SUBSCRIPTION SITE INSIDER – May 10 - Are you collecting data from your members? If so, you're going to want to know how a slew of recent government crackdowns can affect your subscription business. Attend Subscription Site Insider Webinar with legal expert Lisa Dubrow, who will review:
The seminar is taking place next Tuesday, May 15th.
PR NEWSWIRE – May 10 – "POF.com is the top site in Brazil after entering the market in September 2011", says Markus Frind, POF founder and CEO. POF.com reports that ~80K members are actively using POF in Brazil each day, and an increase of 64% in site visits since January 2012. 5.6M Brazilians visit online dating sites each month, and that number is on the rise, according to comScore.
The full article was originally published at MarketWatch, but is no longer available.
PRESS RELEASE – May 10 – eDarling, FriendScout24, Neu.de and Parship voluntarily committed to comply with rules (SPIN Kodex) that Federal Association of the Digital Economy (BVDW) put together to protect their customers. The "SPIN Kodex" defines clear rules related to cancellations policy, recurring payments and privacy issues. All parties must take all necessary measures to prevent fraudulent or criminal misuse of their platforms by third parties.
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PR WEB – May 9 – There are 25K Jewish singles ages 20-39 in Boston. JBoston will be different from a typical dating site. It combines online profiles with the personalized touch of a matchmaker who gives phone consultations to their members to understand their dating needs. JBoston partners with JRetroMatch.com, for the use of their matching technology.
WEBWIRE – May 8 – Meexo will present at the 9th annual West Coast Mobile Dating Industry Conference. The event takes place on June 20-22, 2012 in Beverly Hills at the SLS Hotel. Romain David, CEO and Co-Founder of Meexo will provide a presentation on mobile dating and social discovery.
Mark Brooks: I just interviewed Romain for OPW, and am interviewing the CEOs of all the top mobile dating apps. After iDate we'll run a thread of over a dozen video interviews. But the main event is iDate. That's where you'll get a brain-full and be able to meet, learn and share with peers.
OPW – May 9 – I´ve decided to stay in New York a little longer after the I Heart NY Dating Services during the Internet Week. I'll be covering the TechCrunch Disrupt event as well. It will take place on May 19-23 at Pier94. Speakers include Mike Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, Dennis Crowley, co-Founder of Foursquare, Jason Goldber, CEO of Fab.com, David Lawee, VP Corporate Development at Google and many others. If you can make either event, please let me know, mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com.
SB WIRE – May 7 – eLove Matchmaking is opening offices in Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary and has acquired Real Connections, with its offices in Calgary and Edmonton. Professional matchmakers do the recruiting, marketing and interviewing for their members to ensure their privacy and safety. eLove conducts a mandatory background check for the safety of each single they match.
VANCOUVER OBSERVER – May 4 – Canadians have experienced a major increase in online dating popularity over the past few years. With Canadians spending 74 minutes online per day, and 81 minutes a day on mobile aps, it's no surprise that people would turn to the Internet as a dating tool. POF claims a 40%t increase in membership holders over the past two year and 33M registered users. "The fear of initial rejection isn't as great when you don't have to see someone face to face," Rebecca Liu said about her experience with Match.com. Liu explained that she gave online dating a try because of a lack of dating resources in the analog world. Many find workplace romances taboo. Approaching a cute guy or girl at the library is almost more likely to creep people out than get them interested. Dating online is refreshing because it gives you an avenue to meet people outside your daily routines.
by Jessica Kalbfleisch
See full article at Vancouver Observer
CNET NEWS – May 6 – Indeed, despite only enjoying 5% of the world's human beings, the US seems to be home to almost a quarter of all the world's prisoners. Meet-An-Inmate.com is a dating sites for prisoners. Meet-An-Inmate allows you to peruse not merely profiles, but pictures of those who may or may not have been locked up for a long time. It categorizes lady inmates, males, and even has a special section for newbies. The site says that all they're looking for are penpals.
TECH CRUNCH – May 4 – Where Facebook concentrated on linking up with existing friends and friends of friends, Badoo was oriented towards you meeting new people all the time, and for others to push themselves out there. That gave it an obvious flirtatious feel. Currently on 150M users, Badoo is one of the top five social networks globally according to comScore, and its growth is being significantly powered by mobile (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and WAP worldwide). In the U.S. market it’s seeing more new registrations on mobile than on Web, with 68% of new users coming to the site via mobile over the past six months. Mobile usage has grown by 100% since November 2011, and Badoo says is it more than doubling mobile revenues. Badoo has seen over 60% growth YOY with 35M active users per month worldwide, adding 150K new users a day. Badoo is still in profit and has an annual run rate of $150M.
by Mike Butcher
See full article at Tech Crunch
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