Welcome to Date Match

Adult/Casual Dating Articles

2012-05-15 - SNAP Interactive Reports Q1 2012 Results

PR NEWSWIRE - May 15 - Snap revenue increased 54% YOY to $5.7M. Net loss for the quarter increased to $1.7M compared to a net loss of $0.9M in Q1 2011. The AreYouInterested.com iPhone application was downloaded ~750K times from the iPhone App Store. Snap saw increased mobile engagement to 15% of all unique logins during Mar '12 from 13% in Dec '11. See full article at Daily Markets See all posts on Snap Interactive See all posts on AreYouInterested

2012-05-15 - Online Dating Is A Booming Trend In China

UNCOMMON WISDOM - May 15 - Each year, millions of Chinese are moving from poorer, rural interior to the large, eastern cities in China in search of jobs. Beijing and Shanghai are filled with people who have moved away from their families and friends. That is why millions of Chinese are turning to online dating. Men 30+ without a wife and without children are called “bare branches” and the social stigma against these unmarried men is strong. Back in 1980, the Chinese government launched its one-child policy. This policy has prevented 400M births, but it has also created a large gender imbalance. There are 122 baby boys born each year for every 100 girls. China currently has 180M bachelors, and 50% of them are estimated to be looking for love online. The online dating market in China is projected by iResearch to grow from US$75M to US$292 M by 2015. That is a 31% compound annual growth rate. by Tony Sagami See full article at Uncommon Wisdom

2012-05-15 - FriendFinder Networks First Quarter 2012 Results

MARKETWATCH - May 15 - Q1 2012 revenue was $81.1M. Net loss was $13.4M. Live interactive revenues increased 14.1% YOY. New adult subscriptions increased 2.5% YOY and 12.6% from prior quarter. Adult Member to Subscriber conversion rates increased 8.7% YOY and 14.8% from prior quarter. See full article at MarketWatch See all posts on FriendFinder

2012-05-15 - There Is A Niche For Everyone

MIRROR.CO.UK - May 15 - Because in a world where everyone's too busy, those on the lookout for online love are far more choosy. They know exactly what they want. Farmers are waiting for dates on Muddymatches.co.uk. And if they're after a geek, a goth, a golfer, a veggie or a vampire, there is a niche dating site out there. Redhead-world.net links redheads from all over the world. Lovestruck.com - singles can choose dates based on a postcode or tube station. SavageHearts.co.uk - an alternative dating site Artloverdating.co.uk fiftyalready.com uniformdating.com - to meet firefighters, soldiers, police officers dateactive.co.uk where first date can be a ten-mile run together tigerdoomgolf.co.uk - matches golfy types Paganpartners.co.uk - for druids, shamans or wiccans veggieromance.com See full article at Mirror.co.uk

2012-05-15 - Aussies Looking For Long Term Love This Winter

NINETOFIVE - May 15 - According to RSVP.com.au’s Date of the Nation Report 2012, 64% of adult singles are looking for long-term relationships. Online dating is furthering its popularity with over half of Aussie women (52%) and less than half of men (45%) trying it out. However, Australians are not a mob of depressed singles, with 62% of adults content with their singledom. Generation Y is the most likely group to enjoy being single (72%), followed by Baby Boomers and older (68%), and then Generation X (59%). by Matt Young See full article at NineToFive See all posts on RSVP

2012-05-15 - Grind To Provide Mobile Marketing Session At iDate

WEBWIRE - May 14 - Ralph Ruckman and Ryan Gray will cover marketing strategies for mobile dating at the West Coast iDate Mobile Dating Conference. The event takes place on June 20-22, 2012 at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. See full article at MarketWatch

2012-05-14 - OMMA Mobile Conference Takeaways

MARK BROOKS - May 14 - I checked out OMMA Mobile today, which is part of New York City Internet Week. Here's the top takeaways. Get with the program! Within 2 years 50% of all internet consumption will come from mobile devices. Buy now, and establish your ad partners, while costs are reasonable. Less than 1% of online ad spends are on mobile. Put mobile at the core of your marketing efforts and don't silo your mobile ad budget. For more takeaways see the Courtland Brooks blog.

2012-05-14 - Parship CEO Peter F. Schmid Stepping Down

GRÜNDERSZENE - May 13 - After two and a half years Schmidt decided to step down (reportedly for personal reasons) and hand the reigns of leadership over to the current Parship CFO Henning Berg. Peter F. Schmid will leave at the end of May. Henning Berg Ronne (43) has served as Parship CFO since 2008. by Magdalena Räth See full article at Gründerszene (in German) See all posts on Parship

2012-05-14 - Match.com Takes Dating Offline

DAILY MAIL - May 14 - Match.com is to run a series of 3K real-life events across 40 countries. Match.com will use its computer algorithms to select 'matching' couples - so invitees will match by age and interests. Among the other events which are part of the new offline meetings called The Stir - are tequila tastings, dance lessons and rock climbing. by Rob Waugh See full article at Daily Mail See all posts on Match.com

2012-05-14 - Games On Match.com

UP TO DATE - May 14 - Match.com is launching seven games lasting one to five minutes that will allow members to figure out whether they have chemistry with each other before going out on a date. See full article at Up To Date See all posts on Match.com

2012-05-14 - Skout Is About To Take Over The World

BUSINESS INSIDER - May 13 - Christian Wiklund, CEO of Skout, wants to build a global network on the scale of Facebook and Twitter. Skout is adding 40k - 50K new users on the app every day. Dating and flirting only comprises ~20%t of Skout's use cases. Most use it to just meet new friends. Q: What are you focusing on now? CW: To build a global network for meeting new people. Q: Things weren't always doing this well though. A: It's really in the past year that we've really taken off. A year ago we were signing up 100K per month. Now it's 40-50k users per day. Q: What are you using the money you've raised for? A: I don't want to take one market by market, I want to push everything as quick as possible. We need more engineers, iOS developers and back-end developers. Q: A big focus now seems to be dating. Will that change? A: Our lates survey found 80% were now using it for finding new friends, 20% for dating. It's a place people go to socialize. Will there be flirting? Yes. Will there be friendships made? Yes. Q: What's are the goals for this...

2012-05-14 - Badoo's Bad Ass Ads In NYC

OPW - May 14 - The Badoo ads are all over NYC. I snapped these while shuttling between my hotel and NYC Internet Week. What do you think? See all posts on Badoo

2012-05-12 - Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update - May 2012

OPW - May 12 - New iDating jobs listing is live on the Internet Dating Jobs blog. Below see a couple of this month's most interesting offers: ____ From our esteemed Courtland Brooks clients: POF.com Mobile Developer Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) BlackDivine Art Directors ____ Badoo Director of Mobile Engineering eHarmony Senior Director, Acquisition Marketing Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media Director, Midwest Advertising Sales Mektoube.fr Artistic Director Web and Mobile SpeedDate Sr. Manager / Director of Marketing - Display Zoosk VP, Communications amp; Content 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.

2012-05-12 - Shaadi CEO, Anupam Mittal - A Bachelor Finds Success As An Online Matchmaker

INDIA KNOWLEDGE WHARTON - May 11 - Anupam Mittal laughs at any suggestion that he is the worst advertisement for his company. At 39, he is founder and CEO of shaadi.com, and he's a bachelor. Shaadi recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. The site controls ~40% of the US$1 billion Indian match-making business. Q: You started Shaadi at a time when most people in India did not have Internet access. Why? Anupam Mittal: I was living in the U.S. in the mid-1990s. The Internet was starting to boom in the U.S. While sitting in my father’s office in India, I met one of those traditional matchmakers who was trying to match me off. It struck me that we could put all this on the Internet. In 1997, we launched the first version called sagaai.com. [Sagaai = engagement]. In 2001, I quit my job in the U.S. and moved back to India, and we changed the name to shaadi.com. Q: When did you get your first round of funding? A: Mittal: We didn’t need to raise external capital until 2006. We raised capital from Sequoia, Silicon Valley Bank and Intel. By then, I’d also started a mobile application company called mauj.com. We...

2012-05-11 - Spark Networks Reports Q1 2012 Financial Results

MARKET WIRE - May 11 - Spark Networks reported the total revenue growth of 33% YOY ($14.6M). The number of subscribers increased 36% to 241K. Spark Networks now includes two newly-defined segments: Christian Networks and Other Networks. Christian Networks consists of ChristianMingle.com, ChristianMingle.co.uk, ChristianMingle.com.au and Believe.com. Other Networks consists of Spark.com and related other General Market sites. See full article at MarketWatch See all posts on Spark Networks

