Writing For Love In All The Wrong Ways

We have been running some tests on the online dating community.

My first test was to write basically the same ad from a male and female and post them at the same time.  My ad drew very few females.  Of course the ad written as a women was a hit.

So to the women who may read this I have one suggestion.  Use sports analogies.  I wrote about a “three strike” dating rule.

I also made it very clear that like any woman of class and distinction I was a White Sox fan, as opposed to the Cubs.

To the men I make this suggestion.  Read the ad.  If she says she likes the Sox, don’t invite her to a Cubs game.  It is amazing how many people read the ad and then come back with something directly opposed to the wishes of the writer.
How to catch the big fish (women)

It is a well established fact that any post from a woman will draw tons of responses from men.  It is much harder to get women to respond to an ad from a man.

This was our challenge.  We decided to take some odd approaches.

My approach was to write as a big time drug fiend.  I talked about my great love of heroin and cocaine.  (obviously I was going for a niche audience).

Her approach was brilliant.

If you want to see what she wrote (and believe me men you really need to see this) you will have to watch for my next post.  All I can say is that with a single post she drew more responses from women looking to meet her fictional man than any post I have ever seen.

Stay tuned…

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