Ten Tips For Adding a Photo to Your
Online Personals
WebPersonalsOnline.com can not stress enough the importance of adding a
photo to your online personals each and every time you place a personal ad
with an online dating site. It has been proven time and time again that photo
personals receive at least ten times as many responses as personals
that do NOT include a photo. Perhaps you were just being lazy or perhaps
YOU don't think you are attractive enough to include a picture with your
online dating ad. If you are lazy, it's time to get off your butt and just
do it! If you feel that you are not attractive enough, nothing could be
further from the truth. Below are some tips on how you can create effective
photo
personals that will get you noticed.
Tip #10: Make sure the photo is a recent
one of yourself. Do not try to deceive any potential dates by posting a
misleading or old picture. Yeah, we all thought we were better looking when
we were young, but your first date will be a lot more successful if you and
your companion have a realistic expectation of what each other looks like
going in.
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Tip #9: Do not use a photo that includes
someone other than yourself. What's even worse is a picture that includes
an appendage like an arm or hand that is obviously from an old boyfriend or
girlfriend that was cut out of the photo. The photo personal ad is your
opportunity to present yourself and it should just include YOU.
Tip #8: Do not include personal
information like your home address or phone number. This happens more
often than you think where a single man or woman uses a photo that includes
some item with their phone number or address right on it.
Tip#7: Use a direct camera shot and have
the picture taken in good lighting. Try to avoid profile shots or shadowy
images that obscure the focal point of the photo: YOU!
Tip #6: Make sure your face is visible and
not hidden behind your hair, or hands or sunglasses or pet etc. Believe it or not,
someone viewing your dating profile wants to see you (and most of the time
this means your face!)
Tip #5: Use a digital camera. This SHOULD go
without saying, BUT there are still people who attempt to scan still photos
of themselves and upload these. PLEASE get a decent digital camera or use a
friends. All online dating sites make it extremely easy to upload
digital photos.
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Tip #4: Try to present yourself in the photo as you
look on MOST days. Try to avoid a 'Glamour Shot' type of photo where
you may have overdone it a little and also try to avoid a photo from the
end of a soccer game you played in where you were just sweating for the
last three hours and may appear to be not at your best.
Tip #3: Include more than one photo. Just remember
the main photo in your online personal ad should be the straight ahead
well-lit shot of your face. Additional photos may include you in a
different outfit, from farther away or with your favorite pet or involved
in your favorite activity. Sometimes these additional photos can give
someone reading your dating profile more insight into your personality.
Tip #2: Keep it clean! Unless the online
personals site on which you are posting your photo is an adult dating site,
like AdultFriendFinder.com,
people want to see a wholesome picture of their potential future date and
NOT some sex personal. Also, inappropriate photos may get you banned from
most mainstream dating sites so try to keep it clean.
Tip #1: SMILE! Everyone looks more attractive when
they smile. Even YOU :)!!!!!
Examples of Good and Bad Photo Personals
Below are some sample photos from actual FriendFinder.com
personal ads. Along with the photo is our opinion on whether we think the
picture follows our ten tips for creating effective photo personals listed
above.
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Nicely taken
photo. Would have preferred more of a straight-ahead shot and one
without the shadow caused by this young woman's head tilt, but
otherwise this dater is presenting herself nicely in her picture.
Note that she is smiling and, thus, adhering to our #1 Tip - SMILE! |
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Another
nicely-taken shot. This woman is looking directly at the
camera, there are no shadows obscuring her face and she is also
smiling. The fact that she is looking directly at the camera
and the fact that this photo is a relative close-up enables her to
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This photo may
make a nice second or third picture, but should not be used as the
primary photo personal. The reason is because the shot is taken from
too far away and there is no close-up of this attractive your
woman's face. Note, however, that she is also smiling, which is a
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Obscured view
of face, chopped picture, blurry. This is an example of what
NOT to do in a picture personal ad. And although this picture
violates almost all of our tips, above, take note this person is
still smiling and that alone is important. |
Conclusion
Adding a photo to your personal ads is a smart way to get more responses
from other singles who want to meet you. To make the most of your pictures
and of yourself try to follow each of our Ten Tips for
Creating Effective Online Personals Through the Use of Photos listed
above. You just may be surprised at the increase in the number of
other singles who start contacting you about your ad! So put some of our
tips into practice and Place
Your Own Free Online Photo Personal Ad Now!
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