Posted on October 10th, 2009 by Brad
This weekend, for the first time ever, Lavalife is having a free email weekend. Normally the service is free to sign up for and browse other users, just like almost every other dating site of this type. However, this weekend everyone will also be able to email other members for free.
This practice is common for both eHarmony and Chemistry.com and in some ways it makes more sense from a business point of view for these services to offer free weekends. [...]
Filed under: promotions
Posted on October 9th, 2009 by Brad
According to this Yahoo! article, some pick-up lines do work. Of course, the article is from Yahoo! India so maybe something is lost across cultures because I would have never thought this was the case. The only time I’ve seen this approach taken was by men who didn’t seem serious about having success with the woman they were approaching. When I’ve seen it used it’s hardly been a step above the stereotypical cat-calling from construction works. From what I’ve seen [...]
Filed under: online dating news
Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Brad
Recently I decided I wanted to try and improve my traffic here and I ended up buying a book named Building Findable Websites by Aarron Walter. I really liked the book and would recommend it if you’re looking for a good introduction to SEO.
In the book, Aarron discusses the All in One SEO plug-in for WordPress so I went ahead and installed it for my website here. When I was setting this plug-in up, I decided to turn on canonical [...]
Filed under: technology
Posted on October 3rd, 2009 by Brad
Note: In discussing this topic I’ll be using a Christian dating service as an example but I hope it becomes clear that this advice can be applied to many different types of niche sites. I use this example as I have some personal experience in the area. I also have a friend who has had success using a Christian service after having no luck with one of the “big” sites and I draw many of my thoughts from conversations with [...]
Filed under: dating advice, online dating services
Brad is a happily married man that found great success (and his wife!) using online dating. He now shares his thoughts and experiences, on this site and in his free online dating guide, to assist others in finding success. 
