New to online dating? A few ideas to help

So you’ve just signed up to a disability dating website? Great! You have taken your first step to finding new friends and contacts.

Online dating has grown massively in the past five years or so, and there is so much choice. Niche sites abound and there is choice for everyone.

There are HIV dating sites, senior dating sites, green dating sites, and spiritual dating sites. And of course there is disabled dating right here at www.disabilitydates.com.

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Tell us your stories

Have you found someone special at disabilitydates.com?  Have you made some friends or had good online conversatiions that you have found supportive or interesting?

If you have, please email us as we would like to tell your stories on the blog and on the website.  We promise complete anonymity if you do not want your name to be used.

We hope that by sharing success stories it will inspire other people to use the website and build a great community.

So please contact us with your story, or anything else you want to write about.  We look forward to hearing from you.  You can find us at disabilitydates@hotmail.co.uk.  Many thanks.

Happy Easter from Disabilitydates.com

We wish everyone, and especially our members, a very Happy Easter!

Wherever you are in the world, we hope you have a good break. And of course if Easter is not a festival that you celebrate, enjoy the weekend reagardless.

We here at disabilitydates.com are based in the UK and the weather here is great at the moment. Hopefully like us you will be able to enjoy the coming of spring. Continue reading →

Stand out from the crowd for success

The Philadelphia Enquirier today caries a piece about online dating. It writes about the research done into how people use dating sites and what works.

The conclusion is interesting but not really surprising. If you are looking for a long term relationship then be yourself and do not exagerate in your profile.

And if you want to attract attention of other people on dating websites then make your profile stand out from the crowd. Be a bit different. Take care with your words (or get some help), and upload a good photo. Continue reading →

Social media excels at promoting site

Since www.disabilitydates.com launched late last summer we have tried a number of different methods to promote the site.

Online advertising with Google Adwords has had some success but can be expensive because the competition can be intense. We have also advertising in Able magazine but with limited results.

Not surprisingly our Facebook page has produced really good results. You can find it here: http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Disability-Dates/100001475411251. Continue reading →