Laura Bilotta – Single in the City, Dating & Relationship Blog

Laura Bilotta is a popular radio and TV host, dating coach and author who resides in Oakville, Ontario.  She is the founder of a successful speed dating and matchmaking business, Single in the City. Although this gregarious woman is incredibly busy, she still finds time to write good compelling stories on her blog, and publish artistic social media gems everyday on her @Laura_Bilotta Instagram

Laura Bilotta - Single in the City, on stage at 2017 National Women's Show in Toronto

Laura Bilotta on stage at 2017 National Women’s Show in Toronto

Last year, in Feb 2017, Laura published a self help book, Single in the City: From Hookups & Heartbreaks to Love & Lifemates, Tales & Tips to Attract Your Perfect Match.

As a very social business owner, Laura is also the most active writer behind Single in the City’s Dating and Relationship Blog.  This on-site web journal was born many years ago, but faded to some extent during the rise of Facebook, and has now rebounded with new relevance to become a popular urban lifestyle content portal.  Such is the demand for her wisdom and anecdotes that fresh pieces of content get thousands of same day readers.  Older, more venerated posts with popular search terms in the titles consistently bring hundreds more readers each month.  These core-content articles transcend the blog to find an international readership on search engines; they are pg1 search results on Google for some powerful cultural memes.  Ask the search engine, are Toronto men shy? and you will see Single in the City’s perspective on this strangely popular question.

Laura believes the rise in readership can be directly attributed to the increased energy she now applies to making each post. She kicked it up a notch last fall when she hired Danielle McKay to manage events and help her make social media magic across Single in the City’s many channels. Working together Laura and Danielle have adopted a three step process whereby they invite, execute and then blog for posterity the company’s best Singles Events. Look for blog posts that have titles that begin with words like, ‘What Happened at…’  These event summaries often show exclusive behind the scene pictures and relate amusing stories. Here’s where Laura lists preparations and describes the aftermath of some of the company’s more elaborate events.

What Happened at Wing Woman Paint Night?

Looking back today, you can see the shift – the Single in the City blog became more compelling when Laura started more actively chronicling her events to showcase sponsors and describe in her own words, some of the most outrageous spectacles she created for her membership. Laura created ‘Singles Golf Lessons’, and ‘Singles Pizza-making Night’ and every summer she hosts a moonlit SUP tour of Toronto Island, as well as a Caribbean Boat Cruise (in Toronto harbour). In the summer of 2016 the influential blogger wrote a long copy post on the subject of Green Singles.

Laura gives a reporter from Snap magazine a salacious quote - Mississaugua

Inside The Port House restaurant in Mississauga, Laura Bilotta gives a reporter from Snap Mississauga a salacious quote.

Laura Bilotta - Green Singles

Laura Bilotta – Green Singles

In general, Single in the City’s Dating and Relationship Blog focuses on the myriad issues that people of all ages experience in modern dating. The blog posts detail new-age social phenomenon including Ghosting, Mosting, and Tinder etiquette. Laura writes about the challenges of finding a work life balance while dating, and what’s normal or no longer acceptable in polite society. The blog reviews dating apps, texting rituals and bad emoticons and even explores the latest Augmented Reality devices. Laura likes reviewing and sharing new technologies that can improve the chances of people finding love, and or improve the quality of their time together.

Laura Bilotta holds wine purse - a container for wine

Laura Bilotta holds wine purse for Instagram

Laura Bilotta established Single in the City in 2002, just as the internet was changing the landscape for singles networking events. Since its early beginnings, her natural cupidity and matchmaking expertise has allowed Single in the City to become the largest event based dating company in the Greater Toronto Area.  Laura believes she has hosted over twelve hundred speed dating / mixer events, coached hundreds of men and women as a dating guru, and she has proudly played matchmaker for countless love-seeking singles.

Laura has a lot of training as a TV show host and conversation moderator.

In 2009, Laura was the co-host of Rogers Television show “Dating 201”

Laura Bilotta preps for Rogers TV - Single in the City - 2016

Laura Bilotta preps for Single in the City, 2016 Rogers cable TV show.

She currently hosts the Dating and Relationship Radio Talk Show Sunday nights at 9pm on AM640.

The Dating and Relationship Show, heard every Sunday night at 9 p.m. on Global News Radio 640 Toronto – provides the latest and greatest news about everything dating and relationship related hosted by Dating & Relationship Expert & Toronto Matchmaker Laura Bilotta. This series is designed to present interesting facts, tips and personal stories about relationships and today’s dating world.