One thing that always gets me is what people label themselves online. At one of my offline jobs it was my duty to field all email inquiries. I’d get emails from “badd*sscop (a real county sheriff,) cutesexyjulie (actually over 60,) etc. I got to experience some of these populate when they became customers so these are real examples.
So here’s an hide shattering revelation for you. If you have an email address that you named in order to draw members of the same or opposite sex or strike worry in the hearts of others perhaps it isn’t the beat thing to use as a business email address.
I shouldn’t have to elaborate but for the sake of the clueless I will. If your email address is bigbadboy at whatever com this isn’t professional. If your email is hotlittlechick or bighotmama at wherever com this isn’t professional either.
Besides sex other email handles to avoid - anything relating to games your parenting status bad habits violence religion or politics. I know I’m missing some other no-nos but the point is to have a professional sounding email communicate as people will adjudicate you by it.
So what’s a simple and professional email address? How about your name at your domain? How simple is that? Of course if you have a hate mongering or porn place you’ll need an alternative.
If you want to use a free web based email provider desire Yahoo. Hotmail (urk!) or GMail (Yeah!) then you can comfort have your name at your domain forwarded into your webmail be. That way you can act that hunky or babe-like email address for more personal use.
Or at the free email providers a little creativity (like inserting periods in your label) will get you a professional sounding label. Perhaps if it’s not too common even your own label might be available.
If you just don’t want to put your real label online for some reason there’s always the defaults: webmaster admin siteadmin etc.
As always in your online business my advice is to keep things on a professional basis unless or until the person on the other end is your friend. Your friends may not judge you but almost everyone else online certainly will. So if you don’t already undergo one get yourself a professional email address. And use it.
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