Ava’s Courtyard: LadiConnects Helping People Find Love

April 12 2015 – Ava’s Courtyard has had some insight into a bespoke dating service that is making waves in the UK and I was very privy to have the CEO on my chair for my upcoming TV Series “Ava Brown Speaks”.

Here is the interview I had with her and felt I would share as I would be delighted for her to not just hook me up but some of the readers here at Caribbean News Service.

By all means send us an email with your thoughts.

Tell us about who is Ladi? – Now that’s a diverse question; one that I’m not sure can fit on just one page or can be explained in just one interview. Lol! However for the sake of trying, (or shall I say for the sake of this interview) I will explain that Ladi is primarily a person, or shall I say a business woman who loves to see people fall in love. Ladi loves to connect two people who may otherwise have never met, and help them find everlasting love and happiness together. Yes, Ladi believes in fairy tales, however I will stipulate that it’s the real-life love stories (the ones where the partners, husband and wife go through so much together, stick together through it all and come out triumphant in the end, just by being together) that are the true fairy tales of this world.

What does your business do? – LadiConnects does exactly as the name implies – Ladi (me, lol, I) connect individuals and helps them to try to find love. However in order to do this I conduct an in-depth information gathering session with both individuals before I try to connect / match-make them. I spend hours with my clients in order to find out what are their wants and needs, what are their desires, their must haves, i.e. their ‘the-deal-is-possible’ makers, and what are their ‘oh no, I definitely don’t want that’, i.e. their deal breakers. Assessments are also made using an effective personality / psychological dating questionnaire before I embark on a journey to find my client that special ‘one’! I should also mention that LadiConnects also offers a discrete, legal and professional service to meet the requests of each individual client. We are as discrete as you want and need us to be. Our only requirement is that you are single when you join our service and continue to be whilst we send you on dates. Clients sign a contract stipulating this. (Plus we also carry out checks to confirm this).

What made you go into this line of business? – Lol! Well for years I’ve been match-making friends and even family; to the extent that I have several couples that have dated (the majority of whom are still dating) and three that have married. It all started at university when I was aged 18 and I realised that I made friends easily and so many of these friends wanted me to introduce them to potential partners. So I did. I started by introducing the individuals that were on my course but did not live with me in my halls to those that lived with me but were on a different course to me. I’d hold resident parties and invite all to come along, I’d introduce individuals to each other, get the conversation going with a joke or two of what they had in common, and hey presto my friends were getting together, dates were made and new living arrangements were often created over time. My first job after leaving university was with The UK Employment Service working as a recruitment officer specifically matching individuals to specific jobs advertised by an employer. I then spent several years working for various Recruitment Consultancies (in the UK as well as in USA) and hence honing in on my specialised skills of matching individuals to the right company and vice versa! I found that I had a flair for listening to people and companies needs and wants; and then fulfilling these needs and wants. Whilst working within the Recruitment and Selection sector I was also a consultant for the ‘Personals’ division of Nigeria.com, where I got direct experience for the matchmaking industry. This gave me the insight and confidence in developing my own company to compete within the industry. Alongside of this lucrative and splendid professional career, I also led an active social life where I continued matchmaking friends and again family. Just three months ago I successfully matched a company CEO to a lady I used to work with 10 years ago, and it was at this time that I recognised just how much I enjoyed matchmaking and more importantly that I was very good at it. I was talking to a friend about the possibility of formalising what I do and he exclaimed that I connect people, hence the name LadiConnects was born and I decided to officially launch LadiConnects as a business (even though technically speaking it has existed for over 20 years).

What makes your business different from all the other entire dating connections sites or business? – LadiConnects is primarily a bespoke dating service with packages and dates tailored towards an individual’s dating needs. As stated earlier this is done through gaining an in-depth knowledge of what it is exactly that my client wants. Many of my clients are busy executives who simply don’t have time to arrange dates themselves. Some are managers that are too shy to seek out a date. This is what makes us unique at LadiConnects! We will do the leg work for you, travel across oceans if necessary in order to find you the right match, in order to find you your ideal date, in order to find you that special person you have been searching for all your life but never had the time or simply were too nervous to find her / him. We will coach you (we have an extensive selection of male and female relationship experts and life coaches) before your dates. We will even go on your first date with you if necessary (and discretely sneak out if the date is going so well that the physical presence of Ladi is no longer needed). Metaphorically speaking we will hold your hand through the whole process until you happily connect with the right person. We will not stop until you stop! It is our mission to successfully connect you!

