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Ghostwriting Your Dating Profile
An eager publicist emailed me today about profile wiz, a new service for $4.75 that promises to ghostwrite an enticing online dating profile in under five minutes. That would have come in handy for Steve, a recent “admirer” from Match.com. Steve’s profile was sketchy, and a little sarcastic, and in writing about the last movie he saw, he mentioned Hungover, which I’m assuming is really The Hangover, unless he’s talking about some porn film. I recently posted about Dating Dealbreakers, and a typo is not one of them. But I find that profiles provide clues (whether intentionally or not) and the idea that a surrogate would tell our stories for us, misses the point.
Would you hire a ghostwriter for your dating profile?
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No, but I have people ask me to write theirs for them.
And I could have been charging them
$4.75 all this time!!!
missed the boat AGAIN.
Hiring a ghost writer for your dating profile is as bad as hiring someone to write your resume.
You should know yourself better than anyone. For $4.75, the writer can’t get to know you well enough to present you in the best light.
Do the work; put youself out there.
No, but I see no harm in someone providing some coaching or editing tips to make sure the profile really communicates what was intended.