2012-05-11 - MissTravel.com Labeled As No. 1 Prosti-Travel Site

THE DAILY BEAST - May 11 - MissTravel.com links ‘generous’ men with pretty women who wish to travel the world for free. Since its launch three weeks ago, the site has accumulated ~40K users, as well as a wealth of controversy. Gawker labeled it “the #1 prosti-travel website,” alleging it’s no more than a front for prostitution, while sites like Jezebel have questioned the safety in traveling to the other side of the world with a complete stranger. “There’s a big difference between running a dating site and being a pimp,” says MissTravel.com's founder Brandon Wade. “I don’t make money from the money that the women get from the Sugar Daddies, nor am I promoting prostitution in any way. I’d like to think of myself as a telecommunications service provider more than enabling a specific lifestyle.” Regarding the safety issues, the site relies on member feedback for vetting potential psychos, and will, according to Wade, introduce a background check/criminal history option over the next month for a fee. by Marlow Stern See full article at The Daily Beast

2012-05-11 - Tastebuds New Spotify App Matches People Based On Music

HUFFINGTON POST - May 10 - What would the future of online dating look like if we were able to meet people online without having to describe ourselves in 100 words? Perhaps like music site Tastebuds.fm amp; Spotify's app. The app integrates with Spotify, scanning users most frequently played music showing them people nearby who have similar music tastes. They can browse prospective dates, listen to their matches' favourite music and send them messages. Tastebuds.fm amp; Spotify have found that 43% of first messages get a reply. by Emma Gannon See full article at Huffington Post See all posts on Tastebuds.fm

2012-05-10 - UK Global Personals Acquires Smooch.com

WLD - May 10 - Global Personals acquires Smooch, the 7th largest dating site in UK (Experian Hitwise), alongside its parent company WooWise. The acquisition also includes Mancentral.com, which will help Global Personals grow its gay dating division. Martin Bysh and Marcus Hamilton will remain as advisors to the business. The financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed. See full article at WLD See all posts on Global Personals See all posts on Smooch See all posts on WooWise

2011-10-22 - Free Currency Converter for Global Business

Globalization means an open opportunity to expand your business to every part of the world but it also means you have a bigger challenge to keep your business on the competition. Talking about global business environment, we can’t ignore the crucial role of currency exchange. With the fact that every country has its own currency, [...]

2011-08-01 - Setting up Boundaries in Friendship

Even in a very close friendship, boundaries are still needed to make sure that your friendship is healthy. Without them, friends can feel uncomfortable or even unsafe. Usually, boundaries happen naturally in a friendship. Things such as when to call or hang out can be determined just by spending some time together. Other things, like [...]

2011-08-01 - Making Friends in a New City: Some Practical Steps

Moving to a new city can be so much exciting, especially with all the new possibilities that you could explore; feeling new atmosphere, checking out new places such as stores or restaurants, and of course meeting new friends. While making friends are easy for some, others might feel certain difficulties in starting a new friendship [...]

2011-07-30 - How to Survive Your First Date

Whether you are a fiery teenage, a mature woman, or a settled senior, first date could be such a nerve-wrecking dating event at any age. There are uncertainties about what to wear, what to talk about and how to behave, not to mention the expectations that we are looking forward to meet. Before the first [...]

2011-07-29 - When Your Friend Refuses to Make Up

When your friendship is falling apart, you perhaps would want to end the grudge and get back to your healthy relationship. You are ready to make up, but on other hand, your friend is refusing to do the same. Is your friendship over? Perhaps no. The friendship might still be able to go on, but [...]

2011-07-27 - Fixing a Bad Relationship

When two people are committing themselves into a relationship, they cannot expect that everything will work so well. A bad relationship is not really unavoidable, but if you are stuck in one, you could at least try to work your way to a healthier relationship, one step at a time. Healing your relationship means that [...]

2011-07-23 - How to Face Former Friend at Work

You have fallen out with this certain friend, and you never contact each other after that perhaps not-so-well break up. Suddenly, out of the blue, you find out that your former friend has been hired at the same company with you. Everything must be awkward if you were in that position, since you have to [...]

2011-07-21 - How to Get Couple Friends

If you are a couple, having some couple friends can give supportive elements for your own love life, as well as much more fun. However, making a couple friends to hang out together is not always easy, especially if the dynamic between both of you do not always work when it comes to find new [...]

2011-07-20 - When your Friend is Pulling Away: Problematic or Unreasonable?

Friendship among people can be very different and dynamic. It does not only bring happiness and fulfillment, but also problems. When some think that their friendship is solid, another maybe feel that their friends are pulling away. Whenever a friend is excluding you, do not be panic; calm down and try to differentiate whether it [...]

2011-07-19 - When Your Friend is Hiding a Secret

Keeping secrets is everybody’s right, but what if your friend is hiding a secret that threatens to break you apart? Since a good friendship is based on mutual trust, a secret-keeper friend could someday jeopardize your friendship, and that can be caused by many things. Perhaps you feel slightly hurt because your friend is hiding [...]