Score!   So you’ve met that cute crush while you and your buddies were out on the town last night.  Your confidence was flying high…  Great opener, smooth dialogue, and a perfect execution in getting her number.  Like George Costanza, you’re walking out on that high note.  “Thank you and goodnight!”

Then the next morning you get that feeling…  WHAT’S MY NEXT MOVE!?!?   Quick, dig up that Swingers DVD… was it 2 days?  Or 6 days?  Wait, but they didn’t have text messages… or facebook… or (really?) twitter!

The age of connectivity can leave you standing on the side of the information superhighway looking at 14 different exits.  Which do you take?  And more importantly, which path is going to lead to that follow up date?

We want you to be running victory laps for playing it just right, so here are some basic guidelines to follow…

1.      Don’t facebook friend, twitter, invite her to gchat, or get her AIM screenname.  We’re not in 3^rd grade to initiate a conversation through the internet.  And the last thing you want to do is be the ‘internet stalker’ she just met.  These methods are all perfectly fine after the first few times of conversing, but never to kick off the show.  You got her phone number, use it!

2.      Use the phone!  That phone of yours may be able to navigate you to the nearest Starbucks, find out the score of the ball game, and check out your fantasy team… but did you realize it was a telephone as well?  Wait a couple days to build up that excitement and give her a call.  On the phone call, keep it short, and have a date in mind.  Get in, get out.  The purpose for the call should only be to set that next date.  If you do get caught in a conversation about her cat and trade stories about your drunken friend, make sure you are the first to end the conversation!

3.      Text message only AFTER that first call.  You can’t have a conversation through a text message.  It also removes the personal touch of a little something called your voice. Be a grown up about your approach and use the text messages for what they’re intended for… a quick short note.   The last thing you want her to do is show all her friends a text message from “some random guy” that she doesn’t remember.  Talk to her and she just might remember that great conversation you had about how you both love to ‘people watch’ and that both of your favorite colors are blue.

While there are many options of contacting that future flame of yours, play it safe and use that trusted source that Alexander Graham Bell invented.

Don’t be afraid… she’ll respect you more for having the cajones.  Pick up the phone and give her a shout.   No guts, no glory!