Sensational
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:
Here’s
mine to give you some ideas:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
Write a top
selling EBOOK for POWER & PROFIT
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Subscribe
to THE EDGE - Powerful Tips for E-biz http://www.kcustom.com/newsletter.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
""""""""""""""""
+++++++++++++
=============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<?========?>
///////////////////////////
###############
%%%%%%%%%
**************
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 Express and Eudora.
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, author of the highly acclaimed ebook, The
Ultimate Guide to Creating and Marketing eBooks.
Kristie
Tamsevicius is President of Kristie's
Custom Design a full service web development
and hosting services.
Enter
Kristie’s Custom Design’s Best Dressed Email contest and win
a $1000 Dream Business Makeover. No purchase necessary. Learn
more about our contest at http://www.kcustom.com/best-dressed-contest.htm
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