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    Tricks to Get Your Online Dating Profile Noticed (VIDEO)

    So you signed up for an online dating site, but your inbox is a little bit empty. Before you go canceling that account, Cyber Dating Expert Julie Spira offers suggestions on what you should do next.

    It's important for women to realize that it's okay to actually initiate contact with a man. I have a saying, don't wait, initiate. I truly mean it because a man sometimes will be flattered when he sees your email in his inbox.

    Log on in the morning and keep your account open all day. By the time you come home for dinner you might have quite a few emails there. You might be surprised.

    Well, it's no secret that men love to gravitate to the new fresh face. Log on to your profile, and just tweak a few sentences here and there. Or, if you've recently done something interesting, add it to your profile to have it raise up to the top of the list.

    I think we need to look at online dating as an opportunity to expand your social and business network. So, I always say cast a very wide net. You just never know who you might meet, who could help you, or maybe you'll just make a new friend along the way.

    Now that you're getting noticed ...

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    About the author:
    Cyber Dating Expert Julie Spira is the author of the best-selling online dating book, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online, and founder of CyberDatingExpert.com.

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    2 comments

    • zodiac  •  1 year 6 months ago
      Online dating is NOT cool or safe! A young man was murdered in my town by a someone he met online. Sure everyone seems great online and they will tell you what ever you want to hear. Yes I have tried online dating and found it very scary! One man wanted me to come to his house to meet him I jokingly said oh how do I know you aren't a serial killer, he flipped out called me nasty names and said he never wanted speak to me again, Must have touched a nerve with him. Another was so clingy after our first meeting I couldn't stand it. I will not date online ever again. To many risks. I will not even go on a blind date.
    • Nose  •  1 year 6 months ago
      You have to be so very careful. I said I'd never go online to date but finally did cuz I was just not meeting any men anymore in person. I had to really learn to read between the lines and came across quite a few con-artists. I'm a very cautious and cynical person anyway and don't get fooled easily. I kept my guard up and came across a lot of weirdos, fakes, sickos, perverts, and clingy types. But I've also met a few good ones. Don't do it if you're not ready or are scared or vulnerable or whatever. Just be extremely careful and guard your heart and your money.

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