Online Dating Profiles: Everyone is a Public Figure
Nov 17, 2010 Online Dating Tips
The internet never closes. It’s open for business and browsing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Very often you don’t even know who your customers and potential customers are. Take this online dating blog, BlogOnlineDating as a case in point. It gets visitors from all over the world every day.
When it comes to online dating profiles, they basically act as your online storefront, shopping you, and the personal package that makes up who you are as a unique individual. So, you need to be honest if you are looking to connect with a potential relationship partner who truly is compatible with who you really are.
But here’s the truth about the danger of telling the truth in online dating…
Any and all personal information you want to keep private should never appear in your online dating profile. They could suddenly become online dating news. You don’t know if what you post is being read by someone across the street from your home, across the hall from your office, or across enemy lines – whatever ones you may know you have or don’t know you have.
Just because this information isn’t always available to everyone in the general public, doesn’t mean it’s private either. Naturally, using your last name, mailing address, email address, and phone number in online dating essentially means you are putting a potential bullseye on yourself. The online dating sites have permission to use your likeness, image, and information if you actually check the terms and conditions of service.
Here are 5 other quick examples for why you want to make sure you know the difference between public and private as it pertains to online dating:
1. Stupid and cheating married guys often get caught posting online dating profiles when someone they know recognizes them.
2. I know a guy who had a pending divorce. His ex-wife who was mad as a hornet’s nest over their breakup somehow got alerted to his online dating profile and used it to make their relationship even more miserable than it already was.
3. I know another strange guy who has more online profiles than he seems to have personalities. He communicates with people all the time in social media and online dating sites. Some of them he personally knows, others he would like to know. The problem is none of these people know it’s him. Can you see how easily trouble can find its way to your keyboard?
4. People with personal preferences or fetishes or issues get “out’d” all of the time. Every day, there are married people who are gay, socialites or powerful figures who are into colorful sexual activities, and those with a drug or alcohol problem who manage to have their secrets revealed in online dating exposure. And it’s always shocking to them when their world falls apart from looking for love.
5. Private online dating information can be bad for business. Competitors and customers can find out things about you that you wouldn’t necessarily want them to know.
Can you see how easily trouble can find its way to your keyboard? Can you see the power of protecting your privacy? In online dating, it’s always good to be honest. However, it’s also just as good to be smart about it.
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Veteran’s Day Salute: Top 10 Reasons for Military Dating
Nov 11, 2010 Online Dating Tips
I’m not cut out for the military. Never was. For me, it’s tough enough following the rules of an online dating service let alone a military service!
Being the demerit and detention leader throughout my school years had people thinking the military could straighten me out. Being the demerit and detention leader throughout my school years had me thinking that was a bad idea. It’s one of the reasons why I can appreciate the calling and those who answer it.
Later in my TV News career, I’ve met and dealt with various military personnel and their families. It is for the most part a most impressive group of people. So what is an online dating blog to do on Veterans Day 2010?
This Online Dating News Guy is armed with his 10 Gun Salute. (C’mon, it’s just online dating, the average American with a short attention span wouldn’t read through a 21 Gun Salute!)
My Top 10 Great Reasons for Military Dating
10. Trust. If you get into a relationship with someone in the military, they believe in partners covering each other’s back. They live by it.
9. Routine. Hot romances often burn out when the novelty wears off or the Viagra supply runs out. Military personnel know how to make a routine work and how to work well together within a routine.
8. Orders and Orderly. If you’re a control freak, military dating might work out well. The person you’re dating is trained to take orders! If you are a neat freak, there’s hope here, too. The person you’re dating is trained to be orderly and to maintain clean living quarters at all times.
7. Dealing with Adversity. Had a great talk with Alex Garwood, a best friend and Brother-in-Law to famous fallen military hero from Arizona, Pat Tillman. We agree that “Adversity Reveals Character” more so than builds it. All relationships have adversity. Members of the Armed Forces have this one covered on both ends.
6. Can’t Cook? No problem. If someone survived for years on the mess from the Mess Hall, what you serve up in the kitchen shouldn’t be a deal breaker or divorce maker. To be sure though, have a microwave.
5. R & R. Members of the U.S. Military are trained to fight and kill. Note to Self: Need to re-think this one.
4. R & R. Short hair or not, those in the Armed Forces know how to let their hair down and have fun when the time comes. A key to success in any relationship.
3. Boot Camp Background. Based on the shoes they’re used to wearing in the military, chances are your military lover won’t have shoe fetish to compete with yours.
2. Hot Bodies. While mainstream America is getting fatter by the day, those serving in the military are in good physical shape.
1. And my number one reason for Military Dating — Heroes Give Good Hugs!
Sincere thanks to all (military singles or married) who bravely served in the U.S. Military. And sincere thanks to those heroes by choice who are currently serving as active members of our Armed Forces. Whether it’s the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps, we civilians know you do more to make a difference than we know.
I will always remember the sign at Fort Bliss in Texas, “It’s a Great Day to be a Soldier at Fort Bliss.” On this Veteran’s Day, I’m hanging my own little online sign here saying, “It’s a Great Day to Have You Protect Us in the U.S. I hope Your Day Comes Soon to Be Home Enjoying the Bliss, the Love, and the Life You Want.”
Tags: military dating, military singles, online dating news, online dating tips
How to Gain 1 Hour in Online Dating
Nov 7, 2010 Online Dating Tips
In Arizona, we don’t change our clocks. The rest of you have no excuse. What if you could both Spring Forward in Online Dating while you Fall Back in Bed? Well you can. It’s easier than you think. And today is the perfect day to do it.
If you want to get different results in your online dating efforts, try actually doing something different. When you change your clocks twice a year, you create a real feeling of change. So, this presents you with a great opportunity.
