How to Create an E-mail Address
Email is such an integral means of communication in today's modern life that most of us, at some stage, have created an email address.
With so many free e-mail service providers around - Yahoo, Hotmail, Google - this has never been easier.
But when it comes to choosing an address, many people make some fundamental mistakes that have ramifications when they start to use it.
What people don't realize is that their e-mail address is part of their on-line persona - it says much about who your are.
If you run a business or belong to a professional organization, then your email address also forms part of your on-line branding.
Let's take the college student who wants to apply for an intern position in a company.
What the company often receives is an email with an address similar to this: kissmequick@hotmail.
com Now, the address "kissmequick" may have seemed like a laugh at the time the account was created, but what does it say about the individual who sent it? Remember, your email address is often the first thing that people will look at when reading your e-mail.
If your address looks suspicious or salacious, it may well be interpreted as spam and assigned to the garbage.
It doesn't help that, after a few years of use, people are very reluctant to change their e-mail address, often not knowing how to change it without losing all their contacts.
The fact is that your e-mail address has become almost as important as you mobile number or your mailing address.
If you must create an e-mail address, then think carefully about how this will present to people who you probably have never met and who probably don't appreciate your quirky sense of humor.
First impressions are very important and an e-mail from you may well be the first piece of communication a future employer or associate receives.
If using a free e-mail service provider, try using your name or a combination of first and last name: j.
west@yahoo.
com If your name is already be taken, don't give up.
Try some other, sensible combination: jw.
west@yahoo.
com If you would like more hints and tips on the use and abuse of email then follow the links below.
Remember, your e-mail address speaks volumes about who you are.
With so many free e-mail service providers around - Yahoo, Hotmail, Google - this has never been easier.
But when it comes to choosing an address, many people make some fundamental mistakes that have ramifications when they start to use it.
What people don't realize is that their e-mail address is part of their on-line persona - it says much about who your are.
If you run a business or belong to a professional organization, then your email address also forms part of your on-line branding.
Let's take the college student who wants to apply for an intern position in a company.
What the company often receives is an email with an address similar to this: kissmequick@hotmail.
com Now, the address "kissmequick" may have seemed like a laugh at the time the account was created, but what does it say about the individual who sent it? Remember, your email address is often the first thing that people will look at when reading your e-mail.
If your address looks suspicious or salacious, it may well be interpreted as spam and assigned to the garbage.
It doesn't help that, after a few years of use, people are very reluctant to change their e-mail address, often not knowing how to change it without losing all their contacts.
The fact is that your e-mail address has become almost as important as you mobile number or your mailing address.
If you must create an e-mail address, then think carefully about how this will present to people who you probably have never met and who probably don't appreciate your quirky sense of humor.
First impressions are very important and an e-mail from you may well be the first piece of communication a future employer or associate receives.
If using a free e-mail service provider, try using your name or a combination of first and last name: j.
west@yahoo.
com If your name is already be taken, don't give up.
Try some other, sensible combination: jw.
west@yahoo.
com If you would like more hints and tips on the use and abuse of email then follow the links below.
Remember, your e-mail address speaks volumes about who you are.
