Month: February 2012

Love In The 21st Century

Posted on February 13, 2012

Mysinglefriend logoHERALD SCOTLAND – Feb 12 - With the online dating industry predicted to be worth £150M annually in the UK by 2014, it is big business. Eight years ago TV presenter Sarah Beeny set up the site Mysinglefriend.com, where singles are "recommended" to potential love interests by friends. It has now ~1M users and has recently launched in Ireland. Ottokar Rosenberger, UK manager at eHarmony.co.uk, said changes in society such as moving around more and not necessarily having strong social or family networks had helped contribute to the popularity of internet dating.

by Judith Duffy
See full article at Herald Scotland

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Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – February 2012

Posted on February 12, 2012

Internet dating jobs logo OPW – Feb 12 – New iDating jobs listing is live on the Internet Dating Jobs blog.

Below see a couple of this month's most interesting offers:

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From our esteemed Courtland Brooks clients:

WhiteLabelDating
 Customer Retention Representative / UK, Windsor office

Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
  Android and iPhone Mobile Application Developers 

Twoo
  Community Manager

Online-Buddies
  Business Development Manager
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Badoo
 HR Director

be2 / C-Date
  Head of Human Resources

eHarmony
  Director, Online Marketing

Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
  Director, Midwest Advertising Sales

SpeedDate
  Director of Marketing – Display

Zoosk
 VP, Business Development 

To see more open positions go here.

Do you have an idating industry job offer which is not included? Please, send it to petra@courtlandbrooks.com and we will add it to the list.

Plentyoffish.com: Most Visited Mobile Dating App

Posted on February 10, 2012

Pof mobile picturePR NEWSWIRE – Feb 7 – Plentyoffish.com (POF.com), the world’s largest dating site with more than 39.5M registered users, surpassed 300M monthly visits to their free IPhone and Android apps in January 2012. The apps’ success is a testament to the growing popularity of mobile-based services and changing habits of daters, with mobile traffic on POF increasing at a rate of 3% a week. “40% of sign-ups in the U.S. are now via mobile device”, says Markus Frind, founder and CEO of POF.

See full article at PR Newswire

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Badoo: Social Dating

Posted on February 10, 2012

Badoo logoNPR MARKETPLACE – Feb 10 – Social networks got popular and we got much more comfortable sharing our personal lives online so much that entrepreneurs are now latching onto our social networks to create social dating sites like Badoo.com. Broadcasting your private life is key to Badoo’s success. Sites like eHarmony spend millions of dollars on advertising to attract new users. Badoo doesn’t have to. Its users spread the word. Mark Brooks, a consultant to the online dating industry: "Yes they’re not paying so much to acquire users. In fact in many cases they’re not paying anything". The company says it’s on track to take in $150M a year.

by Sally Herships
See full article at NPR Marketplace

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Fraud Is In The Air, iovation Finds Increase In Online Dating Abuses

Posted on February 10, 2012

Iovation logo new feb 12MARKET WIRE – Feb 9 - iovation, the Device Reputation Authority protecting online businesses from fraud and abuse, has seen a significant spike in online dating site fraud in the past 12 months. Iovation found that 3.8% of the total transactions it processed for online dating sites in 2011 were fraudulent — more than a 150% increase over the 1.4% in 2010 and 1.5% in 2009. To date, iovation has stopped almost 60M fraud attempts on dating websites.

Some of the most common scenarios include:

  • Credit Card Fraud
  • Spamming
  • Scams and Solicitations 
  • Identity Mining
  • Profile Misrepresentation
  • Harassment / Bullying
  • Chat Abuse

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

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Love Is In The Air With KLM

Posted on February 10, 2012

Klm meetseat pictureCNN – Feb 10 – Launched this month as part of KLM online booking service, "Meet & Seat" allows passengers to link their Facebook or LinkedIn profiles to the seats they choose. The idea is that when picking an aisle or a window seat you can see if the person next to you has similar interests and the potential for stimulating conversation, or if you'll need extra batteries for your noise-cancelling headphones. So far KLM is only letting passengers on flights from Amsterdam to New York, San Francisco and Sao Paolo use the service. The airline says all personal profile details are deleted from the airline's systems 48-hours after the flight.

by Dean Irvine
See full article at CNN

Singles Are Embracing A New Age Of ‘Dating’

Posted on February 10, 2012

Urbandiversion logoMERCURY NEWS – Feb 10 – A dinner date with a group of people maximizes the odds of a connection. Table for Six utilizes the talents of dining coordinators and matchmakers to hand-select three women and three men to have dinner together. "You go to the dinner and everybody meets each other and that's it–you see what happens," says Marc Paiva, COO. Table for Six was founded in 1997 by his wife Julie Paiva, who is now retired from the business. "Having six people can also provide a sense of security in a new environment." Another good way to meet someone is to participate in events with other singles. With an office in Santa Clara serving ~1K members, Events and Adventures was created for single professionals to meet other singles. The club does not have marriage statistics, but members do get married, says Barb Morgen, Events and Adventures' director of membership and marketing emeritus. About nine years ago, Lance Evander realized most of his friends were married, making it a challenge to meet new people. "One of the main reasons I started Urban Diversion in 2003 was to provide a more natural way for people to meet each other." Nearly 100 people have been engaged or married from the club, but dating is not the main focus, he says. Urban Diversion welcomes married and single members.

by Tiffany Carney
See full article at Mercury News

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Features We Like: Match Email Filtering

Posted on February 10, 2012

Match.com logo dalsiOPW – Feb 9 – Women especially are often inundated with lots of emails from guys they are not interested in. Match.com has done a good job with their email filtering. Users can select what they'd like to filter out (smoking, age, location, body, etc.) Their inbox is split in two – regular inbox and filtered inbox. Messages from those who don't meet user's requirements, will go to their filter inbox. If they happen to respond to someone from their filter inbox, Match.com will move that message to their regular inbox.

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Real Radio Partners With WhiteLabelDating To Create Dating Site

Posted on February 10, 2012

Realradiodating logoTHE DRUM – Feb 9 – Real Radio, part of GMG Radio, has partnered with WhiteLabelDating.com to create its branded online dating site, with the tagline ‘Real Good, Feel Good’.

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

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More Christians Seeking Love Connection Online

Posted on February 10, 2012

CBN.COM – Feb 9 – Sam Moorcroft is CEO of ChristianCafe.com, an online dating site solely for believers. He appeared on Christian television CBN.com this week. He said the "old ways" of finding a mate at church or through friends are "falling by the way side." "The advantage of using a Christian only dating site is that that's our entire purpose," Moorcroft explained. "When you're on a site like Match.com or other secular ones you have to troll through all of these other profiles to figure out, 'Is the person I'm interested in actually a true believer.'"

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

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