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3rd Annual Asian Internet Dating and Social Networking Industry Conference!
2007-04-16 12:05:00
When you start Online Dating or Networking business it's always a challenge to get the right starategy of your Dating Site promotion and development. Conferences are always good to get the latest news on the industry and to share the knowledge with others. Soon you'll have a chance to discover Chinese Dating and Social Networking Market. As not long ago Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announced the third annual Far East Internet Dating Conference and Social Networking Conference to be held on May 17-18, 2007 in Shanghai at the Four Points Sheraton Shanghai Hotel. The Shanghai Social Networking & Online Personals Conference will focus on management, technology and marketing to Asia and the Far East for the online personals industry. The focus of this year's event will be on China. Attending the event will be senior executives from all aspects of the internet dating industry and social networking industry, as well as executives from wireless telecommunication firms, software compani...
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Online Dating Business Carnival - April 15, 2007
2007-04-16 11:27:00
Welcome to the April 15, 2007 edition of Online Dating Business Carnival . Brandon Peele presents Romance Addiction posted at GT. Dating Business advice Vahid Chaychi presents Receive Traffic Both from Google and Yahoo, Not Just One of Them! posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, "It is a big question for webmasters who their websites are ranked in one of the main search engines, Google or Yahoo but not in both of them. How can they have their websites ranked in both? Website content and quality, link popularity and quality of the backlinks are the main factors." Dating Tips Jennifer Rog presents Online Dating posted at Organized Brain Clutter. Online Dating Business articles Joseph Okojie presents Divorced and dating online posted at Dating, Divorce, and Blogging. That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of online dating business carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found o...

Dating Pro April 2007. New release is announced!
2007-04-13 07:04:00
Pilot Group LTD has released a new version of Dating Software- Dating Pro April 2007. It?s a highly flexible dating script that offers you lot of features to satisfy your user needs. Dating Pro offers a mulilanguage interface and in a new version 2 more languages are added: Spanish and Portuguese. For your site members there's a crop tool, an option to edit the uploaded photos online at the site and use key word search to find others. There?s also a bunch of additional modules like: Web Chat and Audio/video messenger, Forum and Poll, Gift Store and MsAnalysis, Web Recorder and Events, Newsletter and Affiliate modules.... Read more!
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Social Networking vs Dating Sites. What's the major difference?
2007-04-11 07:37:00
Nowadays there's a boom of Networking industry online. People seem to be tired of Dating Sites and a new form of Personals sites looks more appealing to them. Though in many cases networking comes to dating anyways. Just imagine pople create a community, they talk, find out the best opponents and then meet someone to date. According to "iProspect Social Networking User Behavior Study," a report sponsored by iProspect and conducted by JupiterResearch, one in four adult Internet users in the U.S. regularly visits popular social networking sites. The article notes that the audience visiting social networking sites is self-selecting in terms of looking for specialized sites to suit particular interests. These specialized sites deliver highly-targeted audiences. Many of these sites target communities defined by their affinity to a vertical industry, business model, or interactive activity type, unlike MySpace and YouTube, which are designed to appeal to the mass population.... Read...
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Create your twin online!
2007-04-10 08:49:00
We use different ways to show our personality online. They can be profiles, photos, videos, music, communication itself. Todays technology offers you to "Clone yourself online" and to create your Cyber Twin ! MyCyberTwin, from an Australian company of the same name, is an intelligent software clone of a real person with the ability to conduct life-like conversations while its human twin is offline. According to the company, MyCyberTwin users can easily create a personal online clone that can chat on their behalf through social networks such as MySpace, blogs, dating sites and MSN instant messaging. The technology, now in alpha, is claimed to gives bloggers a 24/7 online presence and a unique opportunity to interact with their readers no matter what time their blogs are accessed.... Read more!
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Are you looking for something special online?
2007-04-09 13:00:00
Are you looking for something special online? Are you trying to run away from reality by using Datign Sites? Many people do think that Online life is better then offline and are aften lost in the Internet. Though many of them note that when dating online they can be whoever they want. This includes age, occupation, appearance. When it comes to an actual date all fake images dissapear. Two people just meet and one glance is enough to find out what was true and what was not. So probably sometimes it's better not to write anything in your profile then lie. On the other hand, those details make us special and give others who search a hope for "special person" online. What can be a solution for such a dilemma?... Read more!
