About 1000Frogs
About your host, Pete and why membership is free
Hi,
I am your host Pete.
Membership is free is because I am single and looking for someone to settle down with to start a family. So are most of my friends including my friend Barb, the hostess! I joined a lot of on-line dating services and none of them got me any dates. I also joined more than one non-computer dating service and, while I had lots of dates none of them were what I was looking for or visa versa. A lot of my pals, both men and women, were reporting the same problem. In short, I decided I could do a better job myself.
To start 1000frogs I went to ebay and purchased the dating site e-matchfinder.com. It was definitely a very stripped down site, had no members (surprise!) and was not very interesting. I started making changes to it. The most important change is to ask the questions that I thought were important. None of those stupid, “If you were stranded on an island what one thing would you bring with you?”. First of all, no one plans on being stranded on an island so you don't get to pick. Second, I want the island, to be Manhattan with a four star hotel. Finally, the one thing I would pick is a working cell phone. None of those were ever choices. Dumb, dumb, dumb!
I also needed a theme. So far, I figured I am getting close to having kissed a thousand frogs, so one of them should turn into a princess soon. A fairy tale theme is great. It reminds me of Walt Disney World in Florida, which is a place I like. I am associating happy things with this new project. A good omen. It also means that folks who get into it can collect froggie stuff. There are some really cute frog themed humorous miniature statues in the local dollar stores. Since I have no intention of selling frog themed coffee cups, golf balls, car seat warmers and other junk this works out well. Tons of stuff, low cost, no shipping and I don't have to do anything.
Next, I needed to make sure single women would join. That is where my friend Barb comes in. You may not know this but she is a single woman! Hard to believe that someone like her didn't get snapped, up but that's life. Anyway, she agreed to come on board as the official hostess. Her job is to make sure the site meets the needs of single women, like her. In fact, she helped write all of the questions on the site.
I wanted to offset some of the costs associated with running the site. I didn't feel like paying for all of it out of pocket. Fortunately , one of the companies I am associated with decided to take over the project, and attempt to make it self sufficient by selling advertising. I personally don't care if you buy anything or not ,but the advertisers are who is paying for everything. The other advantage is that once I find my princess I was going to get rid of the site. This way if the site turns a profit for the company, that will keep it going long after I lose interest.
I also needed a plan. I don't think computer dating works too well by itself. I think it has to be supplemented with "meet and greet" type events. I have a lot of experience negotiating hotel contracts so I decided that 1000frogs would work out deals with local hotels and restaurants, who in turn would sponsor events for the members. That and picnics in the park. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania is the local park for me, but Central Park in NYC is not off limits! Expect most of the events to be in the greater Philadelphia area.
At this point, you should understand why this site exists. You may also be thinking, "How can I repay Pete for making this great site available". That is simple! Tell all of your single friends to join. Provide links from your personal web site back to 1000frogs.com. The more links there are to the site, the higher the relevancy rating in search engines. The higher the rating, the more folks will find us and join. Remember, the goal is to help Pete find his princess but I only want one! The rest are available for you. It's all a numbers game and the larger the numbers the better the chance for all of us.
Get kissing!
Pete
