What are your top 3 tips for making that first online contact?
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Toni Coleman, MSW is a licensed psychotherapist, relationship coach and founder of http://www.consum-mate.com. As a recognized expert, Toni has been quoted in many local and national publications including; The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, New York Daily News, Indianapolis Star and Newsweek newspapers and Family Circle, Woman's Day, Cosmo Style, Tango, Men's Health, Star (regularly quoted body language expert), People, and Nirvana magazines. She has been featured on abcnews.com, discovery.health.com, aolnews.com, MSN.com, Match.com and planetearthradio.com. Toni is also the featured relationship coach in “The Business And Practice Of Coaching,” (published by Norton, September 2005); and is the author of the forward for,” Winning Points With The Woman In Your Life, One Touchdown At A Time” ( published by Simon and Schuster, November 2005). Toni offers dating and relationship help and advice through her syndicated column, "Dear Dating Coach," and her popular monthly newsletter, "The Art of Intimacy." From March 2005 until December 2005, she was a weekly contributing commentator (love and dating coach) on the KTRS Radio Morning Show, (St. Louis, MO). Toni is a member of The International Coach Federation, The International Association of Coaches and The National Association of Social Workers.
What are your top 3 tips for making that first online contact?
Dating and relationship coach Toni Coleman discusses online dating including the top three tips for making the first online contact.
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Host: What are your top three tips for making that first online contact?
Toni Coleman: I would say the top tip is to not wait too long. If you see an ad that you are interested in or it somehow gets your attention, if you wait, very often, by the time you do respond, that person could already be communicating with somebody else or several somebody else's. This is something that comes up a lot with online dating is that folks wait and then so, if the moment has passed, the person has met somebody and they write back and they say, "Gee, I have already started talking with someone and I am going to be meeting them and I think I just need to put this process on hold for a while until I see where that goes. So, that would be the first tip. Do not wit too long. Second one is again, think about being appropriate writing something that is pleasant, but does not disclose too much. Do not ever share too much in that first meeting and another very important tip is when you make that contact, pick up on something that they wrote about themselves in their profile and tell them why you connected to it and what you liked about it, because that is going to get their attention and immediately help them to feel more of an emotional connection with you.
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