Happy Friday ladies and gents! We're crossing our fingers for a sun-filled weekend spent in the great outdoors, because, c'mon Mother Nature, it's the middle of May and we should have attended at least six barbeques by now, rather than one. We hope you've all got a delightful weekend planned, torrential rain or not, and we'd like to ease you into Friday with another mysinglefriend.com success story. We received this email from Amy and Brett letting us know about their new relationship...

MSF is all about getting dates, so it's vital your profile is working as hard as possible to achieve this, and we're here to help you. We'll be doing a series over the coming weeks on primping and preening your profile to make it the best it possibly can be but it'll require a smidgen of effort from you. As your primary school teacher no doubt told you, you only get out what you put in and it really is worth a spot of elbow grease if you want to  stand out in the dating pool and attract some lovely people. 

mysinglefriend.com is awash with brilliant profiles. They might be funny, clever, sincere, strange or just have a really great photo, but something will make them stand out. Each week we're going to be picking our favourite profile and sharing it with all of you. But this isn't a one way street; if you've seen a really good profile or even if you'd like to nominate your own, you can get in touch with us at blog@mysinglefriend.com and tell us all about it.

Some people stay on mysinglefriend.com for a long time, and we like that. Whether it takes them a while to meet someone, or they're holding out for exactly the right person, or they're just having a great time going on loads of dates with sexy new folk, it's all good with us; we enjoy a success story but we always champion the single. Now, if you do happen to be on MSF for a longish stretch, it's very important that you update your profile once in a while, otherwise it might start to feel a little out of date and, equally, if you used the site previously and have reactivated your profile it's a very good idea to cast an eye over your description, response and photos before you get back online.

A recent mysinglefriend.com poll found that many MSFers were most likely to contact people who had added pictures to their profile that they'd taken whilst travelling. It seems that an adventurous spirit is an attractive trait, especially for women, over 50 per cent of whom said they liked travelling photos most of all. So, if you've got some pictures of you looking all sexy and tanned on a Peruvian mountain in a poncho you wove yourself from your Rough Guide and some alpaca spit, then get them up on your profile now!