There is an article worth reading over which features one of our partners. It’s overall very inspiring and relates to many of our partners. This piece talks through the process it took to turn a little idea into a big pay off. You can find the piece in the FarmersGuardian.com. The article that interviews James Vestbirk who is someone just like you who proved a good idea can turn into a great business!

James’ niche site KissingGates.co.uk is targeted at countryside folk. His article featured in the FarmersGuardian.com shows the inspiring story of a man with a mind of an entrepreneur was prompted to turn his ideas into a cash reality! This article gives you a good idea how anyone can come from anywhere with a good idea, like James with zero experience in online dating and can make it happen.

KissingGates.co.uk is now becoming well known and increasingly successful. With the little push in the right direction from WhiteLabelDating.com we really can make your carreer in the online dating industry a reality!

We were delighted when one of our partners sites, SinglesOver60.co.uk was featured on ITV1’s “7 Days On The Breadline” which aired last night. Not only was it great to be shown on such a high profile programme, having Trinny Woodall name the site and recommended it provided celebrity which is invaluable to the brand.

In addition to this, having online dating featured on a mainstream television show continues to normalise the industry, reducing the stigma and ultimately increasing the market for all online dating sites.

We believe that this site was featured because the site owner, Melanie Smith, has worked hard to build her brand into one that is reputable and recognisable. This is something that all of our partners should be striving towards to take their sites to the next level. We’re proud of Melanie and the media coverage that she’s attained and wish her continued success as her hard work pays off. Check out Melanie’s site for yourself at SinglesOver60.co.uk

We’re always looking at ways to incentivise and reward you, our partners, for your hard work and determination. This year is no different, which is why we’re excited to announce the 2010 Partner Awards.

The Categories

Without further ado, let us share with you the categories for next year’s awards…

1. Partner of The Year*

2. Biggest UK Revenue Growth*

3. Biggest International Revenue Growth*

4. Most Successful Casual Site

5. Best Converting Site

6. Best Site For Retention & Lowest Churn

7. Best Site For Re-Initials

8. Best Site For Lifetime Value

9. Best Site Design

10. Best Marketing Campaign

The Prizes

The prizes up for grabs are definitely not to be sniffed at!

* The biggest prizes will be awarded to the top 3 categories - Partner of The Year, Biggest UK Revenue Growth and Biggest International Revenue Growth. The winners of these prizes will get to choose between an all expenses paid trip to stay in a 5* hotel, flying first class to either Miami, New York, Las Vegas or Dubai.

Other prizes include high tech gadgets, vintage champagne and a weekend in a top London hotel.

The Details

To be considered for the awards, you need to email jrivard@whitelabeldating.com with the subject title “2010 Partner Awards” before 14 November 2009.

The entries will be judged on 30 September 2010 and the winners will be announced at the 2010 Partner Conference.

If you have any questions about the awards, please feel free to contact your Partner Manager who will be happy to discuss it with you.

You Can Do It!

There’s no reason why YOU can’t be “Partner of the Year” and we’re here to help support you to get there. Speak to your Partner Manager today who will be able to help you plan your strategy.

This is a huge opportunity and we’re excited to watch your progress.

Good luck!

Mel Kirk
Social Media Manager
WhiteLabelDating.com

Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing event held during the month of November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health.

Now whilst the WhiteLabelDating.com office is mainly dominated by females, the guys that we do have are very manly men! They were all chomping at the bit to grow their facial hair all in the name of charity (we suspect they were also excited by the prospect of having to shave less and spending more time in their beds in the morning, but that’s between us!).

We’re excited to have submitted a Movember team and would ask you to donate kindly all in the name of charity. The company will also be making a donation at the end of the month to congratulate the team on their efforts and support a worthy cause. Good luck to all those involved, may the hair growing commence!

One of our partners, John Taylor, recently launched sites across all of our international networks and has seen great success. Originally launching LoveAndAdore.co.uk in the UK, John went on to expand internationally once identifying the untapped opportunity. He’s since found that his South African site, LoveAndAdore.co.za has been his fastest growing site.

Surprisingly, It’s John’s Australian site which is showing the greatest potential, growing by an average of 60% since July. Overall, It’s member count has grown by an average of 52% since Launch.

Historically, the South African network has always outperformed that of Australia but this goes to show what’s possible with the right branding and marketing.

Here at WhiteLabelDating.com we pride ourselves on expanding into new markets that are less saturated, providing greater opportunities to our partners. This is something that we remain dedicated to and are delighted to see such great results as a result.

Monday 26th Oct - Sunday 1st Nov 09

Member Query of the Week

Last week we had a lot of members across all networks, querying the ’subscribe’ link on members diary entries. As we previously discussed, writing diary entries are a great way to break the ice on a dating site and also gives the member an opportunity to express themselves and introduce themselves to their potential dates! We have a lot of members who update their diary entries on a daily/weekly basis, we even have one member who is like our own Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City! It is these diary entries that generate huge interest, with many members looking forward to their next update. To make it easier for our members, we have placed a Subscribe link on all member’s entry. If a member chooses to subscribe to a specific diary entry, they will get a notification sent to their personal email address every time the member has composed a new one. In this notification there will be a link which directs them straight to the new entry - perfect!

