Free Communication Weekend: Advice for Visitors


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Robert_inSD is offline Robert_inSD Post #1  September 4,2009, 7:08am
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Welcome to new visitors to eHarmony, and to the Advice site!

Free Communication Weekends tend to attract new visitors, and this discussion is intended to collect advice and perspectives on how you can enhance your first experience with eHarmony.

Some ideas from me, as a subscriber for the last 5 months:

1. Fill out a complete "About Me" profile, including at least one photo. Profiles with blank entries and no photo are a common "Pet Peeve", leading to closures. You may be tired from completing your personality profile, but your introductory presentation to others is vital.
1a. If you are nervous about posting a photo, you can designate it as "photo on request". Posting photos increases your chance of communication tremendously.

lb. Save your profile entries frequently. Have your word processor open in another window, and copy each entry there for checking spelling and syntax.

1c. There are many other threads about filling out each portion of your "About Me" profile.

2. As a Free Communication Weekend visitor, you are under a time constraint that is not present for continuing subscribers.
2a. Respond to every match, with either a request for communication, an icebreaker, or a closure. Do so quickly. This has multiple benefits. Taking action clears your "pool" of new introductions, and you may receive more in just a few hours. Quick action also allows more time for your matches to respond, before your visit is over.

2b. To make use of your limited visit, you need to "check-in" more often. This is especially true during the last day of your visit.
3. Do not expect all matches to respond instantly. We all have schedules and obligations, and cannot be expected to be online every single day.
3a. Consider signing up for eHarmony. If you have found matches with which you want to communicate, you need to make yourself available for replies. I think that you do get notified if a communication is sent your way after your visit, but then you need to respond within at least a few days.
4. Consider signing up for eHarmony Advice. It's free, and has a wide variety of topic and views. It is a tremendous resource in many ways.

With my best wishes to everyone. May we ALL find the love of our lives.

Please focus on advice for visitors. I know that many dislike FCW visitors, but these are very real people. Some are trying eHarmony for the first time. I know that I must have missed some things that are important for them to know.
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Interesting post.

For all those regulars here that so hate the FCWs I have gotten through Guided Communication and have even gotten to the point of meeting some girls that were only on for the FCW. I also use it to clear any non-responding matches at the end of the FCW.
 
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i cant see photos as a free communicator. i just went to check and nope.

and i have found that i am sent matches even though it says i am at my match limit
 
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Nanette wrote :
i cant see photos as a free communicator. i just went to check and nope.

and i have found that i am sent matches even though it says i am at my match limit
Very applicable and interesting information, thank you.

As far as not seeing photos as a free communicator, others might be able to see YOU. Thus, my own recommendation has not changed. Are you able to post images?

The limit issue is a mystery. I hope we can get more information about that.
 
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Robert_inSD wrote :
Very applicable and interesting information, thank you.

As far as not seeing photos as a free communicator, others might be able to see YOU. Thus, my own recommendation has not changed. Are you able to post images?

The limit issue is a mystery. I hope we can get more information about that.
i am able to post images. it still says that i have to subscribe in order to see photos. maybe this is why people are still not so enthusiastic on the free communication weekends.
 
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I've just closed-out 6 new matches in less than 50 seconds!!! I hate free weekends!
 
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Robert_inSD wrote :
The limit issue is a mystery. I hope we can get more information about that.
It's not a mystery. It's a lie. There is no limit. I was inactive for almost 2 years, and every time I would log in, I would see that they were continuing to use me as a match on a steady basis.
 
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I can't make the "free weekend" button work. The pop u says that it's not in use. any suggestions?
 
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Nanette wrote :
i am able to post images. it still says that i have to subscribe in order to see photos. maybe this is why people are still not so enthusiastic on the free communication weekends.
Visitors not seeing photos?
That really disappoints me as a subscriber, particularly during FCWs. (Sucks in gut, and poses.)
 
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It's not a mystery. It's a lie. There is no limit. I was inactive for almost 2 years, and every time I would log in, I would see that they were continuing to use me as a match on a steady basis.
Hmmm...I have matching turned off now, but in the past when I wasn't an active subscriber I would have to view matches once I reached my limit in order to be delivered new matches. Are you saying that even though you never even opened any of the matches you got, eH continued to send you more?
 
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