Long Distance Relationships

I recently met a girl online, but she lives in a different town to me. This is my first LDR, so I'm not really sure how to go about things. We've been texting for around a week, and things have been going well. I would like to meet her in person, but I'm not sure when to do that. I don't want her to think I'm rushing into meeting, but I also don't want to wait too long in case she loses interest. I'm also concerned that texting too much might make our first date awkward as we might not have much to talk about. For those of you in long-distance relationships, how did you make it work?