{"id":8936,"date":"2011-03-24T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2011-03-24T10:05:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:05:48","slug":"how-to-send-a-first-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/how-to-send-a-first-message\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Send a First Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8938\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8938\" title=\"Royalty-Free Stock Photography by Rubberball\" src=\"http:\/\/bcu2-shared.onlinebootycall.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/blind-date.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/blind-date.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/blind-date-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via datingfreetips.info<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-your-dating-headline\/\" target=\"_blank\">you have your headline<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/how-to-clean-up-your-dating-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\">your re-vamped profile<\/a>, and your<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/your-profile-picture-a-lesson-in-latitudes\/\" target=\"_blank\"> hot-as-fire profile picture<\/a>, and you&#8217;re browsing the selection at OH I DON&#8217;T KNOW, OnlineBootyCall.com when you POW you spot the hottest little thang you ever did see. All you wanna do is set up a sweet booty call without having your message overlooked or under-appreciated. BUT HOW?!??!?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are BCU&#8217;s top 3 tips to sending a first message: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. READ THE PERSON&#8217;S PROFILE FIRST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you know WHO you&#8217;re messaging before you even consider sending a message. Perhaps it&#8217;s a guy that looks like Orlando Bloom in his profile, but if you read further you&#8217;ll notice that photo was taken in 1988. And maybe that girl looks like someone who really knows how to pull out all the stops in bed until you realize she&#8217;s a pre-op who&#8217;s &#8220;looking to save up some cash for the big jump&#8221;. READ THE PROFILE BEFORE YOU SEND A MESSAGE. All horrible scenarios aside, you&#8217;re going to want to mention something other than their pleasant hip to waist ratio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Be thorough BUT ALSO concise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contradictory? Perhaps. Confusing? A little, I guess. But it&#8217;s one of the most important parts of the advice you&#8217;ll get here today. You&#8217;ll want to mention at least one thing from their profile, have a specific idea for a date, and be complimentary without being crass, AND SOMEHOW get this all into a short concise message. No one wants to read a wall of text. Consider this template:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Hey [user name] (or real name if its stated in their profile) &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Came across your profile and thought you sounded like an unusually AWESOME [guy or girl]. That part about you [something from their profile] could have come straight out of my <em>own <\/em>profile! Check out my profile and get back to me if you&#8217;re down to have a blast [grabbing a drink, meeting for lunch, etc] sometime soon. Oh, and did I mention that you are [gorgeous, REALLY good looking, unbelievably attractive]? Because you are.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk to you soon, [your name]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To the point, descriptive, and intriguing, without being cookie cutter or gross. A perfect message!<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Proofread, proofread, proofread.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know we said this in our post about fixing your profile, but it&#8217;s even more important here. If you have a few unedited typos in your About Me, a viewer might have your picture or other parts of your profile to save your case. However, in a message hock full of unreadable words, they&#8217;re more likely to yell, &#8220;NO THANK YOU&#8221; at the top of their lungs than proceed any further. So make sure you check any potentially misspelled words, make sure you have the right form of <a href=\"http:\/\/worksheetplace.com\/index.php?function=DisplayCategory&amp;showCategory=Y&amp;links=4&amp;id=330&amp;link1=43&amp;link2=52&amp;link3=206&amp;link4=330\" target=\"_blank\">your,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalc.edu\/departmentpages\/english\/pdfs\/write_place_tutorials\/45_worksheet_on_two_to_and_too.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">to<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/worksheetplace.com\/index.php?function=DisplayCategory&amp;showCategory=Y&amp;links=4&amp;id=211&amp;link1=43&amp;link2=52&amp;link3=206&amp;link4=211\" target=\"_blank\">there<\/a>. Online dating is supposed to be for people over the age of eighteen, so try and type like it. Leave the U&#8217;s and R&#8217;s and B4&#8217;s for text messaging, got it? And PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF WAFFLES, don&#8217;t write one long unending sentence. Punctuation is your friend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>With these three tips you should be able to construct a great first message that will stand out from the dozens of crappy messages that are sent every day on dating sites. Combined with your profile, picture, and headline,\u00a0 you&#8217;ll be set up for the best (and easiest!) date or booty call of all time!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-8936\" data-postid=\"8936\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-8936 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So you have your headline, your re-vamped profile, and your hot-as-fire profile picture, and you&#8217;re browsing the selection at OH I DON&#8217;T KNOW, OnlineBootyCall.com when you POW you spot the hottest little thang you ever did see. 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