{"id":34,"date":"2011-09-08T13:47:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jodi365.com\/singledout\/?p=34"},"modified":"2020-10-19T17:57:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T12:27:51","slug":"if-jodi365-were-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodi365.com\/singledout\/if-jodi365-were-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"If Jodi365 Were a Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_image\">Here\u2019s a problem with having movie stars for well-wishers: They act surprised to see you working from home on the morning of your site\u2019s launch. \u00a0It\u2019s not that they expected me to be on a road show already or at least away from home. \u00a0What confused them was my unkempt appearance: unshowered, in shorts, and with a week-old beard. \u00a0You see, when they think of \u2018launch\u2019, they picture the fan fare typically associated with movie releases: <em>pujas<\/em>, parties, press conferences, and promotions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some in the film industry may consciously shy away from gimmicky promotions, but the path to launch for movies is still generally a linear sequence of produce, release, and promote. \u00a0On rare occasions, you may see split-testing in the form of letting your audience decide between two alternative endings, but that\u2019s about it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For internet startups such as ours, however, the creative process is necessarily more iterative. \u00a0There isn\u2019t just one launch moment, either. \u00a0Rather, the applicable mantra is \u201claunch early, launch often!\u201d \u00a0Now that we are in live beta, our immediate focus is to iteratively \u201cbuild, measure, and learn\u201d as we get to a finished product that young singles and their families see as a must-have.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We may be going about building an innovative, patent-pending method and system to help people find a compatible partner. \u00a0But it\u2019s not just about the product. It\u2019s also about the kind of people you can expect to find on the site.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stay tuned as we gradually introduce our full feature set over the next 3-to-6 months and build a large base of excited and appreciative users!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Image courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevendepolo\/3517227492\" rel=\"nofollow\">stevendepolo<\/a>\u00a0via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/div>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div>Curious about what led to founding of Jodi365? Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodi365.com\/singledout\/the-story-behind-the-founding-of-jodi365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Story Behind the Founding of Jodi365<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a problem with having movie stars for well-wishers: They act surprised to see you working from home on the morning of your site\u2019s launch. \u00a0It\u2019s not that they expected me to be on a road show already or at least away from home. \u00a0What confused them was my unkempt appearance: unshowered, in shorts, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-jodi365"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>If Jodi365 Were a Movie | SingledOut by Jodi365.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The path to launch for movies is generally a linear sequence of produce, release, and promote. 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