Ways to respond to "thanks"

Thank you is a gesture of politeness, but at times we don't have a  very polite response to thank you other than "welcome". Our polite response to thank you shows that we are happy to help, this makes a very positive impression on the other person.

Here we present you some ways to reply to thanks.

Best Ways to reply to "Thanks"  

We can divide responses to two types:

1. Informal response

2. Formal response

2. Informal Response

• The pleasure was all mine
• It was the least I could do
• Don't Mention it
• My pleasure
• No problem
• Anytime
• Happy to help
• Glad to help
• Think nothing of it 
• Happy to oblige

1. Formal Response

• That's what good business partners do 
• Thanks for giving us the opportunity to help you
• Thanks for your "thanks"
• It's a pleasure working with you
• Thanks for having us as your partner 
• Thanks for writing the contract
• We appreciate your efforts too
• It's always a pleasure working with you

Responding To "Thanks"-

Body language is a very important part of communication, As it is said that Body Language makes around 70% for the conversation. Some people say it to be 80-90%. You must follow these suggestions to improve Body Language while responding to "Thanks"

1. Facial expressions: 

Facial expressions reveals our true feelings about any situation. A study tells that the best Facial expressions for responding to Thanks involved a slight raise of the eyebrows and and a slight smile. Which takes us to our next step that is Smile.

2. Smile: 

A Smile indicates Happyness which tells the other person that you were happy to help them. Hence, Smile is actually the best expression for responding to a "Thanks".

 3. Eyes:

"Eyes are the Windows to the Soul". Highly Dilated pupils shows desire and intrest in the conversation. Whereas, Rapidly blinking shows discomfort and Infrequent Blinking shows that you are forcefully showing interest So, you should avoid both and try to be very normal. 

4. Gestures:

Gestures are body language signals. Some of gestures that should be avoided are:

• A clenched fist
• Crossed Arms
• Hands on hips
• Crossed legs
• Rapidly Tapping fingers

5. Personal Space:

Depending On the who the other person is you have to decide the space:

Public Distance: 12 to 25 Feet

Social Distance: 4 to 12 Feet

Personal Distance: 1.5 to 4 Feet

Intimate Distance: 6 to 18 inches

So guys, these were Some Ways to respond to "Thanks" . Guys there are many ways to appreciate someones "Thanks" and this helps a lot in building formal and informal 
relations with others. A polite thanks must be replied with a polite welcome.

More than these words what is more important is the way you have the conversation. We must be a very polite help giver or seeker.

There can be many other responses to thank you, can you guys comment some below. you can also comment some thanks replying sentences for your practice, we will make sure to correct you if you wrote something wrong. 

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