Out of the small amount of dates I've been on, I’ve had much better connections when we talked for at least 1–2 weeks first. It gives us things to reference from our texts so the conversation actually flows and feels natural.
Every time I tried the "meet ASAP" approach, it was super flat like a job interview where we meet up to exchange information about ourselves. Just wanted to say that standard advice doesn't work for everyone. If you need that initial connection before meeting up then its OK!