think that creating his own platform initially would be a huge mistake.
He knows Free very well indeed, but it’s a massively different business running paid sites – he’d spend all his time on HR and management issues rather than his core strength of marketing and analytics.
A white label platform, however, now that would be a great way to test the water 😉
I thought Markus and his beautiful hareem were sunning themselves in Mexico now? Lucky, lucky people.
It’ll be interesting whether Markus does add paid – I think that creating his own platform initially would be a huge mistake.
He knows Free very well indeed, but it’s a massively different business running paid sites – he’d spend all his time on HR and management issues rather than his core strength of marketing and analytics.
A white label platform, however, now that would be a great way to test the water 😉
hey ross, what a great opportunity for WLD; you better start courting him. i say, fly your entire team to mexico and schmooze away =)
hey ross, what a great opportunity for WLD; you better start courting him. i say, fly your entire team to mexico and schmooze away =)