All posts tagged with online dating profiles for women

If I don’t have cleavage should I still online date?

The other day, a client sent me a link to an article that outlines data collected by okCupid. In it, the article says that 32-year old women with cleavage shots garner 79 percent more hits than, presumably, those profiles of women without cleavage. My client’s small-breasted. These stats made her frantic. But first, let’s think critically – though the article uses words like “research” and “statistics”, and though the founders of okCupid are mathematicians, this is hardly what anyone would… read more

The online dating profile tip for women (that men will love).

I read a number of random dating profiles today of single, straight women  and decided that they’d be as appealing to men as the words “we need to talk”. Ladies, there’s nothing quite so misguided as filling up your profile with long, emotional narratives that culminate with verses by Rumi. Seriously, a lot of women’s dating profiles read like Harlequin romances. Harlequin  – you know those books that are all the rage among men (yes, I’m being facetious). Still others… read more

Online dating profiles and the biggest mistake women make.

A blog inspired by International Women’s Day. As an online dating profile writer, it’s my job to check out common mistakes made on dating profiles. I tend to take a critical eye based on my marketing expertise (I’ve been an ad writer for years). Nevertheless, there’s one mistake that women make and it has nothing to do with marketing fundamentals. It has everything to do with self-esteem. That is – too many women make the mistake of apologizing for themselves.… read more