50+ and Looking for Love Online [Paperback]

Barbara Harrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

The author takes the reader step-by-step through the process of choosing where to advertise, creating the perfect ad, selecting the right responder, and managing the first date. She explains the inevitable risks and often surprising rewards, and includes practical advice from psychologists, advertising experts, Web site managers, and other over-50 singles. An appendix of publications and Web sites, a workbook, and checklists for success are included.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Crossing Press (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580910424
• ISBN-13: 978-1580910422
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,308,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent guide to the Personals - in print and online, November 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 50+ and Looking for Love Online (Paperback)

This smart book is about the challenge of being over fifty - and of writing a good Personal Ad: one that accomplishes your goal - of ultimately meeting prospective dates, and mates. The author's focus on age fifty and over is sensible, too. She assumes (not unreasonably)that middleaged singles are serious about finding a partner, know themselves reasonably well, and can put this self-knowledge to good use in the writing of a good ad.

The author takes a thoughtful and systematic approach; she begins with chapters that invite readers - men and women - to figure out at least the beginnings of who they are, the sort of person they are looking for (an exercise that can save you a lot of wasted ad space, time, and money), and what kind of relationship you are looking for. Refreshingly, she steers clear of sappy "success" stories in favor of useful information (on safety, "red flags," personal appearance, manners, and more.)

Harrison shows you how to write an ad that really expresses who you are, while avoiding pitfalls (such as negativity and too much generality.) She is encouraging and stresses truth-telling, and a positive approach. It's a mini-course in effective self-advertising, and as such it's very useful.

I've had some varied experience with Personals and was gratified to read Harrison's book, which reinforced much of what I had suspected. (Men appreciate some friendly personal information, and they are drawn to the word "fun-loving"). In addition Harrison provides useful tips on screening respondents, selecting, meeting, dating.

A compassionate, helpful, and very worthwhile book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars helpful and entertaining reading, October 11, 2000

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ednaphillips (nyc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 50+ and Looking for Love Online (Paperback)

this book is a must for anyone planning to search for love online. it is also entertaining, but more than that, it is right on in defining human relationships and the mistakes we all make. The author must be a psychologist as well as a good writer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good horror stories, September 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 50+ and Looking for Love Online (Paperback)

Of the five books I bought about Internet dating, I ranked this one four or five. It has the word "online" on the cover, but it seemed to me that most of the material and experience was "pre-Internet", i.e., personal ads in newspapers and that "online" was added to make the book seem current. That said, however, it did have some good horror stories to serve as a warning of what could happen with personal ad/Internet dating.