DAILY MAIL – Oct 20 - Only 1 in 6 Brits prefer to meet in bars and at parties and 1 in 12 want to meet at night clubs. 3 in 5 Brits are dating or have dated someone they met online and staggering 84% would meet someone in the real world they have chatted virtually.
by Maysa Rawi
See full article at Daily Mail
THE STAR – Oct 21 – A new dating school launches next week with an introductory workshop called Happy Dates by matchmaker and dating coach Stacie Ikka and psychologist Dr. Andrew Shaul, who specializes in couples counselling. The pair refers to themselves by “edu-daters.” The intro session, which will be free and will accommodate 50 participants will consist of interactive trust exercises and some role playing. Every participant will be offered the 100-question test, and can get results (in a private session later on) for a special $50 deal. Their 100-question scientific survey aims to help diagnose areas that need improvement such as low self-esteem and poor communications skills. The regular price will be $199 thereafter for an analysis of one’s dating abilities. The plan is to set up a series of workshops geared to specific dating issues. That kind of couture treatment would cost about $1,500 for 10 sessions of hand-holding.
by Leanne Delap
See full article at The Star
INDIA INFOLINE – Oct 20 – Shaadi.com completes 15 years of successful matchmaking. Over the fifteen year journey, Shaadi.com started with online business at its core and extended services to various platforms such as Mobile (through Shaadi.com Blackberry app), Television (through a show called Vivah) & on DTH (through Dish TV). In the offline space, Shaadi.com launched Shaadi Centres which has a network of 100+ centers across 87 Indian cities today.
PR NEWSWIRE – Oct 20 - Cupid.com will be the very first online dating community to be available through the all-new HTML5-based version of Facebook. Facebook has icreated a social ecosystem, which users can download directly onto their iPhones and iPad devices and then use to select and run whichever apps they choose, directly from inside Facebook.
PRESS RELEASE – Oct 20 – The 7th iDate Startup event will take place in October 24th in New York City. There is no fee to attend the event and pre-registration is required at http://www.idatestartup.com. iDateStartup is a series of free local events for new dating industry startup companies and dating affiliates.
MARKET PRESS RELEASE – Oct 20 - Twofordrinks.com is a new personal matchmaking services for busy professionals. Twofordrinks.com will scout, interview, recruit as well as analyze each possible candidate from their network. In addition they offer a full range of personal improvement services as well.
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PRESS RELEASE – Oct 19 - Global Personals has become the South East regional winner in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years and the company grew 1371% during this period.
PRESS RELEASE – Oct 19 – Free online dating website Smooch.com has found that some daters would be less likely to go on a first date if they were not able to drink alcohol. In an online survey, it asked its members what the importance of a confidence boosting alcoholic drink was to the modern date and it revealed that for some people, having alcohol was too significant.
The full article was originally published at PRFire, but is no longer available.
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MARKETING WEEK – Oct 18 - UK country manager Ottokar Rosenberger says eHarmony will focus on what makes UK singles “really tick” and communicate the brand in a “truly local way”. eHarmony has switched creative agencies in the UK from US-based Donat/Wald + Haque to Karmarama, Marketing Week Engage Awards’ agency of the year winner, to develop UK-specific campaigns.
by Lara O'Reilly
See full article at Marketing Week