Open Thread: What’s Your Email Signature?
Posted December 1, 2008 in Open Thread 67 Rockin' Comments »
Do you ever look at peoples email signatures? You might think you don’t — but you do.
You do it subconsciously when you are looking for their contact information. But how much information is too much information? What do you believe is acceptable?
How many lines of peoples email signatures do you read? Personally I tend not to read more than the first 3 lines, but what about you?
Below I have outlined some of the most common email signatures that I have found in my inbox, replaced with different names of course.
No Signature
Blank
The Initial
- JS
The First Name
- John
The Full Name
John Smith
Full Name + Website
John Smith
http://website.com
Full Name + Website + Logo
John Smith
http://website.com
LOGO
Full Name + Position + Website
John Smith
Super King Of Company
http://website.com
The Full Name + Position + Website + Contact Details
John Smith
Super King Of Company
http://website.com
(02) 376 473 494 | john@smith.com
The Full Name + Position + Website + Contact Details + Logo
John Smith
Super King Of Company
http://website.com
(02) 376 473 494 | john@smith.com
LOGO
The Full Name + Position + Website + Contact Details + More!
John Smith
Super King Of Company
http://website.com
(02) 376 473 494 | john@smith.com
Social Media Sites
Addresses
Sites You Own
Awards Won
etc.
Long Signatures
Some people believe the longer your email, the further down the food chain you are but others such as identity designer Jeff Fisher use email as a powerful branding tool. Let’s take a look at his signature to see what I mean.
Jeff Fisher :: Engineer of Creative Identity
Jeff Fisher LogoMotives
PO Box 17155 :: Portland, OR 97217-0155
P: 503/283-8673 :: F: 503/283-8995
E-mail: jeff@jfisherlogomotives.com
W: http://www.jfisherlogomotives.com
B: http://bLog-oMotives.blogspot.com
B: http://IdentityCrisisBook.blogspot.com/
Hours: Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
Member - UCDA Designer Magazine Advisory Board
Member - HOW Design Conference Advisory Council
Past Member - HOW Magazine Editorial Advisory Board
Author - “Identity Crisis!: 50 redesigns that transformed stale identities into successful brands” (HOW Books, 2007)
Author - “The Savvy Designer’s Guide to Success: Ideas and tactics for a killer career” (HOW Books, 2004)
What do you think? Overkill or a great way to market yourself?
Short Signatures
Personally I use a short signature and I believe this works for me. People can click on the link to go to my website to find out what they want to know without chewing up email space. Below you can find my email signature.
Regards,
Jacob Cass
http://justcreativedesign.com
I know there are pros & cons for both methods but what is your take? How long is too long? How short is too short? Should you include an image or not? Do you believe that the longer your email signature the further down the food chain you are or should we be using our email signatures as powerful branding tools?
About the author: Jacob Cass, at the prime age of just 20 has already received numerous regional, national & international design awards for his work in logo, web & graphic design. Jacob also runs the popular graphic design & creativity blog Just Creative Design where he also freelances as a graphic, web and logo designer. You can check his portfolio here.
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67 Rockin' Comments
Dale Cruse
December 1st, 2008 at 10:41 amDale Cruse
617-640-0856
http://www.DrinksAreOnMe.net
frank
December 1st, 2008 at 10:51 amKindly,
Frank Burder
D2L Graphics
http://www.d2lgraphics.com
Personally, I like short signatures. I really think it is a matter of personal preference. Some like short signatures while others prefer to have all the info.
This would be a great question to have in a sidebar poll? I’d bet people are split about 50/50 on this one.
Jakob Buis
December 1st, 2008 at 11:11 amMy signature heavily depends on the recipient. Have we met in person and exchanged business-cards (so they know how to contact me)? Then a short signature suffices:
Kind regards,
Jakob Buis
Cubiso Webdesign
An email to a new contact lists additional handy contact information like telephone numbers, my email address and my website.
