There are more than few ways to beef up the attention that your online dating profile is acquiring. One stands out above the rest. You may easily increase the amount of attention that youre getting online.

Think about it. When youre browsing online for a potential date or partner, whats the first thing that you look for? Do you spend any time at all, willy nilly reading profiles, merely looking at the oh-so-creative nicknames for some idea as to just who or what type of person this could be? Or are you one of the literal millions of everybody whose attention is drawn to a picture first?

Lets face it, we are a "based in the physical, gotta see it first" society, like it or not. The first thing we are drawn to as human beings are looks. No two ways about it. There are those who criticize it, but its a fact of life. That doesnt mean that one has to be drop dead gorgeous to get any attention, but if you do not want the opposite sex to see what you look like, why should they want to make the first move in acquiring to know you?

Adding a picture of yourself to your online dating profile is THE best way to increase the care that your online profile is grasping . It doesnt have to be an airbrushed, glossy photograph, suitable for Vogue or Cosmo magazine. Just find, or have a friend take a photo of you the way that you normally look. Dont go out and have photos taken in a studio just for your online profile. Studio photos are generally fairly deceiving. Posting a photo that makes you look like a supermodel, when you look nothing like it on a regular basis is deceptive. Be real.

Unless youre some celebrity, affixing a picture with your profile shouldnt be that big a deal. Take a chance. Live a little. What do you have to lose?

Come on people...if youre gonna do it, do it right and upload the picture!

Heres to happy dating!

Nicolette.