Let’s compare the services out there that will help you edit or write your personal ad:

ProfileHelper.com
$39.95 - Profile Makeover
$49.95 - Extreme Profile Makeover
$69.95 - Profile Creation
$149.95 - Phone Consultation & Profile Creation

E-Cyrano.com
$59 - Silver
$149 - Gold
$199 - Platinum

Now me, I’m not paying for a fancy website. I don’t have a “staff” of dating experts. I’m just one girl in a one-bedroom apartment who loves to write and loves to help people find love.

Geek’s Dream Girl
$14.99 - Profile critique via AIM - Will read your existing profile and give you some ideas on what to fix to make it more readable and attractive. For those who get some attention, but would like more.

$29.99 - Profile editing - Will edit your existing profile for readability, remove any red flags, and make it irresistible to the type of person you want to meet. For those who have a complete profile, but it’s just not getting any bites.

$49.99 - AIM Consult & Profile Writing - Consulation via AIM about you, your goals & desires, and will rewrite your profile from scratch, including two options for headlines. For those who either have no profile yet or are ready for a complete change of direction.

$49.99 - Email Consults - Have a great spark with someone, only to have it die off after a few emails? Why not have a Geek Girl perched on your shoulder, ready to help you read between the lines of her emails and helping you say exactly what you want to say? One month of consultations.

Get started by opening your account on match.com. I’ve tried them all, and match is the one I keep coming back to again and again. Lots of people, a great interface, and it just flat out works (when you know how to work it!).

If you feel you’d like the eHarmony approach (without the eHarmony rejection!!) try match.com’s Chemistry service for help finding the match that’s best for you: