A Quick Start Guide for the very busy!

Get prepared before you start your online dating quest. Here's some dating tips to get you started born from hard earned experience:


Get some recent pictures of yourself. One close-up and another of your whole self.

Get an email address specifically for your online dating search, and make sure to keep your private and business email addresses to yourself.

Think up a couple of cool screen names, and remember to take a look at what other people are using to identify themselves.
Install an Instant Messenger Program - ideally both AOL/Netscape and Yahoo.

Decide which online dating site you're going to use.

Start writing a profile. It's better to go into a dating site having decided what you want to say about yourself.

Get a microphone for your computer. Most good Instant Messenger programs allow you to chat via your computer, rather than your phone.