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How to run Forum at your Dating Site?
2007-04-06 09:37:00
If you have a Forum feature at your Online Dating Site , you should know how to start and run it in order to incourage your site members to perticipate in discussions. The most difficult thing is a start up cause it involves a lot of activities of yours to create a contents of forum sections. Here are the questions you should ask yourself and possible solutions you can use to succees: 1. What sections and topics should I add to the forum? * Make a research on your target auditory's: interests, ages, preferences, orientation, reasons to date. Make a list of things they will need to be successful when dating (like for example dating tips, first date, manners and so on)... Read more!
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Does Online Dating affect society traditions?
2007-04-04 13:18:00
Online Dating is a relatively modern invention that affects our life. People all around the world try it and it becomes a norm. It's not quite true for Asian countries. The reasons are multiple: religion, society traditions, community rules. That's why sometimes it's difficult to date with a person you like online. Speed Dating and Online Marriages are though spread. VXdate.com is one of the examples. According to their latest press release they try to avoid arranged marriage and make a lot of events to make people meet each other in person. Amit Kumar the founder explains that he started this Dating Business to find a partner for himself and to help other Asians in UK to find their love and stand the tradition.... Read more!
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How to enter new Online Dating Industry Markets? Russian and Chinese Online
2007-04-03 07:45:00
Online Dating Industry is developing very fast and covers new territories and nations. As for example today Kommersant.com published a review on Online Dating market in Russia. According to it Online dating services were the biggest earners among Russian web-sites last year, analysts reported Friday. Dating web-sites gained $34 million in profits in 2006. The figure is expected to double this year. The total turnover of online dating services grew fourfold last year, to $35 million, according to a report iKS-Consulting released on Friday. The Internet content market gained $73 million on the whole. Some analysts expect the turnover of online dating companies to double after the RBC media holding launches its own dating service, LovePlanet.... Read more!
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New Free Dating Site! Check it up!
2007-04-02 09:14:00
Route2Love.com launches a new local and international online dating service in April 2007, to cater for men and women of all ages and backgrounds. The company?s aim is to provide a practical safe solution for people seeking to use an online dating service with no gimmicks or time wasting distractions. It is constructed to be a user-friendly site that is both quick and simple to use. Route2Love.com offers its members the ability to find people either internationally or just in their own country. It gives the opportunity for those wanting just UK Dati ng or American Dating to search within their own local areas. Also in the future for those wanting Latin American, Ukrainian or Russian Dating there will be a free translation service on offer. It's committed to continually improving its website in order to deliver a service that is both friendly and relevant to the needs of its users.... Read more!
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How to get professional tips to start your Dating Business?
2007-03-29 22:45:00
Starting Online Dating Business is always a challenge. You never know what will go out of this. We usually make business plans and researches, study competitors and look for a suitable software. Some of us have enough knowledge to master all this, others are eager to start but need help in some spheres: management, marketing, advertising, programming, positioning and so on. Today Pilot Group LTD released and published Tips to Start Dating Business. They have collected their ideas how to start dating business in one document. I am sure it will be helpful for all our customers. You are all welcome to download it from Knowledgebase.... Read more!
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How to find a professional matchmaker?
2007-03-29 01:40:00
Online Dating is bothering people sometimes. There are reasons, of course. First of all it's boredom of common features all Dating Sites have, same profiles, membership settings. Moreover, some people are tired of dating online as they've had bad experience. That's why more and more people are trying to get personal service online. Prof ession al matchmakers try to be on the wave and go online. They either combine Dating and Matchmaking as additional service, or open personalized Matchmaker sites which attract people to their offline offices. Not long ago they have found another niche of profiting - pertnership with huge Dating Sites. Now such outstanding matchmakers like Eric Resnick and Julie Ferman provide consultations and profile help. It's a good notion as now people at a Dating Site can feel more protected and hope for better matches.... Read more!
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How to avoid "free dating service boom"?
