I completely agree with that, make sure the email service you choose lets you use your domain/business name in the email address after "@" as that really makes you look more professional.
Who to Use for EMAIL
- Thread starter JCK818
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I completely agree with that, make sure the email service you choose lets you use your domain/business name in the email address after "@" as that really makes you look more professional.
- 14,808
I use my paid service which attracts almost zero spam. I also use gmail anytime I need to plug my email addy in anywhere online since I know it'll be sold. Gmail does a great job separating spam from legitimate mail.
I think it looks professional until someone sees [email protected] and goes to joe.com to see "this page parked for free...". In other words, if you are going to have a personal domain in your email, there needs to be a corresponding site... even if it's just a "coming soon" personalized page. Otherwise, it's subterfuge.
- 14,808
I've been fighting with agents for years to ditch their "yahoo" email address when conducting business.
You should be using your paid service; [email protected] or your domain; [email protected]
You are trying to create professionalism and permanency. You don't want to rick losing even a singe deal.
You should be using your paid service; [email protected] or your domain; [email protected]
You are trying to create professionalism and permanency. You don't want to rick losing even a singe deal.
- 8,707
I would say you need to go further and than that...I wouldn't use the comcast email I would only use my own domain name email...Its ridiculously inexpensive...I think total cost of less than $100 a year.
- 14,808
In total agreement. Agents should use their domain name for their email. Nothing screams "I'm not serious about this" than using a free email service like Yahoo.
I get business solicitations all the time. I know to run very fast anytime they're using a Yahoo email.
I get business solicitations all the time. I know to run very fast anytime they're using a Yahoo email.
pdwatermelon
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Use your domain name as your email for sure, just as others have said.
When you get hosing for your domain, you have tons of emails on it for free. You can then use another application to login to see those emails...horde...roundcube...squirrel mail. I find that quite tedious.
What I do is forward my [email protected] email to my regular email that i have used for years in Outlook. That way I get every email (I have a lot of different domains) in one inbox. When I create a message in outlook i can choose who it looks like my recipient is getting it from by simply clicking on "Accounts" in the outlook email window that I am using. That way I can make it look like it is coming from any of my email accounts. NEVER use a hotmail, yahoo, gmail as a business extension email. IT IS NOT professional in my opinion.
When you get hosing for your domain, you have tons of emails on it for free. You can then use another application to login to see those emails...horde...roundcube...squirrel mail. I find that quite tedious.
What I do is forward my [email protected] email to my regular email that i have used for years in Outlook. That way I get every email (I have a lot of different domains) in one inbox. When I create a message in outlook i can choose who it looks like my recipient is getting it from by simply clicking on "Accounts" in the outlook email window that I am using. That way I can make it look like it is coming from any of my email accounts. NEVER use a hotmail, yahoo, gmail as a business extension email. IT IS NOT professional in my opinion.
- 8,707
You can also set up subfolder in the inbox for each email account and assign a rule to places messages for those addresses in each folder...great way to quickly see whats come in on the BD email versus personal and insurance.
- 1,908
I use office live through MSN, and got my email that ends @lfstrategies.net to coincide with my company's website.
Free
Can use Skydrive
Free
Can use Skydrive
Everything comes to my webmail account at fastmail.fm, but I also have a gmail account, an account with my ISP and my domain accounts.
All incoming mail is addressed to bob at bobvineyard dot com.
All outgoing mail appears as if it comes from that account as well.
I found out when my ISP had an outage a few years ago that I needed one or more back up accounts to communicate. Mail that is directed to my name is forwarded to fastmail but is also left on the server until I dump it. I can access either account via the web.
The redundancy means my mailbox fills up rather quickly but at least I don't go out of business for a day or more if one of the servers go down.
All incoming mail is addressed to bob at bobvineyard dot com.
All outgoing mail appears as if it comes from that account as well.
I found out when my ISP had an outage a few years ago that I needed one or more back up accounts to communicate. Mail that is directed to my name is forwarded to fastmail but is also left on the server until I dump it. I can access either account via the web.
The redundancy means my mailbox fills up rather quickly but at least I don't go out of business for a day or more if one of the servers go down.
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