Let's Talk Profiles (Page 2)

Amber Brooks

By: Amber Brooks

Editor: Lillian Castro

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Ever heard of the Beyonce song “Upgrade U”? Well if you have, just like she does in the song, we give you the tips and tricks to upgrade your presentation, but just on dating apps.

We at DatingAdvice curated a collection of articles and guides to help you to craft an eye-popping dating profile. Disclaimer: No eyes will be hurt in this process.

Here you’ll find advice on creating, editing, and refining online dating profiles. Our articles provide the rundown on how to improve your profile, from selecting the right photos to writing bios that present your best self.

We cover every detail, including how to respond to dating app prompts and spot fake profiles, so you can perfect every step.

Whether you’re starting from scratch or giving your profile a much-needed refresh, our expert advice breaks down every step to making your profile shine and attracting the right matches. Read on to discover our expert tips and tricks for creating a winning dating profile that’s true to you — and that’ll attract tons of likes and messages.

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What Our Experts Say:

31.
How to Be Proactive in Dating (LGBT Advice)
Mason Glenn

Mason Glenn

Life seems to be so much more complicated nowadays. I was recently visiting my small hometown in Georgia, and some close friends asked me about dating in a bustling city like Los Angeles. I’m not sure if it’s more of a generational or geographic factor, but planning a night out for drinks with friends seemed so much easier in my hometown than in L.A. In L.A., plans are made weeks in advance with at least two...

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3 Gay Dating Profile Examples (To Attract Men)
Mason Glenn

Mason Glenn

We're in a millennial world when it comes to dating. Whether you're 18 or 68, one of the most efficient ways to meet someone special is through online and mobile dating. How do you navigate your dating ship through this sea of potential treasures? Here are my top tips for having more of a successful experience. 1. Use Quality Photos Where People Can See Your Face We’re men. We’re visual men. Period. Your photos...

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Dr. Carol Morgan: An Experienced Dating Coach Sheds Light on Online Dating Tactics, Strategies & Trends
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: Dr. Carol Morgan is a seasoned dating expert with over 20 years of experience coaching singles. She specializes in online dating coaching and offers profile writing and editing services to increase the chances her clients will find a date online. Dr. Carol fell in love with someone she met on a dating site, so she knows her strategies can work. Through her private coaching and blog, Dr. Carol...

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11 Tips for Choosing a Dating Site Username That Works[updated_month_year before=" (" after=")"]
Julie Spira

Julie Spira

Finding an attractive date online is quite similar to picking up an eye-catching newspaper or magazine or reading an article from an online news site. What grabs your attention and draws you in to read the full story is a well-thought-out headline and associated photo. The same theory applies to an online dating profile, where you have a split second to make a great impression during someone’s swiping frenzy to...

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5 Reasons to Use an Online Dating Photographer
Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews

On average, online daters spend only 58 to 84 seconds looking at a profile before they decide to pass or like. A majority of what they're looking at are the photos, so one blurry bathroom selfie is all it takes to ruin your chances of meeting that special someone. A quick and easy solution is to hire a photographer who specializes in online dating profile photos and can take all the pressure off you and your...

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ProfileHelper™ Ensures Your Dating Profile Will Stand Out From the Crowd
Jon McCallister

Jon McCallister

The Short version: As more singles join dating sites, more of them often need help standing out. ProfileHelper uses detailed questionnaires to develop authentic profiles that help online daters attract attention from the types of people they desire. ProfileHelper understands the expectations on many different dating platforms, too. From traditional dating sites to swipe-right mobile apps, the company can create...

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Right Swipe Pics: Maria Izaurralde Wants Singles to Be Their Most Attractive Selves in Profile Pictures
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

Short version: Maria Izaurralde’s friends weren’t getting the results she thought they deserved on online dating sites. The most significant reason for their limited matches seemed to be their lackluster profile photos. Maria, who has a background in photography, started taking more attractive photos of her friends — and the results were inspiring. She expanded that concept to build Right Swipe Pics, a growing...

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Masculine Profiles™ Delivers Proven Dating Tips & Solutions for Men Looking for Romance in Asia & Latin America
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: Honing your dating skills is like building a muscular physique. It doesn't just happen. You have to set goals, work at it every day, and develop your strengths over time. Not everyone can tackle such a big task alone. Fortunately, Masculine Profiles competently spots single men with its proven dating tips and recommendations. The blog is a solid resource of information for any man seeking romance...

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13 Worst Dating Profiles Ever (From the Pictures to the Bios)
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

Hands down, the worst dating profile I've ever read was written by a law student who thought he knew the way to impress a woman. But he really, really didn't. "What reason can I give you to date me?" he asked after a brief and generic bio. "I have never EVER sent an unsolicited dic pic, and I'll bet not many guys can say the same." Yes, he spelled dick wrong. He went on to reference his strict...

