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vendredi 23 novembre 2012

“ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED”

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“ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED”

 Love is always there, always present. You can find it from the most insignificant pieces of literature, music, artwork, movies and TV shows to the most important ones. I mean you listen to a Beatles song, read a Shakespearean poem or a Jane Austen novel, or watch a movie from John Hughes and love is always the underlying recurring theme. Attracting the feelings and emotions of humans has been found to be one of the most successful ways of achieving ones goals in marketing. To create a demand, you need to find what the people want the most, and what history has taught us is that love is exactly that.


Websites like MEETIC and ADOPT UN MEC target precisely this, the undeniable need of humans to feel loved and to find the right person to spend the rest of their lives with. For years these sites existed and were sort of a TABOO, most people wouldn’t dare tell their friends they were looking for love online, but times have changed and today a large number of young people join these sites for the chance of meeting new friends, a date or maybe even true love.

Dating websites have different marketing techniques than other types of products and other websites in general; these sites target directly the emotions of their customers and feed from the feelings of loneliness, desperation and most importantly the social pressures of finding the One (at a reasonable age).

mercredi 21 novembre 2012

Finding love online... Taboo??




Finding love online... Taboo??



How should I tell my friends I met my boyfriend? Should I tell them we met online? How will they react, what will they think? These are questions many people face after they find love online. But why, if the number of members in dating sites has increased and the success of their love stories is more popular everyday, do people still face the same issues when describing their “online love story? Be honest, when you think about dating online what is the first word that comes to your mind?  For years dating online has been a taboo no matter where you come from, but lately things have started to change and as more young people create their profiles online,  the popularity of these sites has raised to incredible numbers.

source: http://emilysixxrants.com/2011/09/25/the-world-of-online-dating/online_dating/

As human beings we adapt and change according to the time, society, current events among other things but TABOOS are hard to eliminate.  However, the internet has become such an important part of our everyday life that the taboo has slowing began to disappear, no more than 5 years ago it would sound absolutely crazy for someone to actually go on a date with someone they met online. Today, its a different story, social sites like Facebook have paved what used to be the rocky roads for these dating websites, as people have become more responsive and less prejudiced to the idea of actually finding their other half on the web.  Because of this new openness of the younger generation, dating-sites have began to appear in every size and shape, thus giving the existent brands great competition. To this competition they respond by  giving their customers what they need, security, and better matching services. (Note: matching services, meaning their methods of matching singles up... this is usually done through a data base and by taking into consideration diverse characteristics...) Websites like MEETIC and ADOPT UN MEC, have been able to begin eliminating this so called taboo, their fun methods of meeting people, approaching them and the security they offer have helped people change their way of thinking.

Online dating has become such a big part of our lives that countless studies have been made regarding which comments and  attitudes work, and which don't work in the users profile. I read this online and found it pretty funn" Would you believe that iPhone users are more sexually active than Android users! "... this type of information is found by using the data given in the diverse user profiles in dating websites which they use to create algorithms, that help them better find matches for the single members of their sites. However, these sites continue to be very shallow, according to this blogger, Matt Fuller, the way a man approached the woman (his first word on the message) or how much of a cleavage the woman shows in her picture will definitely affect the response he/she will receive. In any case, in the end it will depend, as in life itself, on the personality and behavior of the person to whether respond or not... there is only so much the match-making mathematicians can do.

So what do you think about finding love online? Would you be up to joining one of these sites? Come on, maybe you will be one of the lucky ones and will find your true love…




Ten commandments of online dating.-








Sources:  http://www.journeytolifesdestiny.com/online-dating-no-longer-taboo/ 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4250281.stm
http://drrobertepstein.com/pdf/Epstein-TheTruthAboutOnlineDating-2-07.pdf

mardi 6 novembre 2012

A changing generation ...




It has been considered that being single is not « cool ».

We are living a real change in terms of love relationships ( older marriages or even not wedding at all, other forms of dating, pressure about the idea of eternal couple, not believing enough in the fact that we will spend all our life with the same people, due to  the increasing divorce rates parent’s generation have left us with, etc.).

Yes, our poor generation is suffering from what our parents left to us *irony tone*.

More seriously, we are facing fixed feelings when considering a love and committed relationship. On one hand, we are influenced by the image of love our parent’s generation have left us with, and for that reason we're are scared to commit. On the other hand, this fact is very recent so our family (parents and grand parents above all), and society are pressuring us to meet that special someone and create a family, from a very young age.

Besides, it has always been "uncool" to be single, after a certain age. Giving those in a  relationship, some sort of power. 


Dating website answer this need by targeting a particular market segment  the single and desperate, in a unique online platform and making "easier" to meet the special someone.

Online dating: Do you feel the RISKS?


Are you sure that you are safely online dating? Nobody would put their hands on fire for the safety of  dating websites. Considering that these sites are still on their developing stages, more and more problems are recognized by the users. From the survey, the dating websites’ subscribers mention the top 5 popular risks of online dating.



            source:   https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61K-_ne4sslWp1DKVZcsWpwTJpvGyAeHLdDPMhTk-11X0qwbB-xhB87VsXAgxL2e7szefJXPzEssMqkZNqJrO_ChKpKz_bagiIN62TwEgXbBmZ0r0eRC1heBq6ouT7Etx7Jspj-_nxPGE/s1600/onlineDatingHorror_180.jpg


1.     Privacy Safety
       On the dating website, normally the user should submits all personal information on the website, such as name, age, status, and contact information. But unfortunately, we often heard that someone’s credit card’s information was last; someone’s personal identity was steeled and was published on the other public websites. It causes a huge credit problem in the society. A recommendation for the users is that protecting your personal information.

2.     Costy
       As we all know, subscribe on majorities dating websites have to pay for the join fees. In generous, it is not quite expensive. But if you want to get further and more information about the other singles or you want to advertise yourself that you have to pay the additional price. Unconsciouslyyou already spent a lot of money on the dating website.

3.     Potential crimes
       As I mentioned before, identity theft already has been a big risk of online dating. But this is not the unique problem, such as online crank calls, sexual assaults. Here is an example of the sexual assault. Jeffrey Marsalis, a 34 years old man, was a user of match.com. He used the false information online in order to attract more females, as a doctor who got well education and good reputation. Then got the trust from the women, he did the sexual assault. Finally, he faces up to 20 years in prison. In total, women on online dating website should pay more attention to protect themselves, not only personal information, but also about the live safety.

4.     False information
       Hard to get the important facts is also an obvious problem for the dating website. As I told about the sexual assault, this crime was caused by the false information. Do you really believe all people’s information online? It is quite hard to answer. A little bit pompous information, we can understand and accept. But the false one is obviously not allowed online. While, it is also hard for the supervisor to control and check all members’ information.

5.     Waste of Time
       From a questionnaire, there is an interesting finding that over 70% users thinking they waste a lot of time on the chatting with what you do not want. So how to control the time and make it more effective is really important for all of the users.


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