Tip #1: DON'T KILL THEM WITH ADJECTIVES
Sift through a dating site, and you'll find unending lists of adjectives: smart, kind, funny, adventurous, honest, caring... Why not just include uncreative, cliched and boring? Ditch the list Make your new mantra that old writing maxim: Show, don't tell. "Don't tell me you're athletic - tell me about the marathon you just ran," Eric Resnick, founder of profilehelper.com, said. Don't say you like to travel - talk about your trip to the Great Wall of China. Avoid the robot-filling-in-a-survey voice and go for a tone that's more natural and personal. I recommend something called "The Next-door Neighbor Test," which I would feel that almost everyone fails. "Read your profile and pretend it was written by your neighbor. If it looks like it could just as easily be his, then it's not a good profile," he said. It's also a good idea to survey the competition. Look at the profiles of other people in your demographic, and make sure you're different.
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