Jul

24

E-mail etiquette

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Thursday’s Management Tip for Graphic Designers
E-mail has just exploded in the last decade. Everyone does it, but not everyone does it well.
It’s always been interesting to me that the subject of e-mail manners or courtesy is another of those things that is frequently overlooked and never really dealt with.
You would think that since everyone’s doing it, [...]

Jul

23

Use signature files from your email program

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Wednesday’s Production Tip for Graphic Designers
There’s no reason to have only 1 general signature for all your emails you send.
With today’s e-mail programs, you can create a bunch of signatures all tailored to your needs.
Tailor your signatures to your audience:

Clients (Professional)
Clients (Personal)
Newsletter subscribers
People looking for info on your website
Prospects
Customers (past and future)
Family and friends

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Jul

15

Extend your brand to your emails

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Tuesday’s Design Tip for Graphic Designers
The one thing that constantly intrigues me is the afterthought of how emails looks. It’s just an email right?
However, most of the correspondence these days between us and clients is done via email. Why not look good online as well?
You can use parts of your brand in your emails. This [...]

Jul

7

Lines in your email signatures

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Monday’s Promotion Tip for Graphic Designers
I’ve blogged about email signatures before. In particular, I spoke about what to include in one in this post.
There was one huge thing that I forgot to mention.
The other day, I received an email from one of those internet marketers. it had the longest email signature I have ever seen. [...]