Friday Blog Question: Our Best Pick-up Lines

Pick-up lines are the easiest form of Direct Marketing: I want something, you’ve got it, so here’s the shortest possible amount of copy to engage you with. So what is the best pick-up line you’ve ever used? Or what is the best pick-up line that has ever been used on you? Or what is the best pick-up line you’ve heard of, but for whatever reason never tried yourself? Here's what we thought - don't feel shy about sharing your own in the comments!

"Just do it." - Jason Baer

“You look familiar” or “I think we’ve met before.” It makes me pause and think for a second if I really do know them. - Ellen Stevens

"Hi - I'm picking up on you. [pause] How'm I doing so far? Is this going okay?" Almost always works to at least open up conversation, especially when you know you have absolutely nothing real to talk about. (Which, of course, is the point of any pick-up line.) - Eric Reid

It didnt work, but me and a friend acted out the intro and sang the song from the movie Top-Gun You've lost that lovin' feeling' to a group of girls (in hopes of getting numbers) at the Mall of America food court a few years back. No numbers, but we did get applause from everyone there. - Val Royzenfeld

I was having coffee with a friend and his friend and we were discussing my upcoming move to a new apartment. The friend of a friend said to me "I'll help you move." I thought he was just being nice so I took him up on the offer and ultimatly we became great friends. Later I found out he only said it because he actually wanted a date. So it only sorta worked? - Holly Ringerud

"Show us your O-face!" (They changed it up a little before www.bigoface.com launched) - Nick Hammond

Best one I ever used was in my first job interview -- I was looking for a job at a big Consumer Products company and I had an MBA, but no CPG experience. When the interviewer asked why he should hire me, I told him, "Because Arizona's a "right-to-work" state. If you hire me and don't like me, you can fire me. But you won't be disappointed." They hired me (later, I was told that they did it "just to see what would happen") and I stayed for 7 years. I've used it since and it's always worked like a charm. - Susan Baier

Pick-up artist: “Can I have a band-aid” Pick-up recipient: “Why” Pick-up artist: “Because I skinned my knee when I fell in love with you.” - Paul Peterson

While on business in San Bernardino at the atrocious bar The Brandin' Iron where it's 18 and older, so Carol, Paul and I had to wear wristbands to drink, a teenager approached me and said "hey, you're hot for an older lady. And I like older ladies. Wanna dance?" - Laura Hall

Here’s the scenario from a guy’s perspective. You’re hanging with your friends and spot a cute girl in a group of girls (lion in a lion’s den) that you want to talk to. Proceed to stand up and walk over to the girls table. In a shy manner approach the target and begin to talk to her in an embarrassed manner: “Hi, uh, I’m sorry I’m even doing this but my friend over there (point towards your group of friends) wanted me to….geez, what grade are we in these days…wanted me to just come over and see if…well, he just got out of a long relationship so he’s not good at “picking up” on girls but he says he’s really attracted to you and wanted to see if you were interested in talking. He’s the one right over…well, it’s hard to see. Tell you what, I’ll go back over there and have him wave. If it’s a “no” then just wave back. If it’s a “yes” then wave us over and we’ll buy you girls some drinks. Sound good?” Walk back over to your group and as soon as you sit down…in a shy manner throw her a wave that indicates you were talking about yourself. Either that or just buy them a round of waters. When they look over to your table raise your hand and point down to yourself indicating that those drinks are taken care of. - Brian Renner

Not to be negative but clearly this is the most lackluster form of direct marketing in existence. In all of my years of dating I have yet to come across a "good" pick up line, not to say that a few "bad" ones haven't worked. - Michelle Zimmerman

About the Author: Eric Reid

I am the Social Media Services Manager for Off Madison Ave. I've been with the company since 2006, when I was hired to do SEO, and link building in particular. When social networking sites started cropping up, at first I started using them to create backlinks - but they weren't the best for that, given all of the "nofollow" attributes. However, I did see the potential for all of the direct referral traffic they represent. Since then I've been actively pursuing both tactics for clients: Links that can help them for search, and social postings that get them involved in the conversation. It's about the coolest job you could ever get. ;)