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No Picture In Your Profile Significantly Reduces Your Chances Of Being Contacted!

Lets be real here, how many people take a good look at profiles without a picture? Not many. But if you want people to take you serious then it's a good idea to include a few pictures. It doesn't even have to be a face photo. Discrete body photos work just as fine! This way, people can check out your profile and if they like you they can contact you. If they don't, then they can move on.

It is important to upload your picture if you want to be successful in finding a Irish Buddy. People are more likely to respond to profiles with pictures.

Any online dating site will tell you that uploading your photo increase your chances tenfold.

Why should you have a photo in your personal ad online?

Here are top 5 reasons:

1. You appear more credible
2. You get more responses to your ad
3. You can influence people's opinion about you
4. People are more likely to answer your messages
5. Less time is wasted looking for that right person

Now let's consider those five points in more detail.

1. YOU APPEAR MORE CREDIBLE

How do you know the person is for real or even serious about finding a 'Irish Buddy' when they haven't even made the effort to fill in their profile and even ad a photo. When you do not have a photo in your personal ad on the dating site, it looks like you are either hiding something or you are too lazy to have one taken. Either way, it's not good for your success on the dating site. If you are concerned about privacy, you can take a photo in sunglasses or from a distance, this will be better than having no photo at all.

2. YOU GET MORE RESPONSES TO YOUR AD

Most members only view ads of members who have photos in their profiles. If your profile does not have one, you are not even in the search results.

Some online dating sites also send newsletters to members with ads of new members who joined recently. If your ad does not have a photo, you may not make it.

3. PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO ANSWER YOUR MESSAGES

People of all appearances, shapes and sizes (who obviously have photos in their personal profiles) receive lots of mail. If you are writing to someone you're interested in and don't have a photo in your profile, your message is likely to be ignored.

4. LESS TIME IS WAISTED

How many times have you searched for hours only to find most profiles didn't have a picture and you weren't sure if you should make the effort to contact somebody who you may not be compatible with anyway. When you have a photo in your profile, it makes it easier for someone to take that first step conatcting you.

5. YOU CAN INFLUENCE PEOPLE'S OPINION ABOUT YOU

This is the biggest advantage of all. When people view personal ads online, photos are the most interesting part, both for men and women. Men mostly look for physical beauty, women for personality shining through.

People try to figure out your personality by looking at your photos. If you appear happy, easygoing, open and warm, they will be naturally drawn to you. If you appear stiff, reserved, timid and insecure, they will feel repulsed. Look at your photos from this point of view, and if your photos don't flatter you, get new pictures.

You can use a webcam or take a photo of yourself with your mobile phone camera - this will only take you a couple of minutes. This is what most people do.

But if you want BETTER than average results, then consider going an extra mile - this always pays off.

Spend a day to get the right photos, and you may set up your love affair for life! Don't you think it's worth it?

Get a friend with a digital camera to take a few hundreds of photos of you in different settings. Make sure you are dressed neat and stylish, and use open body language (no crossed legs or arms, no barriers between you and the viewer, relaxed, comfortable pose, and a lovely smile).

Choose a dozen or so photos where YOU like yourself the most, and then show them to your friends of the OPPOSITE gender. Usually there will be one or two favorites: use them in your Internet personals ads.

Having the right photo in your online dating campaign is crucial. It can make a difference between choosing from dozens of people competing for your attention and not having a date for the Saturday night.

Update your photo in your Internet personals ad and check the difference - it can be staggering!