Ah, love:

[mariness]

So there's this local guy that has put up a billboard on a major highway to help him find true love. Which is all very nice. The billboard directs people to a website, where friends can recommend a woman for John. Also all very nice.

What's a little...um....controlling? Overplanned? On the webpage he outlines the first date, then the second date, then the third date, then the fourth date. (The fourth date I kinda like cause it involves a day spa and pampering. I'm all about day spas. But that is just me.)

http://helpjohnfindlove.com/Dates.html

You will notice the complete lack of input from the woman on what she might like to do.

On taking a closer look, I see that these planned dates are actually semi-advertisements for various Winter Park/north Orlando businesses, and that he's suggesting that restaurants and bars contact him to be listed as potential date locations, which is also all very nice, but might - just might - explain why this guy is using billboards to find true love.

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cynicism rules

[jesse_the_k]

…but I think there is no John, and the whole nonsense is a "guerilla advertising campaign." Get people talking about "OMG someone's advertising for a date via billboard" will garner more press attention than the billboard itself. Notice this tag line on the page you linked to? If you would like to have your restaurant or upscale bar listed as a potential date location, please email John.

I mean obviously the picture is a real person, and may even be a person named John Smith. But note his employment history is all about being an entrepreneur: if this billboard business is successful, he'll be able to sell himself as an "Internet marketing pioneer."

Re: cynicism rules

[mariness]

Apparently an actual person did appear on the local news (we don't have TV here, so I have to take other people's word for this). And yep, I noticed the tag line - that was how I clued into the fact that the dates were actually semi-advertisements.

But on reconsideration, I'm now thinking this is less an advertising campaign for local Orlando/Winter Park businesses, and far more a personal advertising attempt to get on a reality TV show - or catch some producer's eye and have a reality show created for him. Especially because of the final setup, where he says he'll be dating several woman over a specific monthly period and then chose the final one in June. It's a perfect setup for a TV show, if pretty creepy in reality.