Here are some great tips for making that first contact with a woman:

1. Use good grammar and spelling. Spelling errors and bad grammar are huge turn offs and can often tell a woman that you may not be too intelligent.  Everyone has spell check, so use it.  Also, punctuation is key if you want to understand what you are saying.  You try reading a paragraph without punctuation and see if you like it.

2. Don’t start out by saying how pretty she is or that she looks hot. Physical comments really don’t flatter.

3.  Don’t be afraid to be a goof ball with your greeting. If you can come up with a catchy greeting, she will be more likely to keep reading the rest of the message instead of hitting delete.

4.  Keep it to the site.  Don’t try to get her to IM you or email you off the site.  Many women see this as a bad sign and will delete your email without responding.

5.  Mention things from her profile. This lets her know you actually read her profile and that you are interested in her for a reason other than the way she looks or that you are not just mass emailing all the women you can.

These tips are all great things to keep in mind when composing that first email.  A woman who gets a well-written email from someone who seems to genuinely want to get to know her will respond in a positive manner.  Don’t turn her off by sending an email that is ill composed and generic.

Tip #1: Be Positive.

A positive attitude attracts positive people.  When you are negative you will just get negative in return.  Make sure you don’t complain or talk about things that are not happy and positive.

Tip #2: Have a Good Photo.

It has been proven over and over that profiles with photos get the best responses.  You should provide a photo of yourself that is clear and close up.  Make sure you are the only one in the photo, too.

Tip #3: Keep it Unique.

Don’t say things that everyone says.  Keep away from clichés.  Just be yourself, but try to be creative.  Maybe write your profile in the third person or make it a story rather than a narrative.

Tip #4: Spell Check

Nothing turns off educated and well rounded women more than bad spelling and grammar.  A profile with words spelled wrong or bad grammar simply shows you didn’t care enough to check it and make it look good.  So, proofread it and make sure it is error free.

Tip #5: Keep it Short and Simple

You need to keep your profile short and simple.  Don’t write too much.  You don’t want to bore them to death.  Provide enough information to let them get a glimpse of you, but leave them wanting to know more so you can get them to contact you.

Plentyoffish.com

Plentyoffish.com is a great site that is very busy.  There are a lot of diverse women on this site, so you can probably meet someone who will be just what you are looking for.  Plenty of fish has had major success and is very well known in the online dating scene.  This site features the typical dating ads, along with a busy forum where you can really connect with other users.  There are also surveys that will help match you to other users, giving you a little kick in the butt to meet women.

OKCupid.com

OKCupid.com is a different type of dating site.  It is full of quizzes and surveys.  It is really unconventional and allows users to create surveys.  You have free reign to contact anyone you want and its quirky nature takes away all the nervousness of actually jumping in and getting started.  If you hate the typical dating site set up then OKCupid may be for you.

CasualKiss.com

CasualKiss.com is for users under 40.  It has a large user base and features social networking type set ups.  It is more youthful than other sites and offers a very unique setting for online dating.

In order to figure out what dating site is best for you, just go set up a profile and see how you like it.  The sites above are all unique in their own way and they each offer something different, so try all three and soon you could be lucky in love.