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Profile Writing Tips
Profile Writing Tips |
| Profile Writing Tips Once your headline makes someone want to learn more about you, the trick is to keep his or her attention. Don't feel like you have to sell yourself; just be open and honest. Ask a friend to help you write your profile, and have another friend read it afterwards. Keep the following advice in mind to help you create a winning profile. Get to the point! Avoid beginning by complaining about how hard it is to write a profile or find a quality mate; everyone here has to do just that. Dive right into describing yourself and what makes you tick. Focus on your strengths! Write about your hobbies, involvement in your community, interesting work or travels-whatever it is that makes you special. Think about your ideal match, and write as though you're talking specifically to that person. Be honest! An "avid tennis player" is not someone who started taking lessons last weekend. The walk from your desk to the parking lot-no matter how briskly you do it-does not count as "exercises daily". Remember that your match will assume everything you write to be true; once you decide to meet offline, you don't want any uncomfortable surprises. Be realistic! The words you choose can alienate potential matches, so go easy on phrases like "drop-dead gorgeous" and "looking for the perfect mate." Set your expectations high, but keep them real too. Describe what's important to you! Don't be afraid to mention qualities that are important to you in a relationship; loyalty, the ability to communicate and listen, intelligence and humor are good examples. Put those qualities front and center, and avoid emphasizing characteristics that are less important to you. Give some thought to why your best relationships have worked well and why the worst worked so badly; maybe you'll discover a pattern there. Check your spelling and grammar! Your profile tells your potential matches what to expect from you in an offline conversation; it's all anyone really has to determine your personality and your ability to communicate. Although it might be completely unfair to assume, misspelled words can make people judge you as being uneducated or illiterate. Take a few extra minutes to check your spelling. Try writing your profile in a word processing application first; running spell check, making corrections and copying the text into your profile. Rosie, The Love Vixen |