Natasha Baker
December 1st, 2008 at 11:37 amThanks to the Firefox extension, “Blank Canvas Signatures” I have the ability to create multiple email signatures. Depending on the type of client/customer I have several customized signatures.
Natasha
Jeff Fisher LogoMotives
December 1st, 2008 at 11:39 amJacob - Thanks for including my signature in your article. The long signature works for me in covering all the bases as I am often responding as a designer, or author, or in some other professional capacity. It prevents the need for multiple signatures - and remembering which one I need to be using with specific emails - J.
Aaron Irizarry
December 1st, 2008 at 11:51 amCool article Jacob!
I try to stick to three lines
Personal Sig:
Aaron Irizarry
talk: 951.294.8949
web:www.thisisaaronslife.com
Sometimes i change it depending on who it is going to.
My work sig is a bit longer
My work sig:
Aaron Irizarry - eLocal Listing LLC
Webmaster / Web Project Manager
talk: 800.285.0484 ext. 8008
cell:951.294,8949
email: aaron.irizarry@elocallisting.com
mayhemstudios
December 1st, 2008 at 11:53 amI use the longer sig like Jeff Fisher does. It also depends who I’m sending emails to and how long my email are. Sometimes I have shorter versions.
Some emails end up in the spam folder by the spam filter when there is too much text in body of the email.
- Cal
Mason Hipp
December 1st, 2008 at 11:55 amI’m with Jacob Buis and Natasha — my email sig varies depending on the recipient. In general, though, I prefer short signatures to longer ones.
My reason for the short sig preference is that I want to give people the required info in a way that’s unobtrusive. I want to give them enough to contact or find out more information, but I’ll leave that decision up to the recipient.
Mason Hipp
—
http://www.Smallfuel.com
http://www.FreelanceFolder.com
Adrian | Rubiqube
December 1st, 2008 at 11:55 amKeeping it simple:
Best regards,
Adrian Diaconescu
http://rubiqube.com
Alexander Langer
December 1st, 2008 at 11:55 amHere in Germany law tells us how much information we have to share in our business emails’ signatures. So mine goes like this:
Webseiter
Inh. Alexander Langer
Altenaer Str. 53
58642 Iserlohn
Web : http://webseiter.de
Mail : info_AT_webseiter.de
Fon : 02374 - 5093823
Fax : 02374 - 5093829
Mobil : 0151 - 23015405
USt-IdNr : DE261161100
Kitty
December 1st, 2008 at 11:59 amKitty \ http://www.designbackslash.com
And fot my local business (in spanish)
Cristina Ma. Florido
Directora · Asterisco, SA
http://www.asterisco-sa.com
Melek
December 1st, 2008 at 12:06 pmMine has my name, company name, website, email and phone. Just recently i added links to my Twitter and Facebook pages under all my contact info. i think that’s plenty! or maybe even too much.
Dave
December 1st, 2008 at 12:12 pmI’m pretty old-school about this (having cut my teeth on usenet before the web was invented) and maintain a strong belief in four lines by eighty columns:
–
Dave Sherohman
NomadNet, Inc.
http://nomadnetinc.com/
Nick Charlton
December 1st, 2008 at 12:29 pmJust recently I started putting something more than just name, and stopped writing it manually. Now it is
Thanks,
Nick Charlton
http://nickcharlton.org.uk
Although, with a bit more space.
I think it is important to have something similar across all of your emails, but at the same time it’s rather annoying when it’s over done. Because mine is automated, I felt that it should be short, and concise.
Chris
December 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pmFor freelance/personal emails it depends on the recipient, and the email. The first few emails get:
Regards/Thanks/Thanks again/etc,
Chris Powell
http://veritaswebdesign.com
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxx
Subsequent emails get:
Regards/Thanks/Thanks again/etc,
Chris
Mike Blaney
December 1st, 2008 at 12:43 pmAs a company that offers an email stationery service we recommend reducing your signature to one or two lines and putting the other contact information in a fixed banner at the bottom or left side.
