Network Marketing Journey

Putting a smile on or a sad face produces the inward representative of the expressed emotion. Or does it?

Over the last 10 years or so the idea of putting a smile on your face to inhance your mood has been gaining a lot of ground. However, Charles Darwin and William James (philosopher and psychologist) expressed ideas to the affirmative more than a century ago.

The idea is that by putting a smile on your face you are taking a step to either fortify or change your existing mood. So, in theory, putting a smile on your face is a step towards changing your mood if you are feeling sad.

How does this attract more prospects?

Through charisma and approachability.

Think about it. If you’re writing a blog post, marketing materials or even your over all business plan but you aren’t feeling a flow of positivity, it will show up in your writing. Trust me, people can sense these things, even through text on a computer screen.

Excitement, positiviity and character are difficult to demonstrate when you aren’t feeling up to par.

In general, its also a lot easier to approach someone or have a conversation with them if they aren’t frowning or carrying a cloud over their head all the time. As business owners we are always talking to people face to face about our businesses–networking is our life’s blood.

Don’t want to chase them off with a frown. Try smiling or giving them a big toothy grin.

And finally, many network marketers spend time on the phone cold calling leads. This is not a practice I enjoy, nor do I recommend it to people. It can be brutal but there are a lot of people who are very good at it and enjoy it.

The simple fact is that if you own a business, network marketing or otherwise, you will be spending time on the phone talking with prospects, current customers and associates. It may seem counter intutitive to smile while you are talking on the phone but that smile shines through the receiver.

Putting business aside, smiling is good for your general health. Try smiling more often, especially when you don’t always feel like it. Regardless of the kind of impact smiling has on changing your mood, it can’t hurt to smile more.

Try it.

You might like it. :)

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