Author: Pamela Lugten

  • 3 Cities in Japan Collaborate for Matchmaking

    Global Love Report – May 4, 2022 English translation by Pamela Stephanie Three cities in Japan collaborate to support Matchmaking. The cities of Hagi, Nagato, and Mine have decided to implement programs that will support marriage activity or marriage hunting. They will open a GO-EN Center in each city, which will provide consultation service for…

  • Global Love Spotlight: Azia Tisdale

    GLR Spotlight is an interview series featuring Matchmakers, Dating Coaches & Relationship Experts Global Love Report – May 4, 2022 Interviewed by Global Love Report GLR Spotlight was created to feature some of our industry peers as a way for our community to get to know one another – Learn from what has worked successfully,…

  • Duo Reveals its Member Verification Process

    Global Love Report – April 27, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie Korean matchmaking company, Duo, has disclosed its member verification process. This is due to the recent revelation that a blind date app had its employees create false accounts. This has caused the public to demand for a reliable member verification process for companies…

  • Half of Flemish Polled Want An Exciting First Date

    Global Love Report – April 27, 2022 English translation by Pamela Stephanie It’s spring and that means that the sun comes out more and more often. Ideal weather to plan a nice date and that’s possible again “in real life” due to the lax corona measures. However a new study by the dating app Meetic…

  • ZWEI includes Voice Matching in New System

    Global Love Report – April 20, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie Matchmaking agency ZWEI, part of IBJ’s group of matchmaking agencies, announced that its new system has caused the number of matches to increase by 153%. They’re aiming to achieve an higher marriage rate. And to do so, they’re continuing to improve their existing…

  • Why Should You Care About Your SEO?

    Global Love Report – April 20, 2022 Written by Pamela Stephanie What is SEO? SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. And it’s essentially a process of how you can improve the visibility of your website on search engines. Now, what is a search engine? Google is one. Bing is another. Those are the two search…

  • Record Matchmaking Numbers in March for IBJ

    Global Love Report – April 13, 2022 English summary by Pamela Stephanie IBJ reportedly had record matchmaking numbers back in March 2022. Their monthly figures exceeded 50,000, which is its highest numbers ever. In Quarters 1 to 4 of 2021, IBJ’s monthly numbers peaked at just under 48,000. January saw their monthly numbers increase to…

  • More Free Online Courses You Can Take

    Global Love Report – April 6, 2022 Written by Pamela Stephanie We’re back with more free online courses that you can take! This month, we have a bit of a mix in the courses that you can take! Google Analytics for Beginners Google Analytics is a great tool to have, especially if you want to…

  • Gender Imbalance at Government Matchmaking Service

    Global Love Report – April 6, 2022 Translation and summary by Pamela Stephanie The number of registrants for the second stage of the matchmaking service that was established by the Ministry of Religion of Solo has increased and is more diverse than the during the first phase of data collection. Even widowers and lecturers don’t…

  • Niche Agencies Seeing Surge due to War in Ukraine

    Global Love Report – March 30, 2022 A summary article by Pamela Stephanie Niche agencies in France are facing a surge in single Frenchmen requesting to be matched with Ukrainian women since the war in Ukraine began. One matchmaker, owner of the Marseille-based “Au cœur de l’Est”, Kateryna Baratova, explained that men have been coming…