Speakers Announced for 1st Online Dating Summit

BARCELONA — The speaker lineup for the inaugural Online Dating Summit, to be held March 2-5 at the Barcelona Miramar Hotel has been announced.

Organizers said some of the Internet’s most outstanding minds have been confirmed including Markus Frind, CEO of Plenty of Fish and Lorenz Bogeart, CEO and co-founder of dating site, Twoo.

Further top tier professional and innovating entrepreneurs addressing the delegates will include Dr. Robert Wuttke, CEO and founder of be2, Martin Bysh, co-founder Smooch, Esther Camanes from Yahoo, Heiko Kasper from SponsorMob, and Alex Parish and Julian Keenaghan, co-founders of Tastebuds.fm.

Also on hand will be Peter Symons of Twoo, Dr. Jon Dodd from Bunnyfoot, Gloria Diez, COO of Mamboo.com, Elizabeth Wasserman founder and CEO of Mate1.com, Tanya Fathers, CEO and co-founder of DatingFactory, and Ross Williams and Steve Pammenter, co-founders of Whitelabeldating.

The speakers will lead a host of panels and seminars addressing topics that include: Strategies on How to Use Facebook, Twitter & Co.; Offline Advertising for Online Dating — Does It Work?; Traffic Tracking — Know Your Customer and Convert Him Into Cash; How to Make Money With Your Mobile Dating Traffic: Alternatives to Google Adwords; and How to use Performance Networks to Add More Affiliates to Your Program, among others.

“It is more than encouraging that the crème de la crème of the dating industry is already finding their way to Barcelona for the inaugural Online Dating Summit. We expect to be adding to the already impressive line-up in the coming weeks,” said co-founder Andreas Bischoff.

Further information visit the conference website.

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