If all this online dating is new to you, then you want to get it right from the start. Your profile is realistically the 'first impression' so here are a few top tips to penning your perfect profile.

1. Be Upbeat – be positive throughout and try and sound fun, it’s attractive!

2. Excite us – be passionate about your interests and make them interesting!

3. Be honest – an accurate photo and true details, if you embellish too much then you will get found out eventually.

4. Be revealing – the values that matter to you the most, need to be valued by possible daters too, so don’t hold back on the stuff that counts.

5. Be realistic – don’t be too picky, remember the story about the king who searched the world for the perfect woman only to be rejected by her. She was looking for the perfect man.

6. Make us laugh – Don’t overdo it with the jokes, but getting a little laugh or a smile from those who read your profile could lead to an email too.

7. Turn the heat up – don’t describe your darkest sexual fantasy, but a little flirting in the profile is no bad thing.

8. Qualities not quantities – unless you want to attract superficial gold diggers, or appear as one, then it’s definitely better to focus on your personal qualities and those that you are looking for rather than the material things you have or go for.

9. Stay individual – and stay right away from romantic clichés like ‘My idea of a perfect date is a walk on the beach’ just be yourself as this will really attract someone who’s right for you.

10. Post a photo – it’s shallow but true, so post a photo, as a new photo also boosts your profile in search ratings it can’t be bad.