usahmad Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 As all of you knows that Fiverr has now introduced the new feature of using emojis in the conversation in Inbox or on Order page but don’t use these emojis like ( :), :(, :P, 😉 ) because it looks unprofessional by using it in this professional platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychicbunny Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Whaaat those emojis define me, especially the wink face 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usahmad Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 But it looks unprofessional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I agree they are best for personal conversations rather than a business setting but it’s a personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idostuff4u Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I like em 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinabarnola Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I think that if you are talking with a new client you shouldn’t use emojis, but if you have like I do repeating costumers and have a good relationship with them it’s Ok to use them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satechy Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Being a seller from my experience emojis are good 🙂They give a personal touch to your conversation for your buyer. Buyers don’t feel strangers.I agree that many buyers may not like it which is a rare case I think.Regards,SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsensewizard Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 A friendly response with a smiling face can make a big difference 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahlanjoyy Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 completely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 At least until you feel you know someone skip using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liz_iudakhina Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 There are some buyers who use a lot of “)))))” kind of stuff, and frankly, I’d much prefer to see a single smiley face in my inbox if I had to pick one option.But as a seller, I’ll refrain from those as I agree it’s borderline unprofessional, especially for a content writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3k0d3d Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I beg to differ, emojis are visual communication and in some cases needed to determine what the person is feeling and thinking at the time and more often than not save you a client if they see a happy face at the end of a sentence rather than nothing and leaving them scratching their heads if their English isn’t very good.They also distinguish the difference between someone wondering if someone else is been sarcastic or not, as human emotion without emoticons/emojis is very hard to pick up on, unless you know that person really well and even then it’s still not that easy unless they end a sentence with something like this 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I think it’s juvenile and not appropriate in a business type relationship.If you are having a friendly chat it’s ok. That’s just my opinion. I would not want to hire a seller who used them as I would feel they are not professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3k0d3d Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I wouldn’t want to hire a seller in the IT industry who didn’t, you have to get with the times and most of the millennial’s use emoticons and emojis, also if you’re a seller even if you don’t use them, you should understand what they mean, you could end up losing quite a few sales if you don’t know the difference between a 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andaluzia Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Some of my buyers use them when they are comfortable enough and I don’t mind them. I actually take it as a friendly reply from some of them. I might have slipped one or two myself when speaking to them. It becomes unprofessional when they are in excess. I mean, one smiley face didn’t hurt anyone, but when you end up using 5 or more in a 3 row message, then you have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I wouldn’t hire a seller in IT or anything else who used them. I want to deal with a professional. Emoji’s are for casual chat. I talk to mellennials all the time who never use them.I have “been with the times” on the internet since it started and use them myself in conversations but I want to give the impression I am dead serious in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue_mcl Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I am a big emoji fan, use them all the time with friends etc, but I do feel they are a little out of place in a professional situation.I do however like to type 🙂 a lot, which I think is just as friendly as an emoji, but perhaps slightly more professional as it is still in the text, so less in your face… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dubeauvoiceover Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 It’s Fiverr, not an office on the 50th floor of a highrise.There’s something to be said for overdoing it though. My realtor can communicate in emoji, and that used to drive me insane.One or two here or there in a Fiverr conversation is no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usahmad Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 I think you are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usahmad Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usahmad Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 I respect your opinion but you can see in the comments above where two of TRS are agreed with me about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpp Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I think it would be okay to use 🙂 after saying ‘thanks’ or something similar. I think it serves as a friendly visual gesture which otherwise could not be shown by just typing ‘thanks’. It can look slightly unprofessional but it depends on how you do business I guess. I definitely would refrain from using emoji’s if I was talking to my lawyer or my boss.The winking emoji I will never use. Seems a bit ‘too much’ and can be interpreted in so many different ways depending on the context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootstrapdiv Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I’d like to hear all your opinions on another aspect of the impression we make as seller: the profile pic.My photo was taken a few months ago, and I seem to look younger than I am. Let’s say I look around 20 years old - would you not want to purchase a gig from me?Actually I’m 36. Should I write my age in my description, or change my pic? OR, does this not matter and I’m just overthinking it??Hugs, May 🙂 <----- emoji ok because we’re just talking here… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 You look 36 to me so you don’t have to worry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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