Internet Dating Insider #80, Nov 4th 2008
The Online Personals Insider is the internet dating conference newsletter and reaches over 6700 online personals industry managers and executives.
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:~ TOP ONLINE PERSONALS WATCH NEWS ITEMS ~:
Allegran Lays Off 70% Of Workforce
OPW -- Nov 3 -- Allegran runs Loopylove and GirlsDateForFree. Apparently 17 were laid off today. Everyone but management and a few in marketing. Reasons mentioned were the high cost of marketing, losses of of £1m this year, Plentyoffish taking market share in th U.K. and Match and Dating Direct's considerable ad spending.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/11/allegran-lays-o.html
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84% Of Craig's List Personals Ads Are Fake
PR WEB -- Nov 1 -- Tom Smiley of The Consenting Adults Network and creator of OnlinePersonalsFraud.com researched the classifieds' personals section to determine how many online advertisements were actually legitimate.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/11/84-of-craigs-li.html
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Women Are More Sexually Promiscuous
SILICON.COM -- Oct 17 -- Thanks to the internet, women are more sexually promiscuous than ever before according to PlentyofFish, an online dating site with more than 10m registered users.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/10/women-are-more.html
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Mark Brooks To Provide iDating Intro Course At iDate
NEWSWIRE -- Oct 29 -- Mark Brooks, publisher of Online Personals Watch, will provide a 3 hour intensive session on starting an online dating business at iDate2009 in Miami. It is designed for entrepreneurs seeking to enter the market.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/10/mark-brooks-to.html
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Matchmakers, Singles Station & The Right One Affiliate
PR WEB -- Oct 28 -- Under the agreement, Singles Station will fly under The Right One's banner while remaining The Singles Stations in its nine current markets - Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Bentonville, Fort Smith and Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Springfield and St. Louis, Missouri; and two future ones in Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas. Singles Station will in turn, utilize The Right One's systems and technologies, while The Right One works with them in a consulting capacity.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/10/matchmakers-sin.html
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AskMen And Match.com Launch Dating Service
MARKETING WEEK -- Oct 27 -- AskMen.com, the male lifestyle web portal, has formed an alliance with Match.com to launch a new dating service.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/10/askmen-and-matc.html
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Cupids Coach to Provide Matchmaking Event At iDate
PR NEWSWIRE -- Oct 27 -- A special one day Matchmakers business conference has been added to the agenda of the January 21-23, 2009 Miami Internet Dating Conference. Julie Ferman, CEO of Cupid's Coach, will provide a 3 hour intensive session on the business of matchmaking.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/10/cupids-coach--1.html
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eHarmony Buys JustMommies.com
EHARMONY BLOG -- Oct 26 -- Six months ago we hinted that eHarmony will be acquiring online businesses. Here is one of them, announced officially on 15 August 2008. JustMommies.com is an online community and resource site on pregnancy and raising children from infancy to preschool.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/10/eharmony-buys-j.html
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Match.com Launches Consumer Dating Panel
MARKETING WEEK -- Oct 17 -- Match.com is launching a new consumer panel that aims to provide an "on-the-ground" view of dating in 21st century Britain. The "match100" panel will also be consulted on potential new services from the dating site.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2008/10/matchcom-launch.html
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