REUTERS – May 5 - Italy hosted its first divorce fair, offering services such as life coaching and beauty advice to a booming number of separating couples in the Catholic country. The fair, which was held in Milan on May 8-9, aimed to help divorcing people start a new, happier life. A growing number of Italian couples file for divorce every year, according to Italy's statistics agency ISTAT. More than 130,000 couples split or got divorced in Italy in 2007, up more than 3% from the previous year, ISTAT said. On the other side, the number of marriages nearly halved since 1972 to ~246,000 in 2008. FULL ARTICLE @ REUTERS
Month: May 2010
Domain Auction On May 13th, 2010
OPW – May 10 – Moniker is holding a Domain Auction on May 13 via Snapnames. There are several names of interest to the online dating industry to watch.
- dating.com (Price range: $1MM – $5MM)
- datingonline.com ($50,001 – $100,000)
- erelationship.com ($10,001 – $25,000)
- evenings.com ($5,001 – $10,000)
- marriages.com ($25,001 – $50,000)
- newlyweds.com ($100,001 – $250,000)
- relationship.com ($1MM – $5MM)
- sentimental.com ($2,501 – $5,000)
- singlewomen.com ($250,001 – $500,000)
- snuggly.com ($5,001 – $10,000)
- thrilled.com ($25,001 – $50,000)
Mention "iDate" to have the escrow fees waived.
Mark Brooks: What are your thoughts on the prices of these domains?
Looking For A Job?
OPW – May 10 – We've updated the iDating industry job listings again. Here are some sample job listings that we thought were interesting:
AreYouInterested (SNAP Interactive)
Online media buyer
More info: http://www.snap-interactive.com/jobs.htm
Be2
Legal Counsel – Focus Internet Law
Group Counsel – Focus Company Law
Country Manager France / France
More info: http://corporate.be2.com/jobs
Cupid Media
Bilingual Customer Service Representatives and Translators
More info: http://www.cupidmedia.com/Career.cfm
eDarling.de
Head of Corporate Communications (m/w)
Country Manager for Spain / Spain
Country Manager for Netherlands / Netherlands
Country Manager for Italy / Italy
Country Manager for Sweden / Sweden
More info: http://www.edarling.de/jobs
eHarmony
Research Interviewer / US – CA, Pasadena
Director, Executive Office / USA – CA, Pasadena
International Product Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
PR Associate / UK – London
Director, Staffing / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Creative Services / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Financial Reporting / USA – CA, Pasadena
FriendFinder Networks
Fraud Review Analyst
FriendScout24 (description in German)
Financial Controller m/w / Germany – Munchen
Product Manager Online / Germany – Munchen
Global Personals (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
Internet Affiliate Sales Managers/Online Media Buyers
More info: http://www.globalpersonalsmedia.com/careers.html
Lavalife
Product Manager / Canada – Toronto
More info: corp.lavalife.com/web/corp/careers
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
Sr. Consumer Insights Analyst / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Marketing Director / USA – TX, Dallas
Director, Public Relations / USA – TX, Dallas
Manager, Strategy – People Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Manager, Pricing / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Marketing Director / USA – CA, Los Angeles
OkCupid
Director of Business Operations
Smartdate
Director, Product Management / France – Paris
More info: http://jobs.smartdate.com/
Spark Networks
Manager of Web & Marketing Analytics
WhiteLabelDating
Head of Digital Marketing / UK, Windsor office
Yahoo! Personals
Project Manager (Yahoo! Personals Japan)
Director, Business Development and Strategy
Zoosk
Marketing Manager – International / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Spanish Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Accounting Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
International Marketing Manager – Offline Marketing / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Danish Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
More info: http://www.zoosk.com/jobs.php?from=footer
For the full listing, go here.
Do you have an idating job offer which is not included? Please, send the details (company, job title, location, link to details) to petra@courtlandbrooks.com and we will add your offer to the list.
The Handwriting Test
CBS 12 – May 6 – Handwriting: everyone's is different. It is unique and hard to duplicate. Some write small, others almost illegible, but each has a story. "The handwriting represents who they are and how they are," says Broward County handwriting expert, Mike Kahlowsky. Kahlowsky started writematch.com. It's like E-Harmony for handwriting. The website shows you how to analyze your handwriting yourself.
