Quote: (09-07-2011 07:19 AM)Gmac Wrote:
This is why when I work with people on their profiles I have them write it themselves first... THEN make changes as necessary. You are exactly right.
During my research one of my profiles stated "I smoke crack, and enjoy rough sex. No drama and no fatties please.". That's it, and a funny picture of some drug addict with a syringe I've found on Mamba. I expected it to attract nobody, but surprisingly it attracted around 1/3 of those attracted to the best profile I had, mostly from middle-age professional crowd. Made me quite confused at that time, but one conclusion I've made is that a lot of people make a mistake that they overdo their online presence - too much information, too many pictures, messages are too long, and they keep messaging for too long.
My conclusions so far (not finalized yet):
1. The shorter your profile is, the better. Even if it is very funny. A chick decides whether she wants to talk to you by looking at your picture, overall writing style and first several sentences. A longer profile makes it easier for you to screw up (for example, you may list the movie you liked which she thinks only creepy people like).
2. If your profile looks like your resume, the only people you gonna laid with are girls
like that who are fat.
3. Test your profile: show it to three nerdy friends. You don't have to tell them it is yours, just email them a sample. If all you get is "great profile!" or "well, I think it is ok", see item 2. If they tell you "this is sick, no way this dude would get laid with shit like that" or "I spit Coke on my keyboard while reading it you sick fuck", use it. Just make sure you spell-check it.
4. Your first and second message should be templates. It enables automation (i.e. bots), and makes your job easier. Write them accordingly.
5. No matter what you wrote, the chick reads your first message as "I looked at your profile picture and you passed my boner test; wanna some dick?". You will get some
minor benefit of doubt when you start by asking a genuine question about her interests, but it just delays the inevitable - as soon as you transition to normal conversation, it is "wanna some dick".
6. If your profile is serious, use the funny opener. If your profile is funny, use serious opener. Personally in my research I didn't see any significant difference between pinging with "I was bored and clicked on your profile. How's your day?" and some interesting long stuff other guys fed to my honeypot female profiles.
7. Negs in the first message work, but only on young girls who are above average. Online sites are full of nerdy chicks who read "The Game" and will call you out on MM material
Gmac, how are things in your area?