It only seems to work if the girl is super attractive, confident, and knows how to tickle a man’s fancy in a lady like way.

There are all the ones I meet online who never get to the coffee date stage. Either they or I weed the other out.

I think it’s impossible to know if it might work until you meet, and online dating unfortunately puts the meeting somewhere down the road. It’s not my preferred way to meet someone.

Everyone’s a critic! But I say – I think you’re video is clever, short and fun, Good job! I hope it brings you the traffic you desire. Congrats on your entry into the youtube world. Merry video making! I’ll share it for sure.

My video producer was trying to create something in the vein of the newest trend on YouTube, which is animated-text slides coupled with sound. Seth Godin talked about this in his blog and we used one of the ones he spotlighted as a model. Also, see the very clever video my friend Eric Chester created using Apple’s Keynote with just his voice and standard PowerPoint-like visuals. It’s entertaining and is essentially a narrated slide show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hafNaC9T1A

Yes, we could have done a talking head, which frankly I think is boring, boring, boring. Or something with low production values from a FlipCamera, which is mostly what I see on YouTube and I think it looks like crap. Most YouTube videos that isn’t produced by HBO or some other Hollywood production company are banal.

I wanted to try something that was a tad out of the norm of a talking head, student actors, and/or bad production values and follow Seth’s advice to use animated text. We wanted to see if we could appeal to a population that wouldn’t come to this blog.

Being an entrepreneur is all about experimenting — trying new things to reach new markets. This obviously didn’t work with you all — but you come to the blog. So we’ll see if it attracts those who wouldn’t find their way here. And I will try something different in the next version!

I’m sorry, but I have to agree. I can’t imagine many people who see this would link to it for friends to see. In these times when digital film cameras are cheap, I’d expect a bit more.

You can go on Youtube and get all kinds of dating advice videos that feature live camera filming. That’s what people expect on Youtube. They don’t really expect to see something that could be done in Powerpoint.

Anyway, consider this constructive criticism.

“But if I’m on the screen, it loses the intrigue of my being cloaked, doesn’t it?”

Maybe just a teaser for your first video. I’ll shoot your from behind, with you sitting in your chair half turned, legs crossed. That way, we can see the patterned hose, stiletto heals, but not your face.

But if I’m on the screen, it loses the intrigue of my being cloaked, doesn’t it? I mean isn’t part of the fun of this that no one knows what I really look like? Gypsy Rose Lee never revealed certain important parts, right?

DG

It should then end with an appropriately sensual, romantic e-mail, and a picture of you and a guy entering a restaurant for date #102.

But I wish you’d just put it up as a text post instead of a video. It was all only text anyway, so why not? The video takes forever to watch, waiting and waiting between the phrases, whereas reading through a text post is quick.

I second the comment about a discussion group for daters after 40.

Some things are the same for men. Don’t be living with your ex or still husband. Send picture of your parts and when I comment about them tell me I’m weird. Tell me the reason you were late is that you had an outer body experience with a UFO. To name a few.

What would be in the Men-Only version? I’ve heard tales, but what would be some of the things you’ve learned about a potential date before you even met her that were deal breakers?

I’ve pondered a discussion board. Will see if WordPress has a plug in for that.

Amazing that guys can be that dense. I’d like to see a For Men Only version.

DG: Ever think about starting a discussion forum linked to your website? People over 40 dating have different issues and perspectives than what comes up in most of the other dating discussion sites.