Online Personal Ads, the method of choice for singles to meet since the dawn of the computer age in the 1980′s, have paved the way for today’s 21st century dating sites. One of the greatest contributions of online dating has been its popularity and success among all classes of people, thereby offering both the means and the opportunity for anyone to fall in love.

Accompanying all of the new options for online dating, a new hero has emerged in the form of the Online Dating Coach. If you’re lucky enough to find this type of practitioner, you’ll be rewarded with a combination of psychologist, social worker, and marketing strategist – all rolled up into one!

When you hire a professional Dating Coach, he or she will help you determine the type of partner you’re seeking. Your dating coach will guide you in completing all of the Online Dating questionnaires and help you develop your Dating Profile.

You’ll be interviewed by phone during an initial one or two-hour consultation, and during this coaching call you’ll be asked about your dating history and the qualities you’re seeking in a partner. There are thousands of possibilities waiting for you, so one of the first goals is to define what you’re seeking. Do you want to meet singles for fun on the weekends, or are you looking for something more serious? With all of the information that results from this call, along with your interests and your preferred type of relationship, your dating coach will create a success strategy for you to get started.

Your Dating Profile is the interface between you and the other site members, so it’s important that it be designed properly. Your profile is critical in helping you meet the prospects with whom you’ll be happy. So working with your Dating Coach, you’ll have the opportunity to explore your values, your goals – and your non-negotiables too. Your next relationship may last for many years (and perhaps forever) so your dating coach will need your input and attention. He will help you create a dating profile that stands out and captures the minds and the hearts of your matches.

Your Online Dating Profile is, in some ways, an expanded version of a Personal Ad from a magazine or newspaper. It describes your background, your education, your family ties and more – and articulates your core beliefs about dating. A creatively designed Online Dating Profile can make a huge difference in the matches you’ll end up meeting. So love it or not, working on your Dating Profile is the most important first step in getting started.

Some of my clients have told me that designing their profile was in some ways like being in a classroom. But virtually all of them thanked me once the profile was complete and dozens of potential Soulmates started emailing their introductions!

There is both an art and a science to designing a dating profile, and in many ways, it’s like a full-page advertisement. There’s a headline at the top, an introductory paragraph that follows, and several lists of “benefits” and “features.” Are you romantic and do you dream about meeting your next love at the top of the Eifel Tower? Or are you pragmatic and grounded, and instead see yourself as a gardener of life growing flowers?

You’ll only have a second to make a first impression, and your Dating Coach knows this too, without question. So put your faith in him and take a risk in opening your heart to someone who may start out as a stranger. Before you know it, you’ll be talking on the phone and then meeting for a cup of coffee!

Your coach will walk you through the steps in meeting your matches, knowing one of them may end up making your heart sing. This is a proven process, using modern technology with a twist of some old world wisdom. Your dating coach knows the recipe and will prepare you for the day when you’ll be walking down the aisle with your Soulmate!

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Because of the explosive growth of Online Dating – and especially if you yourself are single and looking for a partner online – it may be helpful to learn the best ways to use Online Dating Sites before actually joining one of them! As an Online Dating Coach, I want to help you make the best use of your time and money in your quest to find your Soulmate.

First and foremost, as in any relationship, honesty will be the most important factor in your finding a partner who shares your values and personal interests.

What type of relationship are you looking for? If you’d like to find someone who’s fun to be with so you can have some play time on the weekends, by stating your goal honestly right at the beginning, there will be a much greater likelihood of meeting someone who has the same vision.

One of the obvious side-benefits of this is your avoiding a series of uncomfortable conversations later about why you won’t commit to the relationship, or why you’re not willing to spend more time together, etc.

Another useful tip when entering the world of Online Dating is to match your choice of dating sites with the type of relationship you’re seeking. If you’re looking for a weekend companion “without any strings attached,” there are dating sites you can join whose members feel the same way. On the other hand, if your goal is to meet someone for marriage, you’d be better off starting with an online dating site whose members have the same intentions. As a Dating Coach, one of the first steps in working with new clients is my assessing their innermost values. By starting with this step, I can better recommend the dating sites that will deliver appropriate matches.

If you’re tired of random dating and not finding someone compatible, then my advice is to join the better known online dating sites which charge for their matchmaking services. Most of these companies use sophisticated compatibility software which match the subtleties of your unique personality. They will also match the basics like your marital status, religion, and education. By asking in-depth questions, and having you rate their importance, many online dating sites produce high success rates for meetings between the same clients. In other words, the match made through the dating service was pleasant enough so both parties wanted to see each other again after their first date.

