Love at First Click: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating Paperback – January 8, 2013

While you'll think this review biased because I am Laurie (and Thomas') long time friend (and some time client), consider this...I STILL found this well worth reading even having had lots of first hand experience with and advice right from the author's heart. Her ideas about eflirting are thorough, doable, fun, and direct. The book gave me a couple of ah-ha moments and lots to think about. I'm already seeing better results from a few simple changes I made.I also loved how emphatic she was with her advice on preventing and recovering from online dating burnout. Did not expect a book like this to provide instructions on taking weeks or months off, but she goes over just why, when and how to back offline for a while.Having a practical framework and specific things to try helps put online dating in context to keep it light, fun and open-minded, which is exactly how it should be to put your happiest and most relaxed face and foot forward. It only takes one, and in the meanwhile it's great - and important - to enjoy the process rather than getting annoyed, frustrated or confused.

This book has a lot of good tips if you don't feel like doing any research (much of the information is actually cited from free online sources). When I'm single, I usually put off updating my profile but this helped me get in gear. It reminds you to think about what you want, and then offers advice on how to best present yourself online - in your written profile and on what kind of pictures to have, what order, how many, etc.The book also covers online messaging, texting, and the first few dates. If you get nervous or just want advice on how long to generally make a message (etc), it's helpful. For the price, I'd buy it again just for the confidence boost.

I am a conservative ,date to marry Christian widow., so this book talking about the entire dating scene does not totally appeal to me. It has a lot of good pointers. It has to speak to all type of daters. A person just has to find what will help them and what will not depending on their value system.

I bought the book after reading a review in Elle magazine, that also featured several other How To dating books. I liked the idea of it and I did get some good info on how to setup a good profile, what to say and how to go about starting an email dialog and not to get discouraged etc. But I have to agree with another reviewer when they said;"However, there are too many references to stilettos and specific gadgets. The easy, breezy, cool girl about the city voice didn't resonate with me, and product placement mentions are off putting. I realize that this is part of trying to convey a certain vibe, but I just found it irritating".Being an introvert there were a lot of suggestions that didn't appeal to me either. I'm not one to go all out to impress someone, I like to keep it real and be relaxed when I meet someone for the first time. I don't fully buy into the whole first impressions hype, sometimes they can be misleading. Shinny on the outside, rotten on the inside.The "working" it atmosphere of the book doesn't fit my personality or style either and I feel she didn't address or give suggestions for the different personality types that are out there. At least a few would of been helpful.The book is more geared towards women and men who live a certain life style, are extremely social, extroverted and work in the white collar corporate world. Which is fine if we all lived like that.Over all it was a well thought out book but for a certain type and group of people. It just fell short of my expectations and I don't think it will appeal to people who don't live the "Sex in the City" life style.

It's not often that a book lives up to its proclamation of being the "ultimate guide" to such-and-such. And when it comes to something as ever-evolving as online dating, the possibility of covering everything you need to know on the topic in under 300 pages is impossible...right? Not when the person writing the guide is Laurie Davis, the eFlirtExpert and author of the new book, Love at First Click: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating.If the word didn't conjure up images of all-night cram sessions, I'd be tempted to call Love at First Click the textbook of online dating. It's that informative and detailedBottom Line: This is the single most informative book on online dating I've ever come across. And with her encouraging, upbeat tone, Laurie Davis will have you excited about your eDating prospects even if you've been overwhelmed or frustrated by the process in the past. A must read for anyone navigating the digital dating scene.

I initially liked the book. I thought I was being smart and safe about giving online dating a try by reading and researching what to look out for. Unfortunately, the author left out some very important information for those of us new to the online dating world. Who could write a book on this topic without even mentioning the risk of Romance Scams?? Not one chapter, not one word. It is a HUGE problem and can be very dangerous and traumatizing to the victims. It would have been nice to know what red flags to look out for. I unfortunately found out the hard way. Thanks for nothing. Definite waste of money....