Marc Plancke
December 1st, 2008 at 12:52 pmMine depends on the language I use .
Janet Martin
December 1st, 2008 at 1:13 pmI like a simple signature as well.
Janet Martin
Writer & Web Consultant
http://www.janetmartin.ca
Richard
December 1st, 2008 at 2:02 pmNice and short. I find that I don’t read any of a signature unless it is. (I switch off automatically when I find fifty lines of legalese explaining why I should not read the email if I am not the intended recipient. (Why are these messages always at the bottom of the email so that I have broken the rule before I know about it?)
Richard
http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/
Wisestamp Signature
December 1st, 2008 at 2:16 pmGreat post!
We created some email signature suggestions on- http://www.wisestamp.com/signature-examples
You can easily design create and insert signatures with WiseStamp Email Signatures Firefox Addon Check it out.
James Chartrand - Men with Pens
December 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmCheers,
James
And that’s it. The reason why we don’t put more than that? Because our business branding is casual, relaxed, and approachable. There *are* times I’ll add “Men with Pens” underneath, but it’s damned rare.
Everything for the image :)
David Millar
December 1st, 2008 at 3:35 pmI start off with a custom message, then finish up with a blurb of signature that’s short bu sweet and to-the-point.
Thanks/Have a good one/Happy Holidays/Best Wishes
Dave/David
David Millar
Puzzle Creator
http://www.thegriddle.net
(616) 819-9218
Nicholas Burman
December 1st, 2008 at 3:37 pmAs a designer, my sig has to look good, so I use HTML (don’t shoot me… ).
For business:
Nicholas Burman
NBurman Design
Voice/SMS: 403.680.1968
[business logo] [blog logo] [linked-in logo]
For personal:
~nick
[some goofy quote...]
Each logo is 80×15, a standard for web buttons.
Including your email address in your email signature is overkill and tautological - it’s an email, the recipient already has your email address!
Using Mac OS X’s Mail, I can set a number of signatures and make one a default for each email address. Some are also used for standard replies.
The main problem with long sigs is that an email being replied to back and forth a number of times can end up being longer than the Dead Sea Scrolls. I’m sure Jeff Fisher has that problem a lot sooner than everyone else.
Also, when you are given too many options, how on earth do you contact someone? Which number do I call? Should I call the cell number?
Arthur Klepchukov
December 1st, 2008 at 4:27 pmDare I plug personal branding here? I tend to include just my name because I’ve taken the time to make myself and my properties very findable. It does help that my name is unique though.
Danny Outlaw
December 1st, 2008 at 5:19 pmCheers -
Daved Brosche / aka: DannyNoSleeves
Creative Genius
Powered By Pirates, Ltd.
W: http://www.OutlawDesignBlog.com
E: danny@outlawdesignblog.com
P: 770-878-1070
Skype: dannynosleeves
————————————————————————————————————
The ideas expressed in this email are the sole property of David Brosche until otherwise stated.
This Message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. Any dissemination, disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and destroy the original message and all attachments. Thank you.
Melissa Donovan, Copywriter
December 1st, 2008 at 5:42 pmI have a tendency to change my signature every six months or so, though I always keep my name and a link to my site there. Currently I also promote my blog in my sig with a prompt question followed by a link. I find that clients don’t say much about signatures but friends and family do and it serves as a good reminder to them to keep you in mind for referrals.
Andrew
December 1st, 2008 at 7:22 pmShort and sweet. I have no automatic email sig, but I’ll add something in depending on who I’m talking to and if I’m trying to market myself just a little bit more.
