What Online Daters Can Learn from Marketers

What Online Daters Can Learn from Marketers

Russ Ruggles | Writing Messages
Unless you live completely off the grid (though you probably wouldn't be on this website), you probably buy things at one point or another. Whether you like it or not, your purchases are influenced by marketers. Someone identified you as a potential customer, developed
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What online dating questions are okay to not answer?

What online dating questions are okay to not answer?

Russ Ruggles | Dating, Dating Profile Photos, Dating Profile Strategy, Dating Profile Writing, Match, Online Dating, Tips & Advice
I came across something I hadn't seen before: a woman's profile who left her "body type" blank. Nuh uh, I said - you have to answer that one for me to consider you! Of course, I know enough about looking out for the angles, that it's hard to fool me when it comes
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Questions to ask on a date

Questions to ask on a date

Russ Ruggles | Dating, First Date, Tips & Advice
One of these days, I'll get around to writing a well-thought-out post on actually going on dates, but until then, check out Seth's post on questions to ask on a date, over at The Dating Papers. He'll tell you about Flash Factor, Need Factor, and Trunk Factor. While you'
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Writing Messages on Match: The One-Line Hook

Writing Messages on Match: The One-Line Hook

Russ Ruggles | First Contact, Match, Online Dating, Tips & Advice, Writing Messages
If, try as you might, you can't get a lady interested enough to wink on match.com instead of writing messages, and there's a special woman you're set on contacting, I've got a tip for you. Nothing I've found works better than "the one-line hook." This is a one-sentence
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Online Dating can at least be practice

Online Dating can at least be practice

Russ Ruggles | Match, Tips & Advice
I saw a smart comment on a thread on MetaFilter.com, regarding whether or not to date on Match.com. ...you will be busy with having coffee here, a glass of wine there, and trying out a new dessert bar at some other place. You're meeting people, finding out more about
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Match.com's

Match.com’s “Make Love Happen” Guarantee

Russ Ruggles | Match, Tips & Advice
While I've clearly come up with some good theories on online dating success, I still suffer from being very selective. Thus, with my latest Match.com subscription, I signed up for 6-months to get the "Make Love Happen" guarantee. It's simple. If you don't have a girlfri
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Match.com profile photo tips

Match.com profile photo tips

Russ Ruggles | Dating Profile Photos, Dating Profile Strategy, Match, Tips & Advice
It doesn't matter how well you write your profile, if you don't present yourself attractively with your profile photos, women won't even get to the part of reading about you. Period. A good main profile photo will ensure that a match click's through to see more when you
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Don't Write Messages on Match.com - Get Winks!

Don’t Write Messages on Match.com – Get Winks!

Russ Ruggles | Candidate Screening, First Contact, Match, Tips & Advice
So, you've browsed dozens of profiles, reading every last detail, and you've finally got your heart set on this one woman whom you're sure is the woman of your dreams. You spend hours trying to craft the wittiest message that you can, and lo and behold - she never write
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The Match.com

The Match.com “Who’s Viewed Me” Shuffle

Russ Ruggles | Candidate Screening, First Contact, Match, Tips & Advice
The trick to having a successful first contact with a potential match is getting her to contact you first; and for her to decide to contact you, she has to see you first. So, what I like to do is make a point of clicking through to alot of (attractive) women's profiles
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Watch out for

Watch out for “The Angles”: 5 online profile photo warning signs

Russ Ruggles | Candidate Screening, Dating Profile Photos, Tips & Advice
Judging the appearance of a potential online mate, soley from photos, can be nerve-racking. No matter how many photos a woman has on her profile, I always find myself with my nose about half-an-inch from the screen looking out for subtleties I may have missed at first g
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