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Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato - Get your online dating profile in 5 minutes
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Article Subject: Get your online dating profile in 5 minutes
Article Link: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41432454/ns/today-tech_and_science/
Article Rating: 3.5 (out of 5)
Websites : ProfileWiz, ProfileHelper.com, DatingprofileCoach.com
Dr. Dato’s Brief:
If you start by saying how the online industry has changed people’s lives ie. paying bills online, checking your bank accounts etc. then you won’t be surprised to learn that life has gotten easier for online daters too! This comes in the shape of ‘profile creation” which are being offered by a number of different sites.
We all know how hard it can be to create that ‘perfect’ profile on all these online dating sites, so some creative thinkers got thinking and started their online services where they create your profile for a small fee. They will produce a 500 word profile with all the proper grammar and screened for spelling errors. Although, the idea seems very novel, I can’t imagine that many people using this kind of service.
At the end of the day, you are essentially answering questions that are also posed in the dating sites that you are trying to join, plus you have to break down the 500 word essay to fit the site of your choice. A better idea for these sites would be to create profiles according to the dating sites that you intend to join. For example, having a ‘profile-ready’ answers to some of the dating sites such as match.com, plentyoffish.com, jumpdates.com and so on. Maybe I should patent this idea, who knows?
can someone better than you write your own dating profile?
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Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato - How To Succeed In Online Dating
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Article Subject: How To Succeed In Online Dating
Article Link: http://www.yourromanceguide.com/articles/dating/how-to-succeed-in-online-dating.php
Article Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Website: none
Dr. Dato’s Brief:
This is a very good article on the various aspects of online dating, particularly if you are a newbie but it also helps old-timers to get out of their bad habits that they may have developed.
The post breaks down into categories the important parts related to online dating and they include the following;
- 1. Find the right dating site
- 2. Make the right profile
- 3. Get the right photograph
- 4. Have a positive attitude
- 5. Don’t take everyone seriously
- 6. Keep interactions light
- 7. Don’t speak about your past
- 8. Do not mention sex or sexual preferences
- 9. Giving out personal information should be avoided
- 10. Arrange to meet
All the sections provide sound advice and I can elaborate and add a few pointers myself to some of the sections:
3. Get the right photograph
It’s important not just to have a good primary photo but also a selection of photos that shows you in your element. For example, if you like dancing, gardening etc. to show you in that activity. Make sure that the primary photo clearly shows your face and is not obscured because people are often attracted by the faces and if you don’t have a clear photo, other members are likely to make an assumption about your looks and you could potentially lose some of those members.
4. Don’t take everyone seriously:
This is a very valid point, because in online dating, people don’t often think too hard when they write something. You may find someone you had a struck a good repertoire sounds offensive all of a sudden. This maybe due to the time constraint that people have in their daily lives and it is not always meant to be personal.
The final point I wanted to add and if there was an 11th point to this article is don’t give up! It takes time, patience and energy to find the person of your dreams. After all, lets say in the world of no online dating sites, would you give up the hunt for your partner that easily?
online dating world requires much patience to find your ideal mate!
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Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato - Medical Passions Introduces Free Dating & Social Networking for Members of the Medical Community
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Article Subject: Medical Passions Introduces Free Dating & Social Networking for Members of the Medical Community
Article Link: http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=95557
Website: medicalpassions.com
Dr. Dato’s Brief:
Here is another posting on ‘categories’ that some online dating sites are adopting today in order to drive badly needed customers to their website. This one here is targeted towards people of the medical profession. They cater to all the professions in this area including;
Dentist, Dental Assistant, Dietician, Hospital Worker, Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist, Physician, R.N.
Although, I haven’t done a review of the website, you will be able to see it soon in the section under Free Dating Site Reviews of the Jumpdates Blog.
Although categories can be important to ‘group’ people together, but the significant point is do people of the same profession necessarily have a ‘good relationship’ as opposed to people from different professions. However, if you examine the statistics of many married couples, you will no doubt find couples married who are from the same profession. For example, you may find matches between doctor/doctor, doctor/nurses, engineer/engineer etc. Are these statistics telling us that people often marry into the same profession? I think not.
The reason for having some of these skewed statistics in marriage by professions is because the people are in that profession and they are likely to meet other people in the same profession. This is a fact of life - you will often find many married couples who meet each other in their profession because they have met each through the job.
In conclusion, I believe such categorization of dating sites will see some initial interest by people because of the novelty but in the long term sites catering to common ‘personalities’ are more likely to succeed.
Do romance and dating happen only within your own profession
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Tags: dating by profession, dating site review, medicalpassions.com
Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato - Nice basket, fancy dinner?
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Article Subject: Nice basket, fancy dinner?
Article Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/06/dating-agency-asda-shopping-basket
Website: none
Dr. Dato’s Brief:
I found this article through the Google Dating Alerts I receive in my email inbox almost every day. So far a number of these postings can be passed off as not readable or not having any worthy content. However, some posters are very clever in promoting other dating sites through articles such as this.
Unknown to the reader, this article makes out that Asda, which is a famous supermarket like Safeway here in USA have officially launched a dating site called AsdaDating.com. This struck me as rather interesting and curiosity got the better of me, since my specialty includes researching in the online dating scene. By the way Asda is owned by the meg retailer Wal-Mart.
The subject of the article is interesting as it talks about how someone’s shopping basket can be compared with someone else and a relationship compatibility match can be extracted from this information. It has several people writing in and sharing their notes on this subject. Unfortunately, on further investigation there is no such site called AsdaDating.com and in fact the link takes you to UKDating.com which is a pretty generic dating site in UK.
One will come across marketing techniques such as this to drive traffic to the dating site but I am surprised that a creditable paper such as the Guardian.co.uk did not check it’s own story out for accuracy or maybe they are in the marketing scheme themselves?
Asda Supermarket Dating - Really?
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Tags: asdadating - no such site, guardian.co.uk, new dating site
Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato - He’s so fine online, but what’s he really like?
Monday, February 7th, 2011
man and woman - getting to know each other
Article Subject: He’s so fine online, but what’s he really like?
Article Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/06/AR2011020603427.html
Website: none
Dr. Dato’s Brief:
This is an interesting article that talks about online dating encounter can be similar or dissimilar to dating encounters in the real world. Typically strangers who are not known through you or family or colleagues fall into the category of the ‘unknown’ and therefore you should tread carefully.
However, treading carefully may give the impression that the person cannot be trusted as pointed out by one reader who also claims that there are no differences between meeting someone online or say in a bar. Women generally don’t want to reveal their true identity in case of ‘issues’ further ahead.
The important point to this post, is that both men and women need to remain vigilant about each other until a mutual trust can be developed between the dating partners. Who is to tell if the woman is clingy or abusive or the man is just simply playing the game?
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Tags: man and woman, online dating
