Online dating is more popular than ever. If you want to get dates you need to have a killer profile. You may not be the best at stringing words together, but there are some tips to follow when writing yours. You want to make yourself look good. You want it to be to the point, and intelligent. When you look at profiles of other people they will have lists of what the do and do not like, or some clever quote about their take on life. Some people are just inappropriate and would be better off joining a more adult site. The sexual innuendos and dirty jokes are really no appreciated by someone who is looking for their soul mate. There are online dating sites that will welcome that kind of talk, but that would be a whole different profile discussion. So the best thing that you can do is be honest. Tell what you are doing on the site, and what you are looking for in a potential partner. You can feel free to joke around as long as it is done tastefully and not in a dirty or child like way. You want your profile to really showcase you true personality, and you want someone to feel like they know you a little when they read it. If your profile doesn’t have a bit of information in it about yourself then it will be hard for potential dates to want to connect with you. Just listing your likes and dislikes shows that you really did not care enough to take enough time creating your profile. Think of your online dating profile as the first impression. You should write it just as if you are planning what to talk about on a first date. What do you want the person to know about you, what do you not want them to know? Would you talk about the past, present, and future? What do you want your date’s first impression of you to be? Have fun and relax. You really do not want to spend all your time worrying about your profile. If you are a person who does not beat around the bush and speaks her mind, let your profile express that. If you are someone who is very shy around the opposite sex, then let your profile express that. When you meet someone you want them to be attracted to the real you, not someone you have pretended to be to sound more appealing to online suitors. It may seem hard to portray your true self with a few words on a dating site, but if you are honest and take your time, it can be done.