Monday Tip: Make a happy email signature
I don’t know about you but I get a LOT of email! Even after the spam filter has done its thing I’m still more or less deluged and of course every single mail must be answered, which means I also send a lot of mails (btw: If you’ve sent me email and I haven’t answered - have patience, I will :o)
Every email says something about the person who’s sent it. It serves in some way to tell people who you are. So your mission this Monday is to make yourself an email signature that somehow expresses who you are and what you do and which will make whoever receives your email a little happier.
I’ve seen many great examples. My Iowan buddy Mike Wagner signs all his emails:
Keep creating,
Mike
Phil Gerbyshak who blogs at Make It Great of course has no choice but to sign his
Make it a GREAT day!
Phil
Some people end their emails with a funny quote or a wise saying, such as these:
All generalizations are false.
I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
“Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.”
So think about how you can sign all your mails in a way that expresses who you are AND makes whoever reads it a little happier. If you come up with something cool (or if you already use a great email signature), please post it here in a comment - I’d love to see how you do it :o)
The Chief Happiness Officer’s Monday tips are simple, easy, fun things you can do to make yourself and others happy at work and get the work-week off to a great start. Something everyone can do in five minutes, tops. When you try it, write a comment here to tell me how it went.
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Hinching Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 10:52 am
Here’s something which I usually sign my emails with:
Be well and behave,
Hinching
Peter Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 11:35 am
My signature is automatically added by Gmail and is mainly a reminder for myself. So now, every time I try to compose or answer an email I’m reminded that….
–
There is NO FATE, we are the creators.
Onno Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 11:56 am
My current signature is intended to make people smile. It makes my smile too.
“Time’s fun when you’re having flies” - Kermit
Nutster Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
I like to end most of my correspondence with differentiation, simplicity, and not appear that I am trying too hard:
Smiles,
Scott
Use Happy Email Signatures - lifehack.org Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
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Grayson De Ritis Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 6:24 pm
Time to get creative with my signature and make it happier :-) Thanks!
Paul Demers Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
This is a great tip! I usually end my emails with the boring and cliché “best,” but after some thought now offer “godspeed.” Scott Carpenter could not have offered a better word of wisdom…
David Beach Said,
July 17, 2007 @ 3:43 am
My Mac is set up to randomly use a very odd quote…of which I have several…and my website address….and attach it as a signature
I get regular comments on how amusing my email signatures are. And rarely do people get teh same one twice.
david
( absolutely no signature attached )
William Profet :: OneJobTwoSalaries.com Said,
July 17, 2007 @ 9:07 am
Here are some of my signatures:
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Have a Great Day!
William
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Carpe Diem and Carpe It Good!
William
—
… to dream and to act…
Regards,
William
—
Follow your Guiding Light!
William
robmandu Said,
July 17, 2007 @ 10:11 pm
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Break the rules. Keep the faith. Fight for love.
Brenton Bills Said,
July 18, 2007 @ 1:28 am
I like signatures that are deep–they make people turn inward, and examine a part of themselves previously left uncharted. My signature elegantly and succinctly captures that desire for becoming more, for leaving the status quo behind. Well, enough about the thoughts behind the words. I’ve enjoyed the contributions by others, and look forward to reading more.
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it,
-Brent
Natasha Said,
July 18, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
I change my signature to:
Have a happy day!! AND….. if your not, remember
its all a matter of your attitiude, change that and you
can change your day!
Thanks for the tip!!
Gail Said,
July 18, 2007 @ 6:46 pm
I use the following two on private mail. Yes, I’m a little weird sometimes.
I took the path less travelled, now where the hell am I?
Has anyone seen my sanity? I seem to have misplaced it….
Unfortunatly I’m not permitted to use them on work emails. Not professional enough. :-(
Lars Dahlin Said,
July 22, 2007 @ 12:08 pm
Nice, I use the geek approach:
—–BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK—–
Version: 3.12
GSS d+ s++:++ a C++(++++)$ UL P L+ E- W+++ N+ o+ K- w++
O- M V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP t+ 5- X+ R* tv+ b+ DI+++ D—
G e++ h– r+++ y+++
——END GEEK CODE BLOCK——
And of course I’m not revealing the decoding:
http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/
/Lars
Sapna Said,
July 22, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
Well I dont pen down these creative one liners…. but it sounds pretty cool…. will start using them right away…
I do precision guess work!!!
Tim Said,
July 23, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
“Life rewards completions not intentions”
Sean Said,
July 30, 2007 @ 2:56 am
This has been mine for a while:
You can have it done fast. You can have it done well. You can have it done cheap. Pick any two.
Konstantin Babeshkov Said,
August 6, 2007 @ 8:23 pm
Work for the Lord - the pay isn’t much but the retirement is out of this world ! ! !
rohit gaba Said,
September 3, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
i want my styelist signature
Momo Said,
February 1, 2008 @ 9:45 am
Haha, this is cool….
I’m in the middle of changing my signature cuz I have to have change!! lol
But mine used to be….
“Have an awesome day, and know that someone who thinks you’re great has thought about you today! And that person has sent you this Email.”
Hehe!
Have Fun!!