Latest Press Coverage

	Matchmakers Making Comeback CBS News - April 20, 2005 When you reach a certain age and a certain maturity level, traditional methods of dating aren't as effective as they used to be... Read more...
	Matchmaker, Matchmaker (It Could Be You) Eyewitness News ABC 7 - February 5, 2005
	The age of dissonance. Let's You and Him Date New York Times - January 16, 2005 There he was at a nightclub bash last fall. Bachelor No.1. Hitting on a beautiful... Read more...
	An Academy for Would-Be Cupids ABC 20/20 - Dec. 28, 2004 New York School Trains 21st-Century Matchmakers. "20/20" visited New York City's Matchmaking Institute, a school that bills itself as a "Cupid Academy" and sat in on a class led by Lisa Clampitt, the institute's co-founder and executive director. Read more...
	Cupid Academy Time - Feb. 16, 2004 The Matchmaking Institute, which offers the nation's first certification course for would-be Cupids, is attracting students from as far away as Singapore. It helps that the modern-day yenta looks less like Sylvia Miles in Crossing Delancy and more like Alicia Silverstone's Miss Match: young, attractive and a long way from loserdom - just like her clients... read feature article (PDF)
	Offline Dating Time Out NY, January 19, 2004 The Institute offers a standardized certification class for newcomers to the field, in which students learn a range of skills. The school also plans to host a database of its graduates. Read more... (PDF)
	Have I got a girl for you: Helping your friends dump the dating service Wall Street Journal - December 2003 You can't just throw two people together because they're both single, says Matchmaking Institute Founder Lisa Clampitt; you have to weigh people's energy levels, priorities, values and vulnerabilities. Here are some tips for fixing up friends..." read article
	Learn How To Become A 'Yenta' WNBC - November 25, 2003 Course In Matchmaking Helps Students Prescreen Clients, Start Businesses. The brainchild of a social worker turned matchmaker, the Matchmaking Institute will teach would-be Cupids everything they need to know about the delicate art of love. (...) After taking the 22-hour course, students become "certified," and they are also given tips on how to develop their database, as well as how to start up their business. Read more...

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Articles

• June 23, 2005 - Can't Buy Me Love . . . Maybe
  High-end Matchmaking Service  
• Matches made in Manhattan
  Wealthy clients pay Lisa Clampitt thousands of dollars to spend the evening with models, Playboy bunnies and other curvy sirens. But it's all perfectly legal.
  By Stephanie Lehmann 
• OC Metro Women Section September 2004 
• Economic Times September 2004 
• Women and Business Magazine August 2004 
• South Florida Single Living May 2004 
• Daily News March 2004 
• Dallas Morning News March 2004 
• eharmony.com February 2004 
• eventme.com February 2004 
• NYU Livewire February 2004
• Sabah.com February 2004
• Staten Island Advance February 2004 
• The New Paper (Singapore) February 2004 
• Time Magazine February 2004 
• Time Out NY January 2004 
• Career Journal December 2003 
• Wall Street Journal December 2003 
• Crain's New York October 2003 
• New York Planet June 2003 
• New York Post March 6, 2003
• Successful Meetings February, 2003 
• Ripe Lifestyle Magazine October 2002  
• Cosmopolitan Magazine September 2000

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TV Appearance

• CBS Morning News with Linda Lopez - October 2005 

• Matchmakers Making Comeback
  CBS News - April 20, 2005

• Matchmaker, Matchmaker (It Could Be You)
  Eyewitness News ABC 7 - February 5, 2005 

• ABC's 20/20 - December 28, 2004

• CBS 5 O'Clock News with Linda Lopez  - April 2004 

• WNBC Today in New York  - November 2003

• WMURC Channel 9, NH  - November 2003

• DaySide with Linda Vester  - October 2003

• Fox News  - October 2003

• Studio B with Shepard Smith  - October 2003

• The O'Reilly Factor  - October 2003

• Studio B with Shepard Smith  - January 2003

• The O'Reilly Factor  - January 2003

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Radio Appearances

• MARTHA STEWART LIVING RADIO - Career Talk with Maggie Mistal - January 2006 

• NPR's the Market Place - February 2005

• CBC Radio's The Roundup - February 2005 

• KFBK Newstalk Radio February 2004 

• KGO San Francisco February 2004 

• The Link - 107.9 FM January 2004  

• WNYC Radio November 2003 

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Other Press Coverage

• Personal chemistry is more important than looks
  Hi International - June 2005
  People have gotten burned out on online dating and want more safety and security regarding their personal profile, says Clampitt, who's had hundreds of matchmakers graduate from her school. Read more...
   
