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Dating Services Boom During Tough Economic Times - Some people find a way to shop during these tough economic times, others are more focused on finding 'The One.' Marla and Russell Cox met through the dating service, "It's Just Lunch." The got married two years later, and now have a six-month-old girl. The two said they were both frustrated with the dating scene, and investing in this dating agency is the best thing they've ever done. "At first you thought, 'wow, this is a lot of money' when you started but it's really a lot of fun." The agency charges between.... Click here for the full article.

There are 110 million single adults in this country, so it's only natural that we have our own week. National Singles Week starts Sunday , and our friends at the dating service It's Just Lunch have released results of an annual survey of 3,571 singles. Here are some gems from that survey: • 76 percent of singles say the best first date is under an hour, over lunch or a drink after work. • 48 percent have used a dating service. • 65 percent agree a phone call is the best way to ask one out for a second date. Read: not e-mail. • 67 percent of men have $100 or more in their wallet on a first date. • 62 percent of women have $50 or less with them on a first date.

"A natural leader and networker, Victoria Crum recently left her successful career in corporate America to 'build my own business and have a greater impact on people's happiness at the same time.' And that's exactly what she's doing todayas the San Jose/Silicon Valley owner and manager of It's Just Lunch, a successful and growing narional dating service that specializes in fun first dates. As a new franchise owner of It's Just Lunch, Victoria has married her past successes in sales, marketing and training with her passion to help people find their right fit and acieve success."

"We've all been there - the first meeting with the boyfriend or girlfriend's parents. You're wrought with anxiety, worried if they'll like you (and if you'll like them)…A survey of 2,631 single people done by It's Just Lunch, [the international dating service with locations in San Jose and Silicon Valley], found that 42 percent of them wait six months or more before bringing a significant other home."

"[The dating service] It's Just Lunch has landed in Silicon Valley. Franchise manager Mimi Finkel, a Bay Area native, says friends have long dubbed her a natural matchmaker…Finkel was single herself for 10 years, and what with her instinct for fun and her network of friends, It's Just Lunch seemed a natural, er, match for her. 'It's Just Lunch is just a fun, low-key scene,' Finkel says."

"When San Jose singles get fed up, they hed to Mimi Finkel. A director for [the dating service] It's Just Lunch, Finkel is th go-to gal when daters desire a thorough and private matchmaking experience…'Single professionals in Silicon Valley are very intelligent, have high standards, and live very busy lifestyles. I enjoy heping them find a balance between their personal life and professional life with a fun approach to dating,' [she says].

"I decided to have lunch with someone who spends a significant amount of time sending other people out for lunches: Mark McNeal, the owner of the San Francisco location of It's Just Lunch, a nearly 13-year-old nationally franchised dating service that opened here in June. Let us detour for a moment to explain the It's Just Lunch concept, even though the name makes it almost self-explanatory: The agency matches a client with another client. They're sent out on a lunch date -- which popular wisdom and the company's research indicate is a lower-pressure situation than dinner -- and decide for themselves if they like each other. If they don't - - well, 'it's just lunch,' as McNeal, a good-humored former computer salesman wearing a navy suit, is wont to repeat."

"According to a survey of 8,500 single people done by the [dating service] It's Just Lunch, three-quarters of all unmarried women consider the ballpark a fine place to do some man fishing. And fully one-third say they've gone to sports bars to meet men."

"Speaking of former Presidents, a 'fantasy' survey of recent political figures by a dating service called It's Just Lunch, found that 53 percent of single women questioned would turn down a drink after work with Bill Clinton. Their first choice, by a wide margin, was a non-lawyer named John F. Kennedy."

"It's National Singles wWeek, starting todqay! Let's celebrate by…answering survey questions…According to [the dating service] It's Just Lunch, the majority of women polled are going on four each year, while the majority of men are going on six…Unmarried women in the South are the biggest gadabouts; they claim to go on nine first dates each year."

"It's National Singles Week, starting today! Let's celebrate by... answering survey questions! This yearly nonevent (What are singles supposed to do? They're already celebrating daily.)...It's Just Lunch, which describes itself as "the premier dating service for busy professionals...found that looks were not as important as someone who laughs and smiles a lot. That took first place over "attractive and physically fit" as a turn-on."

"Perhaps the best first date advice comes from Andrea McGinty, founder of the professional [dating service] It's Just Lunch. Her three words of wisdom: 'Just be yourself.'"

"Finding it hard to get a date for Valentine's Day? Well don't despair because there are plenty of people out there willing to help you out provided you have the cash. In fact matchmaking sercives have become so popular these days, they have blossomed into a billion dollar a year industry. Here to talk about the business of love..Daniel Dolan, Chairman and CEO of It's Just Lunch, which arranges dates for professionals."

"When Andrea McGinty was dumped by her fiancé just five weeks before her wedding, she came up with a unique idea: a dating service called It's Just Lunch! 'Suddenly you're single again, you're busy, you're working a lot of hours and it's hard to meet people,' Andrea says. 'And I found that when I was getting fixed up, I would either do lunch or a drink after work. But I learned really fast that lunch has a beginning; lunch has an end. It's kind of easy to say goodbye, there's no good-night kiss—it's just really easy!''

"You may be surprised to learn that 82 percent of singles go out on at least one first date a month. It's true. It's just one of the stats uncovered by the folks at It's Just Lunch. That's a dating service that sets young professionals up on lunch dates. And they also found that singles spent a lot of time and money trying to meet Mr. or Mrs. right."

"Women will take any shortcoming in a man, except in the height department, according to Andrea McGinty, who founded the San Diego-based dating service It's Just Lunch." McGinty helped ABCNEWS put together an experiment to test just how illing women are to date shorter men."

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