2007-03-28 01:57:00
Online Dating Industry is living a new life now. It can be called "free dating service boom". There are a lot of dating and personals sites appearing which actually try to stand out of the crowd offering free services. As a result, just the other way round they become this crowd. Free Dating Site with a lot of features available is not an innovation. I don't believe that in a tense atmosphere of competition on Online dating market some moves like free chat or other features can drive crowds of people to the site. Like for example, yesterday there was a release of a free Dating Site - MeetAmour.com. The authors note that the site is special because singles can access all of this and more when they sign up for free to begin accessing the site. Members can then choose to upgrade for a low fee to get full use of the features when they have decided that this is the site for them. I personally don't think that it's special. They do have advantages: newsletters, article database, dati...
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How to evaluate your business idea when starting Online Dating Business?
2007-03-27 00:36:00
When we start any business there's always a risk of failure. That's why planning is a good way of avoiding problems in future. This also allows us to prospect the success. Online Dating Business requires this more then any other sphere as it is connected with people and Internet. Let's say you have a Business Idea to start Online Dating Business and you don't know what to start with. Experts advise to evalute your idea first. They offer simple steps of this process: 1 Ask your friends and associates to help you evaluate the concept. If you know successful entrepreneurs, ask them what they think of your idea. Chances are, they'll think of problems you are likely to encounter. You may be willing to face those obstacles ? or you might decide that some of them are insurmountable.... Read more!
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How to combine Dating and Networking at your Dating Site?
2007-03-23 22:01:00
This year is a year of complex solution in business, and Online Dating is not an exception. It's evident that a good mixture of Dating and Network ing features will lead to a sucessful Personals site online. A bunch of features is highly demanded nowadays like widened range of search options, sections to store personal links and contacts, speed dating and events, matchmaking services. Newcomers in Online Dating Industry try to combine all that in their Dating Sites. Here's another example I have found today. It's PoconoSpaces.com, the dating site created by a Poconos, PA native and launched today. It combines the functionality of a dating site within a social networking environment. Pocono (and Pennsylvania) locals can create and customize their own pages and then look for and/or attract other like minded individuals for intimate encounters. "Helping adults to spice up their sex life is hot and so is social networking, so it only makes sense that we combine the two," states the ...
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Give your appraisal of this Dating Blog!
2007-03-22 23:56:00
I am glad to welcome you again in our Dating Blog . I greet all our constant subscribers and every newcomer. All this time I have been trying to choose and publish the best articles devoted to Dating Themes and was extremely excited when you posted your comments or emailed my your feedbacks. Special thanks to Violet, April, LeRoy A. Stone, B-man, GoldRose, Ljubisa, Kyle and many others who have visited our Blog recently and to those who submitted articles to the latest edition of Online Dating Business Carnival. Who knows better than You what's most interesting, necessary, and useful for you. Therefore, you have an opportunity now to express your opinion on blog categories and themes you are interested in, articles you would like to read, additions you would like to make, etc. We are always open for Your suggestions, commentaries, and appraisal. Help us make this Blog more interesting and useful for You. GIVE YOUR APPRAISAL! There you can also specify the theme you're intereste...
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Why Is Internet Marketing Important for your Dating Site?
2007-03-22 00:08:00
Internet marketing is a business imperative because the Internet is an irrevocable and unstoppable trend. Even if you have a traditional "brick-and-mortar" business, you'll lose valuable customers without an online presence. People routinely search for goods and services with their computers instead of picking up the yellow pages. If your business isn't on the Web, customers will likely choose another company to do business with. Also, online advertising is cheap. Adverting in the phone book or a newspaper is expensive, especially if you want an ad that has any presence on the page. An ad in an Internet directory is generally free, and you can put links directing customers to your Web site for more information. And because you can provide customers with a wealth of information, they no longer have to pick up the phone to get their questions answered.... Read more!
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Matchmaking Agencies become more popular!
2007-03-21 00:07:00
Matchmaking industry is growing and more and more people try to offer a combined service for online and offline Dating. Matchmaking and Dating are united by a simple idea of personal service provided by a professional matchmaker. This may also be a matchmaking agency that went out online for new members. Today I found another example of this practice. Yesterday international matchmaking and dating agency Elena's Models specializing in introductions to model-like women and girls from Eastern Europe, presented free contact options and offered special Easter prices for their most popular membership plans. Registered members of the site can access the Easter specials during the checkout and also make use of the free contact options offered by the online dating site.... Read more!
