After reviewing more than 5,000 online dating profiles of men and women using services like Lavalife.com, many of which were in Tucson, I found most to be pretty boring. I wasn’t getting a good feel for who the person was that I wanted to get to know better – or worse yet, I couldn’t understand what they were trying to get across in their profile.
In many instances, they were simple mistakes that could easily be avoided with a little bit of time and effort on the Tucson online dating profiler’s part. Listed here are three of the most commonly noticed mistakes that people make, and how to correct them so that you have many a potential suitor contacting you!
1. “I’m the One Your Mother Warned You About”
This line, along with a couple of others (another: I might be the one you’re looking for) are overused in the Tucson online dating scene. It’s easy to just write something trite and quick on your profile, but don’t you want to attract lots of attention, potentially from the actual type of person you ARE looking for?
Instead, before you post a profile, review your competition. Take a look at the other profiles on any Tucson online dating site that you are interested in, and peek at people of the same sex. What word combinations are they using to describe themselves? Do you see any themes? Did anything catch your eye, or make you upset?
Use this information to write your own online dating profile in Tucson, now. And make sure to avoid the clichés or sentences that your peers are using to stand out from the crowd.
2. Spelling, Grammar or Poor English Mistakes
”how r u doing?”, “a/s/l?”,“I’m a heteralsexual male.” – these three sentences are common mistakes in the online dating world, especially in Tucson.
Many new online dating profilers in Tucson aren’t going to know the acronym-based language that many Netziens use on a daily basis, like LOL (laugh out loud) or BTW (by the way). Plus, not taking the time to use a spell checker or write out an entire word not only smacks of poor Internet hygiene, but a lack of seriousness. Ask a friend to review your profile for you, or just throw it into MS Word for a quick check before posting anything on an online dating site in Tucson. This extra time will pay off in spades, later, when daters come flocking in droves to someone who is all about the details.
3. Wasting Space (To Have Enough Words in the Profile to Post)
Most online dating services in Tucson require a certain number of characters or words posted in an online dating service profile in order for the rest of the users to view it. Unfortunately, many people don’t bother to fill the space they have with anything useful to the reader.
It shows in all three examples here that taking your time to do something right pays off in the end, and that’s no exception when dating online in Tucson. Make sure you’ve really, accurately described yourself and the type of person you are looking for. If you do this correctly, you should have more problems editing your comments down to fit the space provided, rather than trying to fill the space with nonsense just to post something.