Finally, to be safe in your quest to find your Soulmate, consider using an anonymous email address (through Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or something similar) without assigning your true name (and certainly not your last name) to your account, nor should you include your home telephone number. It’s best to get to know someone through the dating site first, before providing this information.

After your initial online email exchange and perhaps one or two IM chat sessions, you should be ready (assuming all goes well) to make plans for a telephone conversation. The proper online dating etiquette would be for the woman to call the man first, blocking her telephone number from Caller ID. Only after one or two successful telephone calls should a face-to-face meeting at a coffee shop be scheduled.

In the interest of safety, always plan your first couple dates in a public place, and even better if it’s during the day. Do not pick up or ask to be picked up for the date. Meet each other at a mutually agreed upon location, and also agree ahead of time to leave each other from a public place so you can drive home in your own cars. If your potential date balks at the suggestion to not be in a vehicle together, look elsewhere for sure. It’s not worth your safety to try to figure out if the person you met online may just be over-sensitive or unaware of the “rules.”

By following these simple guidelines, you can make online dating a success. By the second date, if all goes well, trust should be established and you’ll be on your way to building your next relationship!

As more and more people use online dating services and dating agencies to help them find their Soulmates, a new specialty service has emerged in the form of an Online Dating Coach. While the online dating sites compile your personal information so they can do the matchmaking, a Dating Coach works directly with the clients to help them establish and develop the relationships which start within the agency. A Dating Coach has the responsibility of helping clients effectively market themselves on the dating site. Essentially, an Online Dating Coach provides personal coaching services to clients so they can put their best foot forward in making contact with the other dating site members.

An Online Dating Coach is a dating specialist who, after interviewing and working with a client and using special coaching assessment tools, will help the client put his or her thoughts, feelings, and values on paper (so to speak) and in doing so create the client’s Online Dating Profile which will be seen by the other members.

In addition to this, an Online Dating Coach will help his clients see how their thoughts and feelings are affecting their dating matches, and will offer guidance and feedback to enhance the client’s likelihood of success. In many cases, a Dating Coach’s clients have been away from the single marketplace for a good number of years. Therefore a bit of rehabilitation is helpful for some clients as a way to familiarize them with 21st century dating practices. A lot has changed in the world of dating in the past ten or twenty years – indeed, even in the past five years have dating rituals evolved!

A Dating Coach usually works by phone, and typically, weekly or twice-a-week telephone coaching sessions are scheduled at the convenience of the client, sometimes after work and occasionally on the weekends. At the beginning of the coaching process, a Dating Coach will do an initial assessment to get the larger picture of what’s occurred in the client’s personal life. During that assessment, the client’s personal values are mined through a series of open-ended questions. This interview sets the stage for the effective coaching sessions that follow.

Ongoing coaching sessions with a Dating Coach may be as simple as meeting by phone for an hour to discuss the men or women you’ve dated over the past week, or they may become as intricate as having your Dating Coach listen carefully while you practice flirting with strangers, or role playing to get ready for “the big night out.”

Perhaps the most important aspect of selecting a Dating Coach is investigating their professional academic credentials. You’ll want to make sure that your Dating Coach has been professionally trained of course. A Dating Coach who has a background in Psychology or Social Work (if not both) can be very helpful in drawing out the qualities of a client’s personality that he or she may not even be aware of themselves. The Dating Coach can then help the client express themselves so their dates have the benefit of their true feelings and personality. As a simplistic but illustrative example, shyness in a person is often mistaken for conceit. The person who seems unfriendly is often just bashful, but this quality may lead to a misunderstanding – especially on a first date. A properly trained Dating Coach can resolve this type of issue by helping the client compensate for his or her shyness and even make it work in their favor.

As with any form of counseling, when you seek the assistance of a Dating Coach, be objective but also look within so you choose someone who sincerely wants to help you. The more your Dating Coach is willing to work with you as his client, the more committed he is to providing the service he’s promised. At the very least, the service of a Dating Coach will help you learn more about yourself and make you more comfortable with the personality you express to the world. Since a large part of dating is your wish to feel good about yourself through the companionship of another, just feeling better about yourself overall will make your life richer for having had the experience of being coached. And feeling better about yourself can easily lead you to the relationship you’ve been dreaming about – and the reason you joined that dating service in the first place!