PRESS RELEASE – Feb 14 – This year Valentine’s Day will mark the start of a business boom across the online dating world with more companies seeking to capitalise on the millions of people turning to online dating. Over February 13 & 14 in 2011 Global Personals.co.uk saw a rise ~30% in subscriptions across its sites. Global Personals expects these figures to rise again in 2012 by 150%. Global Personals operates its own dating sites including Singles365.com, DatingAgency.com and JustSingleParents.com, whilst its B2B service, WhiteLabelDating.com, offers a platform for brands and individuals to power their own dating sites.
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Real Radio Partners With WhiteLabelDating To Create Dating Site
THE DRUM – Feb 9 – Real Radio, part of GMG Radio, has partnered with WhiteLabelDating.com to create its branded online dating site, with the tagline ‘Real Good, Feel Good’.
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WhiteLabelDating Celebrates 10 Million Members
WHITELABELDATING – Jan 20 – Award-winning WhiteLabelDating.com announced today that is has reached 10M members. Since launching in 2003, White Label Dating has offered a platform for any brand or individual to power their own online dating site, providing the software, payment processing, hosting, etc. while the site owner need only provide their brand, design and marketing. Operations Director Matthew Pitt comments that “with 10 million members, we have someone for everyone” across their numerous sites. There are more sites available now than ever before, many sites are tailored to specific interests, religions, hobbies, and more.
Jazz FM Launches Dating Site With WhiteLabelDating
THEDRUM – Jan 11 – Users of Jazz FM Dates will be able to meet fellow music lovers through the site with the help of WhiteLabelDating, with site functions including instant messaging, status updates, member feeds, video dating and dating diaries.”
WhiteLabelDating.com Unveils Its Mobile Platform
WLD – Dec 28 – With the mobile market worth an estimated £152 Billion in 2011, the world of mobile is big business. Mobile traffic is plentiful and relatively cheap. cquisition cost is up to 50% lower through mobile than desktop channels and WLD has found that 16% of their traffic is already accessed through handheld devices, even without a dedicated mobile platform. The mobile platform features are:
- A multi-button dashboard
- Dynamic member profile view
- Local member search – using the mobile device’s built in geo-location
- Advanced search functionality
- The ability to upgrade to full membership to get the best experience from the mobile site
- Accepts all common debit/credit cards
Global Personals: Ranked In The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100
WLD – Dec 16 – Global Personals UK, the parent company of WhiteLabelDating.com, has been ranked 28th place in the prestigious Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100. The league table has become the definitive barometer of private company growth and features a host of well-known brands including Cath Kidston, Ella’s Kitchen, Jack Wills, Joules and Patisserie Valerie; plus many emerging companies in a range of industries.
iDate INSIDE Series: Episode #3 – GlobalPersonals.co.uk
OPW – Nov 30 – iDate INSIDE are a series of videos covering the inner operations of internet dating companies. The video shows the offices and the culture. Here is the 3rd episode, a sneak peek into the Global Personals UK office.
Global Personals just celebrated its 8th birthday. Ross Williams and Steve Pammenter started the business in 2003 and it took them just 4 years to grow the business from nothing to £3M per year. Thanks to their White Label Dating partners, the company's annual revenue is now ~ £30M.
Jongleurs Comedy Launch Into Dating With WhiteLabelDating.com
WLD BLOG – Nov 30 - Popular comedy brand Jongleurs has launched into the world of online dating with site Jongleurs Dating, powered by WhiteLabelDating.com.
Top Tips For Your Dating Sites
WLD BLOG – Nov 24 -
1. Use Social Media - The majority of users will not proactively type your website’s URL into their browser and arrive at your site via direct traffic. That is why reaching people where they virtually ‘hang out’ is essential.
2. Keep your audience in mind - post in the tone that people will associate with your site, engaging with your audience on a ‘human’ level.
3. Make your site sticky - The perfect way to make your site sticky is to link, link, link! Hook users and reel them in by creating links (where relevant) between blog posts, to allow users to move effortlessly around the site and more importantly, stay engaged with your brand.
Ross Williams Crowned ‘Young Gun 2011’
PRESS RELEASE – Oct 31 – Growing Business has announced its top list of companies with founders aged 35 or under for 2011. Each year Young Guns recognizes the fastest-rising and most exciting young entrepreneurs running UK businesses. Ross Williams, co-founder and CEO of Global Personals, made the elite list of entrepreneurial talent. Launched in 2003, Global Personals owns and operates its own online dating sites including Singles365.com, DatingAgency.com and JustSingleParents.com, whilst its B2B service, WhiteLabelDating.com,