Hi, I’m Evan Marc Katz. I’m a dating coach for smart, strong, successful women who want to find lasting love. Here’s how I got here and here’s how I can help you get there, too.
1972 - 1990
BORN AND Raised IN NEW YORK
1993
BROKE MY PARENTS’ Hearts
The summer before my senior year at Duke University, I took (and canceled) my LSAT’s and got a gig as the school newspaper’s comedy columnist. I told my parents I didn’t want to be a funny lawyer; I wanted to be a mediocre comedy writer. The joke was on me, as you’ll soon discover.
1996 - 2001
BECAME A Hollywood SCREENWRITER, SORT OF.
Moved to LA and was selected for the Warner Brothers Writers Workshop, worked as a writer’s assistant on the sitcom “Ellen,” finished in the Top 20 of the IFP Screenwriters Lab, placed in the Top 3 of the first Project Greenlight with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and went to UCLA Film School to pursue an MFA. I eventually made a total of $7000 in my career. (Thanks, Nickelodeon!)
2001 - 2003
HIRED AND FIRED BY JDate 4 TIMES
JDate and I were like a couple with lots of chemistry and no compatibility. I was the employee of the month, created their online magazine (JMag), and gave dating advice on their singles trips to the Caribbean – but let’s just say that we were not meant to be. It’s not you, it’s me, JDate.
2004
BECOME AN Author AND CEO
Wrote my first book, “I Can’t Believe I’m Buying This Book – A Commonsense Guide to Successful Internet Dating” (Ten Speed Press). Created the world’s first online dating profile writing company, e-Cyrano. Appeared in the New York Times, Time, CNN, and USA Today. Dropped out of film school to write and coach full-time. This was better than writing a thirteenth screenplay that no one would read.
2006
WROTE MY Second BOOK
Wrote my second book, “Why You’re Still Single – Things Your Friends Would Tell You If You Promised Not to Get Mad.” Appeared on the Today Show and CBS Early Show and got a lot more press than actual book sales. Still very much single, not following my own advice and wondering what’s wrong with me.
2008
GOT MARRIED AND Created FINDING THE ONE ONLINE
Finally figured out what was wrong with me and made the best decision ever to propose to my wife. Also created my first product, “Finding the One Online – How to Master Online Dating and Create the Love You Deserve.” Not only did it help thousands of women find men but it paid for most of my wedding, which was nice.
2010
WROTE WHY HE Disappeared
I had a business coach who told me that if I could explain why men disappeared, I’d be successful. That year, I wrote “Why He Disappeared – The Smart, Strong, Successful Woman’s Guide to Understanding Men and Keeping the Right One Hooked Forever.” I also cut men off my list and focused my energy on coaching my favorite clients: smart, strong, successful women who have everything but the man.
2011
CREATED FOCUS Coaching
FOCUS stood for Feminine, Optimistic, Confident, Understanding, Self-Aware. Yes, it’s a lot for an acronym but coaching hundreds of women helped me discover what content I should put in the more elegantly named Love U a few years later. Oh, and my daughter was born in February. I’m not sure it’s relevant to why you’d join Love U, but it just seems wrong to leave out something that important.
2012
WON THE IDATE BEST Dating CoachAWARD
Dating coaches don’t have the Academy Awards, so it was nice when my industry created its own award ceremony and gave me it’s first best dating coach Oscar (I can still call it an Oscar, right?) Oh, and my son was born. He’d be pissed if I didn’t mention him.
2014
WROTE Believe IN LOVE
After listening to so many clients say they didn’t believe that love could happen for them and changing their minds, I wrote Believe in Love – 7 Steps to Letting Go of the Past, Embracing the Present and Dating with Confidence.” They say not to love any of your children more than the others but this is my favorite book I’ve written. So far.
2015
LAUNCHED MY Signature COURSE, LOVE U
I took everything I’d learned since I started coaching in 2003 and turned it into a comprehensive online course called Love U. 300 women graduated that spring and actually made me an award, which sits proudly beside my iDate Award. (Dating coaches don’t get many trophies, which is why we’re excited about the few we get.)
2016
THE LOVE U Podcast REACHES THE TOP 20
Because everyone else has a podcast, I launched one, too, and quickly hit the Top 20 in Self-Help, getting 40,000 downloads each month with no commercial support. Years later, the podcast hit the 1 million mark, which seems significant, but I’m not sure why. Round numbers or something.
2018
STILL THE #1 Dating Blog IN THE WORLD
When I started in 2006, my blog was called Advice from a Single Dating Expert. Yet after posting twice a week for over a decade, I was a happily married father of two with a blog that has reached over 30 million readers in 239 countries and been named the #1 Dating Blog online. Seriously. I didn’t make that up.
2021
Launched EVANMARCKATZ.COM 3.0
It took me a lifetime to get here (and even longer for you to read about it) but I’ve never been more excited about my ability to guide you through Love U so that you can finally create a relationship in which you feel safe, heard and understood.
So, if you’re a smart woman who wants guidance,
accountability, a supportive community, and personal attention in finding the unconditionally-loving relationship of your dreams…
THERE'S ONLY One Thing YOU NEED TO DO:
Billed as a “personal trainer for smart, strong, successful women,” Evan Marc Katz is known as both the first dating coach and the best dating coach, having offered dating advice and relationship advice for women since 2003. He is the author of four books and has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including Today, the New York Times, and CNN. Since 2015, Evan’s blog has over 30 million readers, his Love U Podcast has over 1 million downloads and 12,000 women from 40 countries have graduated from Love U, his six-month video course that helps women understand men and find love. He is proud to be considered the top dating coach for women and looks forward to making you his next Love U love story. Evan is very happily married and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their two children.
