Comments on: Question: How do I find advertisers for my new dating site? http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/questions-and-answers/question-how-do-i-find-advertisers-for-my-new-dating-site A blog about online dating, relationships and other related issues Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: taw http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/questions-and-answers/question-how-do-i-find-advertisers-for-my-new-dating-site#comment-36882 taw Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:22:41 +0000 http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-36882 Google adwords is the safest bet, but you might find a niche site that will pay more for the same thing. I would start with google and try some other sites until you find that works well for you. Google adwords is the safest bet, but you might find a niche site that will pay more for the same thing. I would start with google and try some other sites until you find that works well for you.

]]> By: Matt F http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/questions-and-answers/question-how-do-i-find-advertisers-for-my-new-dating-site#comment-35773 Matt F Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:26:08 +0000 http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-35773 I launched my dating site 15 months ago with the intention of charging subscriptions. I tried the free trial thing, spent lots of money on Adwords to gain a good memberbase but noone would pay it was the simple. What I have learned is that people nowdays are very savvy and only trust the established big online dating sites. If I were single there is no way I would pay a subscription to a little known dating site over the tried and trusted ones. So I was forced to take my own advice and change tactic. My online dating site has been 100% free for 10 months now - What a difference it makes! I am getting new members non-stop and my adsense revenue is around $3000 per month topped off with an affiliate combination. I have spent around 2000 hours of seo since the launch so all my traffic is organic now but its been much harder to get to where I have than first anticipated. To succeed with a dating site dont waste your time unless you have a load of free time to work on it. I launched my dating site 15 months ago with the intention of charging subscriptions. I tried the free trial thing, spent lots of money on Adwords to gain a good memberbase but noone would pay it was the simple. What I have learned is that people nowdays are very savvy and only trust the established big online dating sites. If I were single there is no way I would pay a subscription to a little known dating site over the tried and trusted ones. So I was forced to take my own advice and change tactic. My online dating site has been 100% free for 10 months now – What a difference it makes! I am getting new members non-stop and my adsense revenue is around $3000 per month topped off with an affiliate combination. I have spent around 2000 hours of seo since the launch so all my traffic is organic now but its been much harder to get to where I have than first anticipated. To succeed with a dating site dont waste your time unless you have a load of free time to work on it.

]]> By: Craig http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/questions-and-answers/question-how-do-i-find-advertisers-for-my-new-dating-site#comment-33653 Craig Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:44:59 +0000 http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-33653 I have recently started a free dating website supported by Adsense (<a href="http://www.myfairytaleending.com" rel="nofollow">MyFairyTaleEnding.com</a>) and I'm experiencing the up-hill struggle of free advertising to get noticed. With so many pay-sites claiming to be free by using various angles such as "free to join", "create a profile for free", etc...yet still requiring people to pay to use the site, it's difficult to get good rankings in the search engines as a truly free site. Currently users don't stumble upon my site, I have to go out and get them. I have recently started a free dating website supported by Adsense (MyFairyTaleEnding.com) and I’m experiencing the up-hill struggle of free advertising to get noticed.

With so many pay-sites claiming to be free by using various angles such as “free to join”, “create a profile for free”, etc…yet still requiring people to pay to use the site, it’s difficult to get good rankings in the search engines as a truly free site.

Currently users don’t stumble upon my site, I have to go out and get them.

]]> By: Chris Boswell http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/questions-and-answers/question-how-do-i-find-advertisers-for-my-new-dating-site#comment-2527 Chris Boswell Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:23:21 +0000 http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-2527 The trick that a lot of established dating sites use is to introduce new dating sites and to populate them with free trial members or temproary members that they migrate from their other dsting sites. A lot of dating sites are also tied in to together by using dating software which ties them in to sharing dating membership details with other users of the software. That way, each new dating site can be instantly populated. If you want to steer clear of this practice, you are still going to need to grow your membership in order to be successful and this is much more important than generating advertising revenue. It doesn't matter if your dating site is on the top of Google,no one is going to pay to join unless there are plenty of other members to interact with, so you need a strategy. You need the right marketing and the right hook for your dating site- say first few 1000s members free, next few thousand at a discount, or some other such deal, then you can grow over time, and get a good idea of the point at which you will see a return on investment on your dating site. If you are intending to offer a free dating site then, its all a question of the discrepancy between your advertising income and your advertising spend plus other investments in your dating site. If you intend to make a profit from your dating site, or even just to break even - this one is beyond me. Plentyoffish have managed it, but dozens of other dating sites at least will have flopped The trick that a lot of established dating sites use is to introduce new dating sites and to populate them with free trial members or temproary members that they migrate from their other dsting sites. A lot of dating sites are also tied in to together by using dating software which ties them in to sharing dating membership details with other users of the software. That way, each new dating site can be instantly populated.

If you want to steer clear of this practice, you are still going to need to grow your membership in order to be successful and this is much more important than generating advertising revenue. It doesn’t matter if your dating site is on the top of Google,no one is going to pay to join unless there are plenty of other members to interact with, so you need a strategy.

You need the right marketing and the right hook for your dating site- say first few 1000s members free, next few thousand at a discount, or some other such deal, then you can grow over time, and get a good idea of the point at which you will see a return on investment on your dating site.

If you are intending to offer a free dating site then, its all a question of the discrepancy between your advertising income and your advertising spend plus other investments in your dating site. If you intend to make a profit from your dating site, or even just to break even – this one is beyond me. Plentyoffish have managed it, but dozens of other dating sites at least will have flopped

]]> By: Cheesy Pick Up Lines http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/questions-and-answers/question-how-do-i-find-advertisers-for-my-new-dating-site#comment-2101 Cheesy Pick Up Lines Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:05:30 +0000 http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-2101 I would also recommend checking out adbrite and adengage since there is are a lot of dating sites that are offering cheap advertisements on their sites. A joint-venture type project would also be interesting. I would also recommend checking out adbrite and adengage since there is are a lot of dating sites that are offering cheap advertisements on their sites.

A joint-venture type project would also be interesting.

]]> By: Zoltan http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/questions-and-answers/question-how-do-i-find-advertisers-for-my-new-dating-site#comment-1998 Zoltan Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:58:08 +0000 http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/blog/?p=94#comment-1998 In my opinion, if you are talking about a "new dating site" your initial aim should be traffic and members. When you have a considerable amount of traffic and members you can think about how to get more and more advertisers. Until then, just simply add the AdSense or YPN code and you are all done. I am doing the same thing on <a href="http://www.onelovenet.com/" title="Free Dating Sites" rel="nofollow">OneLoveNet.com, free singles & dating website</a> and I have to tell that I am not complaining, although the site is quite new, I am satisfied with the results. In my opinion, if you are talking about a “new dating site” your initial aim should be traffic and members. When you have a considerable amount of traffic and members you can think about how to get more and more advertisers. Until then, just simply add the AdSense or YPN code and you are all done.
I am doing the same thing on OneLoveNet.com, free singles & dating website and I have to tell that I am not complaining, although the site is quite new, I am satisfied with the results.

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