Month: May 2012

Farmers Weekly: “WANTED – Countryside models, no experience necessary”

“If you want to earn a bit of extra dosh and don’t mind having your picture taken, this could be right up your street.” Rachel Jones writes about Muddy Matches upcoming photo-shoot in Farmers Weekly’s Field Day blog.  Click here to read it.

What to Say in Your First Message on a Dating Site

We’re not going to lie here, sending your first message is pretty daunting; so here are some tips to help you to make the first move. Keep it short and sweet – The most successful messages in our experience are less than five lines long. You can always send more messages if you want to… Continue reading What to Say in Your First Message on a Dating Site

Magazine Wants Women Who Have Found Rural Love

A leading women’s magazine is looking to find a woman under 40 who has left her life in the city and found love in the countryside to feature in a “really positive and inspiring real life story”. The writer said: “The feature will be handled very sensitively, and we’ll be able to read the copy… Continue reading Magazine Wants Women Who Have Found Rural Love

What Should I Put in My additional photos?

Once you’ve written a fantastic profile and added a flattering main profile picture (see our Dating Profile Photos Dos and Don’ts) you can start adding additional photos to let people know more about yourself. It’s also useful if you really can’t decide which your best side is! Here at Muddy Matches we’re always happy to… Continue reading What Should I Put in My additional photos?

Daily Mirror: “Perfect dates”

Muddy Matches is the first online dating site to get a mention in this Daily Mirror article about the increasing popularity of niche dating sites. The article claims that “those on the lookout for online love are far more choosy. In fact, they know EXACTLY what they want.”  Click here to read the article.

Should You Kiss on a First Date?

  Whether or not you should kiss on your first date is arguably one of the most stressful aspects about dating. To take some of the worry out of the process I asked the Muddy Matches team for their advice and here’s our checklist for deciding whether or not you should initiate a kiss on… Continue reading Should You Kiss on a First Date?

Rainy Day Date Ideas Part II

It’s official, April was the wettest in over a century; good news for ducks and plants, less so for fans of picnics in the park. Following on from our ‘5 Rainy Day Date Ideas’ we have got our heads together and thought of some more wet weather activities:

Photo Shoot Update

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has sent us an email about our countryside photo shoot so far! It’s taking us a while to look through the entries, but we will send a thank you to everyone soon. If you are about to send an email through, please make sure… Continue reading Photo Shoot Update