Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Brad
Below is a chart listing online dating site prices. This table has been created to be used as a reference and to give singles an idea of how much each dating service might cost. These prices may change at any time so be sure to verify the actual cost before you subscribe to any service.
Notes on Pricing
Keep in mind that services that charge more often have earned the right to do so. For example, even though eHarmony prices are some [...]
Filed under: online dating guide, online dating services
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Brad
I’ve looked at my fair share of online dating profiles and I wanted to talk about one of the bad habits I see in many profiles: the plea for contact. There are many examples of this; some good examples but honestly most of the time when I see someone trying to encourage communication it isn’t done in a good way. Here are some of the more common ways people will attempt this:
If you decide to contact me, I’m very flattered.
Please [...]
Filed under: dating profiles, online dating guide
Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Brad
There are some online dating sites that will automatically assign you a user name but most of the popular dating service (including Match and eHarmony) will require that you create your own user name. I recently had some traffic coming to my site where the people were obviously looking for the answer to that question so I wanted to briefly speak to this.
First, you need to keep in mind that your user name is not going to be very important [...]
Filed under: dating profiles, online dating guide
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Brad
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Writing your online dating profile can be a tricky thing. Many of us feel fine discussing ourselves in conversation but put us in front of a computer screen with a few text boxes to fill and we freeze up. I believe that writing a profile from the heart is the best option as it [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2010 by Brad
As I lay out in my online dating guide, I think one approach that should be taken with online dating is to date as many people as as you can simultaneously. There are many reasons for this such as gaining confidence and just improving your odds by the number of people you are meeting. However, I don’t want to go over all of that again here.
Instead, I wanted to direct my readers to an article at Dating Advice From A [...]
Filed under: dating articles, online dating guide
Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Brad
What is a VIP email message? It stands for “Very Interested Person” and this is a new type of message that Match.com is testing at the time of this writing (right now only some users are currently able to use). You should see a “Use Your VIP Email” button when you’re writing an email if you’re in the group of users who have this feature enabled.
A VIP email has a few rules and features that make it significantly different than [...]
Filed under: dating advice, online dating guide
Posted on February 14th, 2010 by Brad
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine’s day and remind everyone that your ability to have a great day shouldn’t be determined solely based on your relationship status. Most of the dating service deals going on will be ending today but one last one will be occurring at Lavalife tonight.
Lavalife will be allowing everyone to use their service from free from 6PM until midnight. I added this to my previous article (see above) but since it was such a [...]
Filed under: online dating guide
Posted on February 12th, 2010 by Brad
This is the second part of my discussion regarding online dating advice. You can find more of my thoughts behind this in the first post, on why some dating advice can be more harmful than helpful.
1. Easy Answers
In many cases there is no easy answer. The people who are selling easy answers often believe the answers are easy…even though they’re not. Their personal experience of having an easy time with a problem gives them a very wrong impression of how [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Brad
As I discuss in my online dating guide, I think it’s best to be prepared for the worst when going on a first date. By no means did all of my online first dates go bad (many went great) but there were more than a few that I expected to go well that went horribly. As I’ve suggested, I think the best approach is to tell the person you’ll be meeting that you will only be available for a short [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2010 by Brad
One of the most important things to be concerned with on any first date is ensuring things start off the right way. Several studies have suggested that the first moments of interacting with someone are the most important. Most people who have been dating online for a substantial amount of time don’t need a study to tell us this: plenty of us have known within the first few minutes that a first date was going to be the last.
Making sure [...]
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Posted on January 9th, 2010 by Brad
What is the best dating service on the internet? This is a popular question and that makes sense since none of us want to waste our time or money with a bad dating service. The answer to this question, though, isn’t a simple one.
It’s All About Your Situation
My thought on this is that there is no universally “best” dating service. Each individual’s situation will determine what is best for them. For example, when I started dating online, the “best” dating [...]
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Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Brad
For most of us, when we start dating online there is some level of disappointment within the first few weeks of signing up for a dating service. From the outside looking in, dating services appear full of single people looking to date. While that’s true, what most of us get wrong (including myself, initially) is the idea that this fact alone will be enough to make dating online easy. As I discuss in my guide and all through this blog, [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Brad
Another year is about to begin and it’s time for people to begin making New Year’s resolutions. There are plenty of popular choices like losing weight, quitting smoking, or even trying to read more books. I would like to recommend to singles out there to see finding that special someone as your resolution this year.
Many people don’t see dating as something they would need a resolution to do. I think this is often a mistake. As veterans of online dating [...]
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Posted on December 18th, 2009 by Brad
If you’re new to online dating or still considering signing up, figuring out where to start or what service to use can be difficult. Here I’ll provide 5 tips to get your online dating life moving.
1. Sign Up At A Free Dating Site
First and most important: sign up for a free dating service. I recommend OKCupid although Plenty of Fish is the most popular. I can’t recommend Plenty of Fish because I believe the service fails to provide singles with [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2009 by Brad
I’ve not had much to say lately…and by lately I mean for the last year or so. I always had a vision for my site: share what I had learned from online dating with others. Once I had posted all the concrete examples I had to share I found myself looking for excuses to post (and I don’t feel like these posts were all that helpful). Eventually I decided to stop posting, allowing to let the site continue on as-is. [...]
Filed under: dating advice, dating links, online dating guide
Posted on March 1st, 2008 by Brad
When I started writing my online dating guide, I had hoped it would be helpful to people that were either brand new to online dating or who were considering using a dating service. However, based on my traffic, it appears that most of my readers are already taking advantage of an online dating service. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I suspect my guide is much less useful to people who have experience with online dating. For example, advice [...]
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Posted on December 20th, 2007 by Brad
I’ve been receiving a healthy amount of traffic to my blog posts lately. Surprisingly, very little of that traffic ends up viewing my online dating guide. I had anticipated that people would find my site through the individual posts but end up reading the dating guide. I looked into the statistics to try to understand where most of my traffic is coming from and, using that, discover what readers are actually interested in. I categorized as many of the searches [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2007 by Brad
I was recently contacted by someone from the Plucker project with interest in converting my guide to a format for Palm handhelds that could be viewed offline. I was not familiar with Plucker but saw no reason to decline the offer so now the guide is available for handhelds here. Hopefully someone out there using a handheld who would never have found the guide otherwise will find it useful!
Filed under: online dating guide, technology
Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by Brad
Today we got together with a friend who needed some help with his dating profile. In particular, he didn’t have any photographs that he felt were appropriate for his purpose. The best photos he had always seemed to involve his arm around a woman and he wanted to avoid posting those (a wise decision I suspect). My wife is currently taking photography classes so it seemed to work out perfectly: he gets new pictures that won’t put-off potential dates and [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2007 by Brad
I’ve finally finished my online dating guide (and it did take quite some time). I would encourage any visitor to check out the guide at here and let me know what you think!
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