Articles found in: dating profiles

How Do I Write an Email to a Woman with Nothing Interesting in Her Profile?

Published on December 19, 2009

I see this question come up from time to time. The first question I always find myself asking is: Why? Why would you want to contact someone who had nothing interesting in her profile? I already know the answer as it’s not too hard to figure out: she’s attractive. Even though I wonder at contacting […]

Keep reading

My Dating Profile Gets Lots of Views But I Get No Emails

Published on November 30, 2009

Does your profile get a lot of attention but you’re not getting any contacts from other online daters? I wanted to discuss a few possibilities on why this can happen. One major assumption I’ll be making is that you have a good profile photo. As I’ll discuss later in this article, a good photo is […]

Keep reading

Online Dating Photos: Tips to Help Improve Success

Published on November 11, 2009

Recently I was contacted by a reader who requested that I look over her profile because she felt like she wasn’t having an appropriate amount of success. She seemed primarily concerned that she may have written it poorly. Well, I took a look and I thought her text was actually quite good. She described herself […]

Keep reading

If I Am Shy, Should I Mention It In My Online Dating Profile?

Published on November 10, 2009

This is a question shy men often ask due to the dilemma of wanting to be as honest as possible when dating online but, at the same time, not wanting to hurt their chances with women who may reject a man who mentions this trait. I believe the answer to this question really depends on […]

Keep reading

Getting a Professionally Written Online Dating Profile

Published on November 5, 2009

Writing a profile that stands out is a difficult task for most of us. When asked to describe ourselves, it turns out most of us sound exactly the same. Whether we’re easy-going or fun-loving, whether we love going out or love cuddling up for a movie in, whether we hate playing games or love the […]

Keep reading

10 Dating Profile Headings for Software Engineers

Published on October 24, 2009

I’ve been thinking about doing some online dating profile heading testing (that’s a mouthful!). I’m hoping to share the results here as I currently have a theory that weird or hard to understand headings may work as well as any other. At any rate, while thinking of a good profile heading to test out I […]

Keep reading

Funny Dating Profiles

Published on December 3, 2007

First a warning: this article does not tell you how to create a funny dating profile. It explains why trying too hard to create a funny profile is a bad idea. There are many things that should be a part of your profile (which I cover in my online dating guide) but being funny, especially […]

Keep reading

Worth A Thousand Words? How about $150?

Published on October 22, 2007

Recently, when a friend needed photos for his online dating profile, it was a good opportunity for my wife (who is a professional photographer) to get some portrait shots while helping a friend at the same time. The shoot went well and our friend genuinely liked the photos and had them up on his profile […]

Keep reading

A Second Dating Profile Review

Published on October 15, 2007

Last week, I was contacted with a request to review another online dating profile. Her profile was good although both Kate and I had a few comments. The profile has been shortened to only cover specific areas that advice was offered for: The Profile For fun I love going to the city – anything with […]

Keep reading

A Profile Review

Published on October 10, 2007

A friend asked that I review his dating profile to see if there was anything he could improve on. In the past when reviewing dating profiles, I’ve always included my wife since I like to have a woman’s opinion. As you’ll see, we don’t always agree! What follows is a trimmed down version of his […]

Keep reading