12 articles · Bloomberg, The Real Deal, New York Post, CBS New York, Fox News, ABC News, FOX 5 New York, Yahoo Lifestyle, Inside Edition, FOX 29 Philadelphia, Tamron Hall Show, The New York Times
Ann’s Taxi TV Ad in the Press
In July 2019 Ann Cutbill Lenane ran a tongue-in-cheek Taxi TV commercial, “A Man for Ann,” in more than 7,000 New York cabs. ABC News, CBS New York, Fox News, Inside Edition, Bloomberg and the New York Post covered it, she talked about it on FOX 29, and the Tamron Hall Show featured it. In 2024 The New York Times interviewed her about using Taxi TV to market listings.
The coverage
Bloomberg · July 26, 2019 · by Oshrat Carmiel
Manhattan Luxury Broker Looking for Love, in a Taxi Cab Near You
Bloomberg profiles Ann's unconventional bid to find a partner: a taxi-TV commercial called 'A Man for Ann' that began airing the day of publication. In it she pitches herself the way she would a luxury listing, citing her age and what she wants in a husband. The story notes her 35 years in Manhattan luxury real estate, that she was then marketing Bruce Willis's home, her disappointing experience with dating apps, and her decision to be bold as her younger daughter heads to college.
“You get to a certain age, and it’s like you stop caring what people think”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in Bloomberg“I have managed to sell billions of dollars worth of New York city real estate, but the one thing I haven’t been able to get done is to find a wonderful, single, divorced dad to remarry”
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The Real Deal · July 29, 2019
Help this Douglas Elliman broker find love
The Real Deal reports that Douglas Elliman broker Ann Cutbill Lenane has made a 30-second ad, shot in and around a yellow cab, to find a partner. It describes the questions she posted online for would-be suitors and notes the campaign's humor.
New York Post · July 29, 2019 · by Jane Ridley
Fed up with dud dates, NYC single lady puts personal ad on cab TV
The Post profiled Ann's playful 30-second Taxi TV commercial, 'A Man for Ann', which she paid about $5,000 to air in New York cabs. In it she jokes that after selling billions of dollars of real estate the one thing she has not managed is finding a kind, single, divorced dad to marry. She told the paper that humor is a requirement for suitors, that her teenage daughters were taken aback, and that she no longer worries what others think. The article also notes she was then listing Bruce Willis's Bedford Corners compound.
“I’ve gotten to the age where I don’t care what other people think”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in New York Post“If you take yourself too seriously, you are not the man for me”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in New York PostCBS New York · July 30, 2019 · by Christina Fan
Woman Looking For Love Takes Out Taxi Dating Ad
CBS New York interviews Ann about 'A Man for Ann,' her $5,000 ad running in more than 7,000 cabs. It notes that her Taxi TV ads usually market luxury Manhattan apartments, that she was then listing Bruce Willis's country home, and that hundreds of men had written to her within four days.
“You have to be creative in this market.”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in CBS New YorkFox News · July 31, 2019
New York luxury Realtor buys taxi ad to find 'wonderful, single, divorced dad'
Fox News picks up the story of the 'A Man For Ann' campaign, describing Ann as a luxury realtor who has sold multimillion-dollar New York properties for 35 years and whose real estate ads run regularly on Taxi TV.
ABC News · July 31, 2019
This woman is looking for love in a NY taxi cab
An ABC News video follows up on the personal ad that New York realtor Ann Cutbill Lenane placed in the city's taxis, and what happened after it aired.
FOX 5 New York · July 31, 2019
Woman looking for love takes out ad in NYC taxis
FOX 5 New York describes Ann as a top New York City realtor who launched 'A Man for Ann' as a 30-second commercial on cab screens, and quotes the ad's pitch for a kind, funny partner.
“You would think it's easy, but it's not.”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in FOX 5 New YorkYahoo Lifestyle · August 1, 2019 · by Hope Schreiber
Single woman's viral dating ad in NYC taxi TVs goes viral: 'This is my story now'
Yahoo Lifestyle interviews Ann about the response to her taxi ad, which came as much from women cheering her on as from men. She says the idea grew partly out of the stories she kept hearing at her Wise and Wonderful Women dinners, from women over 45 weighing their next chapter.
“I kept hearing stories of their next chapter”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in Yahoo LifestyleInside Edition · August 2, 2019
This Woman Hopes an Ad in New York City Cabs Will Help Find the Love of Her Life
Inside Edition explains that after years of advertising real estate on taxi screens, Ann made a commercial to advertise herself, running in more than 7,000 cabs, and that she wanted suitors to see her personality rather than a single photo.
“I wanted to give them a little bit of my personality”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in Inside EditionFOX 29 Philadelphia · August 2019
Ann Cutbill Lenane on Fox 29
Ann talks with FOX 29 in Philadelphia about 'A Man for Ann,' the dating ad she placed in New York City cabs.
Tamron Hall Show · 2019
NYC realtor buys taxi ad in hopes of finding love
The Tamron Hall Show features Ann's search for love through her taxi ad, introducing her as a New York City real estate agent.
The New York Times · September 18, 2024 · by Matt Yan
Real Estate Agents Take Over a Smaller Screen: Taxi TV
The New York Times looks at agents advertising on taxi video screens (Taxi TV). Ann Cutbill Lenane, an agent with Douglas Elliman who also advertises on Taxi TV, is quoted on why it works and described running targeted campaigns: a four-week, $1,000 ad for a $4.15 million listing at 15 Hudson Yards, an extended ad for two Upper West Side listings, and a $5,000, 28-day campaign that drew more than 400,000 impressions.
“Real estate is an addiction”
Ann Cutbill Lenane, in The New York Times“They want to see through the windows and doors of these apartments, and so that’s what I’m bringing to them. And it absolutely has translated into the sales of properties.”
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