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Come Back Cupid: Empowering Seniors to Find Love the Second Time Around With Personalized Coaching
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: If you think dating is tough in your 20s, try it in your 70s. Technology has changed how we meet and interact with new people, and internet scams targeting older singles can scare away even the most romantic senior from looking for love on the web. Thankfully, Judi Bonilla, Founder of Come Back Cupid, is here to help mature daters navigate the emotional and technological waters of online dating....

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International Dating Expert and Matchmaker Devyn Simone Studies the Dynamics of Love to Teach Clients How to Make Healthier Relationship Choices
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: Since she was a young girl, Devyn Simone has had a keen interest in what makes relationships tick — absorbing all the information on human interaction and bonding she could get her hands on. Today, as a successful professional dating expert, Devyn has zeroed in on the secret sauce for finding a soul mate, and she’s committed to sharing it with her clients. Devyn delivers pointed, personal...

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Irresistible Dating: Empowering Modern Singles to Develop the Toolset They Need to Find Love Online
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: Rebecca Perkins knows a thing or two about relationships. She has a decade of experience in the dating coaching and matchmaking space and is the Founder of Irresistible Dating — an agency on a mission to give singles the confidence necessary to make meaningful connections. Rebecca, along with her photography expert Saskia Nelson, thinks of herself as a dating cheerleader -- delivering a customized...

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Need Online Dating Profile Help? Here Are 7 Writing & Photo Tips
Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews

One New Year's Day, some friends and I were driving back home from a trip when we decided to help create a dating profile for the friend who was driving. She'd been single for most of her life and had had it up to here (I type as I put my hand above my head). She said it was time for her to try online dating, so she talked while we typed up her profile and uploaded some photos. We made some edits, made some more...

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8 Online Dating Profile Examples for Seniors (From Text to Photos)
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

Seniors often hesitate to try online dating because they don't feel comfortable on the platform. It's too abbreviated. After living a full life -- traveling the world, having a career, raising kids -- a small text-box labeled My Story can seem laughably inadequate for singles over 50. How can you cram your life's story into one or two paragraphs? What do you say to introduce yourself to date prospects you haven't met...

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Hey Saturday: Book a Fun Outdoor Photo Shoot to Enhance Your Dating Profiles With Professional-Grade Pictures
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: On a dating site, your profile picture is the first (and sometimes the only) thing potential dates look at when deciding whether to send a message or move on to someone else. It's important to get it right, but not everyone has a gorgeous headshot on hand. To help online daters make a great first impression, Hey Saturday employs a team of photographers who specialize in taking crisp photos of...

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Online Profile Pros — Professional Photographers Put Online Daters in the Best Light With Personal Photo Shoots
Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews

The Short Version: On dating websites, your profile picture carries a lot of weight. It's the first impression prospective dates see of you and could be the difference between a reaction like "I have to message this person" and "I think I'll pass." Professional photography services offered by Online Profile Pros can help you make a stunning impression on anyone who happens upon your profile. A network of over 2,800...

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47.
13 Funniest Dating Profiles Ever
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

If you've been on a dating site or app for awhile, you've probably noticed that most dating profiles look very similar to one another. It's like we're all playing some bland game of Mad Libs. "Hi, I'm [name]! I'm [good trait], [good trait], and [ideal virtue you wish you had but don't]. I enjoy [activity] with my friends or watching [popular television show or movie] at home. I'm here to [hedge and say you want to...

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eharmony Profile Questions: 7 Examples & Tips For Answering[updated_month_year before=" (" after=")"]
Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews

In 2016, eharmony announced that new members would no longer have to answer every question on the site's exclusive questionnaire during the signup process. Instead of filling out 155 questions that take about an hour to answer, singles now have the option to fill out only a couple of questions that take no longer than 10 minutes to answer. eharmony is known as having one of the most in-depth, unique matching...

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11 Tips for Having the Best “Online Dating Photos” — (For Your Profile)
Brittney Mayer

Brittney Mayer

According to research conducted by Princeton University, it only takes one-tenth of a second for a person to form an impression after looking at someone’s face. The article, called “First Impressions” and published in Psychological Science, also shows that first impression doesn’t significantly change the longer the person looks at the face. This fact becomes particularly scary when we’re talking about online...

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10 Best “Online Dating Username” Ideas — (For Women & Men)
Hunt Ethridge

Hunt Ethridge

When you're online dating, the first thing you see after the person’s photo is their username. Choosing a username might seem like a throwaway task, but it's way more important than you think. It's the first impression people will have of you, and it greatly affects how they view you. A person named Jim is going to have a different impression of you than someone named Wolfgang. While we don’t usually get a chance...

