OPW INTERVIEW – Sep 19 – Marc Lesnick was pleased with iDate Cologne. He was completely on form and did a stellar job running this Internet Dating Conference. This was the 35th iDate conference! Next up, Brazil in November, and then it’s Vegas Baby!, in January.
Month: September 2013
Quickie Interview: Dan Winchester, CEO Freedating.co.uk, Introducing ODA
OPW INTERVIEW – Sep 19 – Its about time we had an industry association. Dan’s helping to form the Online Dating Association, and get standards in place. No small task. He needs all the help and support the industry can muster. 13 UK internet dating companies are supporting the initiative now.
Quickie Interview: Magic, CEO, World Dating Company
OPW INTERVIEW – Sep 19 – Maciej ‘Magic” Koper has grown his Polish catholic dating site, and niche network of sites, without spending any money on advertising. He has a significant portion of the 15m Euro a year Polish Internet dating market now.
Quickie Interview: Karolina, Marketing Manager At Metaflake.de
OPW INTERVIEW – Sep 19 – Metaflake is a German and European mega-affiliate, and have unique visibility on the German D-A-CH market especially. Karolina Schaefer gave a particularly informative presentation at iDate Cologne.
Quickie Interview: Rutger, Founder, DatingWebsites.nl
OPW INTERVIEW – Sep 19 – Rutger Tolenaar is a Netherlands and European mega-affiliate.
Quickie Interview: Jeroen, Director, Social Clicks
OPW INTERVIEW – Sep 19 – As a channel for iDating member acquisition, Facebook is hot. Red hot!
Want help with your European Facebook social media marketing. Perhaps
Jeroen can help.
Quickie Interview: Greg Swierad, CEO, IntelligentElite
OPW INTERVIEW – Sep 19 – IntelligentElite has grown largely through word-of-mouse. Greg is the new CEO.
Grindr Hooks Up With Gay Activists To Unblock The App In Turkey
GAYSTAR NEWS – Sep 18 – Grindr is working with leading Turkish LGBT association, KAOS GL and digital LGBT activists at All Out to petition Turkey to lift the ban. There were 125K active monthly Grindr users in Turkey. Istanbul’s Criminal Court of Peace blocked Grindr as a ‘protection measure’ on Sep 11th.
A Dating Site’s Facebook Ad Used Photo Of Dead Girl
BUSINESS INSIDER – Sep 18 – Facebook banned ionechat.com
from advertising on its site after it posted an ad featuring a photo of
Rehtaeh Parsons, a 17-year-old Canadian who hanged herself after photos
of her alleged rape were posted online. The controversy is sure to
reignite ongoing debate between Facebook and privacy advocates over how
advertisers should be allowed to display user data alongside Facebook
ads. The offending website, ionechat.com, is currently down.
by Aaron Taube
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PlentyOfFish Acquires FastLife
CNW – Sep 18 – POF is acquiring FastLife, the world's largest speed dating and singles event company. "The direction of online dating is undeniably headed towards a merging of the online and offline worlds," said Markus Frind, founder and CEO of POF. FastLife holds ~2,400 events a year. These events have generated annual revenue of ~$2.5M. POF and FastLife will be rolling out singles events in US over the next year. FastLife was created by a husband and wife team, Justin and Annabelle Parfitt. Annabelle will continue as CEO of FastLife, which is branded as Fast Impressions in Australia. POF wants to invest ~$30M in the next 12 months."
The full article was originally published at Yahoo Finance, but is no longer available.
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