Instant Messaging tips for online dating

Instant Messaging tips for online dating

| First Contact, Online Dating
Instant Messaging is great. You can chat with a number of friends, all at the same time, while doing work, watching TV, or reading on the web. Admittedly, I honed my online dating chops, chatting with random girls on AOL in the late 90's. There's something great abou
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'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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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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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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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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Match.com Free Trial: 7 Days!

Match.com Free Trial: 7 Days!

| Coupon Codes, Dating, Free Trials, Match, Online Dating, Online Dating Sites, Promo Codes, Tips & Advice, Uncategorized
UPDATE: February 16, 2010: I've put up a few more match.com promo codes in case a match.com free trial of 7 days isn't what you're looking for. For example, you can save 20% on your subscription instead. As I've mentioned many times, match.com is my favorite dati
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Don't sound like one of these guys

Don’t sound like one of these guys

| Dating Profile Strategy, Dating Profile Writing, Online Dating, Tips & Advice, Video
No matter how hard you might think writing on online dating profile is, at least it's a lot easier than this seems to be. Note how obnoxious these guys sound when they talk about the things they don't want. Also note, everybody wants to "have fun." At least the guy at t
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How to write an online dating profile

How to write an online dating profile

| Dating, Dating Profile Photos, Dating Profile Strategy, Dating Profile Writing, Match, Online Dating, Tips & Advice
Writing an online dating profile is the most daunting part of online dating; but there's little else so critical to your success. Since it is such a challenge, it's no surpise that many profiles are clearly given very little thought - either by being incredibly short, n
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Follow-up Online Dating Message Advice

Follow-up Online Dating Message Advice

| Dating, First Contact, First Date, Online Dating, Tips & Advice, Writing Messages
So, you've mined the conversation nuggets from your target's profile, you've sent short, funny, and brilliant one-line hook, and boom, you've gotten a response. Now what? This is a very critical point in the online dating process, but this is the final step before meeti
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What to say in a first online dating message

What to say in a first online dating message

| First Contact, Online Dating, Online Dating Sites, Tips & Advice, Writing Messages
OkCupid has conducted an interesting study regarding response rates based upon specific key words used in opening online dating messages. To summarize: Netspeak, such as "ur" and "luv" are a definite FAIL. However, expressing amusement by saying stuff like "h
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