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5 Dating Tips For Busy People Dating Paradise
Blog, February 15, 2010
Whether you are a grad student, a
busy executive or a divorced mom, it seems as each year goes
by more responsibilities are piled on and the faster time
flies.
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What Millionaires Want: Q&A w/ Top NY Matchmakers NBC
New York - January 12, 2010
Two top New York matchmakers
share inside scoops on finding love with successful singles in
the New Year!
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A Matchmaker Talks About What's Really Important New
York University Lisa Clampitt married her husband within
two months of meeting him. Six years ago, she spotted the City
University of New York professor while getting coffee.
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Annual Matchmaking Pro Conference: A Place for Yentas to
Schmooze and Cruise NY Blue Print - September 23, 2009
The event will bring together personal matchmakers,
introduction services, and dating/relationship coaches from
North America, Asia, Australia and Europe.
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Study: Men Can Fall In Love In First 10 Seconds
CBS - March 26, 2009
With so
many women looking for love, you might be shocked how long it
takes for men to fall in love at first sight.
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Sorry, girlfriend, he's just not that into you Los
Angeles Times - February 04, 2009
Those six words have
become the single person's satori, a clear-eyed, catch-all
explanation for anyone wondering why the guy who just took you
out on a date never calls.
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Old-Fashioned Matchmakers Make a Comeback npr - April
20, 2008
Some singles are giving up on personal ads and
online dating services to find true love. Instead, they are
turning to professional matchmakers for help. Although it may
seem old-fashioned, the profession is thriving in the United
States.
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Matchmaker Mixes Business With Pleasure The Washington
Post - February 24, 2008
Matchmaking is a growing
field, attracting former real estate brokers, headhunters and
human resources professionals, said Lisa Clampitt, executive
director of the Matchmaking Institute training program in New
York.
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How To Read Your Date in 5 Minutes New York Post -
March 22, 2007
IN New York, you don't have an entire evening
to waste wondering if your date is The One. But you do have a
solid five minutes. Read
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Making Money Making Matches
Forbes - February 09, 2007
Almost seven years after
launching her own matchmaking business, Lisa Clampitt is still
amazed at her good fortune.
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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...
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker (It Could Be You)
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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..."
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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.
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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
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CBS Morning News with Linda Lopez - October 2005
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Matchmakers
Making Comeback
CBS News - April 20, 2005
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker (It Could Be You)
Eyewitness News ABC 7 - February 5, 2005
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ABC's 20/20 - December 28, 2004
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CBS 5 O'Clock News with Linda Lopez -
April 2004
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WNBC Today in New York - November 2003
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WMURC Channel 9, NH - November 2003
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DaySide with Linda Vester - October 2003
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Fox News - October 2003
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Studio B with Shepard Smith - October
2003
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The O'Reilly Factor - October 2003
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Studio B with Shepard Smith - January
2003
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The O'Reilly Factor - January 2003
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Radio Appearances
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MARTHA STEWART LIVING RADIO - Career Talk with Maggie Mistal - January 2006
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NPR's the Market Place - February 2005
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CBC Radio's The Roundup - February 2005
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KFBK Newstalk Radio February 2004
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KGO San Francisco February 2004
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The Link - 107.9 FM January 2004
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WNYC Radio November 2003
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Other Press Coverage
- For Love and Money
Modern Luxury - November 2009
Nearly every New Yorker has experienced pangs of fear over the
economic meltdown of the last 18 months, but one select group of
professionals thought thy had reason to bite their nails
particularly hard. Read
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- Playgirl
Cutting to the Chase - September 2008 Does
sex on the first date ruin the chances of a relationship?
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- The Dating Game
Gotham Magazine - 2007 The City's most exclusive
matchmakers face off. Read
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- Helping Cupid's
Michigan Alumnus - Spring 2006 A U-M Alumna is using her
experience in Social Work as a Matchmaker to help men and
women find their soul mates.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Modern-Day
Matchmakers
OC METRO Women Section - 2005 Business is good for matchmakers these days and projections
for the future are even better.
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Find
unique ways to celebrate relationships
Source Newspapers - February 14, 2005 Valentine's Day is a celebration of relationships...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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?
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- 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...
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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...
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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.
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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
Fr tv r sedan grundade Clampitt Matchmaking Institute i
New York, vrldens enda skola fr ktenskapsmklare. Sedan
starten har Matchmaking Institute utbildat 150 ktenskapsmklare;
i r kommer minst 100 nya att genomg helgkursen.
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