Setting up an email footer is a good way to slowly help get the word out about particular things, in this case your store traffic site and/or online store.
Instructions for doing so very greatly from mail client to mail client…and some online mail clients have support for custom footers as well.
You can make the footer say whatever you want. For example, mine is displayed below:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Privateer Web Solutions
Build your website. Drive traffic to your online store.
~ http://www.privateerwebsolutions.com/
~ Email: XXXxxx@privateerwebsolutions.com
~ Phone: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
If you use Mozilla Thunderbird as your mail client, you can setup a footer as follows:
- Open your mail client
- Select "Tools" → "Account Settings" from the file menu
- This will open the Account Settings box
- Select the email account you wish to setup a footer for
- Your accounts should be shown on the left.
- Check the box to the right next to "Attach this signature:"
- Select "Choose" next to the empty box under "Attach this signature"
- Browse to the file that you want to use as a footer
- This can be a plain .txt file, an html file, an image, etc.
- I recommend a plain .txt file, but an html file typically works fine as well.
- Select "OK" once done choosing a file
- This will save your settings
If you are not sure how to go about creating the file to use as a footer:
• Windows Instructions
- Select your start button
- This should bring up the start menu
- Select "Run …"
- This should bring up a box to enter text into
- Enter "notepad" in the box and select "OK"
- This should load a blank notepad window
- Enter the text for your signature
- Select "File" → "Save As" from the file menu
- Save the file wherever you want. If unsure, select "My Documents" from the left menu
- Give the file a name you will remember
- Save the file
From now on, any emails you send from the specified account will have whatever you entered in your signature file inserted into them.
Should you want to update your signature, just update the file you created.