All posts tagged with online dating profile writing

New York Singles and Online Dating Profile Tips.

Over the next few days I’ll critique three excerpts from dating profiles written by singles in the state of New York. The profiles were picked randomly from various websites. I’ve changed them slightly for the sake of anonymity. Here’s the dating profile of a man in his late 30’s: I am looking for friends first and then to see where things go. I am responsible, reliable, secure, and I have my act together. Looking for someone in the same situation.… read more

Why “you” deserve love more than anyone else.

I write online dating profiles based on marketing techniques I learned over many years working in ad agencies as a writer.  As an online dating profile writer, I now put a positive spin on people rather than products. Check out my samples of online dating profiles and see the difference marketing makes. Best online dating advice: be yourself. In advertising, it’s common for agencies to pitch a client’s account. Essentially, a pitch is the equivalent of a job interview. For one,… read more

Real online dating tips or just real bad advice?

When I was young, I heard that crusty bread would make my hair curly. I loved curly hair. I loved it more than life and Tony Danza put together. Though I had a straight, dark mane I was convinced that a few French rolls a day would transform me into Farrah Fawcett. I also heard that mayonnaise would make it thick and shimmering. For weeks, I smelled like a picnic. To my dismay, my hair became progressively stringy, dull, and… read more

Online Dating Profiles: Tips 22 and 23.

Sometimes the best way to learn something is by seeing it in practice. As such, I hope the following online dating profile tips will help you. I’ve chosen two excerpts from online dating profiles that I found on two popular dating sites, and I’ve provided a critique of each one. As an ad writer and marketing expert, I’m trained to make you stand out on everything from dating profiles to LinkedIn profiles and professional bios.  For those who don’t or… read more

Online Dating Profiles. The Agony, Part 23.

If you’ve ever seen Sir Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, you’d know that crazy people can be really really funny – on a movie screen – or,  in the case of online dating, on a computer screen. With that in mind, I bring you the next and long-overdue, installment of the Agony series. Here I feature excerpts from the craziest online dating profiles I’ve come across while scanning dating sites. Please take heart – I scan countless of dating… read more

Online Dating Profiles: Tips 20 and 21.

How to write a great online dating profile? Below you’ll find two excerpts from online dating profiles followed by critiques of each one. As an ad writer and marketing expert, I use this blog to provide pertinent tips based on marketing techniques I’ve learned over the past 20 years. Some posts are about a particular aspect of online dating. Others, like this one, provide tips based on profiles that I’ve come across on dating sites. Hopefully the comments will provide you… read more

Online Dating Profiles: Tips 18 and 19.

How can you write the perfect online dating profile? As an ad writer and marketing expert, I’m able to provide pertinent tips simply by following the marketing techniques I’ve learned over the past 20 years. In fact, whether you’re online dating or not, marketing is about interpersonal communication. As such, this blog can help anyone trying to communicate and connect with others. At the beginning of every week, I critique two excerpts from real online dating profiles. Some are sent to… read more

Online Dating Profiles: Tips 16 and 17.

How to write a great online dating profile? As an ad writer and marketing expert, I’m able to provide the kind of  tips that can help you market yourself online. In fact, whether you’re online dating or not, marketing is about interpersonal communication and how to do it successfully. As such, this blog can help anyone trying to communicate and connect with others. At the beginning of every week, I critique two excerpts from online dating profiles that I happened to… read more

How to Write a Dating Profile: Tips 14 and 15.

This is the first of the week’s two blogs. As always, this first blog critiques excerpts from two dating profiles that I’ve found on dating sites. It’s the more “dating” focused blog. The blog I post at the end of every week is more entertaining and, though it uses online dating to make a point, it actually addresses broader aspects of self-promotion. Both blogs provide insight into self-marketing. How to write a dating profile, tip 14 I am not into… read more

Online Dating Profiles. The Agony, Part 22.

Another week, another installment of Online Dating Profiles. The Agony. Once again I feature some of the most outrageous online dating profiles that I’ve seen while scanning dating sites. Often the ones I feature are filled with rants. This week, they’re just all harmlessly nutty – though really nutty… deliciously nutty actually. Before reading further, I’d just like to assure you that I scanned dozens upon dozens of profiles, from all across the states, before landing on these. In other… read more