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Australian Online Dating Industry insights.
2007-03-16 16:39:00
We continue studying countries and Dating Industry there. Today I would like to talk about Australia n Online Dating industry. First let's start with a short "country profile" that may explain some aspects of Online Dating in the area. The population of Australia is about 20.7 million people among which there are a lot of immigrants from Britain and Ireland which have been the largest sources of post-war immigrants, followed by Italy, Greece, New Zealand, and the former Yugoslavia. This data means that there are different cultures, religions and communities that Online Dating Industry can target. The Age structure is as follows: 0-14 years: 19.6% (male 2,031,313/female 1,936,802) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 6,881,863/female 6,764,709) 65 years and over: 13.1% (male 1,170,589/female 1,478,806) (2006 est.) As you notice, people with active dating position place the major part of population which means high possibility to develop the industry. Let's check if it's true with Online Dat...
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Online Dating Business Carnival - March 15, 2007
2007-03-15 14:37:00
Welcome to the March 15, 2007 edition of Online Dating Business Carnival . Barbra Sundquist presents Lawyer, Accountant, Candlestick Maker: Does Your Small Business Really Need Them? posted at HomeBusinessWiz.Dating Business adviceCharles H. Green presents Tip 32: Answering "Why Should We Choose You? posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Whether it's a customer checking out your dating service, or a date checking you out personally, at some point they ask "Why should I choose you?" Here's how to answer." Vahid Chaychi presents Spend Five Minutes and Drive Loads of Traffic to Your Websites posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, "Google Local is one of the Google free services that can drive a lot of traffic to your websites and local business. It is free to register your business with it and doesn't take more than five minutes of your time." Andrea Dickson presents Looking For Love Online: A Buyer's Guide posted at Wisebread. Vahid Chaychi presents Viral M...
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Security matters! Work for it to win customers!
2007-03-15 12:24:00
Nowadays security is a thing that Dating Site owners should take care about. Reasons are multiple: gain trust, protect site users, get more respect and loyalty from current site members. As Denise O'Berry writes, no matter what size business you run, security is a big issue. You absolutely must protect your employee and customer data. She gives results on a new survey on recognition the importance your customers place on protecting their information: 83 percent say it is very or extremely important to their customers and 87 percent of you think your customers would affirm their trust in your business if they saw how you handle their data. But what's concerning about this survey is that many of your methods of storing sensitive information may make you an increased target for data thieves. Specifically: * 37 percent of card-accepting businesses store customer card numbers; * 24 percent store customer Social Security Numbers; * 28 percent store customer bank account numbers or cop...
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New design, new strategy, new users!
2007-03-14 17:58:00
With the development of Dating Industry more and more people are dating online. If a person stays at one site for a long period of time, he will be bored with a design sooner or later. Probably that's why many Dating Sites change their design from time to time to entertain users. For example not long ago Luvoo International, Inc. a growing global online dating company announced about unveiling a new look to their unique online dating website Luvoo.com. This comes at a time when the company is targeting 1 million online dating subscribers. As HomeBusinesswire Portal reports, management will begin charging fees to all online dating subscribers effective March 20, 2007. Based on the rapid growth of the company and unique financial model, management anticipates strong growth while charging monthly subscriber fees significantly below their direct competitors. Subscriber fees will be set at a rate of $29.95 per year.... Read more!
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What unites people? How to use that at a Dating Site?
2007-03-07 16:10:16
Today I thought about bonds that unite people. That's what I did- inserted this request in Search engines and got interesting results. Actually most of the articles were devoted to music that unites nationalities, then goes technology and work interests, food and mind. The last is the most weird one at a first glance but it becomes more reasonable if you read the following explanations at one of the forums. Here it is: " The fact of the human mind and human consciousness, and the mind's greatest tool: reason, which allows us to understand the world around us unlike any animal that's ever existed before. Until we recognize and respect the mind as the highest form in nature, and embrace a life of reason, we will continue to abase each other on a downward spiral towards death." This idea could be useful for you if you own a Dating or Networking site as if you understand why people are still on your site or what unites them you'll get more members registering as you'll be able ...
