Pick up tips for meeting people

I recently read an article about some of the pick up myths used by men. Quite interesting I must say but as a woman who are the targets of this techniques I felt little indignant in the beginning. But as I read the topic like “Do women know they are going to sleep with a man within 10 seconds of meeting them or the one “Why all women don’t want jerks” I could not help but agree on certain points. It is true that when I go to a bar and find a guy approaching me I don’t like, I suddenly stiffen up or when I am talking to him I keep looking past him and hope he get’s the hint. I personally will welcome the straight forward approach but when I was a teenager, I certainly liked to play the “damsel in distress” rescued by a good gentleman.

Anyone have any other tips?