What do you put in your email signature? - Virtual Assistant Forums

White Rose · #1 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

Hello,

I am about ready to create an email signature for my VA business. It prompted my curiousity what you guys had in yours.

I'm thinking of making mine like this:

Brenda A. Jones
Virtual Assistant & Web Designer
Email: email address here
www.brevos.com

I've also considered maybe show myself as an owner of Brevos but I'm not sure at the moment.

VagabondetteVA · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

HA! We just talked about this a couple weeks ago and I'm in the middle of preparing a blog post about it.

For me:

Amanda Moore
Virtual Assistant
**Email address**
http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/

And on my personal account I also include an HTML script that scrolls through my last 4 blog posts.

White Rose · #3 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

Ohhh a blog address - thats a great idea. Will include that in mine when it's ready!

VagabondetteVA · #4 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

Well, I only have that because my site isn't up yet. I assume your blog will be linked to your site so it's probably not necessary to have both.

Modern Marketing Support · #5 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

Shari Sultana
Modern Marketing Support
Tel: XXX-XXX-XXX
Web: http://www.modernmarketingsupport.com/
Blog: http://www.modernmarketingsupport.com/blog/

and if I had a really cool tag line I'd put that in there too. Plus a blip about my newsletter.

Tricia · #6 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

I have my name, email address and then my logo with my tag line in it and it is hyper linked to my website.

Dana Fortier · #7 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

Probably too much info, but what the heck:

Dana Fortier
Fortier Business Solutions - "Your Branch Office"
"Hang on ... Help is on the way!" sm
============================== ============================== =====
Member: MIVA (Michigan Virtual Assistants) - Membership Coordinator
IVAA (International Virtual Assistants Association) - VAC Coordinator & Forum Moderator
Member of the 2009 Summit Planning Committee
Ethics Checked Virtual Assistant (Ver. No. 07-11-15214)
Recipient of the VAccolade (11/27/2007)
============================== ============================== ======
Phone number here - Direct
Cell number here - Cell / Voice Mail
New Blog & Website - Coming Soon!
www.yourbranchoffice.net

Tess · #8 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

This is a great thread but please do not post emails, phone numbers or addresses on the boards!
Thanks

VagabondetteVA · #9 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

Oh my gosh Dana! Please tell me you only send that on first messages not on every email. I don't mean to be rude but scrolling through that would be a turn-off to me as a client. Really long/detailed sig lines drive me a bit batty - IMO that's what an About Me page on a website is for. If it's the first contact fine but for subsequent replies, etc. you might consider something shorter... Just my $.02

At the very least, put your contact info - which is what your sig line is for - at the top of the list so people don't have to go hunting for it. Then they can ignore the rest if they're not interested.

PS - sorry Tess!

White Rose · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

Oops, sorry Tess. I entered the email address automatically by habit. But, as a moderator, I oughta remember that rule!

KyleSC · #11 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008

I put:

Regards,

Kyle Sheldon-Chandler
KSC Virtual Assistant Services
Email address
Web address
xxx.xxx.xxxx

Providing passionate entrepreneurs with life and business solutions.

Prime Admin Solutions · #12 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008

I put:

Virtually yours,
my name
business name
web site address
telephone #
fax #
my tag line

tildavirtual · #13 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008

Kylie Short – Virtual Assistant
Janet Jordan Achievement Award Winner 2008

Tilda Virtual Services
Level 1 Physical address Street, PO Box XXXX, Bathurst NSW 2795 Australia
Ph: 61 X XXXX XXXX | Fax: 61 X XXXX XXXX
Web: www.mywebsitelinkhere.com.au

Do you need reliable hosting? Visit us at www.myotherwebsitelinkhere.com.au

My Office Zilla · #14 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008

I think a lot is fine because you never know who they might forward your email communications to and it is another form of advertising - even if a small amount compared to a website, flyer, etc. I also think that changing it up (varying the font size, style, color) every once in a while will catch people's eye and they might notice something that they hadn't noticed before. If you use outlook set up a different sig for every type of message you send out: new message, reply, forward, new client, potential client, standard client, etc...you can make them all a unique. I have one set that just has my name and nothing else which I use for casual communications.

Now that I've said that I guess I'll answer the question!

I use pretty much what has already been posted...name, title, company, email, web, cell but not necessarily in that order! I have recently started using my tag occasionally and want to more...I just need to go in and change my sigs to include it.

Make it a great day!

D_Victoria_Virtual_Assistance · #15 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008

This is my signature:

Sincerely,

Darlene Victoria
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance
phone number
fax number
web address

I also will include a link to any specials I am currently running(I plan on having a referral program in the near future, podcast and so on).