Online Dating Advice
I regularly review excerpts from random dating profiles (for anonymity). Pointing out dos and don’ts from real profiles can help you improve on your own personal branding.
How to stay positive on your online dating profile.
It’s not unusual for me to find poorly crafted dating profiles on free sites. I suspect that, when its free, people feel they don’t have much to lose if they don’t try too hard. Still, free or not, if you’re going to put yourself out there, you may as well do it properly. Today I’m featuring a woman’s dating profile that I found on okCupid. It has one big glaring mistake that many people make (though not quite to this… read more →
Online dating profiles that work.
I was scanning online dating profiles on Plenty of Fish and actually found one that I don’t mind. It’s not interesting enough, but it has an approach that I think is commendable. What I’ve done is taken an excerpt and followed it with my critique so that you can understand what’s working and perhaps try to emulate it yourself. From the dating profile of a 33-year old man. Down to earth, not materialistic, I enjoy everyday of like it was… read more →
Online dating profiles and moving targets.
Oh did I ever find an online dating profile mistake worth addressing! This excerpt features one of the biggest online dating profile writing mistakes ever. I see it often and it’s wrong for so many reasons. Here goes: From the online dating profile of a 32-year old woman. I’m a pretty cool person. I am a good friend. If you know me then you know who I am and what I’m all about. I can be loud and funny, but… read more →
Online Dating Profiles. Naughty and Nice Edition.
Merry Christmas! Today I bring you two online dating profile tips inspired by the holidays. The first is a valuable tip on posting your online dating profile photo. The other addresses writing your online dating profile. Don’t post online dating photos of you being naughty. Wear clothes, not bath towels. If you must wear bath towels, wear clothes beneath them. That you’ve just come out of the shower does not make this any less inappropriate. Photos of you drunk and… read more →
The Diary of an Online Dating Profile Writer.
I scanned Zoosk and match.com today and read a number of online dating profiles looking for one that I could feature here. My goal, always, is to choose excerpts that have common profile writing mistakes so that I can critique them and pass that knowledge onto you. If you can’t hire me for a consultation or to help you write a great dating profile, then hopefully my regular posts will help. From the dating profile of a 51 year old man. I’m… read more →
Online Dating Profiles and Politics.
Usually when I scan online dating sites, I find dating profiles that are pretty average and uneventful. This, by the way, is precisely why you should consider hiring me to help you craft your dating profile or, at least, to provide you with a consultation. Nevertheless, as I scan these everyday profiles, sometimes someone writes something that completely sideswipes me. Today I’m featuring an excerpt from one of those profiles followed by my fairly predictable critique. For those of you who… read more →
Online Dating Profiles and 2 mistakes to avoid.
When I scanned online dating sites today looking for a dating profile to critique in this blog, I found one with two big mistakes. I’m guessing you can spot one because it’s hard to miss. The other is more subtle and it’s a mistake that a lot of people make when they’re writing their dating profiles. If you can’t hire me to write yours on your behalf, then I hope the following will help when it comes to crafting your… read more →
Celebrating Christmas while Single
This is a guest post by my friend Brad. I’m not getting paid for it. It’s up here because he’s one of the most sincere people I’ve met since working in the dating industry. Brad spent more holidays alone than he’d care to admit. He eventually learned to see his “single” time around Christmas in a better way. He has now met the love of his life and runs a website in his spare time that I’ve often recommended, Dating… read more →
Not-so-Funny Online Dating Profiles. Tip for Dec.19, 2013.
I have to caution singles dating online about the use of humor. It can so easily fail. You may be funny, but online profiles don’t convey tone very well. Nor do emails. So, while I encourage a bit of humor and lightheartedness, I nevertheless suggest you to do it with discretion. I found a dating profile on okCupid and it carried humor from start to finish. Here’s an excerpt of it followed by my critique. By showing you the mistake,… read more →
Today’s Dating Profile Tip for Dec.18, 2013
I found an online dating profile today on okCupid from a woman with a big smile and a positive attitude. Despite this, reading her self-summary made me want to poke my eye out. I’ve posted an excerpt of her dating profile below followed by good reasons why she needs to revise it. You might be surprised when you read it because it’s a profile that doesn’t stand out as having big, bad online dating profile mistakes and yet… From the… read more →
