"I have the love of my life, my kids, meaningful work, and I'm healthy."

Dear Evan:

Thanks, Evan! Life is much better when you live it with love. And, thanks to you, my life is the best it's ever been. I have the love of my life, my kids, meaningful work, and I'm healthy. I live on a whole new plane. I am more relaxed, more self-assured and appreciate each day.

When challenges come, Steve reminds me that we share them. I knew this was possible - getting here was the challenge. We have a lot of superstitions about love – namely, that it should come easy. It's work to find the right person - especially when you're out of a natural "pool" like college.

It IS like a job search, only much more important and much more encompassing. Thinking you'll just stumble across the right person is really crazy when you think about it. What else in life that's worth having comes from happenstance? Knowing how to present yourself and who you really are is very important, and that’s where you were so very helpful to me. Linda, 44, Tampa

Thanks, Evan, I really appreciate your encouragement, kindness and support.

Linda, 44, Tampa

"This June, we got married, and have been delighting in each other’s company ever since. "

Dear Evan:

Previously, I had dated via the internet off and on for several years, with disappointing results. It was hard to attract the right person, hard to get people that I was interested in to write back, and hard to create a profile that showed me for who I really am. However, after you helped me, everything changed.

I felt so much confidence after working with you that I immediately emailed a woman whom I’d thought was beyond my reach before. Armed with my new profile, I sent her a quick note; short, funny, & original, just like you recommended in our phone sessions. And that same day she wrote back! She and I emailed each other several times in the next few weeks, and later on we met and fell in love. This June, we got married, and have been delighting in each other’s company ever since.

And we have you to thank for it, Evan. Really. You have excellent intuition about dating, matchmaking, and how to attract a person who will be your best friend and companion. And you are at expert at helping someone express themselves in writing and show their true nature. After your help, my profile made me stand out from the crowd. My wife told me she received hundreds of emails from men all over the country, but my email to her and my profile stood out from all the others and piqued her interest in me. And it wasn't’t just your profile-makeover that helped me.

Your advice about how to use search criteria, how to weed out likely incompatible matches, and how to make “first contact” via email was right-on and just what I needed. You helped me correct things I was doing wrong, and you opened my eyes to a whole new fun way of online dating. I had a great time contacting, meeting, and getting to know my wife-to-be, and you helped make the whole process fun.

Your service is easily worth thousands of dollars — a small investment compared to the tremendous benefit of finding the person you truly love, and are truly happy with. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Your very satisfied customer,

Jon Tardiff, 51, Portland

"You gave me the confidence I needed to get the girl that I deserved."

Hi Evan,

I had my fifth date last night, and, just like you said, I focused on having a good time.

We connected a lot more emotionally tonight than on any previous date! I made a big effort to come off as caring and empathic all night (basically act like a boyfriend and so shall you be).

Thanks for all your help, Evan! The profile writing and picture taking let me see myself in a whole new light. You gave me the confidence I needed to get the girl that I deserved. And your advice on the phone has always been spot-on.

Thanks again, I couldn't be happier!

Scott, 23, New York

"They all want to meet me!"

Hello Professor Katz,

I thought you'd like to know that your best and brightest student retains her title. Although I was feeling quite frustrated during the past week with the utter lack of any remotely appealing results from Match.com, I listened to your encouragement and advice Monday, and instantly understood, accepted, and implemented it! Per your brilliant instructions, I sent out another batch of emails, and promptly received an almost equal number of acceptably intelligent and interesting replies. Needless to say, they all want to meet me. I'm sticking to your teachings and starting with the phone calls!

PS: Your favorite guy of the week called me within 20 minutes of the email I sent him with my #. I'll let him know you're gloating!

Deena, 40, New York

"More hits, more dates and much more fun"

Dear Evan,

I can't begin to tell you how much working with you has changed my online dating experience. And really my whole outlook on dating. While I am still the same person who tried it a couple of years ago - I look pretty much the same and I act pretty much the same - somehow the package that you have put together is much more appealing and is getting me more hits, more dates and much more fun. I get a lot of comments telling me that my profile is great. While I'm not interested in all of the guys that write to me, I have quite a few that are good, which is a huge change from my last experience. I also feel that my better outlook on dating has made the guys more attractive. I'm no longer looking at them with my depressed glasses on, I'm looking at them in brighter light and with less critical eyes. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you for showing me another way to approach this crazy dating scene.

With love and appreciation,

JS, Los Angeles

"I have 6 dates set for this week!"

Dear Evan,

Thanks to your pro advice, I was OVERWHELMED with responses. In addition to all the emails/ responses, I have 6 dates set for this week (I would have had more, but I too am traveling this weekend). And, these gals are all in my target range –now, 40-46, all great looking and within a short distance from me.

All I can say is WOW!

All the Best,

Mike, 56, Denver

"Craig and I are now married!"

Hi Evan!

I just wanted to let you know that Craig and are now married! It was two years ago that we met on JDate and it was my profile that caught his eye (and also the photo of me feeding a giraffe!). I will send you the wedding photos!

Thanks Evan for helping me write a fantastic profile!

