Month: May 2014

Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – May 2014

Posted on May 11, 2014

Internet dating jobs logo OPW – May 11 – 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:

Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
  Country Web/Net Affiliate Marketing Manager

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eHarmony
  Vice President, Technology Operations

FriendFinder Networks
  Director Of Marketing

mbrace
  CTO

Meetme
  Sales Director – Social Theater (Digital Advertising Sales)

SpeedDate
  Director of Product

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.

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Chinese Dating App, Momo, To File For IPO

Posted on May 9, 2014

Momo app logoWSJ – May 9 – Beijing Momo Technology is working with banks including Morgan Stanley MS and Credit Suisse Group on a U.S. listing that could happen later this year. Momo has grown rapidly since its 2011 launch. As of January it had ~35M MAU. It began as a dating and hookup app, but over the past year became a platform to help people with shared interests connect in locales across China. Momo was recently valued at ~$2B in a private fundraising.

by Telis Demos
See full article at WSJ

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Interviewing CEOs Of The Top Mobile Dating Companies

Posted on May 8, 2014

InterviewOPW – May 8 – I'm interviewing the CEOs of the companies with the top mobile dating apps next week. Including Sam Yagan at Match and Aaron Schildkrout at HowAboutWe. What should I ask them? The interviews will appear on Online Personals Watch and short segments may appear in my keynote at iDate in June. Please email me at mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com with any questions you'd like me to ask.

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SparkNetworks Letter To Investors: Don’t Vote For Osmium

Posted on May 8, 2014

MARKETWIRED – May 7 – In the letter, SparkNetworks highlighted the company's progress (see the table below), and asked investors not to vote for "an unproven group of director candidates who seek to acquire control of the company". SparkNetworks is referring to Osmium, a major stockholder (14.1% of the company) seeking to replace a majority of the Board.

Spark networks numbersSee full article at BroadwayWorld

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AYI: iPhone Users Are The Most Desirable

Posted on May 8, 2014

NEWSOK – May 8 – People who make at least six figures a year and are looking for love online tend to be iPhone users, while their Android counterparts make on average less than $60K a year, according to new data from AYI. Android users were also 33% more likely to have children and 20% more likely to have been divorced before.Ayi iPhone-vs-Android-FINALby Robynn Garfield
The full article was originally published at NewsOK, but is no longer available.

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LoveStruck Wants To Raise New Funding Via InvestingZone

Posted on May 8, 2014

Lovestruck logo new May 14CROWDFUNDINSIDER – May 7 – InvestingZone, the equity crowdfunding platform, will be helping Lovestruck.com raise capital to fuel its international expansion. The company is looking to raise ~£800K. LoveStruck.com connects urban professionals who live or work nearby via web and mobile. Founded in 2006 in UK, Lovestruck claims ~150K subscribers. The company also operates in Hong Kong and Singapore, which are now responsible for a third of total revenues.

by Samantha Hurst
See full article at CrowfundInsider

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Queers Call For OKCupid Blackout

Posted on May 8, 2014

Okcupid partial logoOPW – May 7 – Queers recently called for a blackout to get OKCupid to update its limited gender and sexuality options to include trans, queer, and poly people. On May 2, activist Ryley Pogensky asked queers to replace their photos with a black box, and then to either log out or delete their profiles for 24 hours. OkCupid users only have the choice to identify as male or female, and straight, gay, or bi. The limited options for trans and gender-nonconforming people forces them to mislabel themselves. One year ago, OkCupid said: "We absolutely want to add more gender and orientation options in the future, it's something we're working towards." So far, nothing has changed, which is why Pogensky called for the blackout.

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UK Women Say Dating Apps Lead To Cheating

Posted on May 8, 2014

CheatingCBR ONLINE – May 6 – Two thirds of women believe signing into a dating site or app by their partners can lead to cheating while only 43% of men feel the same, according to a survey conducted by the UK's YouGov. 52% of the women believe that sending flirty messages to someone could be termed as cheating while only 32% men believe similarly. Both genders agree that paying for sex with a prostitute is cheating.

See full article at CBR Online

Soon Brands Will Run Ads On Tinder

Posted on May 7, 2014

Tinder iconCLICKZ – May 5 – Moving forward, Tinder will employ native advertising as part of its overall strategy to monetize the app. Earlier this year, Tinder allowed select brands to create fake profiles on the app. Fox promoted its series The Mindy Project by creating profiles of Mindy Kaling and Chris Messina's characters.

by Yuyu Chen
See full article at ClickZ

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