The full article was originally published at CBS 12, but is no longer available.
iDating Industry Job Offers (May 2010)
AreYouInterested (SNAP Interactive)
Community Manager / Executive Assistant
Online media buyer
More info: http://www.snap-interactive.com/jobs.htm
Be2
Legal Counsel – Focus Internet Law
Group Counsel – Focus Company Law
Customer Service Agents / Germany – Munich, Luxemburg
Chief Software Architect / Germany – Munich
CRM & Email Marketing Assistant / Armenia
Online Marketing Manager / France
International SEA Manager
Country Manager France / France
More info: http://corporate.be2.com/jobs, contact: jobs@be2.com
Bharat Matrimony
Telemarketing Executive
More info: http://www.clickjobs.com/MicroSite/BharatMatrimony/
Catholic Match
Office Manager
More info: http://www.goacolyte.com/company/jobs.shtml
Cupid Media
Senior Cold Fusion / SQL Developer
Junior Cold Fusion / SQL Developer
Online Marketing Assistant (Graduate Position)
Web Site Translators and Localizers
Bilingual Customer Service Representatives and Translators
MS SQL Developer / Data Warehouse Developer (6 months contract)
More info: http://www.cupidmedia.com/Career.cfm
eDarling.de
Web / Fronted-Entwickler / Germany
Nebenjob im Kundensupport / Germany
Stage Business Development / France
Jawa Entwickler / Germany
Head of Corporate Communications (m/w)
SEM Manager (m/w)
Country Manager for Spain / Spain
Country Manager for Netherlands / Netherlands
Country Manager for Italy / Italy
Country Manager for Sweden / Sweden
Job étudiant Service Clientele / France
Various Internships / various countries
More info: http://www.edarling.de/jobs
eHarmony
Sr. Java Engineer / US – CA, Pasadena
Research Interviewer / US – CA, Pasadena
Sr. Linux System Administrator / US – CA, Pasadena
Director, Executive Office / USA – CA, Pasadena
Offline Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
International Product Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
PR Associate / UK – London
Marketing Specialist / UK – London
Web Designer / USA – CA, Pasadena
Manager, PR & Social Media / USA – CA, Pasadena
Data Analyst / USA – CA, Pasadena
Sr. Online Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
Search Marketing Analyst / USA – CA, Pasadena
Risk Management Processor / USA – CA, Pasadena
Customer Care Agent / USA – CA, Pasadena
Department Coordinator / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Staffing / USA – CA, Pasadena
Stock Plan Administrator / USA – CA, Pasadena
QA Engineer I / USA – CA, Pasadena
Data Analyst / USA – CA, Pasadena
Sr. User Experience Designer / USA – CA, Pasadena
Product Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
Sr. Product Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
Network Engineer / USA – CA, Pasadena
Sr. Manager, Revenue Recognition / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Creative Services / USA – CA, Pasadena
Ad Sales Planner / USA – CA, Pasadena
Office Services Coordinator / USA – CA, Pasadena
MBA Intern / USA – CA, Pasadena
Project Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
Business Inteligence Analyst / USA – CA, Pasadena
QA Engineer II (International) / USA – CA, Pasadena
Mobile QA Engineer / USA – CA, Pasadena
East Coast Sales Manager / USA – NY, New York
Premium Service Coordinator / USA – CA, Pasadena
Account Executive / USA – IL, Chicago
Sr. Project Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
Product Manager (Content/Publishing) / USA – CA, Pasadena
Research Scientist / USA – CA, Pasadena
Systems Financial Analyst / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Financial Reporting / USA – CA, Pasadena
FriendFinder Networks
Customer Service Tier 2 / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
French Translator / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Front End Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Perl Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Senior Flash Actionscript Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Senior Perl Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Swedish Translator / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Web / Graphic Designer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Windows Systems Administrator / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Compliance Supervisor / USA – NV, Las Vegas
Romanian Speaking Compliance Agent / USA – NV, Las Vegas
Russian Translator / Customer Service Agent / USA – NV, Las Vegas
Romanian Translator / Customer Service Agent / USA – NV, Las Vegas
Customer Service – Tier 2 – Romanian Speaking / USA – NV, Las Vegas
Customer Service – Tier 2 – Russian Speaking / USA – NV, Las Vegas
Fraud Review Analyst
FriendScout24 (description in German)
Financial Controller m/w / Germany – Munchen
Software Developer m/w / Germany – Munchen
Senior Software Developer m/w / Germany – Munchen
Junior PR Manager / Germany – Munchen
Produkt Manager Online / Germany – Munchen
Junior Online Marketing Manager / Germany – Munchen
