Personals Picture Tips

You're ready to try online dating. Somebody online who posted a dating personal wants to see what you look like. What picture of yourself will you paint when you display a photo along with your profile?

There are a few guidelines that apply to online dating photos that you should observe which will improve your profile. These are as follows:

1. Add at least one photo of yourself to your profile.
2. Remember that you are trying to be a salesperson here; you're trying to sell yourself.
3. Improve the photo, as is often done of photos of models in advertising.
4. Don't be tempted to lie by posting a photo of George Clooney or Catherine Zeta Jones.
5. Add a border to your photo, colored the same as the hyperlinks on the target site. The reason for this is to make your photo stand out.
6. If you have several photos of you doing interesting activities and the site permits it, post one photo of you doing each activity in addition to your head-and-shoulders shot.