Orlando Bachelor Puts Up Freeway Billboard to Find Girlfriend

Dec. 12, 2009 - PRLog -- Orlando Bachelor John D. Smith tired of online dating so he decided to do something outside the box instead.  John's advertising vehicle turned out to be a giant 40 foot wide freeway billboard in Downtown Orlando.  "In real estate, location is everything," Smith says.  "I chose this location because over 100,000 cars pass it every day.  I thought that at least one of those vehicles would have an "everyday matchmaker" to refer me a single girlfriend."

John's billboard message is simple: Help John find love.com.  If you tell him about a friend who turns out to be his long-term girlfriend, he'll pay you $1,000.  When you're 41 and tired of striking out at love, what have you got to lose?  "I'm self-employed so I don't meet people at work," said Smith. "So "I thought, If I'm going to do this, I'm doing to do it full-bore."  

John came up with the idea on Halloween.  He created a website, www.helpjohnfindlove.com so prospective dates and their matchmaker friends could learn about him.  "For this to work, I knew i'd have to put myself out there.  There's nothing more bold than a 40 foot billboard."  

Thusfar, Smith has had several dates from his billboard approach.  "I've met women i wouldn't have met otherwise and the experience has been a very positive one."  Smith says he is particularly looking for a nonsmoker, a dog lover and someone with a sense of adventure.  Next June 1, Smith hopes to announce whom he has selected as his serious girlfriend and award the $1,000 to their matchmaker.  Smith says the $1,000 will be in single dollar bills to commemorate his former single status.

For more info, please visit www.helpjohnfindlove.com or call John at 407-423-5959.

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www.helpjohnfindlove.com is a personal marketing campaign by Orlando bachelor John D. Smith to find an everyday matchmaker to introduce him to his next serious girlfriend.