Your smile is your key to making good first impressions. When surveyed about what people remember from the first meeting with someone, nearly half (48%) said the smile, more than the words a person said (25%), the clothes they wore (9%), or how they smelled (8%). And what your smile says about you is crucial.

Establish Professional Standing

When people see your smile, they make instant judgments about you, and these judgments can have a major impact on your professional relationships. People immediately make judgments about your:

• Intelligence
• Success
• Trustworthiness
• Friendliness
• Confidence

All of which speaks to your potential job performance and compatibility with the office environment. So it’s no wonder that people with better smiles are more likely to be offered a job than people with the same qualifications but a less attractive smile – and they’re more likely to be offered a higher salary. Plus a good smile makes people more likely to want to buy something and can really help you close a deal. It’s even been shown that smiling can increase the odds you will get financing for a crowdfunding campaign.