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Internet Dating Conference In Paris
OPW – Aug 31 – The Internet dating conference (iDate) is only 2 weeks away. Register today and save on the attendance fee. The event will be held on September 16-17, 2010 at the Hotel Concorde Lafayette in Paris. iDate Paris will discuss: European business strategies, new markets, mobile technologies, online / traditional marketing, venture capital for E.U. businesses, online personals software, partnerships, legal issues, background search and payments. See the agenda.
If you're interested in starting a dating site, you can attend the special 3 hour pre-conference session on Wednesday – Introduction to the Online Dating Business and Mobile Overview.
Mark Brooks: I'll be providing an overview of the
European iDating industry news and trends, along with doing a 3 hour
pre-conference introduction to the business of internet dating.
Hooking Up With The Last Online Dating Trends
LA TIMES – June 23 - Last week business owners and industry experts
discussed the latest trends and ideas at the iDate 2010 Internet Dating
Conference. We asked Mark Brooks, an industry expert and the event’s
spokesperson, to tell us a bit about what’s going on. Upwardly mobile:
Over the last few years, mobile dating has skyrocketed. (In February,
Whitney Casey, Match.com‘s relationship expert, said that the mobile
members alone grew 250% from 2008 to 2009). More important, Brooks says
users are now willing to pay for it, thus helping the industry have
“moderate growth over the year and looking up for 2012.” Brooks praises
GPS-based dating site Skout, which certainly thought bigger. Called the
HotMap, Skout‘s iPad app gives a real-time rundown of nearby
singles. Brooks also said that dating sites need to “look at other
industries” like movie-theater chain Cinemark, or Starbuck’s. “They’re
there anyway, they might as well form an alliance or bond,” he says. FULL ARTICLE @ LA TIMES