As you can see, we do like to make things easy for our members here at WhiteLabelDating.com, and if it helps them find their perfect partner along the way, then even better!

Customer Satisfaction Rate

98.4%

Good Feedback

Good customer experience feedback for you!

Here are 2 quotes for you to look at that your Customer Support Team has received this week.

We received a message from Rita, Dating.ForcesReunited.org.uk
Rita: “I am in a relationship at the moment and would like to cancel my subscription and basic membership with Forces Reunited Dating. I would like to thank you for your professional service and providing a very friendly site and I wish you continued success. Kind Regards, Rita”

And we have another message to share from David, MaritalAffair.co.uk
David: “in a month Ive had 3 adult dates with lovely intelligent women this site is super addictive fun. Something new every day!”

Why restrict yourself to one site or target audience if you are capable of taking on the workload, and the addition money of course! Stuart isn’t going to stop his revenue coming in and to that we salute his entrepreneurial spirit! With WhiteLabelDating.com we have the services suitable for any entrepreneurs looking to expand or start their business. His other sites with us including 50pluslove .com and dating4divorced.co.uk, which have been running with us for around a year now. It’s pretty impressive stuff to see he’s ready for the challenge of taking on another two!

This is an inspiring story to show what’s possible within a year with the help and guidance of our Partner Managers. Why work hard for someone else when you could work for yourself. We’ll help you every step of the way with our expertise, enable you to build your own brand. We don’t think these are just mere websites, this could be your revenue, your future and your story being featured!

Do you see yourself launching the next big dating site? Have you got the next idea going to break through the online dating industry but need a push in the right direction? Let us help you target and acquire a your share of the phenomenally fast growing Internet boom of online dating and see the profits yourself!

Stuart’s doing an excellent job of pulling everything together with some fantastic ideas that might inspire you! Why not check out his new sites and see for yourself at BrainyDates.co.uk and GreenFingerDating.com.

Maritalaffair.co.uk was approached at the beginning of October to be featured on ITV1’s Alan Titchmarsh Show following billboards spotted by the Producers of the show and after the recent press coverage around the subject of affairs. The show was definitely an interesting debate with some very different views being thrown around. Mel Kirk, our Social Media Manager was quizzed by Alan Titchmarsh , Gloria Hunniford and psychologist Nick Ferrari, needless to say it definitely made for some interesting viewing time.

Another one of our sites that have had some great media attention is Forgetdinner.co.uk . The site has recently been featured in the Times Online, appearing in an article, “Dating websites offering no - strings sex are a magnet for men and women in sexless marriages, but does infidelity work?” The article discuses people’s views and personal experiences on such sites.

People are very quick to dismiss the subject and reject the idea of having an affair, however people are clearly doing it. There has been a huge increase in signups for these sites after the recent publicity. It just shows that the sites are in heavy demand and the more people that seem to find out about the sites through the media, the bigger the sites become.

Some people have some very strong views on the subject and are very much against the websites. However these sites are just providing a service ,a service that a lot of people clearly are in need off. There is no one forcing members to sign up or even look at the sites but there does seem to be a clear demand. After all how boring would life be if everything was banned.

The sites are there and are clearly very popular both to its members and to the media, however many negative comments the sites may receive it doesn’t seem to be stopping business. Infact its booming. We look forward to seeing how these sites progress.

Why not check out the website at ForgetDinner.co.uk or read about their latest article featured in TimesOnline.co.uk to see for yourself.

With thanks to:

Ross Williams, Laura Skou, Jacob Rivard, Mel Kirk, Francesca Heath, Amy McMillan, Andy Gosling, Chloe Benn, Frank Dethridge, Rachel Hannan, Matt Harman, Grant Bunyan, Jon Tarbuck, Taryn East, Keith McDonnell, Jen Woof, Nick Wood, Ian Winter, Marie Fiander, Sophie Andrews, Sarah Iles, Charlie Fabian, Jamie Salmon,  Lauren Smith, Shaunna Woodley, Ryan Pitcher, Antony Moran, Tasha Straw, Stacey Pragnell, Amy Butler, Chris Georghiou, Lesley Hearn, Clare Humphreys, Gurdeep Daffu, Nicole Michael, Charley Dunlop, Cara Bunce, Alexandra Osbourne, Jenna Keating, Emma Newman, Lucy Kappellides, Kate Hyder, Jess Dimsdale, Amy Loudon, Mia Allen, Ali Northway, Gary Taylor, Lauren Barnes, Melissa Thompson, Hannah Mace, Laura Cowell, Emily Hills, Kaleigh Scott, Scott Collins and with some extra donations collected around the office……..

We made a total of £670 for Cancer Research UK!!

Well done White Label Dating crew!!

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