PASADENA STAR NEWS – July 13 – eHarmony is moving its corporate
headquarters out of Pasadena to Santa Monica. Eric Duyshart, Pasadena's
economic development manager, said he and others in the city held talks
with company officials in an unsuccessful bid to convince the firm to
stay. While eHarmony provides very little to the city in direct sales
tax revenue, Pasadena greatly benefitted from having the jobs in the
city. FULL ARTICLE @ PASADENA STAR NEWS
Month: July 2010
eHarmony’s Steady Growth
WSJ – July 12 – Founded in 1999, eHarmony started off in a space with sites like Match.com and Yahoo Personals that catered more to men, emphasized free services and enabled users to sign up and begin using the service quickly and easily. But eHarmony emphasized privacy, which made it popular among women. CEO Greg Waldorf would not discuss exact revenue figures but said reports of the company generating $250M in revenue annually are "in the right ballpark." There are no immediate plans for an IPO, Waldorf said. The company has raised ~$110M from Sequoia Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures and Fayez Sarofim & Co. and doesn't need any more venture funding, he said. "eHarmony has an advantage over other dating sites in that its users tend to be more serious about dating since they must fill out a long questionnaire. Therefore those people who are interested are willing to pay up front to subscribe", said Mark Brooks, a consultant and editor of OnlinePersonalsWatch.com. eHarmony is now in the U.S., Australia, the U.K. and Canada and is soon going to announce its move into more countries. However, can eHarmony be a victim of its own success if its users get married and leave the site? That is a challenge to the company, as its U.S. user base is already large and its U.S. user growth is probably flat, said Brooks, the industry consultant. The company is still growing in other countries though, he said. One small way eHarmony addresses this is through an "elongated" communication process, longer than other dating sites, which ensures safety but also makes it take longer for people to get to know each other, and thus stay on the site longer, Brooks said. FULL ARTICLE @ WSJ
iovation Webinar On Detecting High Risk Transactions
IOVATION – July 12 – iovation, provider of the world’s first device reputation service for preventing online fraud and abuse, is running a webinar on Detecting High Risk Transactions on July 20th. During this 45-minute webinar, you will learn how to proactively assess risk to know which transactions to trust and which to reject. They'll discuss techniques that cyber criminals use to hide their identities and how you can detect this and act immediately to protect your business.
Walmart Photography Investigation
OPW – July 12 – LookBetterOnline.com, the online dating photo service, investigated using Walmart photo studios for online dating… A Walmart photographer will take a portrait picture for just a few bucks When it comes to photography, people get what you pay for. When you’re sitting for a dating site photo:
– the environment should be relaxed and comfortable so that you’re looking happy and content. (That doesn’t happen in Walmart.)
– the pose should be natural and casual so that the viewer will feel at ease with you. (Those aren’t the poses that Walmart photographers have the time – or skill — to produce.)
– you should have a variety of images to choose from. (Walmart photographer will take 9 photos only)
– the photos must be digital so you can upload them. (Walmart will give you prints. If you want digital, it’s $80 per image or $200 for the nine. That’s not nickels any more.)
Take a look at the video below, LookBetterOnline.com took of a typical Walmart photo shoot and decide for yourself.
Dating Factory Bucks The Dating Industry Summer Downturn Trend
PR WEB – July 10 – The Summer months are traditionally slow for the online dating industry however datingfactory.com continues
to grow. During May and June Dating Factory posted 15% growth in
revenues each month. In June there was a 33% increase in Unique
Visitors. During this period Dating Factory expanded into the UK and US
markets by acquiring some small and medium dating sites with active
databases as well as scaling up their marketing effort in those
territories. The big news for July is the launch of datingfactory.fr, white label dating and affiliate network for the French speaking market. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
Looking For A Job?
OPW – July 12 – We've updated the iDating industry job listings again. Here are some sample job listings that we thought were interesting:
AreYouInterested
Creative Director
Be2
Legal Counsel – Focus Internet 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
Stage Business Development / France
More info: http://www.edarling.de/jobs
eHarmony
Director, Executive Office / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Staffing / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Creative Services / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Customer Care Operations / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Director, Strategic Planning and Analysis / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Director, Financial Reporting / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Director, Marketing Intelligence & Insights / USA – CA, Pasadena
FriendFinder Networks
Compliance Supervisor / USA – NV, Las Vegas
Fraud Review Analyst
FriendScout24 (description in German)
Product Owner / Germany – Munchen
Controller / Germany – Munchen
Global Personals (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
Internet Affiliate Sales Managers / Online 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. Marketing Director / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Director, Social Media Strategy & Distribution / USA – TX, Dallas
Product Manager – Chemistry.com / USA – TX, Dallas
Director, PR & Social Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Online-Buddies
Quality Assurance Analyst
Smartdate
COO / France – Paris
More info: http://jobs.smartdate.com/
Spark Networks
Christian Community Manager / USA – UT, Provo
WhiteLabelDating
Head of Digital Marketing / UK, Windsor office
Zoosk
Marketing Associate – France Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Netherlands Area Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Scandinavian Area Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Spain Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – United Kingdom Area Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Product Manager / 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 (July 2010)
AreYouInterested (SNAP Interactive)
Creative Director
Programmer
Mobile application developer
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
SEO Assistant
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
Web Applicatons Programmer
More info: http://www.goacolyte.com/company/jobs.shtml
ClickTonight
Web Developer / UK – London
Party Planner / UK – London
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
Customer Care Agent / Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Spain
System Administrator / Germany
Management Assistant / Germany
