Why Businesses with Dating App Will Succeed In Times of Social Distance

The biggest challenge facing dating sites today is. Because of social distance in cities around the globe, the traditional in-person dating and interaction approach is not a viable option for many users.As the founder and CEO of a dating app, I know that the chance to meet someone in person is one of the key selling points for dating apps, which is not a solid marketing advantage right now.

Companies still need to provide engagement, though, or they risk losing the bread-and - butter customers who keep them alive. So, how can dating companies replace their traditional marketing strategies and funnels?

Consider matters relating to establishing relationships.

In the first place, much of what brings people to the dating sites is a need for connection and socialization, especially with someone new. The opportunity to build on the relationships is what brings people back. So, focus on building a long-term relationship as your selling point. Research has long maintained that social relationships increase longevity and have an impact on mental health. Display consumers that they care for their health.

Provide virtual encounters. 

There is no shortage of virtual options available, especially when it involves a bit of creativity. Focus on Relation Generation Dynamics. One option I've seen growing in popularity is the combination of video, chat, movie, or group-access event presentation. Essentially , this means supplying a club or party get-together with the digital equivalent. The winners in 2020 and beyond will be dating platforms that offer a robust replacement for all those resources in one location.

Concentrate on pairs.

Another way to remember is a two person shared experience. Users want a shared experience that they can talk to each other, during and about. Provide a special, interactive travel experience with preselected music, film date or virtual "concert." The pair connects and increases in happiness and satisfaction when a couple is sharing a positive experience together. 

Assist users in discovering something new.

The educational element should not be ignored in dating sites. Learning together can be a catalyst for building stronger ties. Consider combining group- or pair-learning relationship building within your online or app environment, perhaps by partnering with an online class provider. This might be an additional digital revenue stream for your site, reinforces the relationship factor and appeals to users who want to learn.

In terms of subject matter, surefire wins include classes that improve communication, such as learning a second language, or digital literacy training for effective use of smartphones, internet, or social media, as well as classes covering conventional disciplines such as science or the humanities. For example, astronomy is a big favorite for folks in various hemispheres.

Find relationships to gamify.

Back in 2012, according to data from the Pew Research Center, folks were split about whether gamification could lend itself to human connection. I think the proof is in the pudding, though: people enjoy having fun with others. The value of gamification is attaining autonomy. Users may want to hit new levels or capabilities and then share it with others through digital badges, point systems and more. This digital-badge model has worked for IBM already, so why not also for the dating sphere?

Learn from tried and tested examples of social matters.

Construction of a platform for relationships as a business requires constant improvement. Believe it or not, multiplayer video games online have conducted regular enhancements to this concept. Take time to research such models, such as World of Warcraft, Destiny, and Minecraft, and particularly how the games create societies, interaction, and interests successfully. Many of the same principles can be applied to your dating site to enhance and enhance its offers and enhance user interaction, new account creation and social share.

Kylie Jenner is allegedly not a billionaire any more

 

Kylie Jenner is no longer reportedly a billionaire, and Forbes says she probably showed fake tax returns: 'It's clear that Kylie's camp was lying.'

As you might remember, Forbes subtly released a Friday story entitled "Behind Kylie Jenner's Web of Lies — and Why She's No Longer a Billionaire," in which they legitly accused Kylie of inflating her personal fortune and manipulating her tax return.

But Forbes' Chase Peterson-Withorn and Madeline Berg revealed this week that their wealth was inflated by Jenner and her mother, Kris Jenner, in the documents they provided to the publication about Jenner's personal wealth and the revenue from her company. "It's obvious that Kylie's camp lied," Forbes wrote.

Forbes said the Jenners had previously invited the publication to their homes and accountants' offices and given "possibly fake" tax returns to Forbes, but that doesn't mean the tax returns that she filed were false.

The article contrasted the Jenners' schemes to Donald Trump's, saying, "The extraordinary lengths the Jenners were willing to go through" revealed "just how desperate some of the ultra-rich are to look even wealthier."

Her income is more likely to be close to just under $900 million, Forbes reports. In the US the estimated net worth of households is around $97,300. Kylie Jenner refused to comment on the article to Forbes, but after it was released, Kylie Jenner denied Forbes' report.

Forbes said the Jenners had previously told it amid a list of anomalies that Kylie Jenner 's cosmetics business had $360 million in revenues in 2018, but a Coty presentation revealed revenue was only closer to $125 million that year.

Besides the adjusted estimates for revenue from Kylie Cosmetics, Forbes accounted for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cosmetics companies, as Jenner still owns part of the company.

After being called a 'self-made' billionaire, Kylie and Forbes had attracted criticism, as critics said she was born into money.

Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter in an anti-conservative bias case

Appeals court rules in favor of Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter in anti-conservative bias case

Donald Trump took to Twitter the same day to threaten to control or close down social media platforms, the US court of appeal in Washington , D.C. A complaint accusing top-tech firms of silencing conservative voices was dismissed. Filed in 2018 by Freedom Watch and Laura Loomer, the case accused Apple, Facebook , Twitter and Google of stifling First Amendment freedoms.

The suit argued that four of the biggest names in tech "have engaged in a scheme to intentionally and knowingly censor politically conservative material." It explicitly cited Loomer 's ban on Twitter and Facebook, following a tweet regarding Ilhan Omar, a Congresswoman. Also noted is her inability to develop an audience base and revenue on Google's YouTube, indicating that since Trump's election "growth on these platforms has come to a complete halt and its audience base and revenue generated either plateaued or declined."

In the decision, District Judge Trevor McFadden states that Freedom Watch and Loomer refused to back up a argument that the companies were "state actors," participating in free speech control. "The Plaintiffs do not show how the alleged conduct of the Platforms can be treated fairly as actions taken by the government itself," writes the judge. "Facebook and Twitter, for example, are private companies which do not become 'state actors' focused solely on supplying the public with their social media networks."

In other words, the companies can not violate the first amendment, because banning users does not constitute an abridgement of free speech by the government. According to the ruling, "Freedom Watch fails to point out relevant evidence that suggest that these Platforms are engaging in state action and thereby fail to make a credible argument for First Amendment."

What is Gigi Hadid's net worth in 2020?

Now that Gigi Hadid has officially announced that she is pregnant with her first child, we can not help but wonder how its finances will be affected by this next stage. She has already earned a small fortune, after all. What is the net value of Gigi Hadid, then? And how does this compare to that of Zayn Malik, her boyfriend slash baby daddy?

What is Gigi Hadid's net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Gigi Hadid is worth an estimated USD 29 million. And no, that number doesn't account for  Zayn Malik, who, thanks to his successful music career, is worth around $65 million.

 

How does Gigi Hadid make money?

Most of the revenue comes from her productive career in modeling. Hadid was named Forbes' fifth highest paid model in 2017, with an estimated revenue of $9.5 million per year. The model is now signed on to several contracts, in addition to her runway career, including Maybelline, Evian, BMW, Versace and Tommy Hilfiger. Cha-Ching! 

 

 How will the baby affect her net worth?

It all depends on whether or not Hadid decides to keep working. Although we have no doubt that she will capitalize off associated offers, there is no denying that much of her income comes from modeling. Yet, she just doesn't need the extra cash with a multimillion-dollar bank account.

What about her sister, Bella Hadid?

Bella Hadid is with Gigi right up there, having accumulated an approximate net worth of $25 million. Like her friend, Bella makes a living off her career in modeling. Forbes has ranked her number 7 on the list of highest-paid models, so it has to run within the family

What about her reality star mother, Yolanda Hadid?

Yolanda Hadid is worth an estimated $45 million, and her successful career in reality television has everything to do with that. She previously appeared on Beverly Hills' Making a Model With Yolanda Hadid and The Real Housewives, where she allegedly made $100,000 for each season. NBD.

 

Coronavirus: China's retail giant Alibaba sees recovery after virus

Since March, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said it's seen a "steady recovery" in the region, but cautioned that the road to economic recovery remains unclear.

Despite virus-related restrictions on denting operations, the company's revenues increased 22 per cent in the three months to March 31. The benefit, driven by demand for food, electronics and cloud computing, was stronger than expected. Disruptions in the supply chain and investment losses have weighed overall on its results.

The output of China's economy-in which Alibaba is a major player-is being closely watched as a glimpse of how the rest of the world will fare after sudden economic shutdowns aimed at regulating Covid-19 's spread. The country's government said this week it would not set a target for economic growth. This is the first time since 1990 she has declined to do so.

Many multinational businesses have also scrapped predictions for the year ahead, citing pandemic uncertainty. Alibaba, which operates one of the biggest shopping and digital media websites in the world, also warned of confusion on Friday. Yet it told investors that, compared to 35 percent in the previous year, it projected sales growth of about 27 percent over the next 12 months.

However, in the three months up to March 31 Alibaba 's profits were almost completely wiped out. The company said this was largely due to a loss of return on investment. In the same period , the company reported sales of $16bn (114.3bn yuan, £13.1bn), with revenues on its core shopping websites rising by almost 19 per cent. Sales in the cloud services division of the company jumped 58%.

