Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Branding Lessons For Attracting Quality Women Online

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A: Sell themselves.

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Its exactly Pomeranian Dogs For Adoption24553 same thing with dating.

In fact, its even more important in dating.

If you find yourself selling yourself youre selling yourself short.

And turning away women.

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Hi, I am a really great guy. A diamond in the rough! One of a kind. I can do a hundred push-ups. I dress really well! I drive a BMW. I am kind and sensitive and manly!

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And very, very ineffective. Why?

Because the choose me! Buy me! advertising bullets that clutter most guys profiles blur one into the next. The effect is Computer Desks Office Furniture49887 only as if you are a car salesman or a vacuum salesman, but a salesman among a thousand others!

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Think for a moment: in our culture, are those powerful, attractive models of manhood?

No. What else is wrong with the Im so great buy me! pattern of online personals writing? Well, Tooth Whitening Teethnjidjv a Diabetes Treatment92839 point of view, many things:

*Facts are boring to women, they want feeling.

*Facts are bare, they are not contextualized into a story of who you are. Stories and fantasy visions are compelling and exciting!

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*Your facts are unsubstantiated. Theres no back up. No testimonials.

Why should she believe you? Think about this

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Instead, become The Desirable Brand.

Or, as genius internet marketer, Alex Mandossian, says,

Educate Overtly; Sell Covertly.

What is your target market?

Any marketing expert knows two things:

1. Only a fool creates a product and casts around for a market.

2. The truly brilliant marketers find the market need first and then fulfill that need.

How do you apply this to dating? The easiest way in the world is with online dating, where women actually tell you exactly what they want in a man!

All you have to do is read their profiles very, very closely. Read between the lines, identify what they desire in a man. Are they asking for humor? Quiet authority? Love of dogs or animals?

Find the women who you want to meet and write your profile according to what they desire. Throw in how much you like dogs dont SAY it write about a time you were with your dog and were happy by a lake, on a trail.

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You dont say Hi! I like dogs, arent I great! Or, Hey! I love Scrubs too, dont we have so much in common!

The key to Airfare Lowest49382 a successful, non-self advertising brand:

Express yourself, dont advertise yourself.

And let her come to you, the attractive brand.

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