How to Make Your Dating Profile Stand Out From the Rest on a Website
One of the biggest challenges in online dating is standing out from the pack. People look through hundreds of profiles when searching an online dating site, and if yours looks like all the others, you're less likely to find a good match. It takes surprising delicacy to make your profile stand out: you want to appear natural and honest yet still draw their attention in an appealing manner . It works by concentrating on all aspects of your profile.
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Use the right picture. Right or wrong, people get their first impression of you with the picture you post. You want one that focuses on you--preferably without anyone else in the picture and with a good look at your face--but you also want something that reflects something unique and appealing. Maybe it shows you in a great costume you wore for Halloween, or engaging in an activity like feeding an elephant. Anything that departs from normal pictures of weddings or tourist snaps is a good idea.
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Prepare a description of yourself that departs from the norm. Most people write their descriptions in first person, delivering a boiler plate of who they are and what they're looking for. You can spice that up by changing the format. Pen your description as a short poem, or write in third person as if you were the main character in a novel. Be sure you stay on topic--you still want to let people know who you are--and don't attempt anything beyond your skills as a writer. But a unique description that's fun to read will entice more people to respond.
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Pick a good tagline. Most online dating sites attach a brief "title" to your profile, consisting of a few words quickly describing who you are. Think of this as an advertisement: you want it to grab the viewer's attention and linger in the mind. Try to come up with something humorous and catchy. Alternately, you can take a sincere approach and try to present some unique aspect about yourself. If you don't feel sufficiently witty, you can borrow someone else's purple prose: find a quote from a favorite author which you feel encapsulates you best. Stay away from song quotes--they're used often on online sites--but a literary quote or a piece of poetry can lend a distinctive tone to your profile.
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Tips & Warnings
While you want to present your best face on a dating website, it always pays to be honest. Don't brag about phony accomplishments or post a picture of someone other than yourself. Many dating sites forbid it and even if they don't, whoever you meet will most likely find out. Be open about who you are: everyone is distinctive and you're bound to find plenty of extraordinary attributes without resorting to tricks.
