WLD BLOG — Aug 28 — If you have watched our Partner Testimonial Video, you will see that we have a fantastic relationship with our partners, so, in celebration of this and everyone’s recent success as business is booming, we decided it was about time for a little get together. So off we went to Northampton’s International Raceway, thrashing stock cars around a racetrack! The day included racing Formula 2 stock cars, off-road Capri bangers and the Dell Boy challenge in Reliant Robins. FULL ARTICLE @ WLD BLOG Mark Brooks: Nothing is more compelling than testimonials, especially in video format. Besides eHarmony, I’ve yet to see a dating site offer up testimonials in video format. PlentyofFish.com has the most text testimonials of any dating site here, followed by ChristianCafe.com. Match has a great testimonials section as well. Courtland Brooks is responsible for MatchmakerSuccess.com for The Right One and Together Dating. (Disclosure: WLD, PlentyofFish and The Right One & Together Dating are clients of Courtland Brooks.
NEWS TIP — Aug 30 — Randodate is a new free white label dating application which can be integrated into your existing platform. Key Features For Webmasters - 100% free; no usage limits- Added revenue with 50% ad inventory - Simple integration with your site - No overhead or bandwidth charges - Helps drive new traffic to your site - Ability to manage “post match” actions Key Features For Users - Seamless login, no input required - Secure, safe and fun way to meet new people - No download or installation required - Video, voice and text based dating options
RESEARCH BRIEF — Aug 29 — According to TV Land’s “Generation BUY: A Close Look at the Boomer Consumer” study, people 40-59 spend more than three times the amount of money per month on spouses ($514) than adults under 40 ($169). With so many purchase decisions to make for the household, these buyers are an important marketing sector even when they are not the prime target. The study also found that 40 and 50-somethings are more open to new brands. FULL ARTICLE @ CENTER FOR MEDIA RESEARCH
OPW INTERVIEW — Aug 30 — Mike Jones is now an advisor to Userplane and AOL and is CEO of Tsavo. What is this mysterious Tsavo? Here’s my interview with Mike. - Mark Brooks What’s your role at Tsavo and AOL now? With AOL I function as a Strategic Advisor, facilitating the transition to Sam Wick for daily management of the Userplane business. The majority of my time operationally is setting up Tsavo and finalizing the transition with some of our initial, undisclosed acquisitions. Tell us more about Tsavo. Tsavo is focused on building technology facilitating highly-personal and relevant experiences with online content. I would like to see a world where, instead of browsing through 30,000 blog posts a day, there is a system that actively understands and learns my media consumption behavior. What kind of media are you particularly going to be looking at and serving up to users? Our current focus is on a wide-reaching publishing network with niche vertical focus. Overall we are viewing it from the standpoint that Tsavo will be a multi URL network across a whole series of verticals. Is there an official launch date? No there’s not. Since we’re starting off with a…
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One of the UK’s premier dating event organisers, When the Music Stops (WTMS) (http://www.whenthemusicstops.com), is by regard to to be conformable to the North East to play cupid to sophisticated singles looking for benevolence on the Tyne. Its debut dating event spells the end for sad singles nights: WTMS has secured only use of the VIP lounge at Florita’s Miami Bar and Tropical Gardens – the hottest repaired spot on Newcastle’s sparkling ‘Diamond Strip’ of upmarket bars. This glamorous venue will set the show on the side of its leading speed dating adversity for sexy singletons between the age of 25 and 39, on September 3 at 7.30pm.
WTMS Newcastle will be running regular speed dating nights for all ages at Florita’s, with its event for older singles on 24 September already a sell-out. And, in the place of budding Casanovas interested in a more near primeval illicit intimacy than three minutes of turbo-charged chat-up, everything from dinner dating and disco nights to murder mystery evenings be inclined relieve give affectionate regard a helping hand. Bowling and according to rule ‘Sunday Strolls’, instead of those who prefer to size up a potential date whilst on the awaken, complete WTMS’s matchmaking menu for Newcastle residents.
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Spectacular weather here in Boston this week. Yesterday’s al fresco meeting on Newbury Street briefly touched on SpeedDate, which announced that it has raised an additional $6 million. Competitor Woome got in trouble when they used Chace Crawford’s (Gossip Girls) photo on the homepage and forgot to ask permission, oops!
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Mail.ru, a major portal in Russia and the country’s first billion-dollar internet firm, has purchased a 30 percent stake in online dating site Mamba for $15 million. Read the rest, including an overview of the Russian dating marketing, at Marketing Vox.
Andrew Chen guest posts at Startonomics, 5 Startup tips for Maximixing Ad Revenue.
Startanomics is a conference happening in October were Andrew will lead a session on:
Revenue: The Internet Wants to Be Free, but You Need to Get Paid
Learn how to generate revenue using a variety of business models & strategies including advertising, digital […]
LA TIMES — Aug 28 — Manhunt.net is one of the most popular gay websites in the world, with 1m registered members in the U.S. alone and 400,000 unique visitors a month. As its name implies, it’s a site where many gay men go to find casual sexual encounters.Two weeks ago, news emerged that Jonathan Crutchley, the co-founder of Manhunt.net, had contributed $2,300 to the presidential campaign of John McCain. Uproar ensued. “I believe McCain will be a better commander in chief than Obama, who also opposes gay marriage,” Crutchley wrote on a website that covers the online personal ad industry. That explanation might not please every gay activist, but there are gay people of all races, income levels, occupations, body types and, yes, political beliefs. FULL ARTICLE @ LA TIMES See all posts on Manhunt