So you’ve decided to join a dating website and see what all the fuss is about. You have completed your profile, you’ve uploaded your picture and you’ve told the world that Boyzone are still firmly in your heart and in your record collection. Now what? Where are the messages? Perhaps there is a problem with the dating site or you’re not on the right price plan? More likely that your profile is letting you down. Creating the right impression online requires serious consideration and given that your profile will be one of many, read on and absorb some of our tips in making your profile stand out.
Headline
Creating a profile heading that reflects your personality is crucial and if you want to attract the right suitor, make it accurate! There’s no point in declaring to the world that you are a ‘dirty girty from number thirty’ when you spend your time nursing injured kittens at the local RSPCA! Keep it honest and if you can’t back it up – don’t put it online! Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a little elaboration and you can adopt some creativity to attract the suitor you desire.
Photos
Let’s start with the photo you are considering uploading. We cannot count the number of times we have seen awful, badly lit photographs online. In this age of the digital camera and free imaging software, there is simply no excuse to upload a darkened, out of focus and poor quality photo. If you don’t have any decent digital photos, find a printed one and get it scanned to a cd at your local copy centre. For the cost of a glass of wine, you’ll have a set of decent photos that can be used time and time again. Review the photo after you put it online and ask yourself honestly, if you were looking for someone and you came across this picture, would you be impressed by the quality of the picture? If your answer is no, get a few more pictures and ask your friends to vote on the best one, upload again and stick to it.
Another consideration with online photos is that you should stick to the subject – you. Don’t include your friend/teddy/gonk on the picture unless you are intending they will be going on any potential dates with you as that’s how it will appear to the person viewing the picture. While you might love your teddy, your potential dates might be put off and see you as a bit immature and may decide not to contact you. Exclude the teddy for now and introduce it once you are well and truly smitten with each other and you never know, the teddy may well be resigned to the bottom of the bed from then on!
Facts and figures
Fill everything in! Many dating websites match you on the basis of your interests so why exclude yourself from potential date by entering nothing? At the same time, don’t go overboard or your potential date will have nothing to ask say if they contact you. Read the profiles of the types of people you want to date and take some time to investigate what they find interesting – you never know, you might actually like the music they’ve listed and then you can honestly add it to your profile and in turn, add another hook on which to tempt a potential date. Remember! Don’t repeat these facts and figures in your written profile – potential suitors have already read this information and want to find out more about you, not the same stuff re-phrased.
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