Junior Business Intelligence Developer / Germany – Munchen
Various Internships, student jobs
Global Personals (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
MySQL Database Administrators / USA – FL, Miami
Strongmail Engineer/Administrators / USA – FL, Miami
PHP/LAMP Programmers
Internet Graphic Designers
Linux Systems Administrators
Internet Affiliate Sales Managers/Online Media Buyers
More info: http://www.globalpersonalsmedia.com/careers.html
KissNoFrog
Dialogmarketing / Werbetexter
Various internships
More info: http://www.kissnofrog.com/info/jobs
Lavalife
Customer Service Representative / Canada – Toronto
Product Manager / Canada – Toronto
More info: corp.lavalife.com/web/corp/careers
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
Sr. Consumer Insights Analyst / USA – TX, Dallas
Finance Intern (MBA) / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Finance Manager / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Marketing Director / USA – TX, Dallas
Copy Writer / USA – TX, Dallas
Director, Public Relations / USA – TX, Dallas
Administrative Assistant / USA – TX, Dallas
Manager, Customer Insights / USA – TX, Dallas
Manager, Strategy – People Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Senior Engineer, Systems – Singlesnet / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Engineer, QA (MS-SQL) – Chemistry.com / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Engineer, Quality Assurance (MS-SQL) / USA – TX, Dallas
Interactive Flash Designer / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Agent, Email Customer Care / USA – TX, Dallas
Database Administrator / USA – TX, Dallas
Manager, Pricing / USA – TX, Dallas
Associate Manager, Online Marketing / USA – TX, Dallas
Associate Manager, Online Marketing / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Search Marketing Director / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Social Media Intern / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Marketing Director / USA – CA, Los Angeles
More info: http://www.match.com/cp/careers/CurrentOpenings.html
MyPartner
Senior Ad Sales Manager
OkCupid
Director of Business Operations
Blog Analyst
Summer interns
Contact here: http://www.okcupid.com/contact-us
Online-Buddies
Bilingual Customer Service Representative
Bilingual Customer Service Supervisor
Senior Web Engineer
Build Release Engineer
Data Warehousing Guru
Senior Java JSP Developer
Shaadi
Customer Relations Officer / India – Mumbai
Web Developer / India – Mumbai
Software Engineer / India – Mumbai
Senior Software Engineer / India – Mumbai
SEO Expert / India – Mumbai
Telecalling Operator / India – Mumbai
Smartdate
Director, Product Management / France – Paris
Product Manager, User Experience / France – Paris
International Online Marketing Manager / France – Paris
Viral Marketing Manager / France – Paris
Business Intelligence Manager / France – Paris
Community & Content Manager / France – Paris
CSS / User Interface Guru / France – Paris
Junior Software Engineer / France – Paris
Senior Software Engineer / France – Paris
More info: http://jobs.smartdate.com/
Spark Networks
HurryDate Host
Manager of Web & Marketing Analytics
SpeedDate
Front-end Develoment
Marketing
Product Management
User Experience Design
Visual Design
Back-end Development and Architecture
Data Analytics and Statistics
To learn more, email: jobs@speeddate.com
WhiteLabelDating
Head of Digital Marketing / UK, Windsor office
Marketing Site Manager / UK, Windsor office
B2B Assistant Marketing Manager / UK, Windsor office
Customer Care Moderator / UK, Windsor office
Cold Fusion Developer / UK, Windsor office
Senior Systems Administrator / UK, Windsor office
Email Marketing Manager / UK, Windsor office
WooMe
System Admin / UK – London, USA – Los Angeles
IM Engineer / UK – London
Fronted Guru – HTML/CSS/javascript/AJAX / UK – London
Site Operations Manager / USA – Los Angeles
Community Manager
Site Operations Analyst / USA – San Francisco
Senior Django Developer / UK – London
Dev Intern / UK – London
Marketing Intern / USA – Los Angeles
More info: http://www.woome.com/woome/jobs/#sysadmin
World Singles
Cold Fusion Developer / USA – CA, Aliso Viejo
Cold Fusion Intern / USA – CA, Aliso Viejo
More info: http://worldsingles.com/ws2010/careers/
Yahoo! Personals
Interaction Designer
Design Researcher
Web Developer
Architect
Senior Software Engineer (also for Yahoo! Personals Japan and International)
Engineering Manager
Product Manager
Project Manager (Yahoo! Personals Japan)
Marketing Manager
Director, Business Development and Strategy
Senior Finance Manager
More info: http://personals.yahoo.com/us/static/jobs#pm-pjjpn
Zoosk
Software Engineer – Services / USA – CA, San Francisco
Software Engineer in Test – Services / USA – CA, San Francisco
Interaction Designer / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Manager – International / USA – CA, San Francisco
Software Engineer in Test – Connected Clients / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Spanish Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Graphic Designer / USA – CA, San Francisco
