Lavender Womyn Personals - Lesbian Dating Personals

A Big Red Flag

While we here at Lavender Womyn Personals (http://www.lavenderwomyn.personals.com) are always on the hunt for fakes and scammers, we can only control what happens on our site.

Scammers are acutely aware of this, so they might try to get you OFF our site as quickly as possible after their first contact with you.

To the point: be wary of anyone that wants to get you to converse via private email or instant messenger right away.

We don’t want to discourage you from moving things off the site once you’re comfortable with a new contact. It’s fine if you exchange contact information. After all, you want to meet people face to face, fall in love, and live happily ever after. But be cautious about moving too quickly, because the staff here at TangoWire can’t see what happens outside of our site, and scammers, fakes, and fraudsters count on this.

Just use caution and common sense, and you’ll be fine. And, as always, have fun!

By Avery Williamson

Get Noticed!

Occasionally, we get emails from members who are discouraged at the lack of replies they receive. For example:

“I upgraded to Premium membership, and nobody’s replying to my emails or Smiles. And nobody looks at my profile!”

When I receive an email like this, my first step is go out to the site and view the member’s profile. More often than not, the member has only logged in a few times, sent out a couple of emails, and maybe a few Smiles. They’ve usually written very little (if anything) in the “More about me…” section of their profile, and, at best, uploaded one or two blurry photos.

This tells me two things: The person isn’t very outgoing, and completely misses the point of online dating. Being shy or reserved isn’t a character flaw. That might just be who you are as a person. But if you want results, you’re going to have to step outside of your comfort zone a little and flirt!

“But that’s not my style!” you say. Fair enough, but you already took the leap and entered the online dating scene. That was a big step in and of itself. Being a wallflower simply isn’t going to work. Get energized and get active!

Upload Photos!
A good, clear photo of yourself works wonders. While some of you might not want your photos posted online for personal reasons, the fact is that the vast majority of other members want to see who you are. Members with photos are given priority in search results, too.

Log in often!
Logging into the site automatically moves your profile to the top of the search results. So logging in often and having at least one photo on your profile increases your chances of being seen a great deal.

Send lots of emails and Smiles!
Here’s where we get to the heart of the matter. You have to put some effort into meeting people if you want results. I’m looking at you, Premium members! You upgraded to Premium membership so you could make first contact with other members. Take advantage of it! Invite people to chat. Send them emails introducing yourself. Go on vDates. Have fun! And basic members: continue to log in often and send lots of Smiles. You can reply to emails for free, so being active on the site is sure to get you noticed, and garner you more emails and more chat / vDate requests.

Don’t rely on someone else to take the first step. Be proactive and put yourself out there.

By Avery Williamson

SmartText!

SmartText is a new feature that allows you to have your email messages forwarded to your mobile phone via text (SMS) so you can keep in touch with members even when you are on the go.

Best of all, the SmartText feature allows you to respond to messages anonymously from your phone without exposing your mobile number to anyone.

Furthermore, you get to choose which members' messages you want delivered via text message.

How does it work, you ask? At the bottom of every email, you’ll see a check box that says “Yes, I would like emails from this member sent to my mobile phone via SmartText. “ Check the box, follow the instructions, and you're all set.

We do not charge you to send texts, but a small fee applies to receive them. Of course, normal carrier rates do apply.

We hope you enjoy this new feature. Have fun!

By Avery Williamson

FREE New Feature: Profile Verification!

Have you ever seen someone's profile and thought "That's too good to be true?"

Well, now you have a new tool at your disposal at Lavender Womyn Personals (http://www.lavenderwomynpersonals.com)

Profile verification is a new feature on our network that will help verify that there is a real person behind the profile. While not foolproof, verification photos deter many fakes and frauds and give us an additional tool to catch them.

This is FREE, so please encourage other members to submit their own verification photo.

Here's what profile verification entails:

1. Write your Member ID on a piece of paper with thick and dark ink in a way that can easily be read.
2. Take a picture of yourself holding the paper. Your face and number must be clearly visible (no sunglasses or hats).
3. Upload it to the site by going to the "My Account" page and click on "Click here to Verify your profile."

Only our staff will see this photo. Other members will see a Gold Star on your profile indicating successful completion.

This feature launched Thursday, February 3, so there's not a lot of people verified as of this writing. However, as word spreads, we expect it to be a great success.

Spread the word!  Go to Lavender Womyn Personals now to try it out.