• Making Matchmakers!
  LA Splash Magazine - May 07, 2005
  Nicknamed by the press the "Cupid Academy" and "Love U", the Matchmaking Institute, the School of Matchmaking and Relationship Sciences, is a new school where they not only train you to be a Matchmaker but offer a certification program. Read more...
   
• Goodbye, computer dating. Hello, matchmakers!
  The Christian Science Monitor - April 20, 2005
  After trying everything from online match sites to 10-minute dating, an increasing number of singles are going the old-fashioned route. Read more...
   
• Modern-Day Matchmakers
  OC METRO Women Section - 2005
  Business is good for matchmakers these days and projections for the future are even better. Read more...
   
• Find unique ways to celebrate relationships
  Source Newspapers - February 14, 2005
  Valentine's Day is a celebration of relationships... Read more...
   
• Matchmaker School
  Woo Factor - December 30, 2004
  The extreme interest in people trying to find love whether it be online or through a variety of gimmicks such as dating in the dark or speed dating is enormous. It then comes as no surprise that there are classes on how to become a Matchmaker. Read more...
   
• New Year, New Love
  Great Boyfriends - December 28, 2004
  You have to live your life. Have fun, challenge yourself, strive to make your life better and enjoy your friends and families. Read more...
   
• Matchmaking, worth it
  Worth magazine - December 2004
  "My whole key is bridging from this circle to that circle, so people can gain access to the people who are exactly right for them" says Lisa Clampitt... Read more...
    
• Entrepreneurial Woman
  Women & Biz - Issue 6, 2004
  Lisa Clampitt, founder of The Matchmaking Institute, tells her exciting and interesting journey as a matchmaker and a business owner. She also explains and sets the record straight about the matchmaking industry. Read more...
   
• Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a...matchmaker
  Daily News - March 18,2004
  A new institute teaches the business of setups. So, you've already got a soft spot for romance, a wide social network and an entrepreneurial spirit - how do you become a matchmaker? Read more...
   
• Make Me A Match
  NYU Live Wire - Feb 25, 2004
  The job market's so tight right now that matchmaking can be an amazing job opportunity... Read more...
   
• Love is a growth industry
  Crains Detroit - February 13, 2004
  Time magazine reports that there's a Matchmaking Institute. Or, if you prefer, Love U.
   
• Headhunter for the Heart
  The Staten Island Advance, January 2004
  The Matchmaking Institute aims not only to increase the number of professional matchmakers out there, but to provide technical support that ensures that those who are operating as matchmakers are caring, knowledgeable professionals. Read more... (GIF)
   
• U.S. dating-service businesses are expecting revenue of $1.1 billion this year
  "You can't just throw two people together because they're both single," says Matchmaking Institute founder Lisa Clampitt; you have to weigh people's energy levels, priorities, values and vulnerabilities. Read more...
   
• School of Love
  Daily News - November 2003
  Becoming a professional matchmaker takes a lot more than a knack for setting up your friends. (...) Classes will cover the business aspect of the field, plus the interpersonal issues... Read more... 
• Professionals Cupids
  Crain's New York - October 2003
  From online dating services to NBC's new sitcom about a professional matchmaker, Miss Match, setting people up has become mainstream. Now all those yentas out there can actually earn certificates and start their own business. The Matchmaking Institute has just opened downtown... Read more... (GIF)
    
• Dating A to Z
  Dating A to Z - 2003
  The Matchmaking Institute (MMI) is the leader in teaching people how to become matchmakers. Matchmaking Institute was setup in New York in 2001.
   
• Online Dating or Old Fashioned Matchmaking?
  EZdate - 2003
  We're getting hundreds of singles, I mean hundreds of singles, saying, 'I want to find a matchmaker'

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Press Coverage Abroad, from Australia to Sweden

• Taiwan
  Taiwan - April 5, 2005
   
• China
  China Times - April 3, 2005
   
• Canada
  The Roundup Program CBC Canada - January 21, 2005
  So if you think you have what it takes to play cupid, but don't know where to start, don't worry. Because there is a school just for you. It's called the Matchmaking Institute. Lisa Clampitt is a professional matchmaker and the executive director of the Matchmaking Institute in Manhattan. Read more...
   
• Hong Kong
  Elle Hong Kong - 2005
   
• India
  India Times - April 25, 2004
  saut de ligne Even lonely hearts need some 'professional' help. In this day of the information explosion, even Cupid can't afford to be left behind. Read more...
   
• Sweden
  Swedish daily Sydsvenskan
  För två år sedan grundade Clampitt Matchmaking Institute i New York, världens enda skola för äktenskapsmäklare. Sedan starten har Matchmaking Institute utbildat 150 äktenskapsmäklare; i år kommer minst 100 nya att genomgå helgkursen.

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