Absolutely Fabulous Email Signatures Made Simple
Absolutely Fabulous Email Signatures Made Simple
By Kristie Tamsevicius
How would you like a tireless salesperson working 24/7 to
promote your business? An email signature does just that,
yet people often fail to add a signature to take advantage
of this powerful marketing tool.
==WHAT IS IT?==
So what is an email signature you ask? An email signature
is like a mini ad that is attached to the bottom of an email.
Its message could be as simple as your name and email, or as
elaborate as a flashing animated gif. And with a just few
mouse clicks, you can add your signature to the bottom of
your emails automatically. To sum it up, an email signature
is a FREE MARKETING tool, with the power to reach MILLIONS
about how your products could BENEFIT them. Like to know
more? I thought so!
==WHAT THE HECK DO YOU PUT IN AN EMAIL SIGNATURE?==
Start off by thinking about what you want to tell people
about yourself and your business. To gather some ideas, look
in your email in box to see the various email signatures
you’ve been sent. Are there any that caught your eye?
What did you like about them? What items did they include?
In doing research for this article, I poked in my email to
find the best dressed emails. Click here to see examples
of the WINNERS from my email box.
Ready to write your email signature but got writer’s block?
Here are a few suggestions to get you started
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Name
-
Title
-
URL
-
Phone
-
Email
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Teasers about hot product specials
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Mini bio about yourself
-
Moniker
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How to subscribe to your newsletter
Here’s mine to give you some ideas:
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Kristie Tamsevicius "The Small Business Specialist"
KRISTIE'S CUSTOM DESIGN - http://www.kcustom.com
Email: kristie@kcustom.com
Win a $1000 DREAM BUSINESS MAKEOVER
Enter our Best Email Contest and win BIG
http://www.kcustom.com/best-dressed-contest.htm
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Subscribe to THE EDGE - Powerful Tips for E-biz http://www.kcustom.com/newsletter.htm
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==SPICE IT UP!==
Now that you’ve got the basic info you want to include,
make it attractive. Using CAPITAL letters can really
make certain words pop out at the reader.
Borders can place a nice frame around your signature.
Here’s a few you could try:
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’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
""""""""""""""""
+++++++++++++
=============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<?========?>
///////////////////////////
###############
%%%%%%%%%
**************
Use lines breaks and white space to make it easy on the eye.
Stay fresh, by changing your email signature around now and
then. You can include special season’s greetings, promotions,
or contest information. This will keep your email recipients
"checking you out".
==HOW TO SET IT UP==
Here’s step by step instruction for how to setup an
email signature in Outlook, Outlook Express and Eudora.
==OUTLOOK SETUP==
To setup your email signature in OUTLOOK do the following:
- Tools, Options, Click on the Mail Format tab
- At the bottom where it says Signature, click
on the button that says "Signature Picker"
- Hit New
- Enter the name of your signature (your business name is good to use)
- Choose start with a blank signature
- Hit Next
- Type your signature text in the box.
- Use the font button to change font, color, etc.
- Hit the finish button when you are done
- Hit ok
- Where it says "Use this signature by default" make sure
that the name of the signature you just created
is selected
- Hit ok
- New create a new mail message and give it a test!
- After seeing it, you may want to go tweak till you get it just right.
==OUTLOOK EXPRESS SETUP==
To setup your email signature in OUTLOOK EXPRESS
do the following:
- Tools, Options, Click on the Signatures tab,
- Signatures #1 Default Signature
- Edit Signature
- Type your signature in here, as you would like it to appear.
(TIP - Type it up in notepad, as you would like it, then
copy and paste)
- Hit OK
- Hit New Mail to view your signature.
After seeing it, you may want to go tweak till you get it just right.
==EUDORA SETUP==
To setup your email signature in EUDORA do the following:
- Tools, Signatures
- Go inside the in the box it opens
(click the tab that contains a pen icon)
- Right click your mouse to bring up the menu
- Choose New
- Enter Signature Name (Something that reminds you of
contents. i.e. Company Sig1 or something)
- Enter
- Type your signature in the box.
You can format the font, add bold, italics, change alignment etc.,
but not everyone may be able to see this formatting unless their
email program supports it)
- When you are finished do File, Save
- Associate your signature with the email account it
goes with Tools, Options, Sending Mail, Select Default
Signature, OK
==DRESS YOUR EMAILS TODAY==
So take 10 minutes today to don your emails with a KILLER
email signature to promote your business. Then EVERY EMAIL
you send can be a SALES message in disguise driving valuable
traffic to your website. Email signatures are one MUST HAVE
business accessory. Don’t be caught without one!
Article by Kristie Tamsevicius - Dubbed as the "Marketing Maven & Brander Extraordinaire" Kristie Tamsevicius turns entrepreneurs into the lavishly paid in-demand experts in their field. Learn how branding helps you to attract customers, build income, & gain visibility while successfully promoting your business online with our FREE report "Web Branding Secrets" by visiting www.brandingonthenet.com.
