Month: June 2010

High-End Matchmakers

Posted on June 7, 2010

Janis spindel HUFFINGTON POST – June 4 - Men make up the majority of a high end
matchmaker's clients. Women are generally not the clients but potential
matches for the men; and in most cases, they simply pay an application
or interview fee. Matchmaker Richard Easton charges his clients $50K to
find the life partner. He does offer a $10K starter rate for young Wall
St. and Silicon Alley/Valley types as well. Janis Spindel launched her
agency in New York 11 years ago, then set up an office in L.A. after
going there to produce the TV show based on her life, "Miss Match." In
order to get on the "roster," women must be very attractive, fit, be
either book smart or street smart, and have a successful career of some
sort. Most women are under 40, with some exceptions. FULL ARTICLE @ HUFFINGTON POST

Mark Brooks: The demise of matchmaking services was predicted, with the rise of idating services. But the opposite is happening. Users are getting used to opening their wallets to find love. When they don't find love through idating, they open their wallets further, for fuller service offerings. But, high-end matchmaking services offer great service but are flawed for lack of choice. Dating sites on the other hand are flawed for lack of service. I'd like to see dating sites offer a membership to matchmakers to enter their clients and represent them.

Looking For A Job?

Posted on June 7, 2010

Jobs offered OPW – June 7 – We've updated the iDating industry job listings again. Here are some sample job listings that we thought were interesting:

Be2
   Legal Counsel – Focus Internet Law
   Group Counsel – Focus Company Law
   Country Manager France / France
More info: http://corporate.be2.com/jobs

eDarling.de
   Stage Business Development / France
   International Business Development / Turkey
More info: http://www.edarling.de/jobs

eHarmony
   Director, Executive Office / USA – CA, Pasadena
   PR Associate / UK – London
   Manager, PR & Social Media / USA – CA, Pasadena
   Director, Staffing / USA – CA, Pasadena
   Director, Creative Services / USA – CA, Pasadena
   Director, Customer Care Operations / USA – CA, Santa Monica

FriendFinder Networks
   Compliance Supervisor / USA – NV, Las Vegas
   Fraud Review Analyst

Lavalife
   Product Manager / Canada – Toronto 
More info: corp.lavalife.com/web/corp/careers

Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
   Sr. Marketing Director / USA – TX, Dallas
   Sr. Marketing Director / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Director, Social Media Strategy & Distribution / USA – TX, Dallas
   Director, PR & Social Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles

Shaadi
   General Manager / India – Mumbai

Smartdate
   Director, Product Management / France – Paris
More info: http://jobs.smartdate.com/

Spark Networks
   Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Beverly Hills
   Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – UT, Provo

WhiteLabelDating
   Head of Digital Marketing / UK, Windsor office

Yahoo! Personals
   Project Manager (Yahoo! Personals Japan)
   Director, Business Development and Strategy
More info: http://personals.yahoo.com/us/static/jobs#pm-pjjpn

Zoosk
   Product Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Marketing Associate – France, Netherlands, Scandinavian, Spanish, United Kingdom Area Specialists / 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.

 

iDating Industry Job Offers (June 2010)

Posted on June 7, 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
   Network Specialist / Armenia

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
   Stage Business Development / France
   Jawa Entwickler / Germany
   SEM Manager
   Special Projects Manager
   Office Manager
   Junior Online-Product Manager
   Customer Care Agent / Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Spain
   Part Time Job in Customer Care / Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Spain
   International Business Development / Turkey
   Various Internships  

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
   Premium Service Sales Advisor / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Sr. Email Marketing Specialist (Bilingual Portuguese) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Director, Customer Care Operations / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Email Marketing Specialist / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Digital Ad Sales Research Analyst / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   QA Engineer II (Front-End) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Sr. Online Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Email Program Manager / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Business Inteligence Analyst / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   QA Engineer II (International) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Mobile QA Engineer / USA – CA, Santa Monica 

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)
   Software Developer m/w / Germany – Munchen
   Senior Software Developer m/w / 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
 
