mercredi 14 novembre 2012

Mapping of AdoptUnMec, Meetic and its sister brands


 
I)                  Meetic and its sister brands values:  
                   


Effective represents the level of rapidity and quantity to be connected with other people
Safety represents the level of security and credibility of each account


Meetic has created many sister brands, among them and the most famous are Meetic Affinity (MatchMaking) and Meetic VIP. Indeed as they have found that differences in behavior and the use of dating websites existed and particularly according to the age of the members concerned, Meetic has segmented the market and distinguished different target cores with specific needs and expectations for each one. So they have segmented their services by creating new sister brands to meet different and precise expectations.


Meetic

Target: Large public between 20 and 40 years old who are curious and want to take profit of the opportunities Meetic offers. Mainly, they are people who have a good experience with social networks as Facebook. They are comfortable with technologies and use this tool to look for new “love opportunities”.

Positioning: Meetic is a generalist data website and the most famous in France. The website design is dynamic and has lots of member photos. According to the social network Observatory, 86% of Internet users know the brand Meetic (Ifop, October 2010). The level of recognition is high. Meetic  is synonymous with simplicity, conviviality, quality and safety. However they target mainly women because they are less prone to frequent data websites than men. Currently, Meetic claims that women represent half of the connections during the rush hours on the website which is a very good score compared to its competitors.

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Platform: Internet and mobile phone

Marketing Strategy: 90% of the advertising budget is spent on Internet. But they pay attention to the quality of their advertisers to keep an image of seriousness as Marc Simancini, the C.E.O said: “We reject a lot of advertisements, but we are interested in advertisers that make Meetic credible, like Sephora, for example, who has dressed our home page for a week. We are very selective”.


Country
Main Partners
France
 MSN- SFR - Orange - Yahoo - Tetu
Sweden
MSN - Facebook - Spray
Norway
MSN - Facebook - Sol - Startsiden - Nettavisen
Denmark
MSN - Facebook - TV2
Finland
MSN - Facebook - Suomi24
Spain
MSN - Terra - Yahoo
Germany
Yahoo - Wer Kennt Wen - ProSieben
Netherlands
MSN - Hyves - Marktplaats - Ligatus
Italy
MSN - Libero - Tiscali - Yahoo - Dada
Britain
MSN - AOL - Yahoo - Virgin Media - TalkTalk (Tiscali form)
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Meetic Affinity                

Target: Single people between 30 and 45 years old who want a lasting relationship based on common or compatible personalities and aspirations. They are looking for a serious relationship.

Positioning: Meetic Affinity is a MatchMaking website based on the concept of "meetings by affinities" that is to bring the members closer on the basis of psychological and sociological science from the test completed at registration. This approximation is materialized by a percentage score affinity as you can see in the picture below. You can also check all the details of this score and see if it will be the right person! The website design is sober and austere.


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Platform: Internet and mobile phone

Marketing Strategy: Compared to Meetic, Meetic Affinity uses more traditional media (television, newspapers, billboards) to reach a slightly older clientele.


·         Meetic VIP               


Target: Single people between 25 and 35 years old and who are very demanding and selective.

Positioning: Meetic VIP is positioned as a premium offer. The process of selection is very selective because they are the 1000 founding members that vote to accept the new application. The key words are selectivity, community and luxury.

Platform: Internet and mobile phone

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II)              AdoptUnMec brand values:



Fashion represents the level of playfulness and modernity
Accessible represents the level of simplicity to get in contact with other users


·         AdopteUnMec


Target: Single people between 15 and 35 that are looking for a relationship but don’t manage to meet the people they would like to meet.

Positioning: AdopteUnMec.com is a modern  and generalist dating website presented as a e-commerce website where women are having their shopping by buying their favorite men ! It enables women to have the control on their different online relationship. They are in a dominant position that makes them comfortable and confident. It is humoristic because it considered men as consumption products in a supermarket and women as purchasers. This original concept is also very fashion and provocative

Platform: Internet and mobile phone

Marketing Strategy: AdopteUnMec marketing strategy is based on the differentiation with its direct competitors by inverting all the codes of the sector specifically in terms of communication. The blog article “If Meetic used to break the rules, Adopte Un Mec DESTROYED the rules !!” explain well how the company has played on provocation in order to have a unique position and where the woman is the “king”.

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Sources:
(1) bit.ly/WLNGio                                           
(2) bit.ly/UgPxtu      (pdfpage41)                                                                          
(3) bit.ly/SPU4Fv                                                                                            
(4) bit.ly/vrBJ

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