pleasuredancer -> RE: She said, I said, The Profile Game. (6/20/2009 11:38:17 AM)
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Things that bug me with initial emails-- this site seems to have bunches of people who send... "Good afternoon, how are you," kinds of emails. I will answer those all right now, and be done with it-- I am fine, thank you for asking. Other things that bug me are emails that obviously have gone to many other women-- form letter emails, the sister to the dreaded shot-gun email. Sure, sending out lots of emails is a good idea, but when they are as creative as junk mail, well, they will be treated as such. And then, there are those emails and profiles that tell me nothing about the person, but he describes what he think is going through my head. Please, don't tell me what I am thinking. The two I am emailing? Both of them picked up on hobbies I like and which we have in common. Neither fits the demographic perfectly, but they are interesting to me because they found something we share in common. Neither one insisted on IMing right away (another pet peeve, I don't want to spend hours IMing with people I don't know, or phoning). Neither got all domly on me-- showing that they respect me as a person first. Mostly, I like people who interact with me from message boards or other, more organic discussions. Searching for profiles to introduce oneself is the online equivalent of door to door sales call, or cold calling. Sure, it can work, but it is the least effective way to obtain your objective.
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