Basically due to a couple of relationships, I have been on a long hiatus from meeting girls. Now that I just got back into it I'm basically where I left off. I'm getting great interactions, connecting with girls, everything feels like its going well, and number closing when I really like the girl.

However my response rate is pretty bad. I probably get 1 response for every 5 number closes. I can't read any correlation between the responses either, sometimes it goes very well and I get no response, other times I feel so so about the interaction and she'll be flooding me with texts.

Typically I send the first text the day after. With some joke referencing something about her and a simple 'cool running into you yesterday'.

What's your typical response rate and what can I do to improve it?