Dating For the Busy Executive

It is reported that around 70 percent of all new relationships today result from online introductions.

For busy executives, dating is well down the 'To Do' list, with online match making sites a good time investment to filter out a list of 'suitable candidates'

With the upsurge in popularity of these sites, they have become more socially acceptable, and no longer seen as the domain of the dateless and undateable.

Most sites ask applicants to respond to a series of questions covering:

Personal Profile - age, height, marital status, occupation, children, drinking and smoking habits, star sign, ethnicity and religion

Lifestyle - preferences in sports and execise, food habits, hobbies, travel and holiday, entertainment, books and movies

Thoughts - on a variety of areas such as: children, religion, politics, communication, intimacy, romance, sexism, technology etc

To increase your chances of finding a good match, follow the tips below:

1. Avoid generic answers or comments - be more specific in your profile, making it more specific or unique to you
2. Don't waste time telling them how gorgeous or fit you are - show them with a photo. Sites report that adding a photos results in over 10 times more responses.
3. Make sure your photo was taken in the past 12 months - with you smiling, or having fun, but not drunk, tired or wide eyed.
4. Avoid negative comments - if you can't be positive about something, just put "not one of my favorites" or something similar. This includes not saying what sort of person you don't want - instead tell them exactly what you are looking for.
5. Be honest - don't waste your time not being honest - you are there to find someone who suits the real you.
6. Update your profile over the first few weeks to fine tune it to attract people more in tune with your personality. You will find your self consciousness dies down after you realise everyone there is trying to achieve the same goal. [In spite of the obvious sickos.

If you need help with your profile, find a site such as Match.com where you can get help with your profile.

Finding the Right Site

Find a site that:

1. Covers your geographic location
2. Protects your identity as much as possible, until you are ready to reveal it to individual candidates
3. Has protection mechanisms such as ' Ignore future messages from xxxx' or 'Report abuse or obscene message'
4. Allows at least a 30 day trial
5. Does not void your profile if you don't complete all sections - sometimes you need a little time to get comfortable answsering all the questions

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