Friday
26Feb2010

New York Times, City Room 

This week, Laurie Davis, the founder of eFlirt Expert, responded to readers’ questions about finding a mate online, using technology to flirt and dating offline ... With the founding of the eFlirt Expert in 2009, Ms. Davis began helping singles market themselves to become successful daters. She helps men and women of all sexual orientations create more skim-friendly and interactive online profiles and establish the ultimate virtual first impression.

Thursday
31Dec2009

NY Daily News

When she lost her biggest client to the Madoff scandal, 27-year-old Laurie Davis peered into the future and didn't like what she saw.
"I decided to focus on figuring out any hidden talents I might have," she said.
Davis realized she'd been helping friends with their online dating profiles for years - and decided to apply her marketing skills to the online dating market, helping daters she didn't know identify what she calls their "brand." 
Thursday
31Dec2009

Boston Globe

“A profile is a personal marketing campaign,’’ Laurie Davis said. “If you went online and saw a newly launched product with bad photos, you would just close the page. You wouldn’t wink at it. You wouldn’t buy it.’’ These days, we’re refracted through so many media - Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter - that our social lives are inevitably a tangle of the virtual and the actual.  
Tuesday
01Dec2009

Washington Post

For five years, Laura Zam blazed through online dating profiles in hopes of making a lasting connection with a Washington man. A few relationships bloomed, but mostly she found herself going on first date after first date.
"There are some who are serial daters," says Laurie Davis of the digital-dating coaching service eFlirt Expert, which reworks profiles and answers e-mails for clients. She suggests that signs can be in the profile”…
Monday
30Nov2009

NPR

Two women from NPR discuss their fears and common misconceptions of dating online and check in with Match.com, OKCupid and the eFlirt Expert to talk about love online. Is it safe? Is everyone lying? Three of the heads of the industry weigh in.
Sunday
29Nov2009

Health.com

Dating someone new means learning about each other’s quirky behaviors, emotional baggage, and the past experiences that have shaped both of your lives. But what if this involves a health or medical secret you’re hesitant to talk about?
Laurie Davis, an online dating expert based in New York and Boston, suggests asking a friend what sounds most intimidating about your condition and getting his or her advice on how to smooth it over.

Thursday
26Nov2009

Chicago Now's Red Eye

 "I honestly consider these sorts of things mobile- or micro-dating," said Laurie Davis, a digital dating coach and blogger, who brands herself as an eFlirt expert. "You should still be doing a regular online dating site, and this should be a tool to enhance your dating life." Daters could have more potential matches if they do both, she said. While some mobile sites or apps have unique features, they require less information compared to detailed profiles and search keywords or location compared to matching criteria, she said.

Wednesday
25Nov2009

Under 30 CEO

Online dating has exploded in recent years. We've all heard of people on sites like Match.com, eHarmony.com, or PlentyofFish.com. Most successful entrepreneurs will tell you that opportunity is everywhere and its no different with the explosion of the online dating industry. Laurie Davis has jumped on this opportunity and has turned herself into the eFlirt Expert optimizing peoples online dating profiles. 

Sunday
22Nov2009

Huntington News

 ... And while the economic downturn has made it more difficult for entrepreneurs to get funding, it can encourage innovation out of necessity for some like eFlirt Expert founder and Northeastern student Laurie Davis. Davis said she decided to apply her marketing skills elsewhere:  to online dating. She founded eFlirt Expert, an online service offering coaching and online dating profile makeovers for clients. 

 

Sunday
01Nov2009

DateDaily.com

Not only is Laurie Davis a master at helping others with their online dating profiles, she’s beautiful to boot. It’s not difficult to understand why she’s so successful – she gives her clients that personal touch that we all long for in a world filled with impersonal contact.

Saturday
31Oct2009

YourTango

Dating expert Laurie Davis has been featured in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Health.com. She oh-so-generously shares daily dating tips, solves your dating conundrums and babbles about the minutiae of her (more interesting than ours, apparently) day-to-day life.

Friday
30Oct2009

Live Appearances

Laurie helps singles "Flirt their way to love" on Lifegasms Radip Show.

Laurie gets in the "Hot Seat" to defend her start-up company to host Richie Hecker on "Start Up or Shut Up."

Laurie discusses online dating after divorce on Energy Talk Radio's Divorce Guru with Kim Hess.

Laurie discusses dating after college on Life After College with ChaChanna Simpson.

Laurie joins The Professional Wingman on an episode of  Wingman TV

You can also frequently catch the eFlirt expert on media partner, Kiss108.