All posts tagged with avoid common online dating profile mistakes
Online dating profile tips for men from a female ad writer.
Men are impressive. They’re masterful at avoiding life-threatening questions like, “does this make me look fat”. They know how to nod convincingly when a situation requires a sincere looking, “you’re right”. They even know how to play air guitar. They are, however, less adept at writing their online dating profiles. I suspect there are a couple of reasons for this. For one, a lot of men aren’t comfortable talking about themselves. For another, they don’t always know how to straddle the fine line between… read more →
Anyone still looking for Waldo? ‘Cause I think he’s online dating.
I just finished reading a number of online dating profiles that were so generic not one stood out. As an ad writer whose purpose is to make people get noticed, this prompted me to provide the following online dating profile writing tip: If you want to get noticed in the competitive environment of online dating, then you need to be different from everyone else. Contrary to the social norms by which we usually abide, online dating requires that you stand… read more →
Online dating profiles. How to prevent casseroles from becoming asseroles.
“I love playing porker with the guys”, claimed a big, burly straight man on his dating profile. “Can you say insercure”, wrote the angry female on her dating profile. “I do a great asserole”, boasted another single dating online. We all make typos here and there. I once had a helpful “fan of trysweettalk” send me a slew of typos that he found in my blogs because he recognized the importance of a clean presentation. Are typos the end… read more →
