Top 10 Online Profile Tips

By Melanie on April 24th, 2011

Since online dating sites are home to millions of singles seeking their special someone, they literally have oceans of online dating profiles. Unfortunately, most of them are dull, boring, uninteresting, and incomplete, hardly warranting a second look. If you are serious about finding your special someone, your profile needs to stand out in this ocean of profiles. You need to create a unique, interesting, attractive profile that not only gives the viewer a very good idea of who you are and what you want, but should also attracts the best people out there. Here is a collection of 10 tips that has helped singles creating effective dating profiles.

1. Have the right attitude
Nobody likes a grouse; we all feel happy in the company of cheerful, confident, happy, and optimistic people. If you are not feeling optimistic for some reason, put off writing that dating profile till your feel brighter.
Avoid complaining about bad dates, terrible experiences, and so on in your profile; focus on things that you love and admire. You special someone will get attracted to you only if you portray yourself as a bright, cheerful, and optimistic person.

2. Be Unique and Interesting
If you go through a few of the hundreds and thousands of dating profiles out there, you will come across that almost all the writers are “funny, fun-loving, hard working, honest, or attractive” or that they all “love the beach, the outdoors, fishing, and so on.”
You might be speaking the truth when you say that you love the beach, but then hundreds of people love the beach. To make your profile appear unique, you must specify the ways in which your love for the beach differs from that of others.

3. Be Specific
If you create a dating profile and then find yourself attracting unwanted people, you have only yourself to blame because you did not state your requirements specifically in your profile. Specify that you want to meet someone in the age range of 30 – 35 and you will never be approached by people in their forties and fifties. Specify that you want a clean-shaven man with exceptional conversational skills, and you will never be approached by a bearded, tongue-tied man.

4. Update Your Profile
You can make your profile a winner by changing the header and photograph as often as possible. Be at your creative best while choosing a header and take time to choose some excellent photographs.

5. Don’t Boast
You might have a great opinion of yourself, but you will put people off if you focus too much on your good looks, your intelligence, your abilities, your achievements, and your various qualifications. While it is alright to mention these facts, avoid getting arrogant or repetitive because you will not only put off prospective suitors, but will also create the impression that you are insecure. As far as possible, avoid talking about your good looks and let your photo do that for you.

6. Put Your Bet Photo forward
Your profile photo should be good, but it should not be too good to be true. Your profile photo should be your own photo and not that of someone else. Ask your trusted friends to choose the best of a pile of photographs and use that as a dating profile photograph. Ideally, your profile photo should be a full-length photograph of a well-dressed, smiling you.

7. Spell Check
A profile full of spelling errors is very difficult to read and might put off the best people on the matchmaking site; therefore, run a spell check before posting it online.

8. Post Photos
If you want to attract a lot of attention from the right people, posting a photo is a given You can also post an audio greeting or a short video of yourself to attract many more high-quality dates.

9. Complete Your Profile
Your profile should be as complete as possible. Never use phrases such as “tell you later,” “not now,” “uh…I don’t know,” as these are major put offs. Answer each profile question fully and as truthfully as possible.

10. Ask a Friend
If you feel that you have “never been good at writing,” enlist the help of a friend whose writing skills you admire. Take time to frame each sentence so that you say the right thing and convey the right message. Avoid revealing personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and so on. Before submitting your dating profile, ask a few trusted friends to read it and give you an honest feedback, and make the required changes.

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