Things You'll Need:
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Step 1
Identify the Web site or the area on your online service where you intend to place your ad. Decide whether you are willing to pay a membership fee to a matchmaking service.
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Step 2
Read lots of personal ads on the chosen site. Make notes about the features of the best ads and the ones that turn you off.
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Step 3
Make a list of the traits and interests that make you unique.
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Step 4
List the qualities you seek in a romantic partner.
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Step 5
Write a draft of the ad, incorporating your key characteristics and the profile of the type of person you hope to find.
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Step 6
Represent yourself and your preferences accurately.
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Step 7
Show the ad to a couple of close friends, one of each gender. Get their feedback on the ad's effectiveness.
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Step 8
Rewrite the ad to make it clear and enticing.
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Step 9
Post your ad on a site that will attract the sort of people you want to meet and wait for the responses to pour in.








Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Before you submit an online ad you must read it out loud! If it doesn't feel natural to say, or if it sounds forced or cheesy, don't write it! Nothing comes across more fake or desperate than hokey lines like, "prince charming," "ms. independent," or the worst line, "I work hard and play hard."
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 At first, you should keep your profile description as ordinary and as simple as possible because (1) it is so easy to write something that might be taken as inappropriate, and (2) you limit your potentials by being too specific. That said, you can still write a lot - it's just not necessary or desirable to share so much at first.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Don't just ask if they have a picture they could send you. Ask if they have a picture OF THEMSELF. I asked someone to send me a picture and I got a photo of Curly from the 3 Stooges!
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Even though they send you a picture, be wary until you actually meet. I saw one and we met and she didn't look like the picture. And don't accept glamour shots as a picture unless she looks like that every day.