Alix Strauss, Have I Got a Guy for You on Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert
We’ve all heard about stories about meddling mothers who just want to see their daughters happily married. In this episode of Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show, I was joined by author Alix Strauss, who shared stories from her book, Have I Got a Guy for You: What Really Happens When Mom Fixes You Up
Alix shared some of her favorite stories from the book including:
* The woman whose parents created an online dating profile for her on an Indian dating site
* The mother who was searching online, found her daughter’s former boyfriend, and reunited them, years later
* The mother who was sure her writer daughter needed to meet another writer
Alix shared her own personal online dating story and I shared one of mine, both who many single daters can relate to.
Listen to the program where you’ll hear more about dating, love and romance in a Web 2.0 World.
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Peril of the Week – Switch and Bait
Sandra was looking for love online and after a bad experience, she learned to spend more time on the phone getting to know her date before agreeing to meet in person. The gentleman on the other end of the line sounded good enough. He offered to meet her at a fine dining restaurant, which sounded to her better than the usual, “Let’s meet for coffee.”
But when she arrived, he said, “Oh, my goodness. It closes for lunch. But look — there’s a McDonald’s down the street.”
Sandra ordered a burger and French fries. Saying he’d had a late breakfast, he ordered a coke, but then hungrily proceeded to make her fries disappear in a private pool of ketchup. Between morsels, he launched into a lecture on how sex was good for the complexion and circulation, and, by the way, there’s a nice motel near here and we could have a terrific afternoon improving our complexions.
She refused him politely and said goodbye forever, thinking as she got behind the wheel of her car that he probably would have used her credit card to pay for the motel.
The Peril of the Week was contributed by Howard Eisenberg and Shirley Friedenthal of itsnevertoolatetodate.com
Do you have an online dating story to share?
Senior People Meet and Black People Meet on Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show
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Listen to Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show, where my guest Josh Meyers, CEO of People Media talked about the success of their niche online dating sites.
People Media runs over 20 Internet dating sites focusing on Black People Meet, Religious People Meet, and Hard to Define People Meet. Some of their popular sites include Single Parent Meet, Black People Meet, and Senior People Meet. They were acquired last year by Match.com.
We gave dating advice for singles looking for love online including the details from their recent DataDating poll, Spring Training Tip for Singles: Don’t Crowd the Plate When You Step Up to Bat. According to Meyers, “Professional baseball players use Spring Training to get in shape and tune up their game before they hit the field on Opening Day.” With spring season in the air, some of these tips apply to online daters.
- When at bat: Ask questions and listen well
- Play it safe: Do not go past first base
- Warm-up: Plan conversation-starters
- Avoid curve balls: Focus on the positive
Listen to learn more about dating, love and romance in a Web 2.0 World.
Singles can sign up for free at PeopleMedia.com to set up their profile. The membership rates range from $14.95/month to $9.99/month for a six-month membership.
I’m a Character, You’re a Character – The 140 Conference in New York
It’s with great excitement that I share with you that I’ve been selected as a character in the upcoming 140 Characters Conference – Exploring the State of Now, to be held in New York City on April 20-21, 2010. The panel will focus on dating and is called, “Experiencing: Love, Dating and Romance in the Real-Time web.”
According to Jeff Pulver, “This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people.”
When I attended the 140 Characters Conference in Los Angeles in 2009, I had a conversation with Jeff about the 2010 New York event. I told him the importance of including a first-time dating panel at this conference. I explained the huge growth of online dating and the popularity of dating in real time with people hooking up on Twitter, Twitter marriage proposals, and the huge growth of mobile dating. I promised him it would be a fun panel. I didn’t want to disappoint those in the Twitterverse.
I am pleased to announce that on the panel I will be joined by my friends and colleagues Thomas Miller of Your Tango, known for his column Tomfoolery, and dating coach Scot McKay. Both Tom and Scot have been guests on Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert radio show and I have met both of them in real life.
The 140 Characters Conference will feature some of the most important people in social media and on Twitter. I will be in good company along with Gary Vaynerchuk, MC Hammer, Ann Curry, Shelley Palmer, Ivanka Trump, Alexis Maybank, and Donny Deutsch. Over 140 characters will share the stage at the 92nd Street Y.
If you have a Twitter dating story to share, please let me know.
For a complete list of characters visit http://nyc2010.140conf.com/characters
Tickets are only $100 through March 6, 2010. To purchase your ticket in the presale, visit 140conf.com
I hope to see you there, IRL.
Julie Spira is known worldwide as The Cyber-Dating Expert. She is the author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online. Visit her at CyberDatingExpert.com
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show with Zoosk
Join Cyber-Dating Expert Julie Spira as she welcome Alex Mehr, co-founder of the social dating site Zoosk to Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show.
Zoosk is the world’s largest social dating community with more than 40 million users. Singles can join Zoosk by adding the Zoosk application through Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, and Friendster, via their mobile phone, or by signing up directly at www.zoosk.com.
Zoosk enables singles to meet love interests in a fun and social way. You’ll find out which are the most popular virtual gifts and why it increases your chance of getting a response while you’re dating online. Call in at 646-929-0012 on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 11am, pacific time/2pm, eastern time to learn more about Zoosk.
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Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert
Join me on Saturday, June 13th on Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show with my guest, Relationship Expert and Author, Liz Kelly. Get ready for Summer Love – on and off screen!
Just in time for June’s Romantic Movie Season kick-off, Liz will give advice tips from her new Great Love Reviews. From “My Life in Ruins” to “Marley and Me,” these movie reviews are helping singles attract and keep great love. Using big screen examples, Kelly shares a light-hearted look at love from an entertainment insider. For more love tips, movie reviews and Kelly’s new ebook (How to Attract Great Love), visit Great Life Great Love.
Listen in at 2 pm ET/11 am PT at blogtalkradio.com/cyberdatingexpert or call in with your questions at 646-929-0012.
Looking For Love In All the Wrong Places?
By Heather Juma
Ladies! Are you looking for “Mr. Right” in all the wrong places? Are you spending your weekends hanging out in the typical bar scene? Hmmm… let’s see is that really the place to meet “Mr. Right”?
I have a better idea for you! Make a list of your hobbies and passions. What do you do in your free time? Love Tennis? You might meet your perfect “match” at the local tennis club. Love wine? Go to wine tastings and join gourmet foodie groups. You get the hint!
Think of all the fun you’ll have meeting lots of other people and making new interesting friends while enjoying your hobbies and passions, that will take your mind off “looking for Mr. Right” and then he’ll probably show up (funny how that works)!
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