Articles by: Brad

Watch Your Inbox Go from Empty to Full of Promise

Published on July 15, 2010

This is a guest post by Kate Houston of trysweettalk.com If you’re dating online then you have a lot of competition. There are millions of people out there and each one is competing for attention. So how do you make sure your soulmate shows up in your inbox? Take tips from people who know how […]

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Book Review: Love, Sex & Deception

Published on July 11, 2010

Love, Sex & Deception is a book that provides online dating advice with a unique approach: instead of listing rules and guidelines they offer advice through the telling of others’ online dating stories. A few samples of these stories include the following: A story of two friends who find out the same man is sending […]

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GoDaddy Hosting Slow? Why I Switched to HostGator

Published on July 10, 2010

Why has my hosting become so slow? That is the question I found myself asking about my GoDaddy account after a few months of having this website. In this “off topic” article I wanted to discuss my problems for this site when using GoDaddy and why I chose HostGator as my new hosting company. I’ll […]

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Dealing with Email Responses That Show Little Interest

Published on July 4, 2010

A reader recently wrote in to ask about dating conversations where the person you are talking with responds but with little or no apparent interest: If you are conversing with someone via email (regardless of who initiates the conversation) and you respond with a short paragraph and question and they always responds with one or […]

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eHarmony Free Communication Weekend, July 2nd – 5th 2010

Published on June 30, 2010

eHarmony’s next free weekend is July 2nd until July 5th 2010. If you are new to eHarmony, during the eHarmony Free Communication Weekends you can communicate with all of your matches absolutely FREE. While eHarmony almost always refers to these events as weekends, there are actually 4 days of free communication for you to take […]

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Save 50% at Parship During July 2010 (UK)

Published on June 29, 2010

For the first time ever, Parship.co.uk is offering a voucher for 50% off of their 3-month subscriptions. To qualify for this promotion you will need to: Visit this sign-up pagewhich includes an area to enter the voucher. In the voucher box enter 33A45 Do this on or before July 31st

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No Apologies or Excuses in First Emails!

Published on June 27, 2010

Photo by °Florian In my article on writing first emails using online dating, I discuss what should and should not be in your emails. I wanted to expand on that topic to include a pattern I’ve seen recently: apologizing or making excuses when contacting other singles. Apologizing in First Emails For whatever reason, some people […]

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The Loneliest Days of the Week

Published on June 21, 2010

When I first started providing dating advice, I had assumed that I would have more visitors to my site on the weekends. My thinking was that people would be reminded of being single the most on the weekends and therefore would be looking to solve that problem then. Well, that theory turned out to be […]

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The Changing Face of Online Dating

Published on June 15, 2010

Photo by Reign4ADay Gone are the days when internet dating sites were for the desperate and the deranged. They used to have a pretty bad reputation with plenty of horror stories attached: people not being who they said they were, people going missing, identity theft – we’ve heard them all. But something has happened over […]

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The 10-Day Online Dating Challenge

Published on June 14, 2010

Photo by ground.zero According to a new Match.com commercial I’ve been seeing lately, 1 in 5 relationships are now started through online dating services. Still, even with that fact, there are a large number of singles who believe that online dating does not work, or at least not for them. With that in mind, I […]

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How Much Does Match.com Cost?

Published on June 7, 2010

The Match.com cost of subscriptions is not too expensive compared to many online dating services. The subscription prices are all based on different time ranges you sign up for. The longer you sign up for, the lower the price you pay per month of using the service. So how much does match.com cost? See below […]

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What Should I Include in My Dating Profile?

Published on June 1, 2010

Through this blog, from time to time I find myself reviewing profiles. One of the most common problems I see is the tendency for people to share a little too much, a little too fast. Often the extra details are confusing but other times they are damaging. In either case, the profile isn’t strengthened by […]

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