PRESS RELEASE — Dec 1 — Despite consumers' fall in discretionary income, the demand for professional matchmaking remains the same. People view dating as a necessity and traditional brick and mortar dating services continue to grow. 'When times get tough, it helps to have someone there for you. That's why we haven't experienced a drop in membership,' explained Paul A. Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating. Singles are using less cash and going out on more creative, yet inexpensive, dates.
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PRESS RELEASE — Nov 20 — Paul A. Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating has a few tips to help you out of your dating rut and create a fresh approach to dating in the new year. 'Dating is a lot like when you learned to ride a bike when you were a kid. Sure, you fell off the bike, but you kept getting back on, never forgetting what made you fall off. Fortunately with dating, you have the benefit of learning from others how not to fall the next time,' said Falzone. Tips from Paul Falzone: - Take a look at your past relationships. – Leave enough time between the end of one relationship and the beginning of the next. – Give new relationships proper time to develop. – Long-term relationship lagging? Do not sweep problems under the carpet.
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PRESS RELEASE — Nov 16 – According to WHOA (Working to Halt Online Abuse), an organization dedicated to educating the internet community about online harassment and abuse, 73.5% of online harassment/cyber stalking victims (from 2000 to 2006) were female and half of them between the ages of 18-30. Paul A. Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating offers advice on how to avoid online harassment and cyber stalking as well as compromised personal information:
Be very leery of any additional information you may post on a personal homepage or social networks
Avoid using screen names that reveal your identity or location.
Install and keep computer security software up-to-date.
When mail or phone contact is necessary use an office phone number and address or a postal box.
Be aware of any vague or inconsistent information that a correspondent provides.
PR WEB — Oct 28 — Under the agreement, Singles Station will fly under The Right One's banner while remaining The Singles Stations in its nine current markets – Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Bentonville, Fort Smith and Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Springfield and St. Louis, Missouri; and two future ones in Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas. Singles Station will in turn, utilize The Right One's systems and technologies, while The Right One works with them in a consulting capacity. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
OPW INTERVIEW — Oct 18 — I interviewed Paul Falzone, CEO/Founder of The Right One and Together Dating at The Matchmakers Conference last month. We were in New Jersey, with NYC as the backdrop. Paul has been busy acquiring and merging with companies and building International Dating Venture. (Full Disclosure: International Dating Ventures is a client of Courtland Brooks). – Mark Brooks
Paul can you tell us a little bit more about International Dating Ventures and the acquisitions you’re working on? International Dating Ventures is a holding company that we established this year. We are aggressively acquiring companies. We just acquired LoveAccess.com, which will be changing its name to eLove.com. The reason we bought the online company was to show the online world that we can convert online leads at a large price point. Its worked out incredibly so we’re very fortunate so far to have LoveAccess to make our business models much more efficient.
We’re also expanding our footprint across the US. We just finished an acquisition with another offline service, increasing us by 11 locations. We’re in about 35 cities across the US now and by the end of the year we’re looking at being in about 50 cities across the US. My goal is to continue to make our footprint larger and take online leads and convert them to paying members in the offline space at probably 100 times the price point the online company can.
How are you expanding? What kind of companies are you focusing on? We’re focusing on well run, efficient, small locations. 9 or 10 services in all different parts of the US. And I’m focusing on taking the matchmaking end of it and bringing our management teams in and making these companies much more profitable. And so by year end these people will be happy they joined part of our team. They will be reporting on our CRM systems. We have got the metrics of this industry down. We know exactly how many minutes it takes to convert an online lead to be an offline appointment. We know how many leads we need to bring in for a location to make that a profitable location. We know what multiples we need to use. It’s all mathematical equations and its all part of lead flow.
Everybody is talking about a recession in 2008 and thank goodness this is a very recession proof business and our cash flow has never been stronger.
PRESS RELEASE — Sep 22 — The Right One and Together Dating, the traditional dating service, has recently promoted David Thornton to the position of National Call Center Director. Thornton has 19 years of experience in the dating service industry. He started out working for TD in the Midwest in 1989 and was the service's first telemarketer. Over the years, Thornton wore many hats, including that of matchmaker, sales consultant and Regional Sales Director. Thornton's longevity at TRO & TD is matched by a number of other team members, including Terry Fitzpatrick, COO, who has been with the company for 18 years and Brenan McGarrigle, a Relationship Consultant who has approximately 600 marriages to her credit during her 25 year tenure.
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MERGER MARKET — Sep 9 — The Right One/Together Dating, a Norwell, Massachusetts-based matchmaking service, is weeks from appointing a banker to look at M&A options for the company, CEO Paul Falzone said. The Right One/Together Dating has been approached by numerous private equity firms interested in the company's strategic potential over the past six to nine months, he said. TRO/TD, which charges each member USD 3000 to USD 4000, generated about USD 18m from its corporate stores in 2007 with profit margins between 22% and 25%. Its franchise stores generated about USD 18m in 2007. Revenues, which in total came to more than USD 40m in 2007, have been flat between 2007 and 2008. The company is debt-free. "We have been courted by companies for eight to nine months. The most obvious buyers would be Yahoo, IAC or eHarmony, however The Right One/Together Dating may also be a fit for a personal health programs such as Nutrisystem or Weight Watchers", Falzone said.
PRESS RELEASE — Sep 8 — Paul Falzone, CEO of The Right One/Together Dating and the author of A Singles Guide to Finding the Right One, is one of several featured speakers and panelists at the upcoming Matchmakers Conference, to be held on September 12-14 in New Jersey. Falzone will participate on panels covering: – Business Development, Expansion / Recession-Proofing your Business – Legal Issues/Risk Management – Customer Care, Service Practices Together Dating/The Right One's COO Terry Fitzpatrick will also be a panelist at the Matchmakers Conference taking part in the discussion on marketing, affiliations and lead generation. FULL ARTICLE @ OPW
Mark Brooks: I'll be keynoting also. See MatchmakersConference.com for more info. (Disclosure: The Right One/Together Dating are clients of Courtland Brooks)
OPW — Aug 25 — The 2nd annual Matchmakers Conference is happening on September 12-13, 2008 in New Jersey with an optional Sunday matchmaker training session. The conference suits prospective matchmakers, current professional matchmakers and those interested in learning more about the matchmaking business. I'm doing the keynote session "State of the Dating & Matchmaking Industry. Paul Falzone and Terry Fitzpatrick from The Right One/Together Dating, Julie Paiva from Table For Six, John Galloway from Kelleher & Associates, Julie Ferman from Cupid's Coach and many others will be presenting. – Mark Brooks
PRESS RELEASE — Aug 18 — Individuals or couples who have successfully found somebody through Together Dating/The Right One share their stories on Matchmakersuccess.com. "When you're in love or in a happy relationship, you want to tell everybody. Matchmakersuccess.com gives our members a way to do that," said Paul Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating.
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PRESS RELEASE — Dec 1 — Despite consumers' fall in discretionary income, the demand for professional matchmaking remains the same. People view dating as a necessity and traditional brick and mortar dating services continue to grow. 'When times get tough, it helps to have someone there for you. That's why we haven't experienced a drop in membership,' explained Paul A. Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating. Singles are using less cash and going out on more creative, yet inexpensive, dates.
