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How to improve and promote a unique dating website?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Single and Looking, Nov 14, 2015.

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    I know it is hard to penetrate the dating website market, that the website must have some history and it should be unique. I am trying to promote and even improve this dating website that has been online for 5 years and I believe in it, I see it as unique and useful. I am talking about single-and-looking.com where everyone receives a free personality description and can see how compatible they are with any other member, plus they can see how the future relationship might evolve, what they might or might not like a potential partner.
     
    Single and Looking, Nov 14, 2015 IP
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    kimanierick Member

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    Promote it by buying ads, creating backlinks and using SEO. Make use of the social media but also dont post staff that may get you banned. You can also place ads on most frequently searched items like porn, sports or anything you might think of. Thanks
     
    kimanierick, Nov 15, 2015 IP
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    qwikad.com Illustrious Member Affiliate Manager

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    Isn't it what e-harmony doing? But even if it is not, you need to really work on your design. A poor design can be a real deal-breaker. Simply go to a few popular dating sites to find out what made them popular (apart from being in the right place at the right time). One common denominator is their excellent design.
     
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    Mehdi.b Active Member

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    I have to be extremely forward about this, the design is really below standards mate, specially if you are trying to compete with big names. Also you mention about some kind of prediction tool which says how the relationship would look like in future, do you have any good algorithm to back that up or do you have testimonial to support this statement.
    All I am saying is that the website is extremely old looking, it's boring and very text heavy. There is absolutely no pictures on your homepage and it does not look legitimate, fix those before spending money on promoting it. Good luck.
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    ditto on the old fashioned
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    get your text proofed, you make out to be look smart and then have appalling grammer
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    but this is real killer - I thought I'd check out the matching tool and found I was user 35?!!!
    Seriously, you haven't tested this much over the last 5 years!
    Or had friends create a few profiles each to test it out

    Something weird goes on when the page loads - I get a couple of seconds of the page with no css and then it refreshes. Never seen that before.

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    You nearly lost me on this question - I can see now that you were using that info for some sort of astrology thing but my reaction was "wtf, they're going to match me to anyone in the southern hemisphere!"
    Maybe some intro text would get around that

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    I get what the letters mean but they shouldn't be visible to the user

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    ROFL

    It only allows the user to have a single photo. It would be good to have a selection - maybe do an import from facebook?

    Overall, you're stuck in a hard place because until you have volume you won't get the viral buzz.
     
    sarahk, Nov 15, 2015 IP
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