Bon's Mots

Ahoy hoy, my fel­low sin­gle­tons. This is the fi­nal in­stall­ment of my non-award win­ning se­ries on on­line dat­ing and PR. In this chap­ter, I con­clude with The Profile, the crème de la crème of your on­line dat­ing per­sona. Or, as per my brand anal­ogy, the Product. You’ve drawn in the po­ten­tial buyer (mate) with your logo […]

This is the sec­ond in a se­ries of mus­ings on PR and Online Dating, orig­i­nally posted on October 14. Part two — The Nickname and Tagline For those who have never pe­rused on­line dat­ing sites, the nick­name is your user han­dle. You don’t want to use your real name and if you ask, “Why not?” I strongly sug­gest you avoid the Internet forever. A […]

Here’s a lit­tle tid­bit about me: I was once an on­line dater. I am not ashamed of my ad­mis­sion, nor do I re­gret my ac­tions. I made a few friends through the process. I also have a col­lec­tion of funny anec­dotes I can de­pend on to liven up pauses in con­ver­sa­tions. Earlier this year, I de­cided to re­move all my dat­ing pro­files, de­spite be­ing bom­barded with eHar­mony ads. […]