Dating Service News

"During the live show, the Men's Health Editor said, "Buffalo, they're spending more time shoveling out than going out. The folks at the "It's Just Lunch" dating service disagree with the Today Show's assessment. They say people here are often busy with careers, and that might keep them from getting out, not the snow."

"Well if your New Year's resolution is to meet someone new, trya first date through a [dating] service called It's Just Lunch. a service that not only hooks you up with a adate, it even makes the reservation for you. All you have to do is show up."

"In modern courtship, cyber-research is increasingly a part of the pre-date preparation. About 43 percent of the people who answered a recent dating service survey admitted typing names into the Google search engine before evenings out. And 88 percent of those people wouldn't mind if their dates did the same."

"People will Google all sorts of things, using the online search engine to find the latest on everything from a favorite actor to an old flame. Now comes word from the dating service It's Just Lunch that many singles Google someone before a first date. A survey of 1,167 singles showed that 43 percent did a Google search on a new date."

"At It's Just Lunch [an international dating service], the average female client tells 12 friends about the service…But the average male confides in just three. 'Women do our marketing for free,' notes Daniel Dolan, CEO…To achieve gender equality, matchmaking chieftans admit to trying everything from plying men with extra dates to channeling marketing into male-dominated arenas such as gym locker rooms and newspaper sports pages. One recent It's Just Lunch direct-mail promotion sent to 45,000 men featured a latte cup with the slogan: 'extra tall, fat free, low maintenance blonde' and offered $200 off to join."

"When Andrea McGinty was dumped by her fiancé just five weeks before her wedding, she came up with a unique idea: a dating service called It's Just Lunch! 'Suddenly you're single again, you're busy, you're working a lot of hours and it's hard to meet people,' Andrea says. 'And I found that when I was getting fixed up, I would either do lunch or a drink after work. But I learned really fast that lunch has a beginning; lunch has an end. It's kind of easy to say goodbye, there's no good-night kiss—it's just really easy!''

"Many singles who run their own firms...work so much they don't have time to find a mate -- and often without someone waiting on the other side of the dinner table (or bed), there's no incentive to shut down the computer and go home. One increasingly attractive option is outsourcing the task to matchmaking services. It's Just Lunch- It plans everything, down to when and where you meet. What happens: Once staff members find a good match, they'll tell you about your date, coordinate your schedules, and select a nice spot for lunch or drinks. You take it from there -- continue dating that person or ask the staff for someone more outgoing, taller, etc."

"...A dating service is trying to revolutionize the blind date. It's Just Lunch! offers clients a chance to get acquainted over lunch. The firm does all the work, making reservations, clearing the matches with customers. All couples have to do is show up."

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