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As far as the online dating industry is concerned, meeting someone will never be free but there is a revolution occurring. Several sites come to mind when considering the free online dating service but one stands out amongst them bar none. Quest Dating is an online dating service that offers free online dating to members who join while the site is in launch mode and they plan to monetize the website with banners to keep it free. The current CEO of the company expressed his concern with the models feasibility saying, “It’s a win or lose game and we are only hoping we can come out on top”. All things considered the online dating scene is a highly lucrative industry bringing profits in the billions each year and starting a business in this industry with a completely upside down profit model will be difficult. There will be extreme competition in marketing, a struggle to keep the application cutting edge, and a paradigm shift if the venture takes hold.
To begin, Quest Dating faces competition juggernauts like Match.com and the ever popular eHarmony.com that on average spend near $10 per click for each individual who visits their website for popular key terms on Google. This is an example of how costly an approach it will be to try and control the market. Quest Dating knows this and has employed a purely article driven marketing campaign to combat the impending doom of an otherwise costly venture. Quest Dating CEO said “Its going to be nearly impossible but if Plentyoffish can do it, we can too”, shedding light on another popular but less pronounced free online dating site on the internet whose marketing strategy differs but in essence uses they same ingenious end game. With a passion for those looking for dates on the internet, Quest Dating will manage to attain some market dominance and soon may be the new name in online dating.
To continue, the next major obstacle in running Quest Dating will be keeping the application cutting edge. The current website at http://www.questdating.net is as cutting edge as it gets utilizing 3rd party clients to handle more complicated functions like online video chatting and instant messaging. With new innovation in web design emerging every day, it will be difficult for other dating sites including Quest Dating to leverage the new found potential an deciding which is best to implement and when. One new technology called Flex available at flex.org will be the next major change to Quest Dating. Flex is a language built on Flash with immense power and flexibility to design impressive modules with the ability to propel Quest Dating to the front of the scene. Only wise decisions and careful implementation will render Quest Dating the leader in the 100% free online dating service subset of the online dating industry.
Finally, if Quest Dating takes hold, a paradigm shift is sure to take place. The current belief is that it takes $10 per month on average plus tons of spare time to find someone on an online dating website. Hopefully there will be a shift to the “free mind frame”. Other websites have tried but have fallen by the way sides on an extremely competitive march to the top.
Ken Davinger is a publicist for http://www.questdating.net and has brought both insight and truth to what is soon to be common knowledge about the online dating industry. Ken strives to disseminate the truth to help the end user become more informed and better apt to the change that is sure to come
11 can't-miss shows for your next New York visit
By Michael D. Gutenplan
Ah, spring. From kids on break to lovers taking a romantic weekend on the winding streets of Greenwich Village, New York is alive with tourists. Many won’t leave without at least one New York theater experience.
Because so many shows are available and prices can be so high, a good recommendation can make the difference between a fabulous evening and an uncomfortable two-hour nap.
It you’re a first-timer, you probably will prefer a more traditional Broadway experience. Many shows come and go but a handful seem to run forever, and with good reason. “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Chicago,” “Rent” and the Disney shows “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast” are the new gold standards on Broadway, and they’re all solid starter shows.
Each is uniquely different and offers the novice theatergoer a chance to experience Broadway at its best. You’ll get amazing scenery, memorable music, exciting drama and world-class dance in a package with all the glamour and glitz you came to see.
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The perks of motherhood
In 'The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter,' Katherine Ellison sets out to prove that moms really may know best. Read an excerpt
Juggling carpools, soccer games and homework can drive you crazy. But what if being a mother actually makes you smarter? That’s exactly what new research into this little explored topic has shown, says Katherine Ellison, the author of the new book 'The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter.' She was invited on “Today” to discuss her book, just in time for Mother’s Day. Read an excerpt.
A few weeks after my first son was born, I had a troubling dream. It was September 1995, and I was on leave from my job as a foreign correspondent in Rio de Janeiro. In my nightmare, space aliens had landed in Brazil's capital, Brasilia, but I stayed home, unable to decide whether the story was worth pursuing. The dream was the perfect showcase for my fear that I'd traded in my brain for my new baby.
It was just that fear that had kept me, and so many of my peers, from having babies at all, right up until we'd almost lost the chance to choose. The problem was that I'd come to depend upon my brain for so many good things, including my livelihood, my self-esteem, and my freedom to marry for love. And I knew that becoming a mother made me subject to a modern affliction called Mommy Brain — which, like a 'senior moment' is a cheery synonym for abrupt mental decline. The phrase summons the image of a ditsy pregnant woman who weeps at Kleenex commercials, or of a frazzled mom with nothing in her head but carpool schedules and grocery lists. ('If you've left the crayons to melt in the car / And forgotten just where the car keys are / There's a perfectly good way to explain: / You see, you've come down with 'Mommy Brain,' reads a poem by one self-alleged victim.)
Along with varicose veins and thickened waistlines, diminished cerebral capacity would appear to be a risk inherent in women's reproductive fate. That's certainly how many nonparents perceive pregnant women and new mothers. When researchers showed audiences videotapes of a woman in various workplace situations — the same woman, the same work, but in some scenes wearing a prosthesis so that she'd appear pregnant — the 'pregnant' woman was rated less competent and less qualified for promotion. We mothers also perpetuate this bias. 'Mommy Brain!' is our frequent alibi when we say something dumb. 'Part of your brain exits with the placenta!' one friend advised me early on.
The pessimistic chorus wasn't always this loud. The phrase 'Mommy Brain,' which is of relatively recent vintage, followed the historic flood of women into the workplace beginning in the 1960s. This change brought new scrutiny from others — and a new self-consciousness for mothers. Today nearly three-fourths of mothers with children aged one or older are at work outside the home, frequently in jobs requiring mental sharpness, making many of us more vigilant than ever before about fluctuations in our mental acuity. And not only do our jobs require more brain power; rearing children today amidst information overload and furious debates over nearly every aspect of parenting takes more smarts than ever.
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