be2 Blog … Love, Relationships and Online Dating

Meet the be2 Team: Oliver

fiona — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:02:09 +0000

When Marketing Manager Oliver joined be2, worldwide matchmaking was already planned, but far from a reality. Nevertheless, the promise of internationality, the friendly be2 team and the chance to help people find love was tempting. Today, he’s still happy with his choice – and with be2!

1. How do you help be2 help people find love?
As Online Marketer, I help the right people find be2 – those who are really looking for a serious relationship.

2. What do people ask about your job in worldwide matchmaking?
What my girlfriend thinks about it. After all I have to test other worldwide matchmaking agencies to monitor the competition. She’s pretty relaxed about it, though

3. What’s important to you when you think about worldwide matchmaking?
The quality of the matches – and that they are active.

4. Which be2 country is important to you personally?
Belgium, where I spent the best of my college years.

5. “Love is…”
…chemistry

Sesame Street Love Quote

fiona — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:38:47 +0000

Sesame Street was 40 on Tuesday. We already posted a video earlier this week, now here’s the dialogue from that video – an answer to the question “What is Love?”:

Grover: “What is love?”
Chelsea: “Love is something to do with hugs and kisses and a warm feeling inside.”
Grover: “Yeaaaah! Boy, love sounds great!”

Christmas in a Shoe Box

fiona — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:31:09 +0000

Christmas still seems far away, but we are already looking forward to mulled wine and Christmas pudding, to Christmas parties and presents. Many others are less fortunate: to them, Christmas isn’t just far away, but impossibly far. Children in need often have little to look forward to at this time of year, as their families can’t afford to celebrate Christmas or give them presents.

That is why we are happy to support Operation Christmas Child. With 18 others from the be2 team, armed with 20 shoe boxes, 50 meters of wrapping paper, scissors, glue and loads of Christmas presents, we are wrapping packages that children in need across the world will open at Christmas. Last year, Operation Christmas Child was able to provide more than a Million children with a present to open at Christmas – thanks to generous donations and the help of many shoebox-packers.

This year many be2 staff are taking part, packing Christmas gift boxes for a few hours after work. Do you want to give a Christmas gift to a child in need? Taking part in Operation Christmas Child is simple:

- You’ll need a shoe box, wrapping paper to embellish the box, elastic bands to close it.
- Fill the box with presents for a boy or girl, aged 2-4, 5-9 or 10-14.
- Hand in the box at a Drop Off Point near you until 18th November.

You can find detailed packing instructions and your nearest drop off point at the Operation Christmas Child website. Hope you enjoy packing the boxes as much as we do!

What is Love? Sesame Street Knows!

fiona — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:24:28 +0000

Another video today, but it is in honour of a very special occasion: the 40th anniversary of the first episode of Sesame Street. And because the show has spent the last 40 years teaching kids about anything and everything, it has also found an answer to that old question “What is love?”:

Grover: “What is love?”
Chelsea: “Love is something to do with hugs and kisses and a warm feeling inside.”
Grover: “Yeaaaah! Boy, love sounds great!”

The Computer Will Find the Right Man for You!

fiona — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:43:09 +0000

French pop singer France Gall was a few years ahead of her time when she sang about a computer that can help her find the right man – in 1968! The song is in German, but you would probably be most familiar with Gall’s 80s hit Ella, elle l’a.

Thanks to online matchmaking, today your computer really can help you find the right man but the lyrics must have been like a glimpse of the future at the time:

Computer Number 3
will find the right boy for me,
and love for us both is guaranteed.
The Computer knows
the right woman for every man,
and happiness just keeps spilling
out of its database.

One of many million men,
is waiting somewhere for me.

True Love Quote

fiona — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:27:29 +0000

This love quote should serve as a reality check for anyone who aspires to the type of romantic love portrayed in Hollywood movies:

“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.”

- Erich Segal

be2 Halloween Pumpkin!

fiona — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:05:36 +0000

Inspired by last week’s social media Halloween pumpkins, our colleague Michaela carved a be2 Halloween pumpkin!

Hope you all had a fun Halloween, too!

Meet the be2 Team: Eva

fiona — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:40:00 +0000

This week we’re introducing another be2 blogger. Eva is a translator and Content Mangement Assistant responsible for the spanish blog and copywriting on the spanish be2 homepage.

1. How do you help people find love?
I translate emails our members receive from be2 and write (new) content for the website.

2. What do friends ask about your job with an international matchmaking agency?
If I get to choose the matches for each member; if it really works.

3. What’s important in the international matchmaking business?
A customer friendly attitude.

4. Which be2 country are you connected to, personally?
Spain and Argentina.

5. “Love is…”
irreplacable.

Best Halloween Pumpkins ever!

fiona — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:45:05 +0000

We found a fantastic blog post about Social Media Halloween Pumpkin Carvings and we are re- posting two of the pictures from that post here, because they show the two things that help us create this blog:

an Apple MacBook and the blogging platform Wordpress. Huge spooky props to the pumpkin artists!

Funny Halloween Quote

fiona — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:07:12 +0000

The only sad thing about this Halloween quote is that Lindsay Lohan, who says this line in a film, seems to think it’s Halloween all year round in real life – and dresses accordingly. Now that’s scary!

“Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”

- Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls