Was anyone lucky enough to catch the first episode of 'Dates' on Channel 4 on Monday night? It was fantastic: an acerbic two-hander between David (Will Mellor) and Mia (Oona Chaplin) which laid bare the hopes, expectations, surprises and the sometimes painful realities that can make up a blind date. David was on his first ever internet date, whilst Mia seemed to be making a career of it, but, amidst the struggle they had to connect with each other, there was a spark of attraction and the episode ending with an exciting question mark over the future of their 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. This week we're looking at profile photos.

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. 

We've been undertaking a bit of research around secondary photos of late and we could do with a bit more help from you guys, our lovely and loyal MSFers. As you probably know, we absolutely love secondary pictures - they're fun, they're engaging and they give potential dates a much more rounded view of you, your friends, your interests and your quirks. Our research (which we'll be sharing with you very soon) has thrown up a bit of an oddity - the fact that everyone enjoys an obvious selfie (we're presuming you all know what a selfie is, but for the hard of comprehension, it's a self-taken picture of oneself), and we'd like to find out why.

Ooh, we do like to get around here at mysinglefriend.com. Apart from the main game of searching the site for hotties, you can also pick up tips, tricks, news and views through the blog, and follow us on Facebook and via the mighty Twitter. But wait, there's more - you can now follow MSF through Google+!