The perfect online profile to fall in love with: tips, ideas, and examples
You have registered with LemonSwan and are taking your happiness into your own hands. But now you are faced with the challenge of filling out your LemonSwan profile—but what does the perfect online profile and ideal profile text look like?
Take your time with your LemonSwan profile, because your appearance determines the first contact! And it's not that complicated: if you follow the tips below for creating a personalized online profile, you'll soon be a significant step closer to finding your dream partner.
Why is your online profile so important?
In a nutshell: your online profile gives your counterpart their first impression of you.
It provides small clues, suggestions, and hints about the personality behind the nice profile photo.
Whether you have common interests, hobbies, or values should already be apparent from the content of your online profile.
In addition, an authentic LemonSwan profile makes it easier for your counterpart to start a conversation.
Welcome text: the first impression on your online profile
Bring your profile to life: a personal welcome text makes your profile more relaxed and ensures a friendly first impression.
Example welcome text: "Welcome! I'm glad you found your way to my profile. If I've piqued your interest and you enjoy sports as much as I do, then please leave me a message!“
Not recommended: ”I hope someone will write to me here!"
Keep the following tips in mind:
1. One to three friendly sentences
This is not the right time to reveal your life story or describe your personality in all its facets. You'll have plenty of time for that later. Instead, limit yourself to one to three good sentences that are inviting and don't overwhelm the reader.
2. Address your profile visitors directly
Your LemonSwan profile is not primarily intended for the masses, but should preferably reach a specific person.
Therefore, address your profile visitors directly in your profile text and use the informal form of address.
This immediately involves them and also provides a good starting point for making contact.
3. Originality: express your personality
It can certainly help to read the welcome texts of other members first to get an idea of what to write.
However, simply copying entire texts is not a good idea—after all, the aim is to express your own personality. Therefore, be sure to use your own words and be patient if you can't think of anything right away. Incidentally, this also applies to all other texts on your LemonSwan profile.
Profile status: “What's on my mind right now”
An entry in “What's on my mind right now” always catches the eye and attracts attention to your profile. LemonSwan members who have filled in this section receive significantly more inquiries than members who have not entered anything here.
The entries stand out in the partner suggestion list and are always a good way to start a conversation.
Profile text ideas:
“Autumn mood – perfect sauna weather for me”
“Rainy weather – just right for reading a good book in the warmth”
By referring to current circumstances, you show that you keep your profile up to date and are ready to invest in finding a partner. It also provides a good starting point for a first message.
Better not:
“A day without a smile is a day wasted.”
“I'm looking for someone just like you.”
“Hi, I'm new here.”
Such universal quotes and sayings are undoubtedly beautiful, but they say little about you personally and also seem like they've been permanently set.
“About me” questions: Profile text ideas for your individual online profile
Some members find the many different questions in the “About me” section rather annoying. However, they are a great opportunity to add character to your profile page and stand out from other members when searching for a partner! This works best if you pay attention to the following things:
Our tip: When filling out the “About me” questions, always remember that they should make sense.
Especially for sentences that end with “...” you should follow a specific train of thought and end the sentence with your personal statement.
How it works: “I am proud that ...I have achieved my professional goals.”
How not to do it: “I am proud that ...I love animals.”
General tips for the profile text in the “About me” section:
1. Questions, statements, and theories to get to know you
The “About me” section in your LemonSwan profile offers 11 questions to give your personality space to shine. The rule here is: good questions are those that you can answer in an interesting way, that make people want to know more and that say something about you as a potential partner.
2. Take the time to fill out your LemonSwan profile
If you limit yourself to overly monosyllabic answers, you will quickly come across as closed off and give the impression that you are difficult to get information out of in other situations as well.
On the other hand, taking the time to fill out your LemonSwan profile makes you seem interesting and also shows how serious you are about finding a partner—which in turn leads to more inquiries!
3. Answer simply and clearly
The best way to formulate your answers is to be specific and briefly explain your thoughts or ideas. It's not a person's views and decisions themselves that really define them, but the motivations behind them – and these are the things that will set you apart from the next candidate.
4. Show personality
No one is attracted to an interchangeable, generic profile. That's why your answers should be lively and, above all, personal—and that's only possible with just the right amount of detail!
For example, mention the name of your cat, an unusual hobby, or your favorite language.
These little things help the other person imagine what everyday life together might look like and whether you would be a good match.
