Kristian Castro MGMT 700 10/10/2012 eHarmony Case Study 1. While meeting people online is becoming more commonplace with the increasing reliance on the Internet as a social tool‚ navigating the dating scene online has come with a stigma attached. People tend to use online personals sites as a last ditch effort when they become too frustrated with the traditional dating scene‚ or they are too busy to immerse themselves in the dating scene. Even though online dating is more popular now
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very integrated system that includes a detailed Personality Profile‚ the results of which were entered into the system that had a matching algorithm; resulting in either Guided Communication or closing the match. The most important differentiator of eHarmony from the other personals web-sites was that the completion of the questionnaire
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basically carry various similarities. Despite this fact that this industry is somewhat narrower when compared to the fast food industry that they are also considered to be a part of‚ the coffee and snack shop aspect of their overall industry. Attractiveness is their bread and butter. Starbucks currently represents 32% of this industry and continues to grow‚ making them one of its largest players. This is the industry that they need and have focused the most on. One of the main factors of success
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selfishness and desire to stray from monogamy as most would think. Much of it has to do with the fact that people are so consumed with being all they can be and not putting in the time required to have that special connection with another human. eHarmony was created to provide a way for members of society to easily meet potential significant others and “date” over the internet while not sacrificing time in their workplace. The initial response of the public was wary. People felt embarrassed that
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ShiMei Everette‚ Matthew Mosch‚ Jason Reed & Devard Wharton eHarmony Case Analysis Brief Introduction & Key Issues eHarmony in essence is an online personals service whose main clients are marriageminded individuals. The online client profile is an extensive relationship questionnaire along with a matching system and a guided communication system. It’s biggest competitor at the time of the article was Match. This online personals service was designed simply for people to seek out likeminded people with the same interest
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eHarmony Question 1: The first general environment that is most relevant to this case is the demographic segment. This segment focuses on population size‚ age structure‚ geographic distribution‚ ethnic mix‚ and income distribution. This segment is relevant to eHarmony because there main focus is to match their customer’s with potential partners. They need to take in account the matches age‚ income‚ ethnicity‚ and income. In the case‚ they discuss how they require customers to answer questions
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| eHarmony Case Analysis | | | | | | Background and Facts: * eHarmony founded by Dr. Clark Warren and his son-in-law‚ Greg Forgatch‚ in 1998 * Officially launched in 2000 * First radio commercial in 2002 * First TV commercial in 2003 * They target serious relationship and marriage-minded individuals‚ offering a unique match-making product * They offer a tightly integrated system that encompasses a Personality Profile‚ which feeds into a patented matching
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eHarmony SWOT Analysis * Strengths * Well-defined competitive space (Marriage-Minded Singles)‚ Long-term compatability * Endorsed by Christian organizations * Able to convert active members to paying members 3 times as effectively than competitors * Distinguished by Personality profile and patented matching algorithm * Extensive Relationship questionnaire * Selective pool of singles (declinesd to sell memberships to at least 1 million people) *
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eHarmony Case Review Key Marking Issue The key marketing issue facing eHarmony is continuing to differentiate eHarmony from the emerging competition‚ to include free dating websites‚ by effectively marking their success measures and broadening their customer base. First Marketing Solution The first solution I would consider would be to defend eHarmony’s position as the leading matchmaking company in the long term relationship segment of the market. It is extremely important to market the success
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Brief Report Narcissism and attractiveness Nicholas S. Holtzman *‚ Michael J. Strube Washington University in Saint Louis‚ Psychology‚ 1 Brookings Drive‚ C.B. 1125‚ St. Louis‚ MO 63130-4899‚ United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Is narcissism related to observer-rated attractiveness? Two views imply that narcissism is unrelated to attractiveness: positive illusions theory and Feingold’s (1992) attractiveness theory (i.e.‚ attractiveness is unrelated to personality in
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