10 Winning Profile Tips
By Liz H. Kelly Special to Yahoo! Personals
In order to help you boost your numbers, ego and odds, here are 10 quick tips for how to get the
best results from your online dating profile.
Based on interviews with hundreds of active daters, these
winning profile tips are guaranteed to increase attention to your profile. Your mailbox will
fill up much faster and your chances of finding a connection will jump sky high.
10 winning profile tips:
- Write a unique and friendly introductory line: "Looking
for hiking partner" or "Seeking a Shipmate for Sailing
and More"
- Post at least two current photos: Photos significantly
increase responses! Try at least one close-up and one full-body
shot for the best results.
- Use a positive tone: I love to learn and meet new people.
Life is an adventure and I would like to share it with someone
special.
- Keep it simple: Keep your descriptions light and avoid
demanding checklists in your essays. Try listing only three
things you desire in a mate.
- Write short essays versus a book: four or five sentences
is a good goal. Save the details for your dates.
- Add a little humor: I can laugh at my mistakes. Are you
a Letterman or Leno fan?
- Include a fun hobby note: I need someone to distract me
from the piano. I love to travel and tend to take too many photographs.
- Add your marketing pitch: What makes you unique? Try listing
only three things and make them catchy (everyone is smart, outgoing,
and fun - how are you different?)
- Show interest in the other party: Enough about me…tell
me more about you.
- Be confident versus boastful: When you show confidence
in being you, it is the biggest turn-on. The trick is not to
be boastful in your delivery.
Liz H. Kelly
is a dating coach and author of "SMART Man Hunting: The Fast Track Dating Guide for Finding Mr. Right (or Ms. Right)." Her proactive dating strategy has been featured on such shows as FOX News, BBC Radio, Dick Clark’s “The Other Half” and Lifetime’s “Speaking of Women’s Health.” Her dating tips have also appeared in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, USA Today and the Chicago Tribune.
Look for Liz online at smartmanhunting.com.
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