Just been sent a link to a very good post, definite worth a read for anyone who wants to help shift the cultural balance of their business: http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/bregman/2009/06/the-best-way-to-change-a-corpo.html In the post, Peter Bregman describes how to change corporate culture – an issue I’m facing at present. Although we’ve had tremendous success in our growth, we’re [...]
Archive for November, 2009
20 Nov
The Sunday Spike
Another great post from our wonderfully talented marketing team: http://www.whitelabeldating.com/blog/2009/11/the-sunday-spike/ We’re now about to start the busy period for online dating – in the run up to Christmas, we usually see a big increase in usage as people get into the party season and look for dates. Then it’s New year and people set resolutions [...]
17 Nov
Why we’re not sponsoring iDate anymore
As many people know, the team at WhiteLabelDating.com has been a top sponsor of the industry event iDate for the last few years. During this time we’ve enjoyed meeting people in the industry and attracting new partners to our platform. Over time though, I personally feel that the event has gone in the wrong direction [...]
15 Nov
The Perils of PR
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been lucky enough to generate a lot of good coverage for WLD (including a rather nice Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhiteLabelDating) and coverage on Radio 2, Sunday Times and Real Business magazine amongst many others. However, by putting our head above the parapet we’ve had a few people take shots [...]
11 Nov
Jonathan Palmer day with WLD Partners
I enjoyed a great day at Bedford Autodrome last week taking some of our top partners to a Palmersport racing day – simply the best motorsport day I’ve ever had. There was a great selection of cars (you can see them all at http://www.palmersport.com/cars.aspx) and we must have spent a good 4-5 hours actually out [...]
4 Nov
WLD continues growth with launch of 186 dating sites in five months including Borders, Cosmo and Men’s Health
Lovely new press release went out recently: London, UK – 4 November 2009 – WhiteLabelDating.com (WLD), the international leader in customer focused, flexible and scalable online dating systems, today announces continued growth with the launch of 186 new dating sites across the UK, US and South Africa since June. These new launches add to the [...]
2 Nov
The Death of the Web Agency in 2010
When I started my first web business in 1998 web design, development and marketing was still considered to be something of a black art – something that most companies knew they needed, but didn’t understand the true cost or benefit to their business. This often happens when new technologies and opportunities appear – we know [...]
2 Nov
How I found a fortune in dating websites – Sunday Times article
It was good to get some positive comments this weekend from an article which appears in the Business section of the Sunday Times: How I made it: Ross Williams, founder of Whitelabeldating.com Now, don’t go rushing out to buy wedding hats just yet. Anyone who knows me, knows I wouldn’t propose without asking permission first. [...]
1 Nov
Best Ever Letter from Arnie
If you’ve not seen this already: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/28/schwarzenegger-gives-california-legislature-a-hidden-finger/ I’ve got to do this to the next company that sends me a threatening, meritless legal letter (you know who you are!!) :)
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