31 Dating Tips for Online Dating

1. Use recent pictures, and more than one of them. You want people liking you for you, right off the bat . no huge surprises.
2. In addition to saying what you do like, also spend time thinking about what you don't like. Saying no smokers, no hookups and prefer nearby might save you from being bombarded by non matches.
3. At the same time, be open-minded. Don't get so specific that you narrow down your type to 5'10", blonde and loaded.
4. Say a little something about yourself. Hobbies, occupation, favorite movie. Just enough so people know what you're about and want to message you.
5. Don't check your messages two, three, four times a day. Once a day or every other day is fine. It's a lot more encouraging to see five new messages than none.
6. Try and answer every e-mail honestly. If you just aren't interested in someone, say so, but politely. It's respectful. After all, they were kind enough to e-mail you. Don't they deserve some sort of response?
7. Chat with someone a while before you agree to meet. Meeting before you've exchanged any real information will make for an awfully boring and awkward first date, no matter how cute they are.
8. Set up a different e-mail address to trade photos and receive messages about your online profile. It keeps things more organized.
9. A creative headline for your profile will help attract attention.
10. Remember: Nude pics are fine, but if you e-mail them, anything can happen to them.
11. Update your profiles and change info frequently. This keeps your profile fresh and opens you up to a whole new crop of potential dates.
12. Don't get too personal. Giving out your number, name, place of employment should wait until you're ready to meet someone.
13. Lying about your stats will only come back to haunt you. People find these things out.
14. Before you agree to meet someone, take a step back and ask yourself if it's really a good match. If they smoke and you hate smokers, love television when you're an outdoor person and the only reason you're agreeing to meet is the hot pic, is it really worth your time?
15. Be positive. "Looking for someone to share my life with" or "in the mood for a good time" is a lot more enticing than "a friend told me I should give this a try."
16. Try phone chat before agreeing to meet someone in person. You can surprisingly tell a lot about someone by the way they handle themselves on the phone.
17. Use spell check. Coming off as uneducated is not the best sales pitch.
18. If you are going to put up a photo, make it well lit and attractive. Grainy, underexposed photos imply one thing. you're hiding something.
19. Know what you're looking for. If it's dating, great. Friends, great. Sex. say so. Beating around the bush isn't fair to others and it certainly won't help you.
20. Take your time. Throwing up a profile you haven't thought through may give the wrong impression about you to others. and it also might not shine you in the best light.
21. If you e-mail someone and they don't write back, sure, give it a second go. But two is plenty. If they still don't write back, they probably aren't interested, so move on.
22. Don't limit yourself to just one site. Trying out two or three dating sites will open you up to different types of people.
23. Remember . you don't have to only look for relationships online. The best relationships usually start as friendship, so keep your eyes open for those too.
24. Remember. you don't have to only look for relationships online. The best relationships usually start as friendship, so keep your eyes open for those too.
25. Ask a friend to look over your profile. We tend to downplay our good points. Someone who really likes you will flatter you in all the right ways.
26. 'Sup,' 'How goes it?', 'Nice pics.' Easy intros, but boring. Come on. You're e-mailing them for a reason. Something grabbed your attention. Why not tell them?
27. In the event you are hooking up for sex, two questions you must ask. Are you single? Do you know your HIV status? There are no guarantees they will tell the truth, but you still MUST ask, for your own safety.
28. At a loss for something to say about yourself? Try a quote from your favorite book, lyrics from a song that say a lot about you. You can be creative without busting your brain for just the right words.
29. Some people suggest trying two different profiles on the same site to attract different types of people. For examples, 'bad girl,' 'good girl.' 'Smart boy,' 'Jock boy.' If you're not sure what you're looking for, what better way to find out?
30. There is such a thing as talking with too many people online. You figure it out when you send an e-mail to one person that was meant for someone else and they get pissed. Keep it to three or four at a time. If they don't interest you, move on.
31. Never hop online to chat with people after a bad day. Always sit down with a positive attitude, because your mood carries over into e-mails, profiling and chatting.

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