Successful Online Dating

1 Specify What You Want

- Decide what kind of dating or relationship you want, define if you are looking for marriage-minded relationship or long-term relationship without any marriage plans; short-term casual dating ranging from few weeks to few months or even intimate encounters for very short-time frames such as days.This step helps you identify what you are looking for.

Why do you have to define what kind of dating or relationship you want? This way you can search for online dating sites based on your decision.There are several sites focusing on marriage minded and long term relationships as well as some that focus on casual, short term and intimate relations.

2 Select Your Dating Site

Browse each online dating site very carefully. Look and read profiles and try to decipher what the other person is searching for. Some online dating sites will allow you to browse profiles without registering first therefore you can can use this opportunity to browse their dating profiles and assess whether that online dating site is your "kind of place".

3 Set Up Your Amazing Profile

This is one of the key steps that a lot of people forget or don’t take the time to properly complete often because they don’t have the time to write a detailed profile; or they think they are not going to be contacting people anyway so why bother; or they think what is the point etc.

Your profile is your first impression to your future/potential partner.When a potential partner is looking through profiles and see an empty profile without a picture you have instantly failed to make an impression. Therefore, a completed profile is a must.

A picture adds another thousand words to your profile. If you wish to remain Anonymous in the beginning a dating profile without a picture then so be it. You can begin by creating your profile details but please have something in your profile other than single lines such as "hot guy looking for a hot girl"; "If you are cute email me"; "sexy girl wants her cute boy friend" or "just looking"!.

4 Using the Dating Site Features

- Not all online dating sites have the same feature set.Depending on whether each dating site charges per month or whether they are free the features offered as part of their program will differ. Most dating sites will allow you to post your profile for free. When you browse their existing profiles and you find a person you like to contact most sites will not let you contact them before you pay a membership fee.

If the site is free then you are allowed to contact or show interest via either a "wink" or an "Instant Messenger" or an internal email via the site.Each of these features will be useful in their own right. A quick and easy method to show your interest is to send a wink or a fixed message on LL. This way you don’t have to come up with your own chat up line or other creative ways of getting attention.ex. The dating site will have predefined messages setup so you just select one wink you like and then voila!! your desired person will receive your wink.

Sometimes it is better to Instant Message a person especially if you find that person rarely comes online and you want to grab their attention. Best of all, an email to the interested party is better because you can describe yourself and create a great first impression.

Emails are the best solution for a number of reasons. For example, if you IM a person and they reject you at that moment because they don’t know much about you some sites may forbid you to contact that same person again - even by email. If the online dating site you signed up is fortunate enough to have chat rooms you can say hi in the chat room and then take the conversation to a private mode for more privacy.

5 Take Your Time To Get To Know

Some people who start dating online rush into things, which they later regret. It is critical that you get to know the other person very well before meeting in person There are several reasons for this. Firstly, your only interaction with this online person has been through Instant Message, Chat, Email or a combination of these.

Sometimes you may have adavanced the relationship to a phone conversation by exchanging numbers. In either of the above mediums the other person can create a make believe scenario, i.e. physical features that might blind you from your normal logical thinking. So it is very important to get to know them from all angles before committing to meet them in person. One of the best ways is to ask open ended questions.

Whatever you do never assume anything about the other person. This is not fair to you because you are not telling yourself the truth and not fair to the other person because you are misjudging them.When you are ready to meet choose a place to where you feel comfortable and safe. Be yourself and enjoy the dating process. Best of all have fun getting to know the other person. If it is not fun then it is not worth your time.

GOOD LUCK!

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