BUSINESS WIRE – Dec 1 - With 50% of U.S. marriages ending in divorce, and 75% of America’s 168M spouses identifying themselves as ‘unhappy’ after only ten years of marriage, a new website HappierCouples.com seeks to stem the rising tide of unhappy marriages. Created by matchmaker Jeff Ullman – founder of Great Expectations, HappierCouples.com provides couples with access to the long-overdue tools and services necessary to breathe new life back into their partnership. FULL ARTICLE @ SYS CON
Month: December 2009
For 50% Americans, Recession Has No Impact On Dating Attitudes
PRESS RELEASE – Dec 1 - More than 27,000 single Americans responded to People Media’s DatingData poll, and 51% indicated their attitude toward dating has not gone into recession at all: it remains the same despite the ongoing economic strife. 24% would not date anyone who is unemployed. 17% would be less motivated to date, 6% view dating as networking to find a job and 2% would be more motivated to date. The number of unique visitors to People Media dating sites has grown by 15% in the past year, according to comScore. People Media is a provider of targeted online dating communities. The company operates 27 dating sites including BlackPeopleMeet.com and SeniorPeopleMeet.com.
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Busy Women Can Now Outsource Online Dating
PR WEB – Dec 1 - Virtual Dating Assistants has allowed men to
outsource online dating since June of this year. The company has
decided to open its doors to time-strapped women. The company’s virtual
dating assistants handle everything from profile creation to online
interaction and, ultimately, bring online dating offline for its
clients for $480/month. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
eHarmony Launches New Advertising Campaign
EHARMONY BLOG – Nov 30 – eHarmony is launching a
new TV advertising campaign. They are continuing to feature real
eHarmony couples. Thousands of success couples express interest in
wanting to be in eHarmony’s commercials, and there is an extensive
casting process that couples go through to be featured on TV. Part of
that process is a web cam interview. FULL ARTICLE @ OFFICIAL EHARMONY BLOG
HerWay.com Announces Beta Launch
PR WEB – Dec 1 – Launching in Beta today,
HerWay.com is a dating site where women control all of the searching on
the site. Men have access to
statistics and reports that allow them to track, improve, and optimize
their dating profile. Also research has demonstrated that when women
initiate communication, the success rate for both parties is greatly
increased. FULL ARTICLE @ THE EARTH TIMES