'Tis the Season for Online Dating

‘Tis the Season for Online Dating

| Online Dating
The time between Christmas and Valentine's day is the most active online dating time all year long. This is probably for the following reasons: The holidays are over: people put off dating, and are fresh from spending the holidays without a boyfriend / girlfriend.
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Why You Should Lie in Your Online Dating Profile

Why You Should Lie in Your Online Dating Profile

| Dating Profile Strategy, Tips & Advice
Talk to anyone who has dated online, and they will tell you that they encounter lying in dating profiles. Men will lie about their height, and women will do what it takes to appear more slim. It turns out, these people are onto something. A study by Nicole Ellison of
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Ask Russ: Someone Winked at Me - Are They a Match Member?

Ask Russ: Someone Winked at Me – Are They a Match Member?

| Tips & Advice
I got a good question via e-mail today: I was reading your blog post about eliciting winks from gals on match.com, and also the post pointing out that the majority of people with profiles aren't actually members.  So my question is, when you receive a wink 1) how can
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Don't Talk About Yourself

Don’t Talk About Yourself

| Writing Messages
One of the most common complaints I hear from women about guys they date is that they talk about themselves too much. To see this phenomenon in action, watch any episode of Millionaire Matchmaker. It's natural to want to talk about yourself. After all, what in this worl
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Why You Should Log into Match Every Day

Why You Should Log into Match Every Day

| Tips & Advice
Because smart folks know that you have a better chance of getting a response if you message members who are active in the past 24 hours. So, they sort by "Activity Date" (just like you hopefully do when you do the who's viewed me shuffle). So, if you show up as "act
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Ask Russ: Time or Day of Online Dating Messages?

Ask Russ: Time or Day of Online Dating Messages?

| Writing Messages
An interesting e-mail question I got about time of day you send your online dating messages: Does the time you email someone matter? Currently I make it a rule not to respond to or send emails over the weekend (Friday night until Sunday night). Does the time I send
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Match.com's VIP Mail, and Why You Shouldn't Use It

Match.com’s VIP Mail, and Why You Shouldn’t Use It

| Match
You may have noticed a brand-new feature on Match.com today. It's called "VIP mail." Basically, it's a "special" message that you can only send once per week. The idea being that whomever you send it to will be impressed and flattered. Funny thing is, when you start
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How to find the best women on Match.com

How to find the best women on Match.com

| Candidate Screening
Sort your matches by "Newest First." High quality women get more attention in real life, and online is far from being an exception. Keep an eye on this because you can get to her before she gets so bombarded by morons that she gives up on the site entirely. Since
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7 Reasons Your Online Dating Profile Photo Sucks

7 Reasons Your Online Dating Profile Photo Sucks

| Dating Profile Photos, Dating Profile Strategy, Match, Online Dating, Tips & Advice
If you want to have any success in online dating, you'd better have good profile photos. No matter how well you've written your online dating profile, having good photos will make sure more matches click through to your profile, give you winks, respond to your messages,
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Guys like, girls love

Guys like, girls love

| Dating, Dating Profile Writing, Interesting, Match, Tips & Advice
I set out to find some patterns in the words people choose in their online dating profiles. The main interesting pattern I found was that women use the word "love" over "like" by a ratio of about 3 to 2. Guys use the word "like" over "love" by a ratio of about 4 to 3. H
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Top 10 Mistakes in Online Dating Profiles

Top 10 Mistakes in Online Dating Profiles

| Dating Profile Photos, Dating Profile Strategy, Dating Profile Writing, Online Dating, Tips & Advice
I've told you plenty about what you should do with your online dating profile; but here's some don'ts. These mostly apply to the guys, but ladies, watch out for some of this stuff, too. Talking About Yourself Too Much: It's your online dating profile, so it stands t
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Think you don't want a date?

Think you don’t want a date?

| Interesting, Match, Online Dating
You probably soon will want a date. Summer is ending, and the holidays are near. See here on Google trends that there is a huge spike in searches for "match.com" right around Christmas. This is probably due to: Being alone during the holidays. Being around fami
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