#SocialMedia 101: Setting up an email signature

February 09, 2015

#SocialMedia 101: Setting up an email signature

So you just landed your first job?

Ventured into entrepreneurship?

Are applying for a scholarship?

All the above scenarios call for one to have a professional outlook in order to guarantee the best outcome in your new career, passion or application.The first step to achieving the above is having a great looking and functional email signature. This reassures your emails recipients that they are dealing with a grounded individual or organization. Below is a brief on how you can achieve the above.

In order to set up your signature, follow the following steps:

Decide on what icons/images you want to use. e,g FB, Twitter e.t.c
If you have a designer, create customized icons as per your preference. You can also get these online from free to use stock images websites or tutorial blogs like this blog :)
For emails, it is recommended that you use HD images of 35 x 35 pixels.These are provided below.
Go to the default email signature tab on your email account.
Edit the required fields (name, address, phone etc,) as you suits your needs.
Copy paste the URLs of the images below and insert them as hyperlinks to your default e-mails signature. e.g for the icon ~VLVL~ URL is here
Link the images with the various accounts they represent.