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6 Tips For Online Dating Success

Online dating is a breeze. Simply click, search and within minutes you can be arranging dates with a stream of eligible hotties from a town near you.

But it doesn't always work that way. Far too many people click through dating sites without clicking with a single single. We dug around in our files, took a look at our successful couples and put together a list of the top six strategies that they used to couple up.

1. Talking Truth
According to online dating expert Brenda Ross, men lie about their height and women lie about their age. According to our experience, liars stay losers.

Stretching the truth at the beginning of a relationship is a big no-no. At some point the truth will out and then you're left looking like chump - and a dishonest one at that. You can lie to your friends, your family and your boss; lie to a dating site and you'll be spending your nights lying alone.

2. Witty Words
Words work. In a bar, you can say a lot with a wink and a snappy set of threads. Online you're stuck with the way you describe your personality in your profile. That means taking care of the way you present yourself.

Try to be witty and original, use lower-case letters, and above all, run your work through a spellcheck. There's nothing more off-putting than trying to plough through a poorly-written paragraph.

3. Candid Camera
Very few successful couples posted profiles without pics. It doesn't just pay to post, it's practically essential.

You don't have to hire a wedding photographer to come and take your pic, but try to choose at least one image that provides a good close-up of your face. You can also toss in a couple more that show you with your family, working on the house or climbing cliffs. If you really want to date, do make sure you add a snap.

4. Take Action
Good things come to those who wait. But they come a lot faster to those who get up and take action. You can post a profile and sit around until the emails start flowing in, but why risk it? Send out Winks, write messages, open chat boxes. The more action you take now, the more action you'll see - and sooner.

5. Add Passion
And take dating seriously! Sure, it's fun to flick through the profiles. It' s nice to get notes from strangers. But it's even nicer to go out on dates instead of sitting in front of the computer every night.

Real dating begins when you use a dating site to set up dates. That means saying yes to real-life meetings and having the confidence to have a good time.

6. Slow Stamina
Finally, successful daters have stamina. Sometimes people reach a dating site, write to the first profile they see and are hitched before the week is out.

Often though, it takes a lot longer.

If you don't find love within a week, keep going until the end of the month. And if still nothing's happened, give it another month. Remember, love can happen at any time - as long as you're looking for it!