Explain the process of matching and how it’s done your way? – Well I usually start by meeting my client face-to-face after he / she has initiated contact, then I proceed to get to know them by having them complete a profile form as well as the dating questionnaire I spoke about earlier, and then we discuss their answers to the questionnaire all in an effort to get to really know them. I also analyse where we meet (as they would have chosen it) and other things like does the individual make good eye contact with me and even what some might class as superficial things like what they are wearing, their shoes, what mode of transport they took to get to our point of meeting and also things like how often they answered or used their phone whilst on our meeting.

What do you love most about connecting people? – I love seeing two people who have been searching for love, searching for each other, I love seeing them finally meeting each other and developing a connection. I enjoy witnessing the connection unfold. It’s a beautiful thing to see how two people, one or both of whom might have told me that they have been very lonely, find each other. It’s great to see them open up, open their hearts to each other and hence gaining companionship so that they are no longer alone. As one client once told me, “thank you Ladi, it’s great not to have to come home to an empty house every weekend now. Now I have my soul mate opening the door for me every Friday evening.” Also I nearly cried tears of joy when the other day I got a text from a love connection I had made a few years back that read “Ladi, I never knew love could be so beautiful, even after three years, he still buys me flowers and an Easter egg”! I truly enjoy seeing love blossoms for my clients. I know it may sound like a cliché but I get my happiness from it, and that’s why I do it really.

Are your connections made just in the UK? – No, I travel internationally often to make connections. I’ve travelled extensively in America, Africa and Europe all with the aim of making a connection. Your ideal partner may not always live in the same town or even country as you. If I am to bring you together I must be prepared to travel. Also some clients have specific requests, e.g. I would like an English lady, or I would like an American man. I provide a bespoke service – whatever my client needs or wants I will deliver.

Do you travel overseas to meet your clients? – Lol! I think I have answered question 7 and 8 together. So forgive me for repeating myself – yes I do travel internationally to meet my clients. LadiConnects currently operates in four continents – North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. We are hopeful for our first Australian and South American clients soon. Lol!

What is the best advice you would give someone looking to find the right partner? – Engage the services of LadiConnects! Lol! Seriously that is the best advice I would give to a genuine enquiry as they won’t find anyone more passionate about their love life besides themselves than me until they meet that special one! However if for any reason you do not engage my services then my best advice to anyone looking for the right partner is – Be careful out there, there are many wolves in sheep clothing. Some people are only really interested in a sexual relationship. If this is also what you want no problem, however if you want more then really read your prospective dates profile and pay attention to any red flags. (Many people choose to ignore them, even the obvious ones because they are desperate to meet someone.) Also pay attention to the groupie types who only date or sleep with a certain high profile distinction. Many prominent athletes, musicians or wealthy business people frequent the same watering holes. This is a gold mine for men and women on the prowl for money or status. Hence I say instead engage the services of LadiConnects and let us save you time and money. Let us weed out all the ‘not serious’ potential dates out there for you!

Is there a cost involved? Yes there is! Lol! It is not cheap digging through the mine in search of a diamond or gold; it’s not cheap to travel across the world in search of the right partner for a client. Lol! However it’s a lot cheaper than spending tens of thousands whining and dinning a person only to find out that you were nothing more than a meal ticket or an accessory to them, or that you were only an option for them while you had made them a priority. However if clients are concerned about costs, we do offer different packages priced to meet different budgets. Our prices for our face-to-face in-depth search and selection service start

How can we find you? – We have social media presence; please look for us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram: LadiConnects. Let us connect you! Let us help you find that love connection!

Any final words? Yes – are there any single ladies and gentlemen in Jamaica and the West Indies in search of love either in Jamaica or overseas? If yes engage the services of LadiConnects and let Ladi Connect you to the love of your life!

Throughout the entire interview, Ladi kept smiling and laughing. You can tell that she’s genuinely a happy person through and through.

She is on the search for my partner and I can’t wait for her to find him.

P.S.

It’s your girl Ava Brown