Discover The Right Way To Flirt With Women In Text Messages
Zoosk has discovered the right way to flirt with women in text messages; use a smiley face. Yes, the right smiley face can boost your responses by 13% while using the wrong smiley face can result in 66% fewer messages.
You know the photos and words you use are essential to your success with women on dating sites but who knew the impact smiley faces or other images could have. I'm talking about emoticons and emojis. We all use them. Some people more than others. This leads to the following questions:
- Should you use these type of icons in your messages?
- How often should you use them?
- Should you use an emoji or should you use an emoticon?
- Do these icons even have an impact? Yes, they do!
It turns out those smiley faces can have a positive or negative impact depending on which type you use. The right way to flirt with women in text messages apparently is to use emojis.
What Is The Difference Between an Emoji and Emoticon?
You already know what an emoji and emoticon are but maybe not in the "technical" sense. Emoticons and emoji’s are not the same things.
The difference is that emoticons are a "textual representation of your mood or facial expression" while emojis are "actual pictures that are animated in the form of icons."
An emoticon, a combination of emotion and icon, is a pictorial representation of a facial expression. Emoticons are typically written from left to right with the head rotated counter-clockwise. You'll usually see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose (often not included), and then the mouth like these:
Originally from Japan, the word emoji literally means "picture"(e) + "character"(moji). These "picture characters" can be facial expressions, objects, animals, and places.
They range from a set of painted nails (
) to a slightly whimsical ghost (
).
How To Flirt The Right Way With Women In Text Messages
According to Match.com, people who use emojis have more sex. I covered that in a recent blog post: Singles who use a Flirty Emoji have MORE sex.
Zoosk studied a sample of 3956 of its members and found what works and doesn't work in messages and dating profiles. Men who had this type of smiley face in their profile received 6% less incoming messages.
Using this type of smiley face also results in 66% fewer responses to outgoing messages from women. 66% is a considerable drop in response rates. You apparently should not use this type of emoticon.
Men who used the bigger emotion (note the use of the nose) in a message increased responses by 13%. So, take the extra millisecond it takes to add the dash to your smiley face when you text or email a woman.
Final Thoughts
There's no need to use emojis or emoticons on your dating profile. If you have to use a smiley face in your profile while attempting to be funny, you probably aren't very funny anyway.
However, using emojis or emoticons when you email or text a woman can increase or decrease the number of messages you receive.
According to Zoosk, your best option is to use the emoticon that has the nose ':-)' in your messages to women. Stay away from ':)' as it negatively impacts the number of emails you will receive from women.
This isn’t a very scientific study, but it’s best to use emoticons in small doses. You don’t want to use them in every message.