10 Action Phrases For Your Next Personals Ad
Post date: 2006-04-08
Personals ads and in particular Internet personals ads
are becoming the wave of the future in dating. More
and more people are meeting online and through personals
ads and these services are becoming a booming business.
Gone are the singles ads of yesterday with phrases such
as SWF seeks SWM. Today’s personals ads are witty, informative
and hopefully effective. If you want to keep up on the
current dating scene, you will have to learn all about
the world of personals ads. There are a few key points
to placing a personals ads which include being honest,
being witty and including action phrases that will attract
attention to your ad and make it stand out from the
rest.
One key phrase to incorporate into your next personals
ad is, “long term relationship”. This phrase is perfect
because it conveys a sense of commitment. This phrase
lets people know that you are committed to finding
an enduring relationship and that you are not just
looking for a fling. Sure there may be those reading
your ad that are turned off by this phrase but as
long as you maintain your honesty you won’t include
phrases that don’t express what you really desire
in a relationship.
“No baggage,” is another effective phrase to use
in placing your next personals ad. This phrase lets
readers know that you are completely free of attachments
such as a spouse or children. Again, there may be
those that are looking for a relationship with someone
who already has children but the majority of people
who use personals ads to meet people are looking for
someone who is free of other commitments.
You can spice up your next personals ad with the
phrase, “Active and adventurous”. This phrase is beneficial
for a couple of reasons. Active has the connotation
of someone who is in shape because the reader of the
ad equates active with physically fit. The word adventurous
leads the reader to believe that you are romantic
and daring which can be very intriguing.
“Honest” is another word that should be included
in all personals ads. It is very unlikely that there
are people out there who are looking for dishonest
partners so letting people know that you are honest
is very beneficial. It’s important to not only incorporate
the word honest into your ad but to also make sure
that the rest of your ad is extremely honest so that
the person responding to the ad doesn’t get a sense
of a lack of honesty in your ad.
Another action phrase to include in your next personals
ad is, “Great personality”. These words let the reader
know that meeting you will be well worthwhile because
you have a truly magnificent personality. It is also
a great phrase to use because it indicates that you
understand the value of personality in a relationship.
“Enjoys travel,” is another action phrase to include
in your next personals ad. Reading this phrase creates
the image that the person placing the ad is well traveled
and sophisticated and this is appealing to many. It
also invokes a sense of adventure which many find
appealing as well.
Additionally if you are seeking responses to your
ad from a certain demographic group you may want to
incorporate a phrase that illustrates this. For example
if you are looking to meet single women of Russian
descent, you may include a phrase such as, “Seeks
single, Russian women”. This may seem overly simplistic
but because it is so clear, it will most likely produce
the desired effect of receiving the majority of responses
from single, Russian women.
If you have a love of food and enjoy exploring new
restaurants, you may want to include a phrase such
as, “Enjoys fine dining,” to let reader of your ad
know that dining out is an activity you enjoy. This
phrase can be advantageous for a couple of reasons.
First, dining out is first date activity that many
people enjoy so knowing that a dinner date is likely
if they go out with you may result in a greater number
of responses to your ad. Second, the use of the word
fine in the description leads people to believe that
you enjoy expensive restaurants and this can be very
appealing to many readers of your ad.
Those who enjoy physical activity and keeping in
shape, may include a phrase such as, “Fit and active,”
to convey this message. This phrase can affectively
lead to you receiving responses from those who have
a similar interest in fitness. While the term fit
clearly means you are in good shape and may result
in a large volume of responses from those interested
in meeting someone in shape, the addition of the term
active may greatly diminish the volume of responses
and affectively weed out those that are not interested
in an active lifestyle.
An extremely effective action phrase that you can
use in your next personals ad is, “Ask me anything.”
This simple phrase can lead to a multitude of responses
to your ad. This simple phrase lets others know that
you are honest, adventurous and open to sharing details
about yourself.
The personals ads may be a great place to meet a
potential partner. An ad that is written honestly
and incorporates a few eye catching action phrases
is likely to attract a lot of attention and responses.
Try to use phrases that are not only attention grabbing
but also an accurate representation of your personality.
Incorporating phrases just because you think they
will elicit a large response can result in many responses
from people who are not suitable companions.
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