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Your Original Personal Ad: The Complete Guide to Expressing Your Unique Sentiments to Find Your Dream Person |  | Author: Charlotte Digregorio
Publisher: Civetta Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3278432
Media: Paperback
Pages: 156
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0962331821
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.77
EAN: 9780962331824
ASIN: 0962331821
Publication Date: February 1, 1995
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Product Description
Your Original Personal Ad is the definitive book on how to write a personal ad and where to place it in order to find a date or mate.It offers methods on how to evaluate who you are and whom you seek; a variety of 100 ads created by the author to suit everyone's tastes; an abundance of useful tips on creating your own ad; useful phrases/parts of speech to create your own ad; warnings of typical mistakes made in writing personal ads; samples of bad ads with critique; and extensive appendices with useful adjectives, nouns, and verbs to use. Your Original Personal Ad has been featured on hundreds of domestic and foreign web sites.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Write your Dream Person into Life July 24, 2003
Rebecca Johnson (Washington State)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Well-written personal ads are a solution more professional people are choosing."
Recently the Wall Street Journal ran an article on September 17, 2002 showing how nearly 34 million people surf the web to view personal ads.
Many people are caught up in a busy lifestyle and don't always have as much time to attend a wide variety of social activities. Writing personal ads has become the most expedient and preferred way to meet people. These days anyone from 18-90 can find a partner through personal ads.
I can't tell you how many people have written me telling me they are still looking for their dream person, and now I have a book to recommend to them. Either they are looking for people in all the wrong places or they have stopped trying because finding that one person they want to be with seems almost impossible.
Charlotte Digregorio approaches this subject with humor and creativity. First she explains how you can use this book to your advantage and then gives specific details to help you compose that perfect personal ad.
You will find hundreds of tips, useful phrases and descriptive words. There are also examples of ads you would never want to write and some pretty hilarious examples. I loved: "Prince in Hiding." If I was writing an ad, I'd have to say: "Looking for Prince who is secretly a French chef presently hiding out in secluded castle by the sea. Must enjoy reading me poetry in bed and love spending April in Paris."
How fun, you could "write your fantasy" into life. This book could literally bring anyone from anywhere in the world into your life.
Contents:
General Tips on Personal Ads
Writing Gaffes
A Sampling of Inadequate Ads
Useful Phrases
A Sampling of Creative Ads
As far as safety goes, Charlotte gives some excellent reasons why you should meet people in a public place for "lunch or coffee" and always be honest and original, yet cautious. The author also shows how most people tend to leave out the most essential information. This is the main reason you might not be getting the desired responses from your ad.
Charlotte advises her readers to make each word count and to use a headline to set the ad apart as a unique and exciting choice. She advises some soul searching to determine who you really are, who you are looking for and the relationship you really want to seek.
"I like to have fun" is not sufficient. As she says: "Does fun mean you like to play basketball or swing from chandeliers?"
You might want to ask:
How do I spend my free time?
Is social or educational background important?
What type of personality do I seek?
Within this unique book you will also find a sampling of over 100 Ads that range from
ultra conservative to rather spicy.
It should be noted that Charlotte has written ads for friends and those ads have resulted in six marriages to date! She is also a professional writer and author of three books and over 700 articles. She is now a popular speaker, workshop leader and respected writer on single's issues.
The author found her "dream person" through a personal ad so is well qualified to give advice on this subject. After reading this book, you will soon see that she is the expert on this subject for sure!
This book is for anyone who:
Does not want to bar-hop.
Doesn't want to invest in a costly dating service.
Doesn't have time to attend a variety of activities to meet that dream person.
Hasn't had success with the personal ads they have written.
The perfect gift for your single friends who are dying to meet their ultimate fantasy. It is also just pure fun to read even if you are not single. Even more fun than reading the ads in the paper or online.
An amusing, helpful and delicious read.
~The Rebecca Review
 A deep look into myself December 4, 2000
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The goal was to write an ad that not only captured my being and that would list what I was looking for. This gave me direction to focus on what I really wanted, how to say it and how to ask what I was looking for in a simple personal ad.
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