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
   Manager, Customer Insights / USA – TX, Dallas
   Manager, Strategy – People Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Sr. Engineer, QA (MS-SQL) – Chemistry.com / USA – TX, Dallas
   Sr. Engineer, Quality Assurance (MS-SQL) / 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
   Sr. Marketing Director / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Designer, Interactive (Flash) / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Designer, Interactive (Flash) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Quality and Training Coordinator / USA – TX, Dallas
   Specialist, Fraud Prevention / USA – TX, Dallas
   Configuration Engineer (SQL Server) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Receptionist / USA – TX, Dallas
   Senior Engineer, Systems (Network Engineer) / USA – MA, Sommerville)
   Director, Social Media Strategy & Distribution / USA – TX, Dallas
   Product Manager – Chemistry.com / USA – TX, Dallas
   Product Manager – CRM, Chemistry.com / USA – TX, Dallas
   Director, PR & Social Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles
 
More info: http://www.match.com/cp/careers/CurrentOpenings.html  

MyPartner
   Senior Ad Sales Manager

Online-Buddies
   Bilingual Customer Service Representative
   Bilingual Customer Service Supervisor
   Senior Web Engineer
   Interactive Marketing Representative
   MySQL Database Administrator

Shaadi
   General Manager / India – Mumbai
   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
   Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Beverly Hills
   Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – UT, Provo
   Manager of Web & Marketing Analytics / USA – UT, Provo

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
   Email Marketing Manager / UK, Windsor office
   JavaSript/Front-end Developer / UK, Winsor office
   PPC/SEO 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)
   Director, Business Development and Strategy
   Senior Finance Manager
   Marketing Manager 2, Integrated Marketing and Promotions

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
   Software Engineer in Test – Connected Clients / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Accounting Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
   International Marketing Manager – Offline Marketing / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Senior Marketing Manager – International / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Product Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Senior Web Designer / USA – CA, San Francisco
   User Experience Designer / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Office Manager / Receptionist / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Marketing Associate – France, Netherlands, Scandinavian, Spanish, United Kingdom Area Specialists / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Senior Operations Engineer / USA – CA, San Francisco

More info: http://www.zoosk.com/jobs.php?from=footer

Find Anyone Just By Knowing Their Phone Number

Posted on June 4, 2010

Reversephonebot logo OFFICIAL
WIRE – June 3 – Thanks to the internet and services like
ReversePhoneBot.com anyone can find out the name and address on
virtually any cell phone, land line or unlisted phone number. Performing a reverse search to find out who's calling or text
messaging a spouse or a family member is the best way to make sure
everyone is safe. The service works very quickly and simply and users
need nothing more than the 10 digit phone number to find out who’s
calling or text messaging. ReversePhoneBot.com will compare the
submitted number with their database to find a match. FULL ARTICLE @ OFFICIAL WIRE

Mark
Brooks: Users who share their telephone numbers on dating site IM and
messaging services, beware. Your address can be referenced using
services like ReversePhoneBot.com.

Dating Site For Those Over 40 With Face-To-Face Component

Posted on June 3, 2010

Meetcha logo CHICAGO TRIBUNE – June 3 - Jeff Taylor is the founder of Meetcha, new online dating service, which targets over-40 singles exclusively. Launched in April, the site is an offshoot of Taylor's baby boomer social networking site, Eons. Meetcha is a subscription service ($30 a month), and Boston-area subscribers can attend group social gatherings. Live gatherings in more cities will be added if the idea takes off.

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

Site Checks Social Media For Dating Fakes

Posted on June 3, 2010

Mymatchchecker logo WPBF – June 2 – MyMatchChecker.com is a new site that can help people find out if their Internet date is a fake or the real deal. The service was created by former police officers and performs background checks. The price for a search on MyMatchChecker.com ranges from $10 for the simplest one up to $65 for a more detailed search.

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

Company Profile – Match.com

Posted on June 3, 2010
  Match.com logo dalsi
In November 2004 Match.com was recognized by the Guinness book of records as the largest online dating site in the world.  It continues to be a superpower in the world of online match making with more than 14 million people visiting the site every month (crunchbase.com).  Match.com pioneered the sphere of online personals in 1995 when it was created by Gary Kremen.  Since its creation in Dallas, Texas it has grown to help singles find love in 24 countries and is offered in 8 different languages.  Match.com offers many features unique to their site such as MindBindFind which is an exclusive monthly programme offered by Dr Phil to help get your mind ready for online dating.  It also offers a 6 month guarantee that if you don’t find love in the first 6 months you get the next 6 months for free.  Match.com was bought by its current owner IAC in 1999 for $50million.  The European strand of Match.com was divested to Meetic in 2009 and Match bought them in September 2011.  Match.com already bought People Media, OKCupid and SinglesNet.
 
