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Dating Tips & Advice
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There are millions of fish in the Internet sea,
but to determine whether to reel them in, or simply cut bait.
If you are single and looking for someone, whether that is an
email friend, a casual relationship or something serious,
meeting people online can be very rewarding. Online dating web
sites offer a fun, exciting and secure environment for
interacting and meeting with other single people online. If
you decide to take that all important step of meeting someone
in real life, remember, common sense is by far your best
safety tool.
These tips will help you navigate the online
personals terrain safely, so that with just a few clicks of
your mouse and some common sense tips, you’ll find exactly
what you are looking for:
Online Dating
Tip #1 – Stay Positive and Pace Yourself!
When e-mailing and IM-ing (Instant Messaging)
with others, be positive, upbeat and honest. Just like when
you’re meeting people for the first time in "real life," it’s
never a good idea to bombard someone with the unadulterated
story of your life complete with every road bump and detour.
Keep the honesty, but don’t overwhelm your online friend with
too much information too soon. Pace yourself!
Online Dating
Tip #2 – Photos are Powerful!
Pictures say a thousand words. Include one!
Profiles that include photos get many more responses than
text-only ones!
Online Dating
Tip #3 – Demonstrate Why You’re Unique
Round out your profile with interesting
information that highlights your unique personality,
background and interests. Everyone enjoys walks on the beach
and snuggling up by the fireplace…. so go beyond the ordinary
and offer up detail on authors you’re inspired by, places
you’ve visited or dreamed about seeing, etc. Go beyond the
ordinary and you’ll reap the rewards!
Online Dating
Tip #4 – Meet People at Your Own Pace
Don’t feel pressured to meet face to face
before you’re ready. Men usually do better when they let women
control the pace of the online relationship, since a woman may
need a little more time to feel safe. Men would do well to let
women know they are interested in meeting face-to-face, but
then to step back and let the woman say when.
Online Dating
Tip #5 – Close the Deal!
After you meet someone that you like, cinch a
second meeting after the date, by looking directly into his or
her eyes and saying, "I had a really great time with you, it
was a lot of fun."
Online Dating
Tip #6 – Safety First!
Be sure to assume an anonymous handle, i.e.,
member ID or user name, so that your privacy is assured. Never
sign up with an online personals company that doesn’t provide
anonymous email services!
Other safety tips include:
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Use an e-mail address or cell
phone number as an initial means of contact. Do not give out
your home phone number.
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If you're planning on meeting
someone, tell at least two people where you're going, the
person's name, their general description, and your expected
time home.
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Always meet someone in a
neutral location. Never have them come to your home or place
of work to pick you up.
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Always meet someone in a
public place, such as a restaurant, or a movie theatre.
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Always be aware of the
personal information you're revealing to a date.
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Use common sense. If you get a
bad "vibe" maybe it's time to end the date.
Bottom Line: Forget about acting cool, and
think about acting real. The dates (and maybe even true love)
will follow.
Here are some additional dating tips and advice
to help you find what you're looking for...
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Insider Dating Tips
from a former Online Dating Site owner.
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My Top 10 Dating Tips |
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After having run my own dating service
for several years and having had the opportunity to
study the reaction to various advert formats, responses
etc. I am now giving you the opportunity to benefit from
the collective failures of thousands of people! Free!
You're welcome.
To get the most out of a dating service
and find a lifelong partner check out these top 10
dating tips.
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Many dating services encourage you to
upload a photo. This is good for their business but it
is also ESSENTIAL for you. The vast majority of
searchers will exclude adverts without a photograph
from the search so you may never even be seen without
one.
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If you do use a photo, think carefully
about which pictures to use. Guys - don't use
that picture of you after a joyous amount of beer. Let
her find out the horrible truth of who you really are
in her own time. Ladies - don't use a photo of
you with your ex-boyfriend snipped out. I know you
like the dress you were wearing in that picture but
trust me on this one.
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Get a friend to take a photo of you on
your own. One facial and one full-length if possible.
Make an effort to look happy, relaxed and natural.
Don't go to a studio and have a model shoot as they
may be assumed to be fake.
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When I had to check the adverts for my
site I was really struck with how badly they can be
written. The truth is they are generally rushed. We
write them like we do e-mails and so quality suffers.
Write your advert in a word processor first - use the
spellchecker, proof read it and when you are happy
with it - post it. This also has the advantage that
you can cut-and-paste it into several sites.
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Think about what you want to say. Tell
the person a little about yourself and what you are
looking for in a partner. Guys - try to say a
little more about yourself than what sports you like
and do not mention sex. Really. Ladies - just
keep on writing them like you do. You can hint
at sex if you like. Really. One guy wrote on my
site that he had an unusual hobby and would tell you
about it if you replied to his advert. I loved that.
It threw in an air of mystery and a desire to contact
the person to find out more. Clever huh?
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Two more quick points about writing
adverts. Be positive. Don't write things like "Just
checking out the site" or "Bored and lonely".
Secondly, do not write one or two line adverts.
Frankly if you can't put in any effort then you are
either lazy or you can't really be that interested in
meeting someone and the reader will pick up on this.
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Find out how the site orders the
adverts in the search results so that you can
manipulate it to come out at the top of the list. For
example some sites list in the order that the adverts
were created or updated. If this is the case then go
in and save the advert again so that yours jumps to
the top of the search results. More people will see
your advert and will know that you are still looking
to find a partner.
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As with writing an advert it is
important to write a good response to other people's
adverts. Use that word processor again to create a
well written piece about yourself and then for each
advert you respond to, add an extra paragraph that
relates to what the other person wrote and show an
interest in finding out more about them.
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Next, don't always think that putting
your advert up is all you need to do. If everyone were
to wait for someone else to contact them then there
would be no point to it all. Browse around and if you
find 5 or 6 people you think you could connect with
then JOIN the service and send them a message. You are
more likely to get a response from someone who joined
the site recently so keep checking back, every night
if you can.
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Always respond to messages you receive,
even if you are not interested. Remember that it is
another human being that wrote to you and they will be
checking their mail box for the response. It can be
disappointing to get a 'thanks, but no thanks' but it
is less stressful than waiting for a response that
never comes.
Well I hope that you found some of these
dating tips useful. Feel free to send them on to
a Friend.
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