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Media Coverage 2004

  • “Barbie Adler, quoted in Wall Street Journal about her ideas about a running mate.” CNN, Crossfire, April 26th, 2004

  • “Selective Search is the Rolls Royce of matchmaking.” CLTV, April 2nd, 2004

  • Barbie Adler - the Korn-Ferry of matchmaking.”  Chicago Tonight, February 10th, 2004

  • “As John Kerry searches for his vice-presidential running mate, Chicago matchmaker Barbie Adler has a few pointers, starting at the top of the senator’s head.” The Washington Post , April 29, 2004

  • “Making a match for John Kerry…Barbie Adler, professional matchmaker, has some ideas about a running mate.” The Wall Street Journal (front page) , April 26, 2004

  • “Currently, Adler offers the only service that conducts background checks and in-depth interviews…” Daily Herald, April 2, 2004

  • “Since John Kerry is very, very serious, his running mate should be a bit more human.”  Dallas Morning News, March 27, 2004

Media Coverage 2003

  • "Selective Search is the best resource out there."Mary Long, on-air personality, “Mary & Jen” Show, WGN Radio- syndicated, May 24, 2003
  • Selective Search takes a combination of the old-world yenta and today’s savvy business models,” The Wall Street Journal , December 9, 2003
  • “Selective Search, in what might be the first attempt anywhere, has brought the principles long used by the executive search industry to the challenge of finding a lifelong companion.”  Chicago Sun Times, December 9, 2003
  • "The women (at the Selective Search's female only scouting party) showed up, 200 of them, all of them single, attractive and fashionable."  Chicago Sun Times, August 13, 2003
  • "Barbie Adler, president of Chicago-based Selective Search has been making some waves in the Chicago area with her matchmaking service by making love connections on behalf of the power elite." ePrairie.com, July 11, 2003
  • "Selective Search adds a filtering agent to matchmaking." Chicago Magazine, July 2003
  • "Selective Search identifies, filters, and qualifies potential matches for their Clients." Investor's Business Daily, June 2003
  • Selective Search was the relationship expert quoted throughout the "Getting Dates Timing Straight" article Chicago Tribune, April 1, 2003
  • "Enter Barbie Adler, a former Headhunter who runs matchmaking firm Selective Search...(with) a 30% first date success rate. How does Barbie find the mates? Some come to her, and she also relies on an intricate network of lawyers, tailors, manicurists and hairdressers to drop a dime on who's single or soon to be."  Fortune, March 31, 2003
  • "Selective Search uses corporate recruiting techniques to match their mostly male Clients with potential mates." Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2003
  • "Matchmaker finds upscale singles. Internet dating was entertaining for a while but was a waste of time. When Selective Search calls, I know there was thought put into the match." The Washington Post, February 23, 2003
  • "High end ultra exclusive personal matchmaking...Chicago based Selective Search." Forbes, February 14, 2003
  • "Selective Search...applying the methodologies of business headhunters to the service." Crain's Business to Business Search, February 12, 2003
  • "Selective Search- Matchmaker for the 21st Century." Chicago Sun Times, February 5, 2003
  • "Selective Search knows the single people of high caliber."
    The Associated Press, February 4, 2003
  • "Chicago's premier dating and relationship experts." Today's Chicago Woman, February 2003
  • "The women (at the Selective Search's female only scouting party) showed up, 200 of them, all of them single, attractive and fashionable."  Chicago Sun Times, August 13, 2003
  • "Barbie Adler, president of Chicago-based Selective Search has been making some waves in the Chicago area with her matchmaking service by making love connections on behalf of the power elite." ePrairie.com, July 11, 2003
  • "Selective Search adds a filtering agent to matchmaking." Chicago Magazine, July 2003
  • "Selective Search identifies, filters, and qualifies potential matches for their Clients." Investor's Business Daily, June 2003
  • Selective Search was the relationship expert quoted throughout the "Getting Dates Timing Straight" article Chicago Tribune, April 1, 2003
  • "Enter Barbie Adler, a former Headhunter who runs matchmaking firm Selective Search...(with) a 30% first date success rate. How does Barbie find the mates? Some come to her, and she also relies on an intricate network of lawyers, tailors, manicurists and hairdressers to drop a dime on who's single or soon to be."  Fortune, March 31, 2003
  • "Selective Search uses corporate recruiting techniques to match their mostly male Clients with potential mates."
    Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2003
  • "Matchmaker finds upscale singles. Internet dating was entertaining for a while but was a waste of time. When Selective Search calls, I know there was thought put into the match." The Washington Post, February 23, 2003
  • "High end ultra exclusive personal matchmaking...Chicago based Selective Search." Forbes, February 14, 2003
  • "Selective Search...applying the methodologies of business headhunters to the service." Crain's Business to Business Search, February 12, 2003
  • "Selective Search- Matchmaker for the 21st Century." Chicago Sun Times, February 5, 2003
  • "Selective Search knows the single people of high caliber."
    The Associated Press, February 4, 2003
  • "Chicago's premier dating and relationship experts." Today's Chicago Woman, February 2003
  • FOX, Los Angeles, CA, February 6th, 2003
  • KUSI-UPN, San Diego, CA, February 4th, 2003
  • KETV-FOX, San Diego, CA. February 4th, 2003
  • KNSD-NBC, San Diego, CA, February 4th, 2003
  • KFMB- CBC, San Diego, CA, February 3rd, 2003

