How to Look Good Online…. Professional Online Dating Profile Picture Tips

Want to look good online to increase your chances of finding a partner through an online dating site? We asked singles looking for a date through be2 how to show off your best side online. Your online dating profile picture is one of the most important determining factors that can make or break a successful profile on an online dating site. Almost a quarter of singles searching for love through be2 agree that the profile picture is the most important factor when deciding which singles to contact online.

If the profile picture is so important, why do so many singles skimp on that aspect of their online dating profile? In a recent survey of 2,218 singles registered with be2, 50% of photos submitted by singles to be2 were deemed insufficiently attractive. We aren’t talking about the looks of the person in the picture, just the quality of the photo itself.

Many singles undersell themselves with their profile pictures, even though they could present themselves so much better. Particularly for Premium Members, it’s a question of getting the most out of the service. Our be2 customer service sees a lot of bad profile pictures and gives advice to customers on how to improve their profile with a nice picture. Here, be2 UK customer service agent Caylin Giles explains some of the biggest mistakes they come across:

Top mistakes in bad online dating profile photos.

• Looking stiff
  “Generally, when taking your profile picture it is good to get someone else involved, and to do it in a public place. Photos of users alone in their rooms don’t always give the best results.”
• Barely visible
  “In a good profile photo the subject should take up at least 50% of the photo and should be the main focus of attention.”
• Uncomfortable pose or situation
  “Often the key to a good profile photo is to capture yourself in a natural pose doing something you enjoy. This has two benefits. Firstly, people tend to come across better if they are not posing for the photo but have been captured at a ‘natural’ moment. Second, by telling other users about a type of activity that is important to them users may prompt and enquiry. “
• Out of date
  “Our most active customers keep their photos relevant, posting new pictures when they have come back from holiday, when they have a new hair cut or even with the changing seasons. “

>>>Update your profile photo now or join be2 and get your own attractive profile free of charge!

How to add a Picture to your be2 Profile – FAQs and Tips

We have said it before and we are quite happy to say it again… and again and again, until every be2 member has the best profile picture possible:

A good profile picture is really, really important!

A profile with a nice picture can receive up to twice as many contact requests as a profile without a picture and it can really make the difference between successful matchmaking and endless searching. If you are having trouble choosing the right picture, uploading a picture to your profile or viewing somebody’s profile picture, we will try to answer all your questions here.

Q: How do I pick a good profile picture?
The be2 photo upload gives you a pretty good summary of what a good profile picture should look like:

If you want more tips on how to pick a good profile picture, read our 7 tips for the best photo here.

Q: How do I upload a photo to my profile?

Uploading pictures to your profile is easy. Ideally, you should add a picture to your profile as soon as you register. If you skipped this step, select “My Photos” in your profile view, pick the right photo from your hard drive and click “Upload”. you then have the option to crop the selected picture.

Q: I can’t upload a photo, what am I doing wrong?

Make sure that your picture is in the right format, not too small or too large. Acceptable formats are .gif, .bmp, .png or .jpg, the minimum size is 288 x 360 pixels and the file has to be smaller than 5MB. If you are not sure if the picture you have picked fits the requirements, right-click the file and click on “properties” – then you can see the format and size. Read more

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.

Christmas Gift Calendar: Digital Picture Frame

24 days, 24 Christmas gifts:
Perfect Christmas gift ideas and suggestions by the be2 team, daily December 1st – 24th 2009.

You probably know the problem: Grandparents love seeing pictures of their family and put them all over the house. When you were getting your rolls of film developed, you always used to get a few extra prints for them, but today you just don’t do that anymore. So the grandparents either don’t get to see your holiday snaps and the latest baby pictures or you try showing them a slideshow on your laptop screen, which doesn’t tend to be very popular with older people.

Now that digital picture frames have become so reasonable, you can simply get one as a Christmas gift, Read more