GREAT DATE NOW MATCHMAKING A RECESSION SUCCESS

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 19, 2009 --

Purchase, New York, January 16, 2009 – Consumers may be cutting back on spending and waiting cautiously for better times ahead, but singles who are searching for love aren’t holding back. That’s according to Great Date Now, one of the largest and most successful personal matchmaking services on the East Coast. With offices located throughout the upscale suburbs and cities of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Philadelphia, Great Date Now has become known as the ‘one-stop shop’ for successful singles looking to meet, and in the face of the recent economic downturn…it seems that little has changed.

Since the often mentioned ‘beginning’ of the recession in October 2008, Great Date Now has reported a marked climb in membership and is projecting a continued increase in new client sales and membership renewals for 2009. It seems that at the end of the day, in spite of the economic downshift, people are simply searching for something happy to look forward to. According Dawn Tefel, Great Date Now Long Island Matchmaker “our clients are willing to invest to help them find a quality partner, now more than ever, because they are exhausted! Not only by the frustration that comes with online dating, but by the frustration of everyday life in this difficult economic climate. They want a ‘safe haven’ for dating, and that’s what we are.”

Comparable to the post-war ‘baby booms’ that have signified hopes for good times and economic growth, it stands to reason that the stability and security offered by the traditional art of matchmaking has resonated with today’s singles. Most evidently, the company has noticed a dramatic increase in their membership of successful single men – an anomaly for an industry that is often known for its frequency of women. Say’s one GDN executive “we are getting response from a lot of men who have managed to maintain their high-profile careers but want to keep their dating lives confidential. It’s understandable given how much makes it to the media these days. Of course, at Great Date Now, we never reveal anything about our clients. It’s personalized and private for just this reason.”


Still, some things will always remain the same, and as Lisa Bauman Great Date Now’s New Jersey matchmaker notes “people are feeling a need for an intimate connection with someone, especially if they are feeling the stress of the times. Of course, people are always looking for love…it is how we stay positive and feel good about ourselves”.

Referred to by their members as “Personal Shoppers for the Heart,” Great Date Now matchmakers meet privately with their clients and carefully screen each individual before accepting them for membership hand selecting potential matches for each Great Date Now client on a one-on-one basis.


Great Date Now has locations in Midtown Manhattan, Purchase, Garden City, and Hauppauge, New York, Englewood Cliffs, Morristown and Red Bank, New Jersey, Darien and Milford, Connecticut and Philadelphia. For more information about Great Date Now or to arrange an interview with a matchmaker, call (914) 698-8899 or visit www.greatdatenow.com.

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