Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Amber Neal. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, Amber thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.
I am the 2nd generation Matchmaker, my mom was the 1st. We are what you would call an “Empath”. We just KNOW who belongs together. My mom matched and married all her friends to their husbands and none of them ever divorced! I have now been matchmaking 18 years and never had a divorced client either. I love helping people find their soulmate. It is a gift that we use for good.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
I started out working at a National Dating company and saw how much scam was involved. I left there and started working with the largest private social club in America and Canada and would help the more introverted Matchmaking clients by taking them to events and helping them learn to be more social and successful at dating. The dating industry is a billion $ scam industry, and so I am all about Matchmaking and private membership events so that there is screening and you know who people are.
I realized that there was not a Millionaire Matchmaker in Houston and so I decided to go out on my own and claim that title. Next was to figure out how to let others know I existed. I started creating high publicity events that landed on global press on 20/20 with Barbara Walters, The Tonight Show, etc. I started doing stand up comedy and taking classes to become a certified TV Producer, Editor and Technical Director. When I wasn’t doing classes for production, I was hitting an open mic comedy room 7 nights a week, 2-4 locations a night learning to trust my skills on the stage. Once I felt comfortable with my skill level, I started “The Amber Neal Show” on cable to be able to Network and meet people. I was out networking anytime I could and producing fun innovative singles events.
Very soon, I started becoming a regular Relationship Expert for different news outlets.
I landed my own night at the Houston Improv in 2014 and gained my 1st “Rising Star in Entertainment” Award and “Journalism Award”.
I had gained so much press for my own brand I started having people ask me if I could help them and so in 2018 “The Amber Neal PR Firm” was launched.
In 2021, I formed a partnership with Chimere Bacon-Destin who is the CEO of Boss Up Houston Network, The Real Housewives of Houston Magazine and Elite Men of Houston Magazine. We found realized very quickly having a TV/Podcast Network with the PR Firm was a great for both of our potential and existing clients.
We are now producing several reality shows and have set a goal of becoming the 1st Major TV Network in Houston! We teach anyone with a story, or idea for a show how to bring it to life. We are currently looking to green light new shows!
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
It is very important to align with others that have the same integrity. Not all money is good money. You don’t have to get burned more than once before you know next time, to make sure that everyone is capable, willing and ready to carry their part.
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
Referrals. They say word of mouth is the best form of marketing. A happy customer will refer you business. An unhappy customer will tell everyone too!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.amberneal.com
- Instagram: @theamberneal
- Facebook: The Amber Neal PR Firm, The Amber Neal Show, Boss Up Houston Network
- Linkedin: MatchmakerAmberNeal