On Saturday, May 23, TheChicagoMatchmakers.com will host a workshop for single women titled, “Finding the Perfect Mate: How to know who you want, where to find him, and if you even want him.” This fun and interactive workshop is designed to improve the attitude and outlook towards dating of the attendees.

TheChicagoMatchmakers.com founder, Gayle Hudson explains that most of the single women she meets are very successful career women who just don’t know how to put the right focus on their love life. “Often someone will say to me, ‘I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or if I just need to be patient.’ I created this workshop to give them a new starting point.” explains Ms. Hudson. According to Ms. Hudson, the advice she gives to her clients would be valuable to all singles.

TheChicagoMatchmakers.com workshop will provide an opportunity for self-reflection on one’s current single status, as well as analyze opportunities for finding love that are currently being missed. Ms. Hudson seeks to avoid the cliches of “why am I still single?” and instead focus on “who is perfect for me?” Participants will have a thorough understanding as to what the person who they are looking for really looks like, and provide an avenue to discover where they might find this person. Also discussed will be negative stereotypes and hang ups which are preventing women from finding the right man for them.

Held in the private Upper Deck room at the Cubby Bear and with a cash bar, one thinks more ‘ladies night’ than a typical seminar and that’s exactly the point. “It’s a lot easier to be in a social setting and think about your love life than to sit in a classroom. I designed it to be informative, but fun and relaxing too,” says Gayle Hudson. Pre-registration is required and the cost is $25 which includes soft drinks. The workshop starts at 12 noon and is approximately 3 hours. The workshop will be repeated on June 27.

While the U.S. economy continues to struggle amongst the incessant daily news reports of doom and gloom, it seems that online dating sites are thriving with increasing new members.  According to the CEO of eHarmony, Greg Waldorf, the phenomenon is attributed to the need of a much sought after companionship to get through the hard times.  A survey conducted by eHarmony showed that 25% of women found themselves more likely to seek long-term relationships under the current economic circumstance, rather than having casual, romantic associations.

Another theory is that the overall economic hard press has led men to seek partners in a more cost effective manner by getting to know their potential partner better in an online chatting environment rather than taking risks on costly and unproductive first dates.  According to OkCupid’s CEO, Sam Yagan, most people are just looking for “cheap entertainment” and have turned to alternative ways of having romantic dates at home, such as watching a rental DVD rather than going to the movies or staying-in to an at-home meal rather going to a restaurant.

In a time when the economy is struggling in general, it has become especially desperate for print media who has not only seen print advertising decrease dramatically in the past years, but has also been struggling to stay afloat as more and more newspapers and magazines dump physical pages for the World Wide Web.

As a result, Express Newspaper Group is now turning to online dating to help make ends meet. The Daily Star will be the first of the publications to offer the online dating service on their website. The new online dating site will be powered by White Label Dating and hopes to cater to readers of The Daily Star. The site will be cross promoted both online and in print.

Other Express Newspaper Group publications include OK!Magazine, Star Magazine and Daily Express. Although the new online dating site will only be offered through The Daily Star to begin, the Express Newspaper Group hopes to attract advertisers and sponsorship deals which they hope will allow them to implement online dating on all of their online outlets.

Ladies, are you looking for a man whose biggest concern is the size of his carbon footprint? Do you want a man who drives a hybrid vehicle, grows his own vegetables and celebrates Earth Day with the same exuberance as New Year’s Eve?

Men, have you been searching for the eco-friendly goddess of your dreams? Do you want the type of girl that would rather plant a tree than go shopping at the mall? Then we have new dating website for you. PlanetEarthSingles.com is the newest place for environmentally conscious individuals on the web.

Katherine Cook, a member of PlanetEarthSingles.com said, “I’m not that comfortable meeting a man by commenting on his ‘nicely shaped eggplant’ while shopping in the produce section. Plus it’s impossible to tell if he’s single let alone recycles. Being able to go online and easily find single, available, environmentally-conscious men makes meeting someone so much easier.”

For more information on Planet Earth Singles, and to start finding the environmentally conscious person of your dreams, visit www.PlanetEarthSingles.com today.

Singles find all sorts of ways to meet other people and dating websites is one of the fastest growing ways to meet a companion. Dating sites like www.Fitness-Singles.com helps people who are interested in general fitness and outdoor activities find each other online.

“I’ve checked out a few of the other online dating service sites, and have met some people…but it’s tough to find someone who is as into fitness as I am,” says Scott Thomas of St. Louis. “Every long term relationship I’ve been in, the girl became rather inactive after a while and it affected her mind, body and soul. So I visited the Fitness Singles free personals to find someone who is active and will remain so after we get serious.”

www.Fitness-Singles.com’s free personals cater to a select audience of single women and single men seeking partners who share their enjoyment and commitment to an active lifestyle. This online dating site makes it easy to find compatible active interests among potential partners with a choice of 79 different dynamic lifestyle categories such as running, tennis, bodybuilding, softball, white-water rafting, and almost every sport imaginable.

Anyone visiting the Fitness Singles online dating Website stands to increase the odds of finding a compatible companion even higher. Visit Fitness Singles online at www.Fitness-Singles.com

Two people enter a lounge where fish swim behind them in a large fish tank. A couple dances in the background. The conversation begins with a laugh, generated by an emoticon. This couple is enjoying a virtual date on OmniDate.com, where they can laugh, talk and flirt, all from the comfort and safety of their home.

“A woman can stay home on Saturday night and still “go out” on a great date. You won’t be lying to the office about your great weekend on Monday morning!” said Ravit Abelman, vice president and co-founder of OmniDate.com with her husband, Igor Kotlyar, Ph.D.

In a study by the Harvard University, the researchers found that virtual dates gave participants a more positive opinion of each other and these effects carried over into meeting in real life. 

“Nothing makes people happier than a satisfying relationship true connection is the greatest gift of life. It is our mission to give women better ways to find true love,” said Abelman.

Romance aside, safety is also a concern for daters. For single moms especially, getting to know a person before an actual meeting can add an extra layer of security. Through the practice dates on OmniDate.com, they can play compatibility games and chat, moving through those initial stages of filtering out the undesirables and encouraging the potentials.

“When the first step in getting to know someone is taken in a virtual setting, it substantially reduces the emotional and physical investment upfront. It can be so exhausting to deal with someone you don’t want to continue dating. And what mom has extra emotional energy lying around?” said Abelman. 

And there is the savings: no dating wardrobe required, no make up, no drinks to purchase, no car to gas up, and according to Abelman, the best benefit of all.

SweetSingles.com is a genuine Asian online dating website that acts as a mediator between single girls from Asia and single men throughout the globe. This site does not appreciate sexual activity, but it is popular for making true love, resulting in successful mating of Asian brides with Westerner grooms.

SweetSingles.com, an online dating and matchmaking agency, assures single men that the brides’ profiles available in the site must be worthy of caring and loving their prospective husbands as well as their family. According to member Mr. Brad Williams “I was single and looking for a bride for a while. After coming to know about Sweetsingles, I have created an account on the website and made search. I have found a girl who is beautiful, loving and caring, and proved to be a perfect wife”. For years, SweetSingles.com has been boasting of arranging hundreds of successful marriages.

SweetSingles.com is associated with a number of Asian girls, especially those with Thai origins who are willing to get married. The site is a popular dating and matchmaking agency and never appreciates sexual activity.

In addition, any Asian girl who registered on the site has gone through a detailed screening; which enables us to match her with qualified online dating male from anywhere in the universe. Sweet Singles can surely help to introduce you to many nice Asian women who are looking for foreign soul mates and lifetime partners.