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Introduction
In this blog post, I will give you 5 free tips on how to boost your online dating profile. As always I can’t guarantee that they will work but it will improve your chances of boosting significantly compared to if you’re not doing anything.
Why am I giving it away for free? Well, because I would like to show you that I actually know how Internet dating works.
Read more below…
Online Dating: The Importance Of Your Profile
Your profile consists of three parts on most dating websites:
1. Your Profile Photo
The profile photo is the most important part in online dating. The photo should be of yourself and not someone else, it should also be taken in natural lights preferably.
If you’re a man it should be taken outdoors and indoors if you’re a woman, science has discovered. Be sure to smile on the photo too since scientific studies also have revealed that people that smile on their profile photo are more likely to get likes and people contacting them (which means they are more likely to get out on first dates more frequently than those who doesn’t).
If you can, you might also add more than one photo, preferably where you’re socialising with other people like parties (or doing charity work).
2. Your Profile Text
As I’ve previously written the most important text you’ll probably write in your life is your online dating profile text. This text shall describe what you’re hobbies and interests are.
Try to mention a bit about your work if you can. People (especially women) loves to know that you are acceptable in other people’s eyes (also other women) and know how to get along with them.
Don’t give away information as “quick facts” about yourself like “Age: 25, height 163 cm, eye colour: green”. Those are what the quick facts is about, here you should aim for 3-5 sentences about yourself in a continuous text just like the one you’re reading right now. End the text with a question.
3. Your Quick Facts
Fill them in as correctly as possible. Since people will have access to your profile photo, you should stick to the truth. If you’ve written that your eyes are blue when people can see that they are green on your photo, you won’t get on many dates. Being dishonest is never ok so stick to the truth!
Boosting Your Online Dating Profile In 5 Easy Steps
I have already given you 3 of the boosting steps above and the other two are:
4. Use Advanced Search
Using the advanced search or even the quick search function will narrow the number of singles down for you. If you know what you’re looking for, your “type” as it’s known then things are easier than if you don’t know who you’re looking for.
This is something your friends can help you with and also a dating coach like myself. Don’t do dating single-handed is the fourth advice, ask someone to help you, either a friend or professionally.
5. Start Chatting, Be Nice And Polite
Prioritise the singles that are online the same time as you are.
Start a chat and remember the three words that start with “be” in dating: be respectful, be yourself and be honest. Don’t write something that you wouldn’t say to someone if you’ve met him or her face-to-face.
Using video chat is the best, no doubt since you will get a direct response to how the person you’re chatting with reacts on what you’re saying. Talking with the person like you’ve been friends for a while is highly recommended. It’s might seem awkward at first but you’ll get into it after a while.
If there are none, send emails to those who aren’t currently online when you are and wait for them to answer them. Add social media links to your profile text by writing a sentence like: “If I’m not online here, you’re welcome to contact me on…”.
The best part with dating websites like xpdating.com is that you can actually use social media like Facebook to log in to your account.
Summary
Here are the 5 easy steps to boosting your online dating profile:
1. Put the most attention to your photo. This is what people will see first.
2. End your profile text with a question.
3. Be honest at all time and stick to the truth.
4. Don’t do online dating single handed, use help to get more information.
5. Chat (preferably using video) or use email to communicate. Be nice, honest and respectful.
Next blog post
My next blog post will be published on Wednesday the 13th of April 2016.
It will be about how dating is a bit different when you’re older.
See you then,
Rickard
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