Here at Surrey Online Dating, we want you to get the most out of your memberships and enjoy the best possible success from our service. Here are some hints and tips to help you make the best possible impression online.
Make the first move.
It’s always hard to initiate the first contact both face to face and online. However, you are on this site to meet new people so why not make that first step. Reaching out to someone is very flattering and being a pro-active sort of person will make you very attractive.
Check the site regularly.
By checking back in on a regular basis, not only can you can keep up with any new members and see if any of them take your fancy, but also will let you promptly reply to any messages that you’ve received. No-one likes to be kept waiting and you don’t want to let Mr or Mrs Right pass you by because you were tardy!
Put your best face forward.
Research shows that profiles with a photo get far more attention and contact than those without. Upload a good (and recent!) photo of yourself, preferably happy and let everyone see your winning smile! Try to give the best possible impression of yourself, avoid pictures in the nude, drunk or hanging onto your ex-partner!
Keep your profile up to date.
A least once every couple of weeks, login and check that your profile still represents you how you’d like. We all lead hectic lives and its good to keep your profile up to speed. Add in your new hobby, upload a new picture of yourself looking fantastic on holiday or just mention a great new film you’ve seen.
Target your messages.
Make sure you have read the profile of the person you are contacting, ask questions about some of the things they mention, compliment them and introduce yourself. Write each message individually, its very easy to spot a mass message and it really doesn’t show you are interested in someone if you can only be bothered to swap their name into a generic message.
Keep it light.
Dating should be a fun task and the best impression you can make of yourself is as someone who is enjoying the whole experience!
Be respectful.
You may not be at all interested in someone who has contacted you, but they have put themselves out to message you. Be complimented by their contact and why not just message back to thank them for getting in touch and gently say that you are looking for someone different.
Be you.
The most important thing is that you are true to yourself. Be honest about who you are and what you are looking for. Its ok for you to have different hopes and fears than a contact you’ve made, and its best to be honest about your differences upfront (without being confrontational) rather than regret it any thing you have or haven’t said later.
Keep the faith.
Online Dating has proven to be successful, but it doesn’t always happen over night. Don’t let the fact that your dream date has ignored your messages get you down. Regroup, search again and see if any of our new members tickles your fancy.