Ntokozo

I remember once, out with a friend for dinner, ranting about the hectic day I’ve had. About the different difficult users I’ve had to deal with, when they suddenly jumped in and asked: “Do these people actually pay to use your site?”

I must say, this was rather deflating. I mean, why was I doing what I do, when there is no direct monetary value attached to it? But it’s a very simple business equation really: Traffic = Advertisers = Profit.

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Stefano

So! Flirtaroo has been live for 3 months and it’s been doing super swell! Definitely a good uptake, for a dating site at least. As most of you know, Flirtaroo was supposed to be a mobile site only at first, we then decided to add a web component which would allow users to simply update their profiles, but not interact with other users. This idea lasted for all of a week (I stand under correction Matt), at which point we decided to build a fully functional website that would give users the same experience as on the mobile site as well as additional features.
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Sam

When you work online, there’s an unspoken rule… you have to be plugged in.

Obviously.

I mean, we describe ourselves as “social media gurus” and “online experts” and get those less plugged in to pay us for our ability to use SEO and UGC and other hot TLAs casually in conversation, without mixing the letters around. Clearly, it’s not just hip to be ahead… it’s required.
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