WEBWIRE – Aug 15 – The January iDate will now take place on January 16-18, 2013 at Harrah’s Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Last month, the 2013 Las Vegas Affiliate Summit changed its event dates to January 13-15, 2013. The new dates of the iDate SuperConference will still compliment Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas. In addition, a better venue was selected on the Las Vegas strip. iDate will have multiple tracks, an exhibit hall, an awards ceremony, several pre-conference tracks, a post-conference event, multiple evening parties and networking events.
Month: August 2012
WhiteLabelDating.com Offers Ex FriendFinder Affiliates 100% Rev Share
PRESS RELEASE – Aug 15 – Following FriendFinder’s announcement of the closure of 5,000 co-branded dating sites, WhiteLabelDating.com is offering ex-FriendFinders' 100% revenue share for 6 months for those looking for a new dating solution. WhiteLabelDating.com provides an ‘out of the box’ fully hosted and supported dating solution.
The full article was originally published at World News Report, but is no longer available.
FriendFinder Closing 5000 Co-branded Sites & Q2’12 Results
PR NEWSWIRE – Aug 14 – “We remain focused on our growth strategy and continue to undertake the necessary steps to optimize our business. As part of this effort, we have begun the process of closing 5,000 co-branded sites, which we expect to be fully completed by the end of the year,” said Anthony Previte, CEO. Q2 revenue was $81.1M, negatively impacted by less than expected new subscriber growth but was positively impacted by the Live Interactive Video segment’s continued growth. Loss from continuing operations was ($7.4M), or ($0.24) per share. The loss from discontinued operations, which resulted from the closure of all JigoCity operations, was ($3.1M) or ($0.10) per share.
The full article was originally published at PR Newswire, but is no longer available.
eHarmony UK Boss Takes Top Global Marketing Job
MARKETING WEEK – Aug 15 – eHarmony has elevated the role of UK country manager Ottokar Rosenberger to look after international marketing for the online dating site. Rosenberger will now lead the marketing and commercial strategies across all eHarmony’s international businesses outside the US, which includes EMEA, Australia and Brazil. He replaces Sean Cornwell, who left the company to “explore other opportunities”. Bryn Snelson, currently UK marketing director, will become country manager for the region.
Beautiful People Travel Free With MissTravel.com
AUSTIN CULTUREMAP – MrFunGuy has money, but apparently no one to travel with. ICraveAdventure is attractive, but lacks travel funds. The site MissTravel.com puts the two of them together. Is this matchmaking or nothing more than a travel escort service? As the founder reveals, one of the benefits touted by MissTravel is the ability for Attractive members to accumulate frequent flyer points to redeem for future travel on their own. The site's founder, Brandon Wade, who also founded SeekingArrangement.com and WhatsYourPrice.com where rich people bid on dates for beautiful people, believes that money plays a big role in how we express our love and care for someone. Born in Singapore to strict Chinese parents, Wade says he was terrified of girls. “I felt so much pain in my life trying to date and haven’t been very successful. I figured there should be a website for guys like me.”
by Shelley Seale
See full article at Austin Culturemap
Mark Brooks: Brandon loves controversy. Controversy loves an audience, and pr. Watch and learn…and cringe. :-)
Twoo To Speak At The European iDate In Cologne
WEBWIRE – Aug 15 – Twoo will present at the 9th Annual European Internet Dating Convention on September 10-11, 2012 at the NH Hotel Koln in Cologne, Germany. Lorenz Bogaert, CEO of Twoo will discuss European social dating, EU social discovery and online dating. A video on the upcoming event.
BoomingHearts.com: New Site For Baby Boomers
PR WEB – Aug 15 – BoomingHearts.com has launched its site for Baby Boomers for finding friends, companionship, and love. Co-founder and VP of BoomingHearts.com, Maria Downing stated, “Two-thirds of adults who use the computer are between the ages of 48 and 66. The first thing a visitor notices when viewing BoomingHearts.com is its simple, clean layout. The site allows users to search for specific keywords on other users’ profiles. BoomingHearts.com has officially launched on August 1, 2012.
Match.com Gives Singles Something To ‘Stir’ About
EXAMINER – Aug 15 – Match.com Stir events are a series of offline social events for singles, where members of the Match.com database get invited to mixers in a variety of cities. The last one was held at the Ocean Club in Hermosa Beach, CA. Pulling from Match.com’s large database of members, singles were allowed to invite up to three of their friends to create a social dating experience. Match has also incorporated mobile into the activities by sending a text reminder about their Stir event the day before and asking members to check in while at the event. Match recently organized a cooking class at the Grove in Los Angeles.
by Julie Spira
See full article at Examiner
Mark Brooks: Events are a double edged sword. Dating sites must produce quality events for them to have a positive effect on their brands. OK events just don't cut it. Match ran Matchlive.com several years back and pulled the plug on it undoubtedly because they realized this. Now they have simplified their event formats and have made them free and low cost. They're proliferating their brand by spawning good events. Good move, I think. A long time coming, but a good move.
oneGoodLove.com Re-launches As Relationship-Focused LGBT Site
PR WEB – Aug 14 – oneGoodLove.com, the online dating service for gay men and lesbians, is launching a 2.0 Beta site, redesigned with enhanced searching and matching, “marriage” as a stated relationship goal, and for the first time, allowing LGBT singles to identify as members of the US Armed Forces on an LGBT dating site. Dating focus at oneGoodLove.com is long-term relationships and marriage.
The full article was originally published at Virtual Stategy, but is no longer available.
Bizup To Speak At iDate In Koln, Germany
WEBWIRE – Aug 14 – BizUp will present at the Internet Dating Conference on September 10-11, 2012 at the NH Hotel Koln in Cologne, Germany. Matteo Monari, Managing Partner and COO of BizUp, will illustrate the most effective link-building techniques dating sites can apply to achieve high rankings on search engines. More specifically, the presentation will look at the impact the recent Google Penguin Update had on traditional link-building methods.