We recently connected with Maryann Roberts and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Maryann, thanks for joining us today. What was the most important lesson/experience you had in a job that has helped you in your professional career?
Maryann, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I am a professional matchmaker at Three Day Rule Matchmaking, a nationwide white-glove Matchmaking service for busy professionals. I helped launch the San Diego market 3 years ago as my team knew that San Diego was filled with dynamic, professional singles who would benefit from our services! I was curious at a young age about romantic relationships. I was influenced by my parents who were happily married in 1944.
I witnessed the importance my parents each placed on their marriage. They were really in sync as a couple through good times and bad. Extreme opposites in so many ways, it just worked between them. Chemistry was something they always had together and I took notice of that. I wanted to find that for myself and for my friends.
In my 20’s I worked at a fitness club in New Jersey and I arranged a blind date between my friend and a man who signed up for a gym membership with me. They wound up getting married and it was the first time I felt the joy of matchmaking!
A few years ago, when thinking of a career change, I read Find a Husband after 35 by Rachel Greenwald as well as her book Have Him at Hello. I read Make Me A Match by Lisa Clampitt.
Matchmaking is not something any of us necessarily have a degree in but we all possess a similar skill set. I felt connected to these authors and started looking for job opportunities. I am so fortunate to have found Three Day Rule – it’s a female-led company with a strong mission and I truly love my job!
Our founder; Talia Goldstein, has put together an amazing team of matchmakers across the US who have a natural passion for connecting people as I do. I am thrilled to be part of the Three Day Rule #dreamteam.
3 years after joining I have set up hundreds of dates and made tons of successful matches – I’m grateful I took the leap.
To get started working with me as a client or simply to join our private free database and be matched to our clients, you just have to fill out this form www.threedayrule.com/pool/maryann and I will reach out to you for follow up with you to activate your profile.
I am so excited to have just attended the wedding in Silicon Valley of two of our clients in May 2022, and am currently working with multiple couples who have decided to exclusively date their match. This is really what we live for as matchmakers: seeing the engagements, the long-term relationships, weddings, and babies being born never gets old!
Have any books or other resources had a big impact on you?
I am a member of I Heart My Life; founded by husband and wife coaches Emily and James Williams. You can follow them on instagram @iheartmylife and @jamesrwilliams and on apple podcasts Emily was once a professional matchmaker as well in the UK. Although we have not met in person yet, I hope to meet this inspirational power couple one day soon in our travels since they now reside in the US.
I Heart My Life empowers female entrepreneurs for success through community. Once I joined the group, I was able to find fantastic resources and inspiration all in one place. I particularly love the podcast guests who are all incredible!
What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?
The most effective strategy for me to grow my clientele is to talk about Three Day Rule and let everyone I meet know that I am a professional matchmaker. In our conversation you will be able to feel I am really passionate about matchmaking! If you happen to be single, I want to hear your story and offer my help so that you can become proactive about finding your partner in 2023! If you are not single, and we start to chat, your inner matchmaker will probably come out and you will refer your best friends or your sister or your boss to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: http://www.matchedbymaryann.com
- Instagram: @matchedbymaryann
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matchedbymaryann
- Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/matchedbymaryann
Image Credits
Professional photos of Maryann Roberts- Greta Dunn www.gretadphotography.com