This online event is by invite-only from your host and organizer Mark Brooks. Please reply to Mark's email invitation or email mark@courtlandbrooks.com if you have any questions that aren't answered here...
LTR stands for Love, Technology, Relationships and is the online event for leaders of companies that bring people together for all forms of relationships, via technology.
Welcome to Edition 19 of the LTR online conference experience. In this edition we will hear from Geoff Cook, CEO/Co-Founder of The Meet Group & co-CEO of ParshipMeet Group, on "Stepping Stones to Innovation". Followed by Carmelia Ray, a celebrity matchmaker, on "The future of content marketing, social selling, and brand recognition through TV and media."
LTR is a fast-paced 90 minutes. Join us at 12 midday EST (New York time) on Wed 1st February. We'll have 30 mins of networking followed by 60 mins of presentations and discussions.
LTR is designed to help you get to know other CXOs and leaders of online social communities and dating companies, and inspire you to further business growth. This event is small, focused, and by-invite-only. You'll meet a diverse group of CEOs and top flight executives. We have some brilliant speakers, and attendees, that can help you think outside the box and inspire you about the future.
The LTR conference is hosted and attended by the Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA) and the Online Social Community Association (OSCA). If you got an email invite, you're in the group, and very welcome to join us. (Email mark@courtlandbrooks.com to inquire about joining IDEA or OSCA).
Presentations are typically ~18 minutes each and will reveal a core idea. You'll hear ideas on growth opportunities and user experience, challenging issues worthy of collaboration, interesting new technology and inspirational and informative stories to help enhance your understanding and sharpen up your strategy. After each presentation you'll have the opportunity to ask questions.
LTR is a unique and uplifting and essential event that will help you and your company align with the best of what the dating and online social community industries will become. LTR will help you evolve and help you connect with and get more perspective from your peers.
This LTR is sponsored and supported by these technology providers:
Livebox - The top livestreaming video and creator economy platform
RealGifts - Boost your ARPU by enabling users to send real gifts to each other.
Along with:
Courtland Brooks - Internet dating and communities consultancy-agency
Matchmaker.com - Make money by referring users to experienced matchmakers
Mark runs the niche agency-consultancy Courtland Brooks focusing on strategy, marketing and business development for Internet dating companies and online social communities. He's served POF, The Meet Group, and 120+ companies since 2005. Prior to this, he worked with Friendster, and ran an adventure club in Silicon Valley. Mark has been quoted in press 288 times (18 times in WSJ).
He heads IDEA.gp (since 2007) & OSCA.gp, hosts LTR, and publishes the executive news summary services Online Personals Watch (since 2004) and Very Social Network (since 2006). He also runs BehavioralEconomist.com (130k+ community).
Mark is a graduate of Harvard Business School (PLD) and London School of Economics (Exec. MSc, Behavioral Science).
Mark is committed to helping dating and social industry executives connect, learn and share, and get inspired for an even more effective and prosperous future.
Geoff is CEO & co-founder of The Meet Group, a social dating and livestreaming company. He's also co-CEO and GM of video for the parent company ParshipMeet Group. He successfully transitioned the company from 90% advertising revenue in 2016 to 60%+ user-pay revenue while dramatically expanding revenue by investing heavily in livestreaming video.
The Meet Group and ParshipMeetGroup comprise Meetme, Tagged, Skout, Growlr, eHarmony, Parship and Lovoo.
Geoff joined the dating industry in 2005 and pioneered one-to-many video. Livebox is now available to other dating apps, like POF who have it integrated.
Geoff is an IDEA Ten Year Club member and is an Innovation Fellow of Columbia Business School's Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Economics.
In 30 years of servicing the dating industry, Celebrity Matchmaker, TV Host and Online Dating Expert Carmelia Ray has worked with over 8,000 matchmaking clients and has had more than 65,000+ conversations with singles worldwide about love and relationships.
Carmelia is one of the most successful matchmakers working with the world's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, notable celebrities and massive influencers.