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
Risk Management Processor / USA – CA, Pasadena
Customer Care Agent / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Staffing / USA – CA, Pasadena
Data Analyst / 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
Sr. Online Marketing 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
Financial Systems Analyst / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Software Engineer (Java) / USA – CA, Pasadena
Sr. Financial Analyst / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Sr. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Director, Strategic Planning and Analysis / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Trainer, Customer Care / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Social Media Intern / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Sr. Front-End Developer / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Ad Sales Planner / USA – CA, Santa Monica
QA Engineer II (Matching) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Contract Web Designer / USA – CA, Santa Monica
QA Engingeer II (Singles) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Lifecycle Marketing Programs Manager / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Account Executive / US – IL, Chicago
Product Manager (Content/Publishing) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Research Scientist / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Director, Financial Reporting / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Senior Digital Acquisition Manager / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Director, Marketing Intelligence & Insights / 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)
Software Developer m/w / Germany – Munchen
Senior Software Developer m/w / Germany – Munchen
Junior Business Intelligence Developer / Germany – Munchen
Product Owner / Germany – Munchen
Controller / 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 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
Manager, Customer Insights / USA – TX, Dallas
Database Administrator / USA – TX, Dallas
Manager, Pricing / USA – TX, Dallas
Sr. Marketing Director / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Designer, Interactive (Flash) / USA – TX, Dallas
Configuration Engineer (SQL Server) / USA – TX, Dallas
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
Senior Product & Marketing Analyst – People Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Visual Designer / USA – TX, Dallas
Agent, Email Customer Care / USA – TX, Dallas
Agent, Email Customer Care – International / USA – TX, Dallas
Database Engineer (SQL Server) / USA – TX, Dallas
Senior Linux Systems Engineer / Remote; near USA – MA
Sr. Systems Engineer (Email) / USA – TX, Dallas
Systems Engineer (Network/Telecom) / USA – TX, Dallas
Marketing Manager / USA – TX, Dallas
Search Marketing Manager (SEM, PPC) / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Associate Manager, Product (Mobile) / USA – TX, Dallas
More info: http://www.match.com/cp/careers/CurrentOpenings.html
Meetcha
Ruby on Rails Developer
MyPartner
Senior Ad Sales Manager
Online-Buddies
Bilingual Customer Service Representative
Bilingual Customer Service Supervisor
Interactive Marketing Representative
MySQL Database Administrator
Advertising Operations Assistant
Quality Assurance Analyst
Senior PHP 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
COO / France – Paris
Product Manager – CRM / France – Paris
Senior Software Engineer / France – Paris
Web Services Developer / France – Paris
More info: http://jobs.smartdate.com/
Spark Networks
HurryDate Host
Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Beverly Hills
Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – UT, Provo
Christian Community Manager / 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
Cold Fusion Developer / UK, Windsor office
JavaSript/Front-end Developer / UK, Winsor office
PPC/SEO Manager / UK, Windsor office
Accounts Assistant / UK, Windsor office
Software Engineers / US, Windsor office, remote working considered
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/
Zoosk
Software Engineer / 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
Freelance Videographer / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – France Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Netherlands Area Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Scandinavian Area Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – Spain Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Marketing Associate – United Kingdom Area Specialist / USA – CA, San Francisco
Product Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
Senior Web Designer / USA – CA, San Francisco
User Experience Designer / USA – CA, San Francisco
Senior Operations Admnistrator / USA – CA, San Francisco
More info: http://www.zoosk.com/jobs.php?from=footer
About Ex-Blocker Plugin
JESS3 BLOG – July 9 - Ever had an ex that made your stomach turn but couldn’t stop looking up his or her Facebook profile? Until now, that is. Inspired by a conversation with our friends at Stuff Hipsters Hate, JESS3 has created The Ex-Blocker, a Firefox and Chrome plugin that not only removes your ability to look at their Facebook profiles and Twitter accounts, but removes his or her name from the internet entirely, may it be Google search results, blog mentions or other. FULL ARTICLE @ JESS3 BLOG
Oasis Active Takes The Lead In Australia
DIGITAL MEDIA – July 9 – Online dating site Oasis Active, managed by 3H group, has overtaken Fairfax’s RSVP as the number one dating site in Australia, according to the latest figures from Hitwise. The shift seems to reflect a general move by consumers away from pay-to-play providers to those supported by advertising alone.
The full article was originally published at Digital Media, but is no longer available.
The Cyber Cyrano
BBC.CO.UK – July 8 – The modern-day cupids are popping up across the internet. They specialise in ghost writing witty, charming, flirtatious messages on behalf of single men and women unwilling, unable or too busy to do it themselves. "We've noticed a definite trend with more and more of these companies springing up- and there is a huge demand," says Mark Brooks, editor of Online Personals Watch, a site that tracks internet dating trends. "Necessity is the mother of invention," says Evan Marc Katz, who has worked as a dating coach since 2003 and runs e-cyrano.com, one of the first of this new breed of companies. "There are a surprising number of people out there who don't know how to market themselves in an original way." TargetLove offers everything, from basic profile writing for £150 to dating coaches who, for around £90 an hour, will talk the unlucky and inept through every step of the dating game. Some companies will go so far as posing as their client on dating sites and writing messages to potential partners to arrange first dates. Critics claim it is a dishonest way to try to find true love. Not so, insists Scott Valdez, the founder and president of Virtual Dating Assistants (VDA). "We are representing our clients as honestly and accurately as possible online," he says. FULL ARTICLE @ BBC.CO.UK