A few friends since college are exploring online dating. One thing that they are experimenting with is their profile and trying to maximize their success in grabbing the opposite sex attention.
Although the online market streamlined the efficiency of dating and provided a bigger selection in would be partners, dating hasn’t gotten any easier.
Fellow blogger and college friend, Andi, in Date Diary expresses the need to tweak her profile for better effect:
“To be honest, it seems that sending out all kinds of winks / e-mails (no waiting for guys to make the first move online!), but not getting much of a response.
Which leads me to believe there must be something inherently wrong with my profile.”
Read more: here
Guys please share tips, lifehacks, or some honest advice on the subject of online dating. What proves to be successful in attracting you?
1 response so far ↓
Fred // November 3, 2009 at 7:11 pm |
I’m a very satisfied match.com user, having found the girl of my dreams and daydreams. We’re both a bit unique in that we’re way, way out of the mainstream of people looking to start families and all that good stuff.
It turns out we were both exceedingly honest in describing ourselves with enthusiastic and poetic language. As fringe dwellers, it almost seems we had a distinct advantage by being able to weed out the usual suspects very easily.
As your friend mentions, my gal did contact me first; and she only piqued my interest for real after a few emails where her spirit became apparent.
As you suggested on Andi’s page, I didn’t consider her a candidate initially because she selected a photo that really didn’t pop. She’s a thousand times more attractive in real life and even some of her secondary photos more accurately depict her.
Maybe Andi should have some male friends offer their opinion on which photo should be up front. I will say right out that the red-eye photo is doing nothing for her (Photoshopping out red-eye is NOT cheating) and many of her secondary photos are way better. Men are visually oriented, silly to deny it.
She’s very specific about herself, maybe some more specifics on what she is looking for… those kinds of details can ring bells and initiate action.