StopForwarding.Com | Politely and anonymously ask them to stop forwarding you junk email. » Productivity http://stopforwarding.com Politely and anonymously ask them to stop forwarding you junk email. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 How to send a personal email http://stopforwarding.com/how-to-send-a-personal-email/ http://stopforwarding.com/how-to-send-a-personal-email/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:37:23 +0000 http://stopforwarding.us/?p=73 Marketing guru, Seth Godin, has some sage advice for sending personal emails. While Seth Godin’s advice may be written for marketing and business types, I believe that many of these tips can relate to the email you send everyday. In…

]]> Marketing guru, Seth Godin, has some sage advice for sending personal emails. While Seth Godin’s advice may be written for marketing and business types, I believe that many of these tips can relate to the email you send everyday. In his post, Seth says

I want you to add friction back in.

The problem with sending forwards is that it is often done in a manner that is impersonal. Add the friction back into your emails and take the time to be personal. Also, keep in mind this great piece of advice:

14. Just because you have someone’s email address doesn’t mean you have the right to email them.

Read the rest at Seth Godin’s blog.

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]]> Email signatures are bits of text, and in some cases images, that your email program attaches to the end of your outgoing emails. You might see the ability to add a signature to your emails as an opportunity to add flair and personality to your emails but I would encourage you to take the simple route with your email signature. Instead of requiring the reader of your emails to download images or read through your favorite quote, consider letting the email signature do what it was intended to do, inform people of who you are, your business and how you can be reached.

Tris at Pimp Your Work has an excellent post that will get you well on your way to crafting the perfect email signature. Read Six ways to make a good e-mail signature.

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