Comments on: Marketing: What Does Your Email Address Say About Your Business?

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:37:46 +0000

Thanks for advise marti

By: Betty

Betty — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:20:08 +0000

Hi, Peggy: I just read your advice regarding the address on cards and realized how true your comment are regarding outward appearances.
At SCORE I received many cards that were obviously printed on a computer. Not a good choice. Your comment on the quality of the card speaks volumes. You are right on!
Betty

By: Peggy Duncan

Peggy Duncan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:09:03 +0000

Hi Stacey, yes, do not hyperlink it unless it’s on a secure page (https://). If the spambots can get to it, it’s over.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:48:38 +0000

Marti, thanks for the idea about capitalizing the name. That’s a great idea.

And, Peggy, by “clickable,” do you mean we should not hyperlink it?

Lastly, I recently received an email from my logo designer for payment of his bill. He wrote from a gmail account. I immediately grew suspicious, and he IS someone I’ve done business with. However, the first thing that came to mind was that someone intercepted our communication . . . So I wrote him at his company address and he said it was him, but provided a more official looking address for me to transact with.

No matter how you try to dress up the name, the minute you say “at yahoo” or its equivalent, you immediately look dubious and undeveloped and you never want to look that way, even if you started your business yesterday.

By: Peggy Duncan

Peggy Duncan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:33:20 +0000

Hi Marti, first…never put your clickable email address on the Web, especially in a forum. The spambots run around looking for the @ symbol and they’ll grab it. I always spell out the word “at’ when I’m putting my email address on the Web, including when it’s inside a PDF. I’m going to see if we can change your comment.

You are so right about the Web designer…move on.

And the way you write your email address is how I do it on everything…not just my business card.

By: Marti

Marti — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:31:29 +0000

I know a website designer whose email is “hername at hotmail.com” and that leaves me questioning how she could possibly help me generate traffic for my website (a service she promotes) when she hasn’t obtained a domain name for her own business. Or, at least her own name.

Another suggestion for making your business name stand out on your business card: capitalize your business name on your email address on your business card to make it easier for others to read. The next printing of my business cards will show my email address as “marti at BusinessEnergetix.com” so it’s easy to read the business name.

By: Lisa Jeffries

Lisa Jeffries — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:31:06 +0000

Truer words have never been spoken, Peggy! It amazes me that some folks are still missing the boat!