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.
Category: All UK & Europe
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.
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.
MySingleFriend.com Unveils First TV Ad
THE DRUM – Sep 16 – The ad shows seven wingmen and women pitching their single friends to potential daters. Television personality and founder of MySingleFriend, Sarah Beeny, said: “Nobody has ever ‘advertised’ a single friend on television before.
Dating Worth £3.6 Billion Annually To UK Economy
FRESH BUSINESS THINKING – Sep 9 – UK singles spend £3.6 billion a year in their pursuit of love, according to match.com's research. Supplemented by The Centre for Economic Business Research, the survey of 1,000 British singles shows that ~37M dates take place each year and the average couple spend £103 on each date. The overall spend on entertainment, restaurants and bars in 2013 was £2.1 billion, up from £1.3 billion in 2012. The average dater also spends ~£281 every year on clothing, cosmetics and beauty when specifically preparing for a date.
by Daniel Hunter
The full article was originally published at Fresh Business Thinking, but is no longer available.
Babyklar.nu: Dating Site For Danes Ready For Baby
THE GUARDIAN – Aug 22 – Emmanuel Limal, the 43-year-old actor from France, was tired of meeting women who weren't ready to start a family. He set up Babyklar.nu, Baby-ready dating site. It functions like a normal dating site but every potential dater is asked to be honest about their wish to start a family soon. The response to the site has been overwhelming, he said. "We had 50 sign-ups an hour when we launched in June and I'm fully expecting the first Babyklar.nu baby by next summer." More men have signed up than women (53% to 47%).
MySingleFriend.com Launches Singles Events
DAILY MAIL – Aug 22 – MySingleFriend.com, UK dating site where singles are recommended to potential love interests by friends, has launched a series of dating events (Date MySingleFriend) where singletons can bring a trusted wingman or woman along for an evening of dating and match making. Wingmen/women are responsible for filling out scorecards and taking note of good matches, leaving singletons more time to enjoy their dates.
by Bianca London
See full article at Daily Mail