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Here are some great, easy-to-copy dating profile examples & profile photo optimization tips for gents and ladies.

Feel free to mix, match, and edit these dating profile examples as needed to suit your situation.

Dating Profile Example # 1: Three things

An essential rule of thumb when creating your dating profile is to think of yourself as a product.

What are the best keywords to describe what “you” are, and what you’re into? (Ex: An engineer? A creative? An athlete/fitness enthusiast?)

Second, what is the “consumer” getting if they “buy”? (Ex: Your contagious enthusiasm for life? A good listener? Interesting conversation about books? Boozy campfires? Raucous club outings?)

These dating profile examples show that you don’t need to list everything there is to know about you.

Your bio is just an ad, so you want to pique interest, and leave the meaty getting-to-know-you stuff for chats and dates.

List three interesting things about you (interests, hobbies, goals) to make people curious and want to swipe right to find out more.

Examples

Astrid, 26
Kava enthusiast. Wannabe climber. Roomba owner.

Jesse, 27
Amateur Lego builder. Terrible cook. Aspiring snowboarder.

Dating Profile Example # 2: “Ask me about…”

Brevity is your friend, friend. A concise one-liner comes across as confident and self assured, like you know what you’re about and have nothing to prove.

Use this short and simple “Ask me about…” template to steer your chat convo toward that one weird interest or fun fact about yourself you’re dying to share.

Examples

Taylor, 27
Ask me about my sleight of hand

Jude, 23
Ask me about my cat’s tricks.

Dating Profile Example # 3: Movie quote

Referencing movies or tv shows is a really great way to engage on a dating app. Even though you’re strangers, you’re already connected through this shared social consciousness, so swipers will automatically feel positively towards you.

Examples

Heather, 22
I’ll have what she’s having (When Harry Met Sally quote)

Derek, 25
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off quote)

Dating Profile Example # 4: Greater than/less than

These dating profile examples of the “greater than/less than” template show that you can reveal a lot about your interests and sense of humor without penning a multi-volume autobiography.

Are you always down for a good-natured debate? Rousing convo? This format is a great way to express an unpopular opinion or slightly tease about a topic you know people feel strongly about.

Examples

Claudia, 24
Captain America > Thor

Mark, 26
My Sunday roast > your mom’s Sunday roast

Dating Profile Example # 5: Quirky Interest

Got an unusual interest or passion? Your dating profile is the perfect place to reveal this little-known fact.

Sure, maybe not everyone will love that you keep track of your Minecraft progress in a spreadsheet or secretly take salsa lessons, but the people who do respond are already really going to be picking up what you’re putting down.

There’s no sense in hiding your quirkiness or nerdom. You may as well focus on attracting those who will jive with you than going for worldwide mass appeal.

Examples

Ferrin, 25
My labelmaker is the single best purchase of my 20s so far.

Rory, 29
I may or may not use the Dewey Decimal System for my home library.

Even the best bio won’t make up for unattractive pics 😕

If your pics don’t look good, your dating profile doesn’t stand a chance at getting much notice, unfortunately.

Pro tip: Before you start swiping, run your dating profile pics through Photofeeler to see how women or men are responding to them.

Choosing your profile pics this way has been shown to significantly increase match rates and match quality.

Go to Photofeeler.com now and give it a try!

The Gay Man’s guide to creating a profile that speaks to who you are. Plus: two profile red flags to look out for.

I’ve been dating online since I came out at 19. At that time, online dating was the primary option for gay men to meet other gay men. There may be more options available now, but I still find it to be my go-to dating method.

My preference for the online dating pool may be because my social circles don’t bring me into contact with an abundance of single gay men, or because it’s interesting to meet people who are outside my everyday experience. It is, as they say, what it is.

The debut of www.meetmindful.com—a website that promotes mindful dating—is exciting. I wonder, though, if what we are being mindful about will be open to wide interpretation. To me, mindfulness means being aware of and engaged in the Universe and respecting its laws, and in improving oneself in harmony with those laws. To others, “mindful” may mean something different. The meeting of these minds, though, starts with a profile.

Take mine, for example:

Hi everyone! It’s nice to meet you.

My name’s Joe (Joseph if you’re my Mom) and I am a 31 year old gay male, six foot, 190 pounds, and if you know anything about the gay-lingo this should be familiar – masculine and athletic.

I enjoy long runs on the beach, reading, video games, the gym, yoga, meditation, and cross fit. I spend most of my time working on a few businesses, playing with my dogs and being with friends and family. I don’t go out too often, but I enjoy myself when I do.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my two-paragraph spiel that I have honed to online-dating poetry. These two paragraphs describe everything that could ever need to be known about me.

Right?

Well, no, of course they don’t; but my spiel does do a pretty good job of saying what I look like and what I am looking for.

Using the Tools Available

You have three tools at your disposal to catch the eye of Mr. Future Wonderful:

• your photo (naturally taken in the best possible lighting, from the right angle, fresh out of the gym)
• your stats (6’1″, 190, masc, musc)
• two paragraphs

That’s it. Intimidating right? While exploring who you are and capturing it in such a condensed form can be daunting, there are two things you can easily avoid to make your profile more attractive.

Two Types of Red Flag Profiles

First we have the guy who lists everything you must do to meet his standards. The profile for Guy #1 may go something like this:

I am an athletic jock looking for fun. You must spend two hours daily at the gym—like I do. You must have a job. You must brush your teeth. You must practice ballet beneath the full moon when the new moon falls on a Tuesday…

Second, we have the guy who states everything he is not looking for. Guy #2 will often rock bullet points in his profile:

Guy Dating Profiles

I am not interested if you:

• do not floss
• do not go to the gym
• smoke
• sprinkle sugar on your morning coffee

Frankly, both types of profiles wave red flags. Guy #1 and Guy #2 may have nice photos and stats, but both speak in ultimatums and mandates. If that’s how they’re writing, then how are they thinking?

We become what we think about.

Now go back and read my two paragraphs. I’d be lying if I said that a guy who doesn’t go to the gym regularly would be a good match for me, but I offer my preferences in a far-less exclusionary manner.

Do you see the difference between how I stated my preference and how Guy #1 and Guy #2 did? I frame everything in positive affirmations. I hit the gym. I practice yoga. I spend time with my family. I list what makes me happy—neither as judgment nor ultimatum—as simple, joyous affirmation.

If we attract what we are and if we become what we think about, I’d like to manifest the gentleman who is simple and joyous.

Guy Dating Profile Tips

[photo: Martin Strachoň / Wikimedia Commons]

Joe Valero is a meditating and yoga-practicing entrepreneur in the Denver area. You can often find him at the gym or writing fantasy novels in a coffee shop.

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