Accounting Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
International Marketing Manager – Offline Marketing / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Danish Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Senior Marketing Manager – International / USA – CA, San Francisco
Product Manager – USA – CA, San Francisco
More info: http://www.zoosk.com/jobs.php?from=footer
Mandy Ginsberg, EVP Match.com, To Speak At iDate Beverly Hills
OPW – May 10 – I'm super pleased to announce that Mandy Ginsberg, the former GM of
Chemistry.com and now EVP and GM North America for Match.com is
confirmed to speak at iDate Beverly Hills. See the agenda here. IMHO,
this now makes this event a must-attend event. More great speakers
will be confirmed this week. (Full Disclosure: Courtland Brooks is
responsible for arranging the iDate L.A. agenda) – Mark Brooks
Results Of The Free vDate Day At TangoWire
TANGO WIRE – May 7 – vDate was a day where all basic free members of TangoWire.com, a community of online dating sites that recently announced the addition of virtual Dating to its network, could go on as many Virtual Dates as they wished without becoming a premium member. Here are some key statistical highlights from the day.
– 30x more virtual dates than on an average day.
– 50% boost in
same day sales with strong results continuing in th,e days following.
– 20% boost in
overall new registrations showing there is real market curiosity
Google Patents, AdMob And Geo-targeted Mobile Advertising
GOMO NEWS – May 6 – AdMob, probably the biggest mobile advertising network in the world, has announced a test run of geo-targeted advertising with a location-aware dating site in the UK Lovestruck.com. At the start of March Google had successfully nabbed a patent for the use of location information in mobile advertising. Google is currently attempting to buy AdMob lock, stock and barrel, and make it a wholly-owned subsidiary. The FTC feels that combining Google AdWords with AdMob would create a mobile advertising force so large it would damage competitiveness. This trial will cover every part of the Google patent. It will use the real-time location of the mobile owner to allow Lovestruck.com to target its ads at users based on where they are. The trial won’t be running across the entire AdMob network, only on iPhone and iPod Touch handsets in London. Mobile browsers and applications that host advertisements from AdMob in London will display banner ads that direct people towards Lovestruck.com.
The full article was originally published at Gomo News, but is no longer available.
Manhunt Ads To Appear On Sports Illustrated
QUEERTY – May 6 – Manhunt.net's ads began appearing on the top of SportsIllustrated.com. Is Sports Illustrated finally acknowledging openly gay sports fans or just closeted jocks looking for a "brojob"? Manhunt's ads have also appeared Knight Publishing's mainstream newspaper sites such as the Miami Hearld, Asheville Citizen Times, and the Charlotte Observer. Manhunt's media buyers are using what's becoming increasingly standard in online ads: "re-targeting." When you visit a gay site like Queerty, your browser picks up a cookie that holds information about which sites (and of what type) you visit. Then, other sites on the net using that same re-targeting network will start showing you gay ads because it knows you've been on gay sites. FULL ARTICLE @ QUEERTY
Phone-sex Chat Lines Are Part Of Web Of Cybersocializing
WASHINGTON POST – May 5 – The phone-chat services offer several ways for users to interact. Traditionally, callers are connected at random to another user already on the line. If they are not interested, they can disconnect and move on to someone else. Recently, however, companies have offered members use of a voicemail box through which they can record a personal message and pore through dozens, or hundreds, of other people's messages before leaving a contact number for anyone. Some of the most popular adult-oriented chat sites have more than 1M visitors logging in each day, said Mark Brooks, a consultant and editor of Onlinepersonalswatch.com. What happens after users turn over their credit cards for monthly membership payments is largely left to chance — and users are generally good about taking precautions, Brooks and others in the industry said. "People arrange to meet at your place or mine," said Jonathan Crutchley, chairman and founder of Manhunt.com, which operates gay-oriented phone and Web chat services. "And every now and then, people get murdered. There have been some murders." "Even if you just go into a bar, you can have a bad experience," Brooks said. "So common sense applies. If you are going to meet up with someone, let someone know where you are headed. Don't let them pick you up at home. Meet somewhere public. There are three basic rules. People break the rules." FULL ARTICLE @ WASHINGTON POST