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Dating Coach Ken Solin Writes Attractive Dating Profiles & Gives Boomer Women the Tools to Find Love Online
Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews

The Short Version: Ken Solin is a boomer dating coach with decades of experience advising singles over 50. This voice actor got into the dating industry by working as a dating columnist for several online magazines, including The Huffington Post. As he delved into the topic of emotional relations between men and women, he found people turning to him for help with their love lives. Older generations often didn't know...

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7 Best Online Dating Profile Examples for Men to Attract Women[updated_month_year before=" (" after=")"]
Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews

When you're online dating, you should think of your profile as you would your résumé. It's the first thing women are going to see, and they're going to use it to determine if they want to hire you for the job of hookup, date, boyfriend, or husband. One false move and someone else more qualified might get the position. You don't have to figure it out all on your own, though. Our experts have compiled a list of the...

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Certified Dating Strategist Damona Hoffman Gives Singles a Tactical Plan of Action to Find Love
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: Online dating can seem intimidating to singles, but some experts have figured out how to find a match quickly and effectively. Damona Hoffman, a certified dating coach based out of Los Angeles, met her husband 13 years ago on a dating site, and she argues it wasn't luck, but strategy, that led to her happily ever after. Focused on personal branding, Damona has figured out the optimal ways to flirt...

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How to Write an Online Dating Profile — (10 Good Examples For Women & Men)
Brittney Mayer

Brittney Mayer

Writing your profile is the first step of online dating, but it's also the most important, and sometimes the most stressful, part. This is what singles will use to determine if they're interested in you, and if your profile doesn't attract them within those initial 10 seconds or so, they'll move on to someone else. Don't freak out, though. Getting your profile right is actually pretty easy and straightforward. You...

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Coaching Confidence: Marina Lavochin Teaches Singles the Skills to Date Online & In Person
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: Marina Lavochin coaches singles on how to create a dating profile, how to flirt online, how to act on a date, and generally how to attract a compatible person. She applies her extensive dating experience to offer direct dating advice for Seattle singles. Her mission is to teach her clients what works and what doesn't so they feel empowered to date online and in person. Whether it's improving their...

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Wordsmith: The #1 Vocabulary-Building Tool to Easily Improve Your Communication Skills & Dating Life
Adam West

Adam West

The Short Version: When it comes to online dating, you can’t afford to turn away potential dates by sending the wrong message in your profile. Studies suggest strong vocabulary and grammar are equally as important to women as the quality of a man’s teeth. Improving your vocabulary through Wordsmith and their A.Word.A.Day daily emails can go far in impressing potential love interests. Even if your enhanced lexicon...

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Zoosk’s Newest Innovation: Lively is a Dating App Where Singles Use Videos to Tell Their Own Personal Story
Amber Brooks

Amber Brooks

The Short Version: Zoosk is once again breaking new ground in the dating space with the launch of their new app: Lively. To help daters connect and flirt more easily, Zoosk Labs built an innovative product that allows users to augment their profiles with videos that show who they are and what they enjoy. Instead of a single photo, a collage of video clips and photos introduces users to each other on the app....

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Profile Wingman™ Writes Your Dating Profile So You Can Put Your Best Self Forward
Lauren Keys

Lauren Keys

The Short Version: Nanci Kavich started Profile Wingman with her friend Marcia Kapustin as a solution to a recurring problem they saw in the dating world — too many people were posting dating profiles of themselves that just weren't working. After a little research and some ego-boosting success stories, Nanci and Marcia were able to launch Profile Wingman in 2013. Now Profile Wingman helps hundreds of clients a year...

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Attract 4x More Attention to Your Dating Profile With LookBetterOnline
Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews

The Short Version: The profile photo is the first thing people notice in online dating, and no one understands that more than LookBetterOnline.com. Bringing together hundreds of photographers from across the country, this company is able to connect singles with professionals who can deliver amazing photos at an affordable price. LookBetterOnline knows what works and what doesn't -- so much so that their clients...

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Personal Dating Assistants: Full-Service Online Dating Wingmen Guaranteed to Get Men Dates
Lauren Keys

Lauren Keys

The Short Version: Busy, professional men turn to Personal Dating Assistants as a solution to the typical online dating woes — it takes too much time for too little of a response from women. The company specializes in revamping your profile, sending personalized messages on your behalf, and getting you to real-world conversation and the first date. Outside of booking just a profile facelift, you can select the level...

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Amber Brooks

By: Amber Brooks

Editor-in-Chief

Amber Brooks is the Editor-in-Chief at DatingAdvice.com. When she was growing up, her family teased her for being "boy crazy," but she preferred to think of herself as a budding dating and relationship expert. As an English major at the University of Florida, Amber honed her communication skills to write clearly, knowledgeably, and passionately about a variety of subjects. Now with over 1,800 lifestyle articles to her name, Amber brings her tireless wit and relatable experiences to DatingAdvice.com. She has been quoted by the Washington Times, Cosmopolitan, The New York Post, and AskMen, among others.

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