Once you have chosen online dating service that suits you, then the next thing is to create a great online dating profile. Creating a great online dating profile is very essential because this is what your prospective dates will see and get attracted to, if it is a great one, they will be interested to know you further, but if your online dating profile is not that impressive; it may reduce your chance of meeting a perfect match online.

How do you create a great profile?  You must ensure that you do not tell all the negative pasts about you. You should not write too much about you, so that your prospective dates will not get tired when reading your profile. You need to hold some things about you that won't present you in a positive way to your potential dates, although it is good to be sincere, but I will advise that you keep some things to yourself.

Some things can discourage your prospective dates from reading your profile further when they see them in your profile, some things like "I just lost my job", "I just lost my girl friend, I just lost my boy friend" or "I was betrayed" etc; all these should not be included in your online dating profile, incase you have experienced anyone of such in the past, do not mention them, because mentioning them may not do you any good.

After creating your online dating profile you need to call the attention of some of your close friends to help you read the profile, he or she may help you judge the tone of your profile before you post. You need to do this, incase you have mistakenly written what you did not intend to mean.

Make your introduction a unique one, do not use an introduction a million of people had been using; just be unique about how you introduce yourself in your online dating profile. Make sure that you put in a great effort in writing your introduction, because this is another important part of your online dating profile. You may have to change it every week, to make it look fresh at all time.

Post recent photos, you should try to post photos that will show how you look really. Be happy when taking your photos, it is your photos that speak for you, so make it clear, it will show on the look of your photos when you are worried taking your photographs. Try and take your photographs with a bit of smile, which alone is good to attract some mates to read your profile.