Cheers,
Andrew Taylor
http://www.additivedesigns.com (or http://twitter.com/additive)
Josh Price
December 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pmPersonal:
Josh Price
http://www.joshprice.net
Phone: 908-477-0926
E-mail: josh@joshprice.net
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jprice1542
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=504818212
Business:
Josh Price
908-477-0926 (Cell)
423-728-5263 (Office)
4207 Michigan Ave Rd NE
Cleveland, TN 37323
Todd Smith
December 1st, 2008 at 7:29 pmMine’s a bit longer than most comments above, and references my weekly newsletter.
Slow time down for a moment…
Get 7 photos and a story every Thursday morning:
http://www.toddsmithphotograph.....etter.html.
Todd Smith Photography, LLC
P.O. Box 1802
Oroville, WA 98844
(509) 340-3505
What do you (or anyone commenting) think of this kind of message in a signature?
Regarding postal address and phone, maybe it’s superfluous. I don’t know… they could get the same info online. You got me thinking. Thanks.
Felipe Avila da Costa
December 1st, 2008 at 7:29 pmIt depends on the recipient…
but normally I use a long one…
–
Felipe Ávila da Costa
Phone: +351 962586295
CV & Webpage: http://www.felipeacosta.com
Projects: http://www.theusabilitypage.com || http://emaildinamicofeup.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/felipeacosta
Photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/felipeacosta/
Michael McKelvaney
December 1st, 2008 at 7:40 pmMine, just a sign off with my name, and then 2 line breaks and company info right hand aligned (and nicely formatted)
Regards,
Michael
MICHAELMCKELVANEY
PHOTOGRAPHY AND DESIGN
08456 432 406
07766 112 421
michael@mckelvaney.co.uk
http://www.mckelvaney.co.uk
Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci
December 1st, 2008 at 7:40 pmI think that it really has to fit the needs of the person & the people they are reaching through their e-mail signature. It’s very individual.
I include my name, company name, my position, address, e-mail, phone & fax. It gives options for contacting me & makes it easy as they don’t have to look up any information. My fax isn’t used that much & maybe I should remove it, but I have all the information in my signature that is on my business card.
fred
December 1st, 2008 at 7:44 pmlol @ everyone giving their ##s and Email
Dafydd
December 1st, 2008 at 8:04 pmI try and keep my signature as short as possible - my name, telephone number and website.
However at work, my signure is much larger. Name, title, company name, telephone number, fax number, address. Then followed by all the legal information such as company number, registered office etc. Unfortunately, all this extra information has to be added by law now :-(
Leila Wylie
December 1st, 2008 at 8:09 pmMine’s pretty simple. Name, business name, bit about business:
Leila Wylie
Lightning Bug Designs
Specializing in e-commerce websites for crafters, artists, indie businesses and WAHM
Jose Antonio gonzalez Bustavino
December 1st, 2008 at 8:17 pmGracias
Jacob Cass
December 1st, 2008 at 8:31 pmAlexander,
Interesting to note that you have to display a certain amount of information in your business email signature by law.
Thank you everyone else for your views on email branding.
Jason Lengstorf
December 1st, 2008 at 8:57 pmI use a relatively short signature:
–
Jason Lengstorf
Ennui Design
Phone [ 406.270.4435 ]
Email [ jason.lengstorf@ennuidesign.com ]
http://www.EnnuiDesign.com
I include my email address because I have some old email addresses in places I’m unable to update (old business cards, etc) that forward to my new email address, so I want anyone I’m corresponding with to have my correct email address.
I feel like anything beyond that, for me at least, would be overkill.
-Jason
Preston Lee
December 1st, 2008 at 9:37 pmPreston Lee
http://www.blog.clickpreston.com
I like the simple name+website. It gives people enough information to get in contact with you without cluttering up your sig area. Besides, if people need more information about you, or need more contact info, they can visit your site. This’ll increase traffic and if they like what they see while they are there, they’ll likely come back.
Nicholi
December 1st, 2008 at 10:19 pmMine is simple with my name and web address. For personal email I don’t sign it at all. They know who I am.