Carmelia is the host and associate producer of her reality dating show "Mom vs Matchmaker" . She has appeard on Love Goals (OWN Network), The Real Housewives of Toronto (Slice), A User's Guide to Cheating Death (Netflix) and A World Without NASA (Curiosity Stream).
She has worked alongside dozens of matchmaking agencies, top dating coaches, and major online dating sites like Match.com, CDFF (Christian Dating For Free) Lavalife, POF and eHarmony to give singles the tools they need to navigate the dating scene.
Here is a complete list of RSVPs to LTR Edition 19
* supporting sponsors of LTR
Adam Cohen-Aslatei, Founder & CEO, S'More
Alex Tam, CEO, Paktor Group
Amanda Ortiz, Event Coordinator, Flare Events
Andrew Chang, COO, Pink Triangle Press
Andrew Nolan, Marketing and Sales Director, Pink Triangle Press
Andy Palmer, Founder, WorldwideDating
Arnel Guiang, Founder & CEO, ChatApp
Av Utukuri, Founder, Vizetto
Ben Goodman, Marketing & Events Consultant, CitySwoon
Bernadett Simon, Marketing Director, Dating Central Europe
Bill Alena, Chief Investment Officer, Dating Group
Brad Jones, Founder & CTO, Meet Kinksters
Brandon Mercer, President, OanesX.com
Christof Wittig, Founder & CEO, Hornet
David Epstein, co-Founder, David Epstein, co-Founder, #open
Demaine Reid-Lecky, PR & Media Intern, CarmeliaRay.com
Eddy Ankrett, President, DatingAgencyAssociation
Eiléen Lee-Connor, Founder, Dubai Matchmaker
Gina Levy, CEO, Kindra Connect
Gypsy Seaton, Chief of Staff, Together Light
Heaton Dyer, Chief Growth Officer, Pink Triangle Press
Hunt Ethridge, Founder, Hunt For Advice
Jaida Pervis, CEO, Flirting with Forever
Jean-Marc Larouche, entrepreneur
Kimberly Simonetti, Owner, The MatchPro
Ksenia Droben, CEO, Ksenia Droben Partnervermittlung
Kuion Martin, Social Media Manager, CarmeliaRay.com
Kyle Guthro, Dating and Confidence Coach
Laura James, co-Founder, Join Level
Lee-Michael Pronko, CEO, Heartstring
Marcia Rubin, Founder & CEO, Yak Network
Matt Paoli, Founder & CEO, Flare Events
Mike Krosky, President, Cherry Blossoms
Nadav Mills, Director of Product, DOWN
Nathalie Clease, Matchmaker, Carmelia Ray Matchmaking
Neil Davis, CEO, RealMe
Neil Mason, Relationship & P.P.E Evaluation Expert
Oscar F. Estupiñán, Partner, Novasemocoes.com, Flertou.com
Patrick Fahey, Matchmaker, Sugarmatchmaking.com
Pippa Secker, CEO, Pure Bloods LLC
Radha Patel, Founder, Single to Shaadi
Rebeca Valdez, Strategic Growth Expert, RealGifts *
Richmond Lartey, Founder, Cuplet
Robin Helmreich, Product Owner, LemonSwan
Sarah Louise Ryan, Director, Tailor Matched
Serge Roberge, Technology Director, Pink Triangle Press
Sid Klein, co-Founder & CEO, Matchmaker2Matchmaker & Safe Date
Simon Heit, Head of Marketing, Together Light
Steven Macecevic, CEO, Datefit
Tammy Shaklee, Founder & President, H4M Matchmaking
Taya Blanchard, Owner, TiGRS Publishing, LLC
Tiffany Acosta, Public Relations Specialist, Reflex Media
Thomas Q. Jones, co-Founder, Join Level
Tracy LeFleur, Matchmaker, TheMatchAgency
Unnur Aldis Kristinsdottir, CMO, Smitten
Wan Hasifi Amin, Founder & CEO, Baituljannah