Preparation for a first meeting with your online chat partner is about more than looking your hottest and ensuring he sees you at your most fun and bubbliest best.

Because for online dating to be a success you need to believe in your own fabulousness before expecting others to appreciate you for the great woman that you are.

You will feel much more confident if you are comfortable with how you look. Therefore, put enough time aside before your date to take a luxuriously long bath and to treat yourself with all sorts of lotions and potions.

Don't wear clothes that make you feel you need to suck in your tummy or cover your cleavage. Feel great in something that tells the world (and your online chat partner) who you really are.

Before meeting your online chat partner, make sure you know how to get to the meeting point, and that you know the area. Anyone feels more comfortable in familiar surroundings.

When you are ready, take a few minutes to stand in front of the mirror and tell your reflection how fantastic you are. Tell yourself that any guy would be lucky to go on a date with you.

Before you walk out the door, remind yourself that you are a happy, confident and great woman, and then go out, meet your online chat partner, work your magic and dazzle his socks off.