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| location | Cairo, Egypt | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
| seen | Mar 11 at 19:47 | |
| stats | profile views | 67 |
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Dec 1 |
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How to reduce the number of users who don't complete the registration process? @GaryE delays are usually out of the control of the sender. Usually they are an issue with the recipient host or somewhere "along the way" |
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Dec 1 |
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How to reduce the number of users who don't complete the registration process? Hi Sarah, we already do this automatically. Facebook login is the next step (you can see my answer below) |
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Apr 26 |
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Running a dating site - Use volunteers for administration - how to keep them motivated? Hi and thanks for your detailed reply - in my main job, I manage a team of 15, and it's much easier than managing a team of 3 volunteers :) But as you said, it's a completely different approach. Turnover is a big problem for me, because the learning curve is very steep, and takes about 2-3 days of my time, so i cannot work with a high turnover model. As i wrote below, I am considering rewarding them with equity, but am not fully convinced it will work. |
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Apr 26 |
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Running a dating site - Use volunteers for administration - how to keep them motivated? Hi Matt, thanks for your reply. I was thinking of setting aside some equity for the volunteers, but that opens a whole new set of issues. |
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Dec 6 |
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can-spam advice, are these messages transactional, relationship or commercial? Thanks a million for your detailed reply. I have been slowly and very carefully building up my email reputation and hope to keep it nice and clean. I will work your unsubscribe recommendations into our plan. |
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Nov 19 |
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Are “invite your friends” emails can-spam compliant? @mfg clarification on being compliant. |
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Nov 11 |
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Initial startup sequence for an international dating website Join about 10 local dating sites and see what they do and what you can do better. spend a lot of time on them, you will learn about user behaviour, many of these sites prob have been around for years, learn from them. |
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Nov 11 |
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Initial startup sequence for an international dating website Have some automated filtering so you don't end spending half your time approving profiles - have a blacklist of words, blacklist of ips, etc. for the log - every login, logout, message sent, profile viewed, chat request, missed chat request, profile change. for emailing, i discovered miaichimp too late so i have my own module - besides notifications (your profile approved, you received a message, your photo approved) you also want to send a lot of "stay awake" emails ("you didn't logged in for a week, check out these members", or "these members viewed you in the past week") |
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Nov 1 |
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Advice for running dating site Thank you. My site is not generic, it's an ethnic niche site, but I'm finding there are even sub-niches in it that might need separate sites later on. |
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Oct 31 |
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Advice for running dating site Thanks a million, you are a goldmine :) I am already operating in an ethnic niche, and yes I'm beginning to realize the fact that everybody on the site is a serial dater is NOT a bad thing. I've been hungry for success stories, but drama and quickie breakups is what's keeping them coming back. |
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Oct 28 |
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Advice for running dating site Thank you. Yes I have all the data, I log absolutely everything. The 'wake up' email is a good idea, i will put that in for sure. |
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Oct 25 |
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Started with 4 partners, equal financial investment. I've done 90% of the work, startup is now doing well and they now want a say. Please advise Kelly thank you very much for the detailed feedback, on hindsight I would have done things very differently and not spent a cent of their money the moment I felt things were not working out with them. We had no formal agreements about anything, it was just a bunch of guys who got together and decided to get something done. I've brought up the issue with one of the "partners" (the one who's a close friend of mine) and I will get back to them with two options, either give them their money back or take a (very small) equity %. Thanks again. |
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Oct 25 |
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“One Man Startup” - Should a add people before going out looking for funding? Thanks, that's what I've been telling myself, I guess I really just needed someone to tell it to me :) |
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Oct 22 |
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“Invite your Friends” feature - best practices Wow that's pretty amazing, you must be doing something right :) I am hoping for 5-10% tops. |
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Oct 20 |
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“Invite your Friends” feature - best practices thanks for the feedback - good idea to give people an incentive to use the feature - do you have any stats of how many people actually sign up via invites ? |
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Oct 20 |
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6-month budget for a startup? It's already out there and doing pretty well - but the name and branding aren't too great, that's why I'd consider using an agency. |
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Oct 20 |
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“Invite your Friends” feature - best practices What I like and what has to be done are not always the same. A general rule in life I guess not just this situation. |
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Oct 19 |
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What percentage to give advisors / VC matchmakers? Hi Jeremy thanks for your detailed reply. Yes I do want them on the board, they are people who can add value beyond introductions, I don't expect much from them on the operational side but they will open a lot of doors and they have decades of Valley experience that I honestly don't have. I am meeting them tomorrow and will offer 5% equity on the condition that the introductions they make bring in the funding that I'm asking for within a particular time frame, and they set me up to present to at least 5 VCs. I'm in Egypt, and they are Valley based, there isn't much of an angel network here:( |
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Oct 19 |
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“Invite your Friends” feature - best practices Thanks for the reply - I personally hate invites, but apparently they do work....and nearly all sites now seem to be sending 2nd even 3rd and 4th invites....so I think I will stick with the 2nd. Agreed on the select from the list, will add that. |
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Oct 19 |
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6-month budget for a startup? I'm in Egypt, where development costs are comparable to Ukraine. I did budget for a branding exercise with a marketing agency, but I keep on hearing from people that it's a waste of time and money, so may scrap that. Thanks for your input |
