Choosing a Photo for your Online Dating Personal Ad

If you plan to jump into the online dating scene then don’t be one of those people who doesn’t have a photo on their dating profile. There is little point in joining a dating web site without uploading a photo of yourself so people can see who you are. They say a photo is worth a thousand words, so it’s important to let the photo do the talking for you online.

Online surveys suggest that you will receive up to ten times more responses than without a picture! If you contact a person and your profile is without a photo you will be hard pressed to receive a response back. Would you look at a profile that didn’t have a photograph, probably not. Personally for me if I see a dating profile without a picture, I start jumping to conclusions like the girl must be fat, or maybe ugly etc..

When selecting a photo for your online dating ad you need to think about a few things. First off there are lots of single parents out there, men and women. Dating photos with your daughter or son might sound like a cute thing to do, but not for a dating ad. When you use a child in your personal ad you are sending a message that you need someone to take care of you and your child. Another mistake is using pictures with your pet. Personally it just looks cheesy to use a photo with your bird or dog on a dating profile.

Then there is the big shot who needs to show how rich he is so he uses a photo of him next to his Mercedes Benz 500 SL. A word of advice for the guys, girls don’t care about what type of car you drive, nearly as much as they care about your personality. Tone it down a bit you will still meet more people.

Online Dating sites enable you to have more than one photo in your ad, so use it. It gives the person looking at your ad more of what you look like if you ad more than one photo. I suggest you smile in the image, don’t look angry or grumpy. Iv’e seen some personal ads with pictures that resemble prison mug shots, not good. The last impression you want to give is an unhappy one.

Make sure you smile, nothing works better than a someone smiling, it’s much more inviting than a serious pose. Try to look natural in the photo you use for your dating personal, posed pictures look so boring, so go for the natural look. The biggest tip I can suggest is to have with this, don’t get overly worried. Be yourself and your personality will shine through the dating profile. Happy Dating!