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~44% (~110 million) of the population is single. With numbers like that, dating again should be easy, but successful dating requires some preparation. Dating Coach, Kira Sabin, says discovering your single self means being emotionally and mentally ready to date. While pressure from family and friends might make you feel like you should be dating, it’s important to want that for yourself. Another aspect of being newly single, says Paul Falzone, CEO and founder of The Right One, is “feeling emotionally and physically positive about yourself. With dozens of online dating sites, there’s no shortage of profiles. However, both experts feel that off-line dating has more to offer, with Sabin noting, “60% of people meet through friends.” FULL ARTICLE @ BUSINESS WATCH (page 21)

Traditional dating is almost a thing of the past. But there is a lot to be said for meeting a person face to face. Most experts claim that while the online sites may be good for meeting people, it can’t compare to actually meeting someone in person. “The anonymity of many online dating sites may provide a slew of impersonal introductions, but what happens when you get to the next step … meeting them in person?” asks Paul A. Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating. “The ways of meeting someone have changed, but the rules of behavior have not.” Matchmaking companies do a lot more screening before they match someone. Some dating sites offer virtual dating, where each person creates an avatar and go on a virtual play date online. FULL ARTICLE @ SW TIMES

The Real Cougar Woman Radio was coined by Linda Franklin who has a website, RealCougarWoman.com. Linda focuses on real concerns of today’s Cougar Woman – wellness, beauty and relationships. Linda and her co-host Bonnie D. Graham interviewed Paul Falzone, CEO and founder of The Right One and Together Dating and Mark Brooks, the online dating guru. Paul believes that people want to go back to face to face and there is a trend moving away from online. TRO/TD made an acquisition of a  Love Access which will be changed to eLove.com in the very near future. ” Right now we are converting a lot of online people to the offline centers and giving them a lot more service and it’s proving to be ideal”, said Paul. FULL INTERVIEW @ OPW

Interview between Mark Brooks from Online Personals Watch and Paul Falzone, CEO of The Right One

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.