Cristhian Bedon
December 1st, 2008 at 10:43 pmIt all depends, I use the add-on for FF “wisestamp” which has the option for a personal signature and one for personal. It all depends on how you want to brand yourself, some think simplicity works for them, while others like to go that extra mile.
scual
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 amname and vCard attachment
Puneet
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:31 amMy email sig:
Regards,
Puneet Pugalia
Website and Logo designer
SplashGraphics
(Logo of my website)
Harshil Dipak Suru
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:49 am(LOGO)
Harshil Dipak Suru
Owner/Designer
+971 50 5242526
http://www.dezinoa.com
i feel long signatures dont make sense …. it shuld be just the rite amount of info
JR @ Balanced Mind
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 amI generally prefer a short signature. My reads like this:
Joeke-Remkus de Vries
Ademastrjitte 4 | 9251 RA | Burgum | 0622-164385 | http://www.balancedmind.nl
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” - Benjamin Franklin
I believe that if you think you need more info to share, why not add a link to your about page on your website. Makes way more sense to me…
Bruce Colthart Creative (@bccreative)
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:24 amA little off topic, but the email account name itself is an opportunity for clarification and promotion, if kept painfully brief. Instead of my name appearing in an inbox as just Bruce Colthart, mine reads “Bruce Colthart Creative :: Designing for Business ”
Signature-wise, there’s clearly no one right way. My initial messages in an email conversation are rather formal, with several contact options. As the relationship warms, subsequent emails are very informal and are simply signed
Thanks,
:: bruce ::
Matias Casano
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 amName + Phone + Website
Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.
Felonice
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:18 amI like to keep it simple
Felonice Margasak
Graphic Designer
Felonice Designs, LLC
http://www.felonice.com
Amber Weinberg
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 amMines:
my logo
http://www.amberweinberg.com
Michael Risser
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 pmI have two, one for my day job and one for my freelance business, both are of the shorter variety:
Sincerly,
Michael D. Risser
Web Developer - North County Times
http://www.nctimes.com
Sincerly,
Michael D. Risser
Owner - R1 Design Studios
http://www.r1designs.net
I think the shorter ones are perfect, they give just enough information to give people a better understanding of who they are conversing with. I’ve noticed that many times, people will ask for your contact information, even if its already in your signature, which leads me to believe that they don’t really pay that much attention to them.
Personally, I usually just scan a signature, with out paying a whole lot of attention to it.
Selene M. Bowlby
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pmI’ve made mine considerably shorter than it used to be (I used to list full mailing address as well as phone/fax info). I think it can still use some shortening though…
I did also recently remove the email address because it’s in the From / Reply-to field of the email itself, so it seems a bit redundant. I rather share additional information.
I like seeing all of the options here though… I do believe it’s time for an update soon! Here’s my current signature…
–
Selene M. Bowlby
Owner / Web Designer
iDesign Studios - We help you stand out from the crowd
View our portfolio at http://www.idesignstudios.com
(888) 297-3799
Steve Mullen
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pmI actually use different email signatures based on what I’m doing for a client and for how well I know people. I specialize in traditional media relations, SEO PR, and production of social media like blogs and podcasts. My podcast production service has a different name, but is listed as a service of my PR firm. Confusing? Yes. Bad branding? Yes. Planning to fix it soon? Yes.
Regardless, I think it’s a good idea to have one long, complete signature for more formal contacts or for people you don’t know well, and another for everyone else. Here’s one of my more formal signatures:
Steve Mullen
EndGame Public Relations, LLC
BizPodz Productions
Phone: (804) 382-0017
Email: steve@endgamepr.com
Web: http://www.endgamepr.com
Podcasts: http://www.endgamepr.com/podcasts
Subscribe to the EndGame PR client news feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/en.....tions-news
Here’s my shortened one:
Steve Mullen
EndGame Public Relations, LLC
BizPodz Productions
Phone: (804) 382-0017
Web: http://www.endgamepr.com
I won’t even bother to get into signatures I use when contacting the media for my clients. That’s a different ball o’ wax entirely :)
Stefan
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 amHi,
for private I use no signature, all the people I am writing to know me, my address and my contact information.
