Here is an example of a descriptive sentence that is too vague: I like movies, music , and laughing.
Have you ever met someone who doesn’t like movies?…or music?…and laughing? That’s like hating back massages (maybe a rancid essential oil experience?).
OK, here’s a way to change this sentence into something specific to you: I love cult films, electronic music, and sarcasm. Not everyone loves cult films, electronic music gets on a lot of people’s nerves, and sarcasm is an art not everyone has mastered.
Simple changes such as this really give your …

How can you compete if you don’t even know what the competition is doing? Men today especially need to compete to grab a woman’s attention online—if she’s even remotely attractive, she’s inundated with dozens of emails every day. Figure out what other men are doing wrong, and let them be the error in the trial-and-error of online dating.

How do you spy on men without your profile showing up in their “who’s viewed me” page? Create a fake profile. That’s right, create a fake profile of a woman without a picture and do a search for all of the men in your age bracket. Women are already doing this to spy on other women–we are naturally very competitive and we want to know what Sally and Betty and Frieda are doing so that we can do it better.

Ask yourself, what are other men saying (or not saying) in their profile essays? If you were a woman, would you run the other way after looking

10 Tips on How to Write a Great Online Dating Profile

Unfortunately, profile writing 101 was never offered in school and most of us weren’t taught how to describe ourselves in two paragraphs. Here are a couple of pointers on how to write a great online dating profile; by following these tips, you will increase your chances of getting the right reaction from the right people, hopefully making online dating more rewarding.

1) Do keep it light and casual.

You want to write your online dating profile as if you just met someone in a relaxed situation, for example: while buying a birthday gift for a friend or taking your dog to the dog-park. What would you reveal to people in these situations? Your dating
profile should mirror this feeling. Your goal should be to share details about yourself without it sounding like you are applying for a job. Loosen up the mood by
making a couple of jokes; keep the tone light and engaging.

I just got back from a reality and documentary conference
in Santa Monica–three days full of producers pitching their “amazing”
works of art to major network executives. The one thing the network
executives kept driving home was how important it is to illustrate
rather than just describe something.
Due to the nature of most online dating sites, instead of video
footage you will have to illustrate your points using effectively
chosen photographs and text. For example, you mention that you love to
travel, well, now is the time to upload those pictures of you
traveling on a camel in …