Media Coverage 2002

  • "This month's fun, fearless female, Barbie Adler lives up to the title by creating blissful couples." Cosmopolitan Magazine November 2002
  • "Barbie Adler's Selective Search offers an old fashioned matchmaker service with a twist." Chicago Tribune, October 23, 2002
  • "Sure, CEOs, chairmen, executive directors, vice presidents, etc meet a lot of nice people, but when do they meet a companion for life? Enter a high-end service that operates as a companion headhunter for executives." Crain's Detroit Business - October 2002
  • "Selective Search plays matchmaker to Chicago's busy executives... singles that don't want to waste their time on a blind date." NBC TV, Chicago, IL, September 2002
  • "Adler takes the uncertainty out of finding Mr. or Ms. Right. She acts as a personal coach to help people not make the same relationship mistakes they've made in the past." United Press International, August 2002
  • "When it comes to recruiting, the Marines could use a woman like Barbie Adler, a former corporate recruiter, now hunts for eligible singles." CBS News, The Early Morning Show, August 2002
  • "Barbie Adler brings the rigors of corporate headhunting to the business of love." Chicago Tribune, July 2002
  • "Selective Search...an upscale matchmaking resource." Today's Chicago Woman, June 2002
  • "High-end matchmaker – Chicago-based Selective Search...the expertise of someone who can simplify our love lives." MSN.com, May 2002
  • "With tech in the dumps, Silicon Valley is seeking true romance, Love's labor found Selective Search, a Chicago based matchmaker operates like an executive recruiter to find date mates." Forbes Magazine, May 2002
  • "An intimate matchmaking service for yuppies and up." Chicago Sun-Times, February 2002

Media Coverage 2001

  • "Executive matchmaker company, Selective Search knows when love is in the air, and what to do if the chemistry is there." Wall Street Journal, December 2001
  • "Exclusive services with a personal touch that gets results."  190 North, December 2001
  • "Easily the most selective service in town." Chicago Magazine, July 2001
  • "Chicago's premier matchmaking service."  Chicago Social, March 2001
  • "Top rate strategies for woman, Selective Search." Glamour Magazine, February 2001

Media Coverage 2000

  • "A pro at finding mates."  Chicago Tribune, November 2000
  • "I was set up with attractive, successful guys." Marie Clair Magazine, October 2000
  • "Looking for that special someone.Selective Search can help you find the perfect mate." FOX TV, Chicago, IL, August 2000

Media Coverage 1999

  • "A cross between a yenta and a headhunter, Selective Search is striking a match." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 1999
  • "Selective Search plays Cupid to Chicago's Elite." ABC TV, January 1999
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