For business it is always very useful using contact information like address, phone number(s), email, website, twitter, blog etc. This is even more useful if you contact someone and he/she forwards the message. Your contact information will remain.
Additionally to all the web addresses I use a view to my calendar using a link to google calendar, so the one I’m contacting can better plan appointments. I think this is very useful.
Stefan
PS: if you want to have a copy of my signature mail me: info@intuitiv.de, subject: email signature
Martijn Engler
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:32 amI have a long one (name, company name, email, etc.) for people that don’t have my contact information yet, but I usually just sign of with my first name or maybe two lines.
As other people have been saying: it really depends on who you are mailing with.
Jon Phillips
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pmWell, like many people, my signature really depends on the recipient. I got my ‘default’ signature and change it around depending on the recipient. Default is:
Jon Phillips
http://www.spyrestudios.com
http://www.spyremag.com
http://www.jonathan-phillips.com
http://www.freelancefolder.com
http://www.twitter.com/jophillips
http://www.twitter.com/freelancefolder
And when I send an email to a client it’ll sometimes be something simpler, like this:
Jon Phillips
Lead Designer: http://www.spyrestudios.com
(I’m not sure I want all my clients to follow my rants on Twitter, ya know :) )
And for anything that is music related, it’s usually:
Jon
http://www.thegodsofnow.com
http://www.myspace.com/thegodsofnow
jon@thegodsofnow.com
Voila! :)
David Hepburn
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:28 pmMy standard signature is:
–
David Hepburn
David M. Hepburn Productions, Inc.
Professional Video Production
(760) 208-2801
david@davidmhepburn.com
http://www.davidmhepburn.com
Valentin Bora
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:21 pmI think it would be clever not to include images into the signature before the recipients replies, since there is a high probability that their email software will think it is spam. Better go for the short one, with name and website. I make a habit include my phone number for people who have less in common with technology.
Nicole
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:30 pmIf you do include a logo, animation is probably not a great idea. I’ve been working in media, first as a magazine editor and now in advertising, for about 8 years now. In that short amount of time, I can’t count the number of clients, agencies, vendors and freelancers that have driven me crazy with animated logos within emails — the simple act of opening an email takes two minutes while the logo loads. Also, unless you provide some sort of design services where a logo would showcase your work, consider keeping to text — you can’t copy and paste text from an image to easily take contact info from an email to another program.
I don’t necessarily think that including your email is totally redundant. A year or two after sending an email, the printed version randomly stuck in a folder may be the only way an editor taking over from the previous editor can find you. If you happen to be collaborating with a large number of people and emailing around the group, the actual email address doesn’t always show if you weren’t the original recipient.
Nora Mahony
December 4th, 2008 at 10:42 amI have everything but my postal address, and it looks like this:
Parkbench Publishing Services
http://www.parkbenchps.com
office: + 353 1 443 4090
mobile: +353 87 923 8255
skype: parkbenchps
I’d prefer to have a tiny, click-thru logo in lieu of the first two lines, or indeed a Skype logo. I mail-manage through Gmail – do they support this? Or would it make my emails too heavy? It’s annoying that in Gmail, email sigs pile up at the bottom of the email, unlike Outlook.
Dan Parks
December 4th, 2008 at 1:25 pmOK I confess - My sig is WAY to large.. BUT HEY! I have a lot going on! LOL
I currently have over 350 signatures that I use… all with different quotes on different subjects. I have been a online moderator for a list serve for over 2 years. At last check I am at somewhere around 2000 posts. I try to match the sig with the topic that I am writing about. Now that my virtual convention center is taking off, the one I use the most often is below.
