The First Contact - Before I'd Even Started!

"Jane10 someone sent you a mail" popped up in my inbox - mm, strange I thought I've done nothing with my profile - no picture and a description box that says "I need to write 200 characters to get the answers to the test, hopefully now I've met the 200 characters".  Oh well, it was a good impetus to go to the site and update my profile.
And I did.  Completing the tick box and personal information was easy, but there was more to come... The free form text.  How do I complete this so that communicates the essence of me and who I am and makes people want to contact me.  Still not sure I've managed it...  And then a picture... I have been growing my hair and it is now lovely and long - BUT I don't have many pictures of me with long hair.  Fortunately I found one, although the lighting wasn't that good - but it works.
The person who contacted me looked interesting enough (and I was curious as to why he'd contacted me with so little information available) so I responded.  Hopefully this was a sign of good things to come!