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Tips for Successful Internet Dating
The times have changed, the internet is part of our daily life and we have all adapted to this reality, right? Most people think nothing of ordering clothes, books or even food on the internet. 
We book flights, cinema tickets and make dinner reservations online and we use the web to stay in touch with or even to find new friends. In short: there is no area of our lives that remains unchanged by the innovations of the online age. And because love is as much a part of our lives as all the other things listed here, our dating habits have changed, too.
Many single men and single women are searching online for the love of their life. Obviously there are two ways of looking at the internet dating development. People who view internet dating with suspicion might say that internet dating is a form of escapism, where singles fall in love with a fantasy online, rather than getting out there and meeting real people. Others maintain, despite all evidence to the contrary, that singles on internet dating sites or matchmaking sites are desperate and are only searching online because they can’t find anyone in the offline world.
Anyone who has some experience with successful internet dating will know how far from the truth that assumption is. We know as a fact that internet dating works, that it has made many people very happy and that it has lost much of its stigma, so the people searching for love online nowadays are a cross-section of society, no better or worse than singles you meet in a pub, at work or anywhere else.
The key to successful internet dating is to be active:
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How to Look your Best Online: Tips for your Online Dating Profile Picture
We regularly post lists of dating and relationship advice, full of handy tips and ideas to help you find a relationship, survive a first date or keep your relationship happy. Your profile picture is incredibly important for successful online dating, so we put together these tips for a good online dating photo. Here are our tips for women and men on the best online dating profile picture:
ADVICE FOR YOUR DATING PROFILE PICTURE: 7 tips for the best photo
- Appear as you are – and not as you’d like to be seen
- A photo that shows your face clearly, supplemented by a full-body photo, gives your dating partner a good over-all impression of you.
- Tips for women: Men are turned off by pets! Therefore, keep them away from the camera.
- Tips for men: Women want to see your eyes, so take off those sunglasses!
- Tips for women: Smile and flirt to the camera, but not to somebody outside the picture!
- Tips for men: Bring forth your mystical, macho look. Don’t necessarily look directly into the camera.
- For both genders, an appropriate amount of skin is a welcome feature on a dating portrait – but don’t put all your goods on display at once.
>> Upload your profile photo to your online dating profile and find love at be2.
First Date Fashion Advice for Women
What role does fashion play in your dating success? Is there such a thing as the ideal first date fashion? First date fashion for women in 2010 is becoming less influenced by the financial crisis: the look is chic and classical, but with a rising optimism in both colour choice as well as new, creative details added to an otherwise simple cut. Dating fashion follows its own rules:
1. First date fashion should always emphasize your strong points
• Women in tight t-shirts is always a hit – especially on those with trimmed torsos.
• Slender women can wear tight fit, while the chubbier should choose a baggier fashion.
• Women with feminine curves had better reveal their cleavage, whereas sporty girls could underline their behind instead.
• However, you should always remember that you are on a date, not as a sales show, so don’t put too much of your goods on display!
2. Choose a first date fashion style that suits not only your body, but also your personality
• If you’re funny and sparkling, show it in your colour choice!
• If you’d prefer to look serious, black and grey is always a classy and secure choice.
• Even if you are very fashion-forward, in the early dating phase with a new boyfriend, don’t wear anything too daring (but don’t dress too dull either).
• Avoid extremes such as a really girlie look or a totally strict business suit. Read more
Serious Dating – No Registration…thanks to Connect
Serious dating, no registration necessary? That sounds like a contradiction in terms! Serious dating sites like be2 usually don’t allow dating without registration, because serious daters want their privacy to be protected. A free registration, as offered by be2, ensures that only singles who are seriously looking for a partner get to see the profiles of be2’s members.
In future, that will change. be2 is going to offer serious dating, no registration necessary, while continuing to protect the privacy of its members* – thanks to Facebook Connect! If you already have a Facebook account you can now sign up for serious dating, no registration necessary. Curious? Here’s your step-by-step guide to serious dating, no registration necessary: Read more
Facebook and Dating: The New Relationship Rules
At first glance, Facebook and dating look like a great combination. You can connect with a person you met on a night out without all that pesky “can I get your number” business. If you know their name or if they are friends with your friends, you can look them up and send them a friend request. Once that is done, you can cyber-stalk away…
Facebook and dating combined let you find out a potential date’s likes and dislikes, see where they hang out, which parties and concerts they will be going to. You can even trace their Facebook and dating history by scanning their wall for posts from exes!
Once you are sure that Facebook has told you enough about this potential date, you can try dating for real. Then, when you get past the dating stage, Facebook allows you to make your relationship official, leaving little room for ambiguity. Once a person’s relationship status changes, you know where you stand.
BUT, you guessed it, there is a downside to Facebook and dating, which we is why we have compiled a few rules that any single should take to heart if they want to combine Facebook and dating.
Facebook and Dating: 5 relationship rules for social media
- The first relationship rule is one that counts for any actions on Facebook, but especially for dating: If you wouldn’t tell your parents about it, don’t share it on Facebook. For most people (depending on your family) that means no drunk party pics, no lewd sex jokes, no embarrassing fan pages. If you stick to that rule, you don’t have to worry about a potential date being put off by your Facebook profile. Read more