Dan Parks
President / Creative Director
Corporate Planners Unlimited, Inc.
http://www.corporateplanners.com
Creator of the Virtualis Convention and Learning Center
http://www.mabventures.com/virtualis/
Monday Moderator of the Meetings Community (MeCo)
http://www.meetingscommunity.org
Proud Member of:
MPI (Meeting Professionals International) http://www.mpiweb.org
PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) http://www.pcma.org
ISES (International Special Events Society) http://www.ises.com
ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) http://www.astanet.com
IATAN (International Airlines Travel Agent Network) http://www.iatan.org
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Joann Sondy
December 4th, 2008 at 1:33 pmMy e-sig varies based on to whom I’m corresponding.
I really don’t like the auto-signatures, v-cards etc. It’s too impersonal and isn’t e-mail impersonal to begin with?
If it’s a first-time contact or correspondence I believe might be forwarded, then I include:
Joann Sondy
Creative Aces
tel: 231.932.0945
e-portfolio: http://www.creativeaces.com
twitter.com/jsondy
For more casual and on-going communications:
Joann Sondy
tel: 231.932.0945
Justin Long
December 5th, 2008 at 8:44 amI tend to go with a large signature with HTML and CSS I have started to stray away from that a little bit now that I have an iPhone and I am sending more and more emails from that while I am out and about.
In my sig:
Name
Cell
Office
Fax
email
website
Logo
Picture
Twitter
Skype status
Skype voicemail
AIM status
link to recipients personal project status URL
Then based upon time of day. Best place to reach me.
David Henderson
December 5th, 2008 at 4:20 pmI have never thought about this but it is quite interesting, I don’t think a long signature would put me off but I have seen a few which just have, ‘Regards, Joe Blogs’ in my opinion this is too short.
My signature is:
David Henderson, BSc Hons SIDI
Multimedia Designer.
web design | branding | graphic design | 3D & visuals
Mobile: +44(0)77 4289 8311
Office: 08454292716
Skype: davidhenderson10
Twitter: davidhender
http://www.davidhendersondesign.com
Stefan Jagger
December 5th, 2008 at 10:19 pmHeres mine…
Kind Regards,
Stefan
T: 0800 135 7544 | E: contact@faithinme.co.uk
http://www.faithinme.co.uk/
Design - Web Design, Ecommerce, CMS, Online Payments
Marketing - SEO, Banner Ads, Email Marketing, PPC, Google Ads
Print - Identity, Leaflets, Flyers, Business Cards
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Might seem like a lot of info but I only attach it to the bottom of every email. On a reply my email program strips out the previous and attaches it to the bottom again, meaning the info isn’t repeated 100x.
Having my services listed has also given an edge a few times as people don’t have to ask if I do print work or marketing work, it’s all there.
Great post! I’m begging to wonder if people are now using this as a marketing method :)
Jay Lohmann / TagTeam Advertising Agency
December 7th, 2008 at 11:04 pmMy sig will contain either some or all of the information below but, no matter which companies are relevant to the conversation, HOWEVER I ALWAYS include the link to my LinkedIn account so people can see all the companies we own and hopefully invite me to link up with them.
Thanks!
J. A. Lohmann
214.679.9673
founder / creative partner
TagTeam Advertising & Web Design LP
TagTeamCreative.com
founder / general manager
Incite Public Relations & Promotions
IncitePublicRelations.com
founder / ceo
Freelance Nation, LLC
TheFreelanceNation.com
owner
Invest In URLs
InvestInURLs.com
LinkedIn.com/in/JayLohmann
+4700
Kyle Judkins
December 12th, 2008 at 8:05 pmKyle Judkins
Editor in Chief
http://www.LostInTechnology.com
http://www.twitter.com/lostintech
GTalk - kyle.judkins@lostintechnology.com
I like to keep it simple, but packed with great information.
Ellie
December 13th, 2008 at 12:08 pmMy signature:
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. ~ Carl Jung