I’ll admit it- I’m single. My friends and I have debated at great length the notion of taking our relationship aspirations to the web. But isn’t online dating creepy and weird? Well, maybe…but how is it any more creepy than meeting someone random at a bar? Regardless of your online dating opinions, from a business standpoint, we can at least all agree that these sites serve as an interesting, optimized e-commerce model!
I invite you to join me at the eRetailer Summit in Miami, March 1-3, to hear Greg Waldorf, CEO and founding investor of eHarmony.com, deliver the keynote address. Waldorf will share his extensive experience working with high-growth companies as an entrepreneur, investor and executive. Waldorf will speak on the growth of eHarmony, as well as the effectiveness of leveraging a multichannel marketing approach in growing a company, among others topics.
Furthering its theme of connecting you with the right people, the eRetailer Summit opens on Sunday, March 1, with the Solution Zone where ERA’s session speakers will make themselves available to answer attendee questions one-on-one. And in response to attendee requests for the maximum opportunity to network with peers, ERA is launching a three-hour Pool Party Extravaganza immediately following the Solution Zone from 3:00-6:00 p.m. The party will feature lively music, fabulous food and drinks, massage stations and henna tattoo artisans.
While I still have yet to actually take the plunge into online dating, perhaps Waldorf’s keynote address will change my opinion? I’ll keep you posted.
P.S. - Before booking your Miami travel plans, I suggest you check out this recent “Saturday Night Live” skit featuring travel expert Judy Grimes. Move over Tina Fey!
I’ll see you in Orlando, just kidding, Tampa, just kidding, Miami.
Click here for more details on the eRetailer Summit.
Pat Cauley is Electronic Retailer magazine’s eMedia editor.
