Questions to ask on a date

Questions to ask on a date

| Dating, First Date, Tips & Advice
One of these days, I'll get around to writing a well-thought-out post on actually going on dates, but until then, check out Seth's post on questions to ask on a date, over at The Dating Papers. He'll tell you about Flash Factor, Need Factor, and Trunk Factor. While you'
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Writing Messages on Match: The One-Line Hook

Writing Messages on Match: The One-Line Hook

| First Contact, Match, Online Dating, Tips & Advice, Writing Messages
If, try as you might, you can't get a lady interested enough to wink on match.com instead of writing messages, and there's a special woman you're set on contacting, I've got a tip for you. Nothing I've found works better than "the one-line hook." This is a one-sentence
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Online Dating can at least be practice

Online Dating can at least be practice

| Match, Tips & Advice
I saw a smart comment on a thread on MetaFilter.com, regarding whether or not to date on Match.com. ...you will be busy with having coffee here, a glass of wine there, and trying out a new dessert bar at some other place. You're meeting people, finding out more about
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Match.com's

Match.com’s “Make Love Happen” Guarantee

| Match, Tips & Advice
While I've clearly come up with some good theories on online dating success, I still suffer from being very selective. Thus, with my latest Match.com subscription, I signed up for 6-months to get the "Make Love Happen" guarantee. It's simple. If you don't have a girlfri
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Match.com profile photo tips

Match.com profile photo tips

| Dating Profile Photos, Dating Profile Strategy, Match, Tips & Advice
It doesn't matter how well you write your profile, if you don't present yourself attractively with your profile photos, women won't even get to the part of reading about you. Period. A good main profile photo will ensure that a match click's through to see more when you
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Don't Write Messages on Match.com - Get Winks!

Don’t Write Messages on Match.com – Get Winks!

| Candidate Screening, First Contact, Match, Tips & Advice
So, you've browsed dozens of profiles, reading every last detail, and you've finally got your heart set on this one woman whom you're sure is the woman of your dreams. You spend hours trying to craft the wittiest message that you can, and lo and behold - she never write
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The Match.com

The Match.com “Who’s Viewed Me” Shuffle

| Candidate Screening, First Contact, Match, Tips & Advice
The trick to having a successful first contact with a potential match is getting her to contact you first; and for her to decide to contact you, she has to see you first. So, what I like to do is make a point of clicking through to alot of (attractive) women's profiles
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Watch out for

Watch out for “The Angles”: 5 online profile photo warning signs

| Candidate Screening, Dating Profile Photos, Tips & Advice
Judging the appearance of a potential online mate, soley from photos, can be nerve-racking. No matter how many photos a woman has on her profile, I always find myself with my nose about half-an-inch from the screen looking out for subtleties I may have missed at first g
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Choosing an online dating screenname

Choosing an online dating screenname

| Dating, Dating Profile Strategy, Dating Profile Writing, Online Dating, Tips & Advice
Personally, I don't pay a great deal of attention to a screenname on an online profile, but according to one study choosing the right screenname is important. Turns out that names like "fun2bewith" or "imsweet" tended to rank highly. But watch out, guys - don't get too
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Writing the

Writing the “About Me” Section of Your Match.com Profile

| Dating Profile Strategy, Dating Profile Writing, Match, Tips & Advice
There are few prospects more daunting than summing yourself up in a few hundred words on an online dating profile. Look around at enough women's profiles, and you're sure to see something to the effect of "it's so hard to write about myself" time and time again. Some wo
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Before you create an online dating profile

Before you create an online dating profile

| Archetypes, Dating Profile Strategy, Dating Profile Writing, Match, Tips & Advice
There are two important tips to follow before you begin your Match.com profile, or any online dating profile. Or hell, before you date at all: Get your shit together. You've heard it a million times, "you have to love yourself before you can love someone else," and
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