Here is something I have stolen from Digg but I think its important, I get quite a few emails from different people and I bet you do too. Some of them have too much information, other don’t have enough, others would look at home on a 13 year olds myspace page.
Anway the following 7 bullet points should help with creating your own suitable email signature.
- Keep it short. Seven lines is good. (I would even argue this is too much)
- Keep it simple. Leave the images for your website. I’ve also found that images and other “nifty” things make your e-mail more likely to get tagged as spam and lost.
- Spell out websites. Don’t count on the HTML signature to work all the time. Instead of making a hyperlink like “My website” use http://www.kylemayne.com/. This also lets people copy and paste into a browser or contact card.
- Only include the information you want to share. It seems silly, but if you don’t want business calls at home, don’t give out your home phone number. If you keep one IM account just for friends, don’t put it into your sig file.
- Forget the little quotes. Yeah I had this at one time too. I even had a random quote generator for a while While you might think your quote is pithy or wise or funny, it might offend someone or just be confusing.
- Don’t attach your contact card by default. Another potential spam flag and once you’re in my contacts, I don’t need it again and again.
- Again be simple use Times or Arial
I would also recommend you skip sites like these www.coolsig.com/
Thanks too http://www.pimpyourwork.com/ for the 7 pointers.
-Kyle
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