Tom Hanks was staring me down. “Lucky Guy,” he said to me.
That was the name of his Broadway play, and his face was giant on the marquee I was walking past. If the checkout page when I was purchasing my ticket to this Match.com Stir event was accurate, then yes, I guess I am a lucky guy. There were going to be more women than men tonight. Keep reading »
The two most popular online dating sites are popular for a reason. But both of them still exist for a reason. That reason is that they are both really great services; and they are very different from one another.
People often ask me “how much does match.com cost?” Many people are concerned with what online dating is going to cost them, and they want to get a good idea of those costs up-front. Keep reading »
Now that Christmas is over, New Year’s is just a few days away, and Valentine’s Day is less than two months away, thus begins THE dating season of the year. This isn’t just conjecture, it’s backed up with data, and it’s happening already – right now – the day after Christmas. You can see it at work with Google’s search data. Just look at the incredible activity on this graph, which shows how sharply searches for the most popular online dating sites have risen today:
eHarmony is going to be having a free communication weekend this upcoming weekend. What does that mean? Well, that means that not only will you be able to take their in-depth personality profile, and write your eHarmony profile, but you’ll also be able to communicate with matches. Keep reading »
My friend Gabe was striking out.
His eHarmony profile had been up for months, and he couldn’t get a date!
Gabe was discouraged that no one had shown interest. He was beginning to feel like eHarmony was a waste of time.
But before giving up, Gabe came to me for some eHarmony advice. He showed me his profile, and I could see why it wasn’t working.
So what was he doing wrong? Keep reading »
Are you tired of getting no replies to your dating profile? Zip, zero, nada?
Maybe you rewrite your profile every week, but you still don’t get messages.
It’s enough to make you consider deleting your profile and resigning yourself to the single life. But before you do that, you might want to check that you’re not making a very common mistake on your profile.
I see this mistake in almost every profile I look at. It’s just sad to think of how many dates people miss out on because of it. But before I tell you the mistake, can you see it for yourself? Check out this snippet from a real dating profile: Keep reading »
UPDATE: Want to know what these events are like? Check out my Match.com Stir Review. I even have a photo and video from an event I attended. –Russ
On one of my many Match.com dates – this one a few years ago – while chatting about the subject of online dating, one of my dates had a clever idea: “I want to message a bunch of people on Match.com, and invite them to a bar for a meetup. Not speed dating, just a bunch of single people getting dates.” I thought it was a great idea, but of course, neither of us ended up doing anything about it. Fortunately, we didn’t have to. Keep reading »
I've tried about every dating site you can imagine. If you've tried some of the "search and pick" style dating sites, like OkCupid, you know that it can be frustrating to find reliable people who are serious about finding a match. eHarmony tends to attract a crowd that really wants to find a solid relationship. They spend great effort trying to figure out just what makes two people work together. They use their formula to *only* send you matches that are right for you.
This post is one of a series of online dating site reviews I have planned for some of the best online dating sites. Since we just recently started offering eHarmony promotional codes, I thought it would be great to start with eHarmony. A few main points about eHarmony: Keep reading »
If you’re anything like me, you know that there’s little more motivating than having a deadline looming on the horizon. Suddenly you can think more creatively. Suddenly the project becomes a priority. Suddenly you are finally taking action. Keep reading »
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UPDATE: May 13, 2013. An update to the story about Gabe. In February, I attended the wedding of Gabe and Nancy, the girl mentioned in the story below. They got married on top of a mountain during a ski trip in The Rocky Mountains and it was beautiful! I was glad to be a part of it.
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My good friend, Gabe, and I are as different as can be. He’s a steady 9-5 engineer, and I’m an erratic entrepreneur type. He loves to watch sports, I don’t care at all. He prefers to own a house, and I prefer to rent and be able to move around as I please.
So it’s no surprise that he and I use different online dating sites. If you’ve been reading my advice, you know that I mention Match.com a lot. I like Match.com because I can sort through matches based upon looks, make sure we have a few things in common, and cut to the chase. Keep reading »