Here’s all you do…take the one hour you “gained” overnight, and use it today to gain momentum in your goals for online dating.
Only you know how your personal approach and why you do things the way you do. But if you want to create positive change in your strategies and aren’t sure what to do, here are some ideas for online dating tips:
- Review your online dating profile. Do a spellcheck, look for things you said that feel outdated, add more of yourself into what you show others, be more specific about what you are looking for so that others can get a better look at you as a potential match.
- Take new photos of yourself. You can keep your favorites posted but adding fresh photos is a good idea that helps potential matches get a sense of who the real you they would be meeting.
- Take a chance on someone new. Spend a few minutes looking for new matches or taking a different look at people you’ve been considering establishing communication with but haven’t done so for reasons only you know.
If you want to find the lifelong love, companionship, or just the good times you’re looking for through online dating, don’t fall back on the things you’ve already done that haven’t gotten the results you want. Spring forward, put one hour into making online dating news by promoting yourself. Even if no one else buys in to you romantically right away, you’ll benefit from simply showing love to yourself.
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How to Find True Love & Luxury in Online Dating using Forbes
Sep 28, 2010 Online Dating Tips
Real value for free? Really? You bet. Here’s a valuable multi-tasking, money-making, online dating tip if there ever was one.
You already know not to settle for someone who isn’t your perfect match or at least a great match. And remember, whenever a bride and groom exchange wedding vows, they always speak of for richer or poorer. But since no one roots against richer, let me pose this question to you:
Why shop for singles in poverty when you can zero in on wealthy women and mega-rich men by zip code?
To do this, we follow Forbes Magazine. Believe it or not, Forbes can create better fantasies than Playboy or Playgirl. Forbes has just released its ranking of America’s Most Expensive Zip Codes. It’s a list that could give all new meaning to the term “Mail Order Bride” because it features the top 500 pockets for you to look for luxury while you’re looking for love.
Do Duarte!
The funny thing about the Forbes list is more than half of the richest zip codes come from the financially strapped state of California. Duarte, California, the small suburb near Los Angeles has the #1 ranked zip code in 91008. Forbes finds that the median cost for buying a home here in the most expensive housing market is $4,276,462. The air quality ain’t great but multi-million dollar mansion owners can afford to buy a mask if necessary.
Targeting Duarte for your online dating prospects would be a hunt for quality not quantity. There are only 1,391 legal residents in 91008.
In some encouraging online dating news and economic news, more than one out of three zip codes in the United States saw its median prices either increase or stay flat in the past year. However, the slump staggers on for high-end homes. The slide continues but at a slower pace. In the top 500 high-end zip codes, the average home price fell 5% to $1.2 million from last year. In 2009, the decline of the markets on saw a drop of 7%.
If you’re wondering about Beverly Hills, 90210, it came in at # 6. Somehow, my zip code of 85286 in Chandler, Arizona must have been forgotten by Forbes. Here is their list of the top 10 richest U.S. zip codes:
1. 91008 – Duarte, California
2. 94027 – Atherton, California
3. 90274 – Rolling Hills, California
4. 07620 – Alpine, New Jersey
5. 10014 – New York, New York
6. 90210 – Beverly Hills, California
7. 10065 – New York, New York
8. 94920 – Belvedere, California
9. 10012 – New York, New York
10. 93108 – Santa Barbara, California
Here’s a link to look at the full list by Forbes of the most desirable U.S. zip codes for wealthy online dating prospects.
Happy hunting!
Tags: Forbes, online dating, singles
Come Labor Day – Get to Work on Dating!
Sep 6, 2010 Online Dating Tips
While the official calendar says differently, Labor Day marks the end of summer in the minds of most of us. An online dating blog should look at this.
While the fall weather usually brings relief and a pleasant change outside, inside the minds of many men and women who are singles, Labor Day also means a shift in our thinking as we search for casual dating partners, sexual partners, or serious relationship partners. You can become more interested in finding a partner knowing what is ahead on the calendar.
Traditionally, if you hit this time of year, some of us might be looking for a special someone with whom to watch football games and create your own more exciting halftime show. For those of us who are unable to forget September 11th, that is certainly a day of reflection about where your life has gone, where it is at the moment, and where you want it to go.
But really, the next major milestone on the single’s calendar might be Halloween. That can be a really fun social event with a significant other. Next comes Thanksgiving. While turkey and all the fixings are often shared with family, having a person you’re dating can make everything taste better.
And then of course there is Hanukkah for some, and Christmas for the rest of us. All the wrapped presents in the world can’t replace the feeling of being wrapped in the arms of someone you love on Chrismas Eve or Christmas morning. So you can wait and ask Santa again for your perfect match. You can try to convince him you’ve been a good girl or boy. Needless to say, having someone to kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve is really the only fireworks singles care about at all.
Or you can take a chance and put yourself out there in the world of online dating.
The internet is such an amazing tool. You use to search for things you want to find, things you want to buy, and things you want to learn about. So why not use online dating to find men or women to date, or find the perfect match of your dreams? You can’t use the internet to buy a person legally, but you can use it to buy an online dating service. And you can certainly jump into this process to learn more about yourself and other people.
So, if you don’t have an online dating profile, why not create one? If you already have a profile, why not give it a fresh look? AND SIGN UP FOR OUR 10 FREE TIPS TO CREATE YOUR PERFECT ONLINE DATING PROFILE!
Hopefully, either of these actions will lead you to the goals you have and the happiness you want in sharing all that life has to offer with a relationship partner. So, now that Labor Day has come, why not get to work on dating? Improve your social life before the long, lonely days and nights with Old Man Winter!
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