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German market. Tips and advice!
2007-03-04 04:08:15
Not long ago I've got interested in Europe and dating. This connection is vital as the European Dating is a very profitable market. At the same time it's very difficult to go into it. German y is definitely one of the most progressive countries on Dating Online and today I would like to make a discourse into specialties of German Dating. According to Lynne, an American living in Germany, " ... if there's any genuine connection between two people, it'll survive whatever differences may arise in the early stages of dating, and if those differences seem too overwhelming and/or the relationship doesn't survive for other reasons, trying to make too many adaptations in the early stages is NOT going to help! The most that any such "advice" can normally do is perhaps to spare an occasional bruised feeling that might result from a minor misunderstanding. And where German and American cultures are concerned, the potential for culturally-based misunderstandings is relatively negligible, s...
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Online advertising for dating services increases
2007-03-02 16:06:04
Companies offering dating services are investing increasing amounts in advertising, according to a new study, with online advertising seeing particular growth. Research carried out by Nielsen Monitor-Plus found that such firms in the US, in particular online dating sites, spent $127.3 million advertising online in 2006. This is up from $88.9 million spent the previous year and the second highest area of investment for dating services. Of the 12 dating services firms advertising online, seven companies were "almost exclusively using the internet for advertising", the report found. The top ten dating services firms accounted for 96 per cent of the total advertising spend for the industry, some $290 million of $302 million. => Read more!
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Match.com expands its influence!
2007-03-01 04:04:03
Match.com, an operating business of IAC announced today the successful completion of its acquisition of eDodo in China and Netclub in France. These two acquisitions are consistent with the continued aggressive global expansion plans for Match.com in 2007. Match.com is coming off a record year, with revenue of $311.2 million, a 25% increase from 2005. An increase in international paid subscribers and continued development of global markets contributed greatly to the Company's success in 2006, with the most notable development in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. Match.com currently operates more than 35 local country sites in 15 languages, and the company's reach spans six continents. => Read more!
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New Age Community goes online!
2007-02-27 16:02:07
Recently launched website, Newageconnections.com, provides an exciting new conscious dating and community website created for the new age culture. The new age community is rapidly growing and has been made popular by such names as Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsch, and many more. New Age Connections is the online dating service and community for those who share interests in new age thought, spirituality, metaphysical beliefs, conscious living, alternative health, yoga, green living and sustainable culture, and progressive social change. => Read more!
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French looking for love online. Recent survey!
2007-02-23 03:59:03
The French already have Paris and the language of love and a new study shows they are among the highest users of online personal sites. They had the highest proportion of Internet users visiting the sites in December last year, followed by Britain and the United States, according to comScore Networks, a global Internet research firm. "The French might have a more flirty and upfront behavior, so maybe that's part of it," Bob Ivins, managing director for comScore Europe said in an interview. => Read more!
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How can we advertise our Dating Site Offline?
2007-02-20 03:57:19
Offline Advert ising is rarely used by Dating Site s Owners to promote their communities. Though Free Dating Sites need that more then others. Here are the reasons: 1) you need to widen a database 2) online advertising can be expensive and not very resultative. And the budgets are usually tight when you start a Free Dating Site 3) free dating sites need to attract people from a certain offline community So as the goals are clear we can think about possible ways of offline marketing. Of course, Mass media is a great source and you can place your ads in newspapers, on radio, on TV. If you plan to cover a larger audience area I think radio will be the best source because: => Read more!
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Church's 'cheap weddings' plea
2007-02-20 03:57:19
BRIDES should consider travelling to their wedding in a taxi, wearing a second-hand wedding dress and asking guests to bring a bottle to the reception, according to the Church of England. A new guide being used by the Church encourages couples to reject the costly culture surrounding weddings and embrace a more simplistic approach. It also offers tips on how to create an environmentally-friendly ceremony and reception. (information source living.scotsman.com) I personally think that every person should decide on his/her own how to celebrate that wondreful day. Some people do choose simple clothes, others like expensive and beautiful items. Though it's funny that a chirch makes such a plea ;)
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