Website: http://www.match.com
Owned by: IAC InterActiveCorp, IAC CEO: Joey Levin (since Aug ’15)
CEO: Sam Yagan
 
Business address: PO Box 12305, Dallas, Texas, 75225
 
Phone: 214-265-3039
Email / Contact form: www.match.com/help/contactus.aspx
 
Number of employees:  424 (Linkedin, Oct 2011)
 
Blog: http://blog.match.com
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Match
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/match
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/match.com
 
Date Started: 1995
Founder: Gary Kremen
 
Acquisitions:

POF (07/15)
HowAboutWe (07/14)
FriendScout24 (07/14)
Meetic (09/11)
OkCupid (02/11)
SinglesNet (02/10)
PeopleMedia (07/09)
Zhenai (09/11 – 20% stake)
One & Only Network (9/1999)
 
Subsidiaries: PeopleMedia
OkCupid
SinglesNet
 
Countries served: 24 including, USA, UK, Australia, Latin America
 
Business model: paid dating site
Guarentee 6 months – $23.99
Standard 6 months – $20.99
Value 3 months – $26.99
Standard 3 months – $23.99
1 month – $41.99
 
Financial Results: http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/matchcom-financials.html
   
Category: general
 
Affiliate program:  http://us.match.com/cp.aspx?cpp=cppp/affiliates/index.html?lid=4
 
Traffic: 3 256 053 (June 2015)
   
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Glamour Magazine Partners With Match.com

Posted on June 2, 2010

Glamourmatchmaker picture WSJ – June 2 - Glamour magazine approached Match.com and within weeks they were readying the launch of Glamour Matchmaker, a dating service featuring men selected by the magazine's staff from the sea of singles on Match.com. 70% of visitors to Glamour.com are single or divorced.  When Glamour approached Match.com's business development team, the dating site's executives saw an avenue to legions of affluent, single women with men on their minds, says Match general manager Mandy Ginsberg. Under a two-year deal, Glamour will take an undisclosed percentage of the revenue from customers who sign up for a Match.com account through the magazine's site. FULL ARTICLE @ WSJ

Mark Brooks: There's no question of Match.com's pre-eminence as the top (paid) dating site. Now what? Who would you do business with if you were a major magazine, or a major radio or media service of any kind? Is this game over? How can the little dating site compete at this stage? Lets take this into the comments…

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After 50 Years Of Marriage, Couples Only Speak For 3 Mins At Dinner

Posted on June 2, 2010

Forgetdinner logoANI – June 2 - After 50 years of marriage, most couples
chat for three minutes over dinner, exchanging just 150 words, a new
British study has found. Before marriage, all loved-up pairs excitedly
talk about careers, friends, music, babies – for an average of 50
minutes in every 60. But once the knot is tied, Brit couples go down to
40 minutes an hour, which will almost halve to 21 minutes after 20
years and drop again to 16 minutes after 30 years, reports The Daily
Express. And according to the survey of 500 British couples by casual
dating site ForgetDinner.co.uk, the problem is exacerbated by having children. FULL ARTICLE @ NEWSTRACK INDIA

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Online Dating Assistants Help The Lonely And Busy

Posted on June 1, 2010

Virtualdatingassistants logo WASHINGTON POST – June 1 - Virtual Dating Assistants (VDA) is one of the first full-scale Internet-dating outsourcing companies. For $600, Virtual Dating Assistants guarantees clients two dates a month; the "executive service" package promises five dates a month for $1,200. VDA do it all: write a client's profile, pick out potential matches, send introductory e-mails and message back and forth until a date is confirmed. Then they turn over the correspondence and tell the lucky fellow where and when he's meeting Madame X. Jared Gordon, editor of A Bad Case of the Dates, a blog that collects dating horror stories, said: "It's awful! You're misrepresenting yourself. You're lying about yourself." Mark Brooks, editor of Online Personals Watch, a site that tracks Internet dating trends, says this type of outsourcing is an ethically questionable form of "misrepresentation." Still, he expects the field to grow. Professional matchmakers often charge $5,000 or more a year and have a limited pool of matches. Online dating sites are populated with countless singles but can require more attention than some users are willing to devote. "It may look like instant gratification, like you dive into the pool and instantly come up with a fish, but it doesn't really work like that," Brooks says. "You've got to tap, tap, tap on the keyboard quite a lot to get anywhere." But for many, it's not just their time that's at stake; it's also their egos. FULL ARTICLE @ WASHINGTON POST

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