Gabby, 39, New York

"He feels like “home”

Hi Evan,

The guy I'm now dating isn't college educated (but is smart, has common sense and owns his own successful business), has been smart about money and done well, but most of all, he is NICE to me, as I am to him, and very down to earth. As my profile states, he feels like "home." He is interested in taking the time to see me and get to know me. Thanks to you, I've found that what looks good on paper isn't always what is best for you. Walking into the dating scene with a laundry list of "must haves" is a really bad idea, and significantly limits your options.

Thanks for everything,

Connie, 46, Detroit

"It's like the profile has gone viral.”

Evan,

I'm drowning in emails and winks from people reading the new profile! I receive close to 10 contacts per day across all my accounts from ladies I've never contacted!

The ratio is 2:1 email to winks, and quite a few from True.com actually pay $2 to send me a virtual rose -- I am astounded by that...

I may have to abandon giving a personal response to each one...I am trying to slow it down... It's like the profile has gone viral.

Michael, 44, Los Angeles

"Ron got down on one knee last night.”

Evan,

Ron got down on one knee last night, presented me with his late mother's engagement ring, and asked if he could make an honest woman out of me. And it all started with my new profile and feeling confident enough in my presentation to pick a guy like him. He's really great, we're really happy, and you can feel very good about what you do for a living. :-)

Joyce, 51, Chicago

"Thanks for being such a champion in my corner!!”

Evan,

I took your advice and read all the material you sent yesterday. I decided to use a little humor on three guys. Well, I want you to know within 10 minutes they all responded. One guy wanted my phone number and we eventually spoke on the phone last night for two hours! Even had a guy want to resign from Match and go away to Tahiti. I know it's humor, but it’s nonetheless cute and extremely effective!!!!

Thanks for being such a champion in my corner!!

P.S.
Even the guy I sent that one email to and then later tried to retract, he wants to get together! You're the bomb!

Devon, 50, San Clemente, CA

"It was the first time ever I felt truly confident and relaxed meeting someone on a first date.”

Hey Evan,

Just wanted to tell you that I went to dinner with one of the Match guys last night. The reason I feel I need to share this with you is because it was the first time ever I felt truly confident and relaxed meeting someone on a first date. This I attribute to you. In the past I had always stressed over what I was going to wear, what to say (or what not to), how to act/react, and if there would be a second date. Last night I followed your simple but sound advice to just be myself and be in the moment. Okay, I still had to worry about what to wear, but my evening turned out to be an enjoyable one because I wasn't trying to follow all of the so called dating rules. So I would like to say thank you, I appreciate all of your patience with me. I realize I have much more to learn, but I also know I have come so far from where I was before.

Have a fantastic weekend,

Lora, 37, Salt Lake City

"We couldn't be better matched and it all started with your assistance!”

Evan,

You are and always will be my hero! I contacted you in September and bought the "spoon feed me everything" package. After working with you on my profile, my photo selection, my ID and headline, I posted our results.

My headline read "Two fish swam into a concrete wall. One fish looked at the other and said, "Dam!"" I JUST LOVE that as a headline and literally EVERYONE that contacted me after I posted it commented on it!

The headline made a difference in the number of "hits" I received, but it was my profile that resulted in contacts with more "appropriate" men, including Cleve, the man who became my husband. We couldn't be better matched and it all started with your assistance! It's hard to believe it's almost been a year already.

And it is DIRECTLY attributable to your efforts on my behalf. He keeps quoting lines from my profile that interested him enough to contact me in the first place. Lines that YOU helped me find inside and then wrote with such panache!

Thanks again for everything

Love always,

Bobbi, 45, Virginia

"I feel I could love this lady, as we are just totally into each other right now!”

Evan,

The lady friend I mentioned to you from Match.com…..we have progressed in a very short while to a fairly intimate relationship, as we talk close to three/four times daily, roughly 2 hours a day. It’s been incredible what we share in common, not to mention she’s cute and looks 10 years younger than her age. I’ve never been with anyone who I hit it off with so well in such a short period of time, and that includes my ex wife. The connection we have right now is already deep and intense, and she likes the consistency between my profile and actual disposition, which she suggests is rare in her experience in online dating. It’s premature, but I feel I could love this lady, as we are just totally into each other right now!

I have to tell you, even though I have been dating (excepting the married period) for close to 20 years, your advice concerning establishing a relationship while on vacation was uncanny. So thank you for the wisdom and guidance. Regardless of what does or does not transpire, just to have my heart ticking again at the mere thought of what is a really cool gal was worth the investment I made in you!

I can’t thank you enough!

Tom, 49, Pittsburgh

"Now I have the MOST amazing husband and two adorable stepsons... all before I turned 40! ”

Evan,

Thank you! Really…thank you.

I contacted you to revise my essay that, and following your rewrite, I had tons of "hits", more than ever. One day I received an email on Match that read, simply, "Great essay". I filed it and moved on. About a month later I passed him on the street and we exchanged quick hellos. The next morning, I wrote him back.

Six weeks after we started dating, he proposed. We were married six months later! Now I have the MOST amazing husband and two adorable stepsons... all before I turned 40!

I couldn’t have done it without you.

Warmest regards,

Lisa Taxin Portner, 40, Philadelphia