Yet its foreign businesses experienced substantially slower growth. This branch includes Lazada shopping website in Southeast Asia and accounts for about 7 per cent of the company 's revenue.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is now the world's third-richest person

Zuckerberg is now the world's third richest individual after a $30 billion rise in his wealth after the coronavirus crisis began
 
Despite the economic implications of the pandemic, in just two months, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has added more than $30 billion to its income. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking updated on May 21, Zuckerberg's rise in net worth has won him the title of third-richest individual. Zuckerberg currently stands at an estimated $87.8 billion, rising above billionaires including Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and Bernard Arnault the fashion mogul.

When Silicon Valley and the Bay Area were first told to shelter in place in mid-March, Zuckerberg was worth $57.5 billion, according to Bloomberg 's estimates, and placed fifth on the list. In an attempt to control the coronavirus outbreak, California remains under lockdown, but Facebook's CEO has added billions to its resources.

The spike in Zuckerberg 's ranking is possibly due to the success of his business at a period when almost 40 million U.S. employees were laid off. On April 29, Facebook posted earnings which were better than anticipated in the first quarter. The company's sales and daily active users exceed Wall Street estimates, raising $17.74 billion and reaching 1.73 billion users in the first three months of 2020. The company also announced that its app family, which includes Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, had crossed 3 billion monthly users. Facebook stock jumped as much as 8 per cent by the next morning, netting the company $44 billion in market value added.

However, Facebook said that over the last three weeks of the first quarter it has experienced a "major decline" in advertisement demand. While the first-quarter results were fairly positive across the board for tech firms and social media, a major effect on the economy remains to be seen. Results for the second quarter — covering business from April 1 to June 30 — may better reflect the effect coronavirus pandemic has on business. Facebook has also announced expansions of its business toward e-commerce and video chatting over the past two months. Recently , Facebook launched Messenger Rooms, a video-chat facility for up to 50 people at the time, while apps such as Zoom and Houseparty encountered major bumps in use.

Just this week, Facebook said its core platform and Instagram were getting an e-commerce feature called Shops that allows businesses to add their profiles to virtual storefronts. Zuckerberg is third behind Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the list of the richest men.

Facebook's Zuckerberg defends steps on virus misinformation

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has told the BBC that it has some content likely to result in "immediate and imminent harm" to users and will delete it.

It removed Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's claim that scientists had "proved" there was a coronavirus cure. That was omitted because, he said, "obviously" it was not valid. He also said that Facebook had removed content from groups claiming the rollout of the digital 5 G network was a cause of the virus spread and in some cases encouraged those who believed it to damage the physical infrastructure of the networks.

Recently , Facebook removed material from former broadcaster and conspiracy theorist David Icke "for repeated violations of our negative misinformation policies." Mr Icke proposed that 5 G mobile telecommunications networks be connected to the spread of the virus and that a Jewish community be behind the virus in another video he proposed. Facebook has maintained, however, that unless there is a risk of real imminent damage, then the company will and should allow what it calls the "widest possible aperture" for Internet freedom of speech.

He also told the BBC that the "arms race" against countries like Russia, Iran , and China is to avoid political intervention. He said the company had been "behind" in the US presidential election in 2016. In his first five-year UK broadcast interview, he said in 2016 Facebook was unprepared for state-sponsored interference.

Previously, Facebook became entangled in a political controversy in which hundreds of millions of data about its users ended up in the hands of political interest groups like Cambridge Analytica. But he said the social media giant, which also controls Whatsapp and Instagram, is now better positioned than other businesses, and even governments, to prevent potential attempts to manipulate political outcomes.

Mr Zuckerberg also defended his personal level of influence over perhaps the most influential media outlets in the world. While Facebook is a public corporation worth almost $700bn (£574bn), it effectively retains complete corporate control due to an ownership structure that gives it a controlling interest while it owns a small fraction of the stock.

He said it helped Facebook to make long-term strategic decisions that proved to be correct, such as waiting to develop the experience of Facebook before releasing it on smartphones and not selling it to rivals early. Facebook continues to face criticism of its inability to identify or define itself as a publisher and therefore assume the kind of editorial duty legally binding on newspapers and conventional broadcasters.

It would be difficult to argue, however, that Facebook , WhatsApp and Instagram did not provide billions of people with the kind of interaction with friends and family that was necessary during this global pandemic, and the consequent restrictions on movement and freedom. Nonetheless, after years of controversy and outrage, it seems obvious that Facebook and Mr Zuckerberg feel more comfortable in their public positions.

Whether there are any winners out of this public health disaster, they include internet businesses such as Twitter, Netflix and Amazon. No one, however, is completely resistant to the deep decline that is already upon us and the proof for which any new economic release is verified.

Facebook understands this, which is one of the reasons why it is keen to support small businesses online by launching a service called Facebook Shops this week. This is an exchange of shared benefits. Those businesses are Facebook's current and future customers. For Facebook what is right for them is perfect.