by Lucy Handley
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Month: February 2017
SettleForLove.com Is Seeking Investors
JOURNAL SENTINEL – Feb 10 – David Wheeler co-founded the dating site settleforlove.com three years ago with his friend Jacob Thompson. In 2014, settleforlove.com had 150 members. Fast-forward to today, and membership is just over 9k. Now, Wheeler and Thompson are seeking investors to expand the site and hire more personnel. The site is asking members to reveal what they'd be willing to settle for in a mate. Profiles include personal pros and cons.
by Kathy Flannigan
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Snap Interactive Spiked 164% Because Investors Thought It Was Snapchat
BUSINESS INSIDER – Feb 10 – Investors likely wanting a piece of Snap Inc.'s impending IPO sent shares of Snap Interactive up as much as 164%. Snap, the parent company of Snapchat goes public in March. Here's a chart from Yahoo Finance that shows STVI's rise after Snap Inc. filed its IPO paperwork with the SEC.
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Online Dating Services For Cannabis Lovers
by Matt Lindner
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Global Online Dating Growth Potential Is Tremendous
EliteSingles Digital Dating Bootcamp Goes Live
PRNEWSWIRE – Feb 9 – According to EliteSingles' latest survey into U.S. dating habits, 55% of Americans would describe dating in their city as "impossible." 24% labeled it "terrifying and only 12% find it "exciting." In response to these figures, EliteSingles has partnered with five dating experts to create a free digital dating bootcamp, for singles to get coaching tips and practical advice to improve their chances of finding love.
Where Are They Now: Greg Liberman, Former CEO Spark Networks Has Gone To The Dogs
OPW – Feb 12 – Greg Liberman started at Spark in 2004 as their general council and was CEO of Spark for 3 years from 2011 thru 2014 when Osmium ousted him and some of his colleagues. What's Greg up to now? For the last year and a half he's been working with a very different matchmaker. He's been running PuppySpot.com, which matchmakes puppies with owners. A very nice cause indeed. He's grown the site from zero to 1.1 million visits last month according to Similarweb, which is actually more traffic than Spark Networks signature property JDate.com managed last month. JDate had 977k estimated visits. Congrats to Greg in his new role. Our burning question…are puppies easier to match than people?
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Post by Mark Brooks @ Courtland Brooks.
Spark Networks: Turnaround By Management Stronger Catalyst Than Potential Takeover By Match Group
SEEKING ALPHA – Feb 9 – Despite a portfolio of leading niche dating sites (ChristianMingle, jDate, JSwipe), Spark Networks struggles to sustain profitability and retain paid subscribers. PEAK6 is the second investor in 3 years to take over and attempt a successful turnaround. PEAK6 brought along strong expertise in both finance and technology. Spark Networks is currently worth ~$2 a share. Given that most of the large shareholders bought in at prices close to the valuation estimate, they are less likely to accept a bid at that price. Rumors of an acquisition of Spark by Match Group have again been in the headlines. But Match could just as easily start up their own versions of ChristianMingle and jDate. Even if Match "swipes right" on Spark, Spark shareholders may "swipe left" on their offer. If Match offered the estimated value of $2 a share for the company, existing shareholders may rebuff the offer, as they purchased their shares at either around that price or at even higher prices. PEAK6 bought in at $1.55 a share, and hold warrants that vest at the $2.50 and $3.50 price levels. They are most likely interested in bringing up the company's value back into this range before considering a sale. We will have to wait for next quarter's earnings to see if new management is able to grow the paid subscription base (or at least minimize revenue declines). This turnaround cannot be completed in a single quarter, but the next quarter should give investors a clearer picture whether or not Spark is moving in the right direction.
by Thomas Niel
See full article at Seeking Alpha
Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – February 2017
OPW – Feb 12 - The new Internet dating jobs listing is live on the Internet Dating Jobs blog.
Below see a couple of this month's most interesting offers:
eHarmony
Director, Product Management (Mobile)
FriendFinder Networks
Director of Customer Acquisition
Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen, Crush.com)
Overnight Site Support/Content Review Agent
Grindr / Blendr
Director of Ad Operations
Hinge
Head of Finance
Hornet
Head of Sales
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
VP, Community Operations
Scruff
Chief Operating Officer
Snap Interactive
Senior Director, User Acquisition and Monetization
The League
Director/VP of Engineering
Tinder
Director of Digital Marketing
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.
“Neuro Design” Author Interview
OPW INTERVIEW – Feb 9 – I interviewed the author of a book that is out in a couple more weeks on Feb 28th. I've reviewed the book and it's a good read for internet dating site marketeers and designers. Here's my interview with Darren Bridger.
I asked…
- What inspired Darren to get into neuro design?
- How inaccurate are people from what they say vs what they feel?
- Can you do neuro design in-house?
- What equipment is needed?
- How can you find a group to test, at a reasonable cost?
- Where should you start when finding a testing provider?
- What does neuro design testing cost?
You can pre-order his book here.
Post by Mark Brooks @ Courtland Brooks.