Optimizing Online Dating: Practical Steps to Bolster Your Match Rate

Online dating is a powerful tool — one designed to route our attention toward one another long enough to spark a chat or meeting. In this interactive 2-hour webinar, online dating industry expert and personal consultant Steve Dean will share proven strategies for transforming your dating apps into reliable tools for finding resonant, aligned connections — wherever you are in the world.

You’ll learn how to craft a profile that boosts your match rate, communicate with skill and confidence, and move from endless messaging to actual dates.

Whether you’re new to online dating or looking to level up your approach, you’ll walk away with clear, actionable steps to make the apps work for you, not against you.

What You’ll Learn:
- Clarify your relationship and dating goals
- Choose dating apps that truly fit your needs
- Design a profile that conveys your story efficiently and highlights compatibility
- Select photos and multimedia that attract the right matches
- Configure your settings for success (and avoid common pitfalls)
- Message for outcomes: dates, connection, and playfulness
- Plan great dates — and follow up skillfully

Details:
When? Thursday, December 4th
What? 2-hour live session on Zoom
Ticket: $45 (sliding scale available upon request)

Presenter Bio:

Steve Dean is a Philadelphia-based personal dating consultant, dating industry advisor, and community builder. Since 2011, he has met over 5,000 people and tested out 300+ dating apps across over a hundred cities and towns. He's consulted and recruited for dating apps like OkCupid, Hinge, Coffee Meets Bagel, and FarmersOnly. He also appeared in multiple documentaries and publications about the dating industry, including Washington Post, ABC, CBSN, and Glamour.

Steve wants to see a world where our dating apps — and our dating habits — increase our feelings of personal agency and reduce the distance between ourselves and the people who best complement our lives, whether as friends, collaborators, or cherished lovers. You can find Steve's writings on Substack at stevedean.substack.com. For his podcast interviews, events, and to work with him directly as a coach, venture to Steve's website, dateworking.com.

About your host:

Dr. Marie Thouin is a dating & relationship coach, scholar, and author who helps people cultivate authentic, resilient, and growth-oriented connections. Her work bridges mindfulness, social science, and relational transformation, guiding individuals and couples to design love as a practice of freedom and care. Learn more at mariethouin.com and follow her on Instagram at @drmariethouin.

Questions? Please email Marie at marie@mariethouin.com