There’s one profile type that always prompts members to comment via email or in feedback forms.
It is the profile created by someone who fills the description box with the letter x. A whole series of them, so you get this: xxxxxxxxxxxx. More than a few, of course – they fill the whole space.
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The X profiles
The photo factor
In December last year I wrote about the importance of adding a photo to your profile.
Online dating is now mainstream and an accepted way of meeting people. So it can be a wasted effort to create a profile (even a well-written one) without at least one photo.
Even if you say you’ll add a photo in a few [...]
The quality factor
A lot of people have joined dating websites and come across profiles saying: I will fill this in later, or: If you have any questions just ask.
I cannot see the point of such profiles. It is a bit like showing up at a speed dating event, a party, or any other kind of gathering, and [...]
A photo really does help your chances of success
There’s no doubt that in the world of online dating adding a photo to your profile is a must.
It’s accepted that that profiles with a photo are much more likely to receive more messages from other daters than those without a photo.
Members may think that profiles without photos are not be real. Or they may think they have [...]
Better profile headlines
There is more than one approach to writing a profile headline.
Your headline could describe what you are looking for. Here are a couple of good examples:
Seeking walks, talks and hugs – a straight headline but it tells the reader a lot what the member seeks in a partner.