5 expert tips for your LemonSwan profile
Some things tend to resonate between the lines on online profiles, but this can lead to even more (false) assumptions on the part of others. You should therefore keep the following tips in mind:
1. Be honest
On the internet, it is tempting to simply hide your own flaws and pretend to be the perfect partner.
But this can backfire. An overly polished profile tends to make people suspicious—and if you're honest with yourself, you don't want a carbon copy as a partner, but a real counterpart.
It's therefore better to be relaxed about your strengths and weaknesses. If you don't take yourself too seriously, you will come across as likable and prove that you can cope with other things too.
2. Be positive
Sometimes you will find a variation of the following sentence on dating profiles: “My last relationship left me deeply hurt, and now I'm looking for someone to rebuild my faith in love.”
People who have experienced a major disappointment often use statements like this to prevent the same thing from happening to them again. That's understandable.
Nevertheless, we would advise you to leave the topic of ex-partners out of your profile for now – just like on a first date – and convey optimism instead.
Expressing a lot of neediness or even mistrust (“I don't want to be cheated on again”) can be off-putting and also gives the impression that you may not be ready for a new relationship.
3. Avoid clichés in your LemonSwan profile
Of course, there are beautiful sayings and quotes that can perfectly express our views and feelings.
Nevertheless, you should refrain from using phrases like “Don't dream your life, live your dream,” because such clichés unfortunately come across as trite rather than profound. Instead, come up with something personal or at least choose a lesser-known quote.
4. Lighten the mood with humor
A little joke here and there is the icing on the cake of a good profile. Humor shows your individuality and gives readers an immediate impression of whether they could laugh with you.
5. No princess games
Whether consciously or unconsciously, most of us approach our search for a partner with a long list of desires and an equally long list of no-gos. This can certainly have its advantages, but please don't put it on your LemonSwan profile.
If you want to communicate self-confidence and high standards, the best way to do so is through the quality of your own presentation. Bullet point lists, on the other hand, can quickly come across as conceited and demanding. So, steer clear of them! If you still want to be specific, take a positive approach and describe how you imagine a happy relationship to be.
3 common mistakes in online profiles
You may be wondering why no one is writing to you or why your online search for a partner often comes to nothing.
The reason for this could be the way you have designed your online profile. That's why we recommend you avoid the following tips.
1. Lack of time – just quickly signing up
If you are looking for a serious relationship, you can't just quickly create a profile. After all, you don't want to just quickly find the love of your life.
Our tip: Take enough time to fill out your LemonSwan profile.
2. Dishonesty
Dishonesty in your profile will sooner or later backfire. If you provide false information, your counterpart will not be able to get to know you properly, or you may not be compatible due to the false information, even if you seem to be at first glance.
3. Lack of detail
The information you provide is not enough to convince other interested parties. That doesn't mean you're boring, but don't be afraid to reveal a little more about yourself. Don't you want to find out as much as possible about a potential partner?
Spelling in your online profile – why it's important for these 4 reasons
Of course, no one is asking you to write magazine-worthy sentences and put every single comma in the right place.
Anyone who proofreads your messages with a red pen and then just turns up their nose probably wouldn't have been the right partner for you anyway.
Nevertheless, you shouldn't underestimate the importance of your grammar and spelling! We'll tell you why it's worth the effort.
1. You show that you are seriously interested
Imagine someone showing up for your very first date in dirty clothes full of holes – and then trying for hours to convince you of their sincere intentions. How would you react?
You would probably find it quite difficult to really believe them because they didn't even take the time to dress properly for you.
It's the same with your language: your spelling is, in a sense, the clothing for what you say. Making an effort here only shows that you are serious and treat the other person with respect.
2. You allow conclusions to be drawn about yourself
Here, too, the comparison with clothing helps—those who dress, behave, and express themselves well simply convey a certain image of themselves.
The only exception is if English is not your native language. In this case, everyone should be understanding of the difficulties.
But even then, you should at least use autocorrect. This has nothing to do with special skills, but simply with taking enough time to write your messages.
3. You avoid misunderstandings
Careless mistakes made when writing quickly sometimes have a particularly undesirable side effect: misunderstandings.
In some cases, a misplaced comma, a grammatical error, or even a single word can change the entire meaning of a sentence—or at least make it incomprehensible. This can be avoided by reading through your message a second time.
4. Success speaks for itself
If all this hasn't convinced you yet, then the facts should do so. Those who make an effort with their spelling receive significantly more responses and are also more successful overall in online dating than others.
And that's why you're here, isn't it?
