Getting Over 4 Excuses To Post A Great Picture Online

By Heidi Lee Munson. Posted on Jan 25th 2012.

Online Dating? Are you intimidated by posting your picture on the Dating Site? Want help?

You haven’t posted any pictures on that Online Dating Site you finally joined as part of your quest to stop kissing Toads, right?

That means you’re working against the magic of these sites – bringing like-minded people together to meet, flirt, and possibly, fall in love. You wouldn’t expect to meet your Prince Charming at the cocktail party if you hid in the powder room all evening, would you?

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What’s holding you back? Worried that once your picture is up that no one will respond? Perhaps you are concerned that someone you know might recognize you? Maybe even afraid of cyber-stalkers? Or are you quite simply struggling about which picture you should post?

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Whatever the reason – get that picture up today.

In an online dating profile, your pictures act as your stationery – and really nice stationery is memorable. If you want someone to come to your party, you have to invite them, right? But more importantly, you have to send an invitation that they would actually open. Just like a party invitation – if it looks junk mail it does not get opened.

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Author ... Online Dating Mentor ... Master Toad Kisser - Heidi Lee is a 40-something professional who managed to successfully navigate the Toad Kingdom. Finding happily-ever-after wasn’t easy – experiences ranged from humorous, to tense and straight into frightening. However, she did it, she married and she developed some simple rules to help others guide their way to meeting others.

When she’s not penning the moments of hilarity, heartbreak, and horror at discovering the prevalence of male bad breath that infuses her memoir, Heidi Lee can be found toad-proofing women with Online Dating Profile Makeovers and as a Mentor with tips to never kiss another toad.

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