Fishing Again!

I've found myself single once again and it's time to go fishing.

Before, I always focused my online dating efforts on sites such as match.com and Yahoo Personals, but I've recently plunged into Plentyoffish, one of the more popular free online dating sites.

There are things I like and things I don't.  Of course it being a free site is a good thing but with that comes drawbacks such as annoying advertising on most pages.  Advertisers are getting rather clever too with ad placement and appeal.  The other day I logged in to see who had "viewed me" and at the end of the row was a HOT looking woman, but upon further review I noticed this was an ad that looked similar to profile search results.

Crap!!

But, I DO like the women I'm seeing around there and I've already had some GREAT results after posting a brand new online dating profile.

Typical responses to my profile include:

"Thanks for making me laugh"  or  "Your profile was so funny, the scary thing is that really happens!"

The latter was referring to a line at the end of my profile where I simply state:

"So, stop reading and start writing.  Besides, I KNOW you want nothing to do with the other guys around here.  I hear they are known for proposing to women on the FIRST date.  Yikes!!"


So, I'll start sending out messages too using some subject lines from my upcoming new ebook; "101 eye-catching email subject lines."  I'll have plenty to choose from!

One more thing, almost EVERY woman I saw on there has some "requirements" at the end of her profile which say you must meet in order to message her.  POF has created this I suppose in an effort to match people more closely. And one of the requirements is almost always, "must not be looking or HAVE SEARCHED FOR casual hookups."

So, keep this in mind when going fishing over there.

I will, of course, keep you updated on my experiences on Plentyoffish. 

Stay tuned...