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. This week we're looking at profile photos.

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.

We recently posted on the blog a small request that you answer all the messages you are sent, prompted by an email that was sent to the blog by one of our MSFers. We were very happy to address the issue as it's you guys that make mysinglefriend.com what it is and we're always pleased to represent your views. We recently recived another in email in response to the post suggesting that messages might go unanswered because a message was too short, or not enough effort had gone into it, and this made it hard to reply to. This is a good point and one worth thinking about so if you're finding that you aren't getting the kind of response that you'd like have a look through your sent box and ask yourself the following questions.

As you may have seen, we've been doing a bit of research amongst the MSF dating pool of late, trying to find out what type of pictures you should have on your profile to get the most dates. The results revealed that shots that demonstrate an adventurous nature go down a storm; you guys like potential dates to have a lust for life and be up for an exciting time. So we went searching for some adventurers and came up with this bunch who think a good time involves dropping thousands of feet from an aeroplane...

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...