Category: Zoosk

Unemployment And Living With Parents Are Not Dating Deterrents

Posted on May 13, 2009

Zoosk logo PR NEWSWIRE — May 12 — According to Zoosk's recent survey, 78% of American singles would go on a date with someone who is unemployed; 85% think that dating can be fun without spending money; 80% would go on a date with someone who lives with their parents. The Zoosk poll was conducted online in May 2009 and fielded 1,009 responses from singles in the United States who use Zoosk. 89% of Zoosk members are under age 40, and 65% are under age 30.

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Internet Dating Industry Weekly News Summary – 5 Mins

Posted on April 11, 2009

Online Personals Watch News Summary #2, April 10, 2009

This weeks news covers the rise of philandering, virtual goods companies making $500m+, mobile dating to hit $1.4b in 2013, banner ad blindness, lock and key and events, online speed dating and a survey of fussy singles.

Social Networks Provide New Ways To Meet Potential Dates

Posted on March 6, 2009

Zoosk logo WASHINGTON POST — Mar 6 — "Social dating" is the industry term for connecting people on social networks. The apps' growth has been pretty phenomenal. Zoosk, is adding 100,000 users a day, according to co-founder Shayan Zadeh, and recently hit the 20m user mark. A rival service, Are You Interested, powered by Snap Interactive, said its ad-generated revenue topped $1m in the Q4 '08 and has more than 16m users. FULL ARTICLE @ WASHINGTON POST

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Can A Recession Seriously Boost Online Dating?

Posted on February 19, 2009

Zoosk logo MARKET WATCH — Feb 19 — Zoosk targets 20 and 30 somethings, a demographic that spends a lot of time on social networking sites. Zoosk's founders say their site is among the first to incorporate social networking into online dating. Zoosk has received $4.5 million in funding and has 16.5m users. Not all dating sites are growing like Zoosk. Spark Networks saw sales drop to $14m vs. $15.8m a year ago, while Match.com's revenue grew 5% to $93.5m. While jobless people may be also lonely, many will find paying $25 to $35 a month for a dating service a luxury when they have no income and will use Zoosk or free sites like PlentyofFish. FULL ARTICLE @ MARKET WATCH

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Zoosk Grows To 16.5 Million Users

Posted on February 3, 2009

Zoosk logo PR NEWSWIRE — Feb 3 – Zoosk, a social dating community, is offering members two days of free communications – on February 13 and February 14 – in celebration of Valentine's Day. The company also announced that it has grown to more than 16.5m users. In January 2009, nearly 100,000 new users joined Zoosk each day. New user growth was driven largely among the Facebook community.

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Zoosk Completes Second Round Of Funding

Posted on June 12, 2008

Zoosk_logo PR WEB — June 12 — Zoosk, a dating application built for social networks, has completed its second round of funding, raising $4.1m. The round was led by Canaan Partners and included ATA Ventures. Zoosk will use the funds to expand its marketing efforts, increase its subscriber base across additional social networks and develop compelling new features for its network. Zoosk integrates with social networks including Facebook, Bebo and MySpace. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

Zoosk, The X-Multiplier And Social Networks

Posted on April 3, 2008

Zoosk_logo ONLINE DATING POST — Apr 1 — Leveraging social networks is the cheapest way to build out a dating site from zero members. Facebook dating application Zoosk boasts 1.8M installs, with daily traffic ranging in the neighborhood of 200,000 users and 2.5M uniques per month after launching on December 21, 2007. The company launched on Bebo on March 2nd. 1,433 users at the moment. The MySpace launch was a few days ago. FULL ARTICLE @ ONLINE DATING POST

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