7 Tips For A Great Dating Profile On OkCupid
It's easy to create a great profile on OkCupid and get more likes, responses to your messages, and dates with women. Tips for your profile include using various photos, writing a killer self-summary, and updating your bio often.
Most men put zero effort into their bio's, which is a huge blunder. It's easy to stand out and capture women's attention. If you're looking for an edge, here are 7 tips that can help you on OkCupid.
1. Use a variety of photos.
You want a diverse set of photos in your profile on OkCupid. Your main picture should be you looking directly at the camera smiling. After that, you have options.
Add photos of yourself engaging in your favorite hobbies. Hiking, painting, traveling, cooking, playing an instrument, for example. Even pictures of yourself playing a board game works.
Your photos' goal is to help women see who you are and what you like to do. The majority of men use selfies, so a variety of pictures will capture women's eyes.
Make sure you are in the pictures. It's not time to use photos of your car, your dog, the sunset, or some quote. If you aren't in the picture, don't use it.
For more photo tips, visit my blog post, What Are Good Dating Profile Photo Tips For Men.
The first thing women look at in your pictures is your smile.
2. Add captions to your photos.
OkCupid is one of the several apps that has a caption feature for your pictures. Always add captions with your photos because they boost your results.
When captions are visible with a photo, women will read them. It's a great idea to add them to your photo because of this.
Adding captions to your photos helps you stand out. You'll get noticed by more women if you inject humor in your captions.
The key is adding humor and confidence. For example, if you have a picture of yourself smiling, add the caption, "I clean up nicely" or "My inaugural photo for the Hot or Not Hall of Fame."
An added benefit is that OkCupid shows you in OkCupid Discover when you caption your photos. OkCupid Discover allows you to connect with women who share similar interests.
OkCupid shows you to more women if you take the time to add captions to your pictures. How cool is that?
3. Write a good self-summary.
Studies show the written section of your bio is the most important part of your dating profile. Women spend 50% more time than men analyzing profiles.
Women spend 65% less time than men viewing photos on dating sites. These facts show women read your self-summary with a fine-toothed comb.
All you need to do is introduce yourself, pick some of your passions, interests, hobbies, goals, and write a few sentences about each. Don't just write a list; "I travel, am active, and enjoy cooking." Everyone writes that.
The key is depth. Whatever topics you include, add some details. If you like traveling, share why you like traveling and maybe include a funny story about your traveling adventures.
If you enjoy painting, write about what you like about it. Share a few sentences about why you do it. Make sense?
Women respond to profiles that show effort.
4. Spell check everything.
Women judge everything while reading your bio. Even a small spelling mistake can cripple your results.
OkCupid found 75% of people say they’re less likely to respond to someone who has spelling mistakes in their profile. It's important you check your bio for grammar mistakes.
You can use Microsoft Word to check spelling as well as free online grammar tools. I recommend using Grammarly. It's free and works well.
It takes seconds to check your profile and fix grammar mistakes. Give your profile a once over; it may be the difference if a woman contacts you or not.
5. Put effort into personality questions.
OkCupid has personality questions that are beneath your self-summary. The app offers you several questions such as, "A perfect day," "I value," and "My golden rule," for example.
You don't need to answer all the personality questions. It's a good idea to choose 3 or 4 to show your personality further. Similar to your bio, the key to these is answering them with depth.
Don't just write, "Ozark" for the "Last show I binged" question. Instead, write something like this: "I don't often binge-watch shows but recently watched Bosch on Amazon Prime and was hooked. Love the actors, the storylines, and the main actor. He's a smart aleck but also a consummate pro."
Take your time when choosing and answering personality questions on OkCupid. These questions have a huge impact on your results, so don't underestimate their importance.
Insert humor and depth into your personality questions on OkCupid.
6. Don't ignore your profile traits.
A critical section of your profile on OkCupid is your profile traits. A lot of men gloss over them, failing to realize their importance. Answer each question honestly and accurately.
Women look at this section to ensure you're a good match. OkCupid also uses your profile traits to match you with women as well, so it's a good idea to go through them and answer them all.
Don't ignore your profile traits on OkCupid.
7. Update your bio often.
OkCupid rewards people who update their bio often. The app says, "It's our little reward for your taking the time to show off who you are right now." Yep, OkCupid shows you to more women just for keeping your bio current.
Add pictures of a recent trip or weekend adventure. Maybe you saw a concert recently or are binge-watching a show on Netflix; include these in your bio.
Updates to your profile may capture the attention of a woman who bypassed you in the past. Adding new pictures and updating your self-summary acts as an added hook for potential matches.
Bonus Tip - Upload pictures late in the afternoon.
This profile tip comes straight from OkCupid. Take pictures in the late afternoon because they get more likes.
I have no idea why this works, but OkCupid's analysis shows it helps. Take it for what it's worth; add a picture or two of yourself outdoors in the late afternoon.
A photo tip for OkCupid is taking pictures in the late afternoon.