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This comes not only from owning a dating site but having used them previously and reading some terrible profiles. A badly written profile or short, silly message will mean you don't end up meeting as many other people as you potentially could.
Remember, that you only have two weapons at your disposal in your profile. Your photo and what you write about yourself.

The Photograph

Truth is that you may choose not to put up a photo up at all initially and you will still get interest. Don't worry about not being the best looking person in the world. We are all our own worst critics and there is someone out there for everybody. I am living proof of a not particularly good looking guy who is in a happy relationship with a beautiful woman who I met online.

If you do decide to put up a picture then please consider the impression you are trying to make and the type of person you are trying to attract. A photograph of you with a bottle of beer and a cigarette, partying with your friends may bring back happy memories for you but may alienate as many people as it attracts.

The first internet date I went on was with a lady who had put up a very nice picture that unfortunately was ten years out of date. Not only did I not recognise her, it said something to me about her integrity that meant that we did not meet again. Be honest about yourself and always put up a recent photograph to avoid embarrassment later.

My first photo on a dating site had me in the distance in black and white. For my second attempt I decided to wear sunglasses in an attempt to look cool! The feedback I got was that I looked suspicious and was hiding something. Because I take spectacularly bad pictures and look like someone featured on Crimewatch, I eventually got a proper photograph taken and lo and behold I trebled the amount of interest I was getting.

Your Written Profile

Your mum or dad probably told you that first impressions count. Any sales training coursewill teach that you only have a limited amount of time to get people interested in what you have to say. So it is with internet dating where you have a limited space to convince someone to get in touch. Here are the rules for making a good impression.

Be concise

It's also important to be as concise as you can; nobody wants to read pages and pages of a profile detailing what you had for lunch seven years ago on your first visit to a Bernie Inn. Try and pick out some key pointers, highlights, things that you may have in common with other daters and might make a talking point and give them a reason to contact you.

Be positive

We all have a history and some of us still live with the baggage from the past, but it's always a good idea to highlight positive things about you rather than the negatives or weak points or bad experiences.. Try and sound upbeat and approachable. Sociable, outgoing personalities who appear friendly are likely to have much more success on an online dating site, so bear this in mind without trying to be someone you aren't. I am not saying that you hide what it is that makes you the person you are but that you start off by accentuating the positives and not the negatives.

Remember you are for sale!

No Joking, Think about it for a minute. A personal ad is exactly that

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