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I agree with the idea about using the email letterhead for the first few contacts with clients.  I am new at real estate and I'm still trying to get those contacts.  I thought of using the email letterhead in my marketing campaign, but not for routine daily correspondence. 

This has all got me to thinking that another good idea would be for me to remove the banner with my photo from every page of my website except for the one page "about me."  Visitors will probably get tired of seeing my face there too.

Sallie Williams

Keller Williams Realty

Red Stick Partners

Baton Rouge, LA

www.SallieWilliams.com

Sallie,

I've always loved the look of well-done email stationery, but the one thing that has kept me from adopting it is that many people do not use html enabled email.  I'd assume over the years that that is less and less the case...but it still happens.  I think there are some services that can convert an html message to text...specifically for this situation.  I'm simply not that familiar with the process.  My suggestion would be to check into those sorts of options before making the commitment to html stationery (heck, maybe all those companies that do the stationery provide that service as part of their packages???).  The last thing you want is your well written correspondence to appear  as "code" in that prospect's inbox.

By the way, I noticed your sig lines here are all double spaced (I know you didn't type it that way...the system formated it that way.  What you might want to try is to retype your sig, just as you did...only when you hit the "enter" key, simultaneously hold down the "shift" key.  It takes you to the next line without all that space in between.

Best....

JudiB

Sallie Williams
Keller Williams Realty
Red Stick Partners
Baton Rouge, LA
www.SallieWilliams.com
slwsal@aol.com

Thank you so much for sharing your technical expertise.  I do very much like the look of the email letterhead as I feel it adds a touch of professionalism to email.   I plan on adding the program to my tech plan for 2008 but want to make sure I gain the full value of the investment.

Maria Vitto
Max Broock Realtors - Michigan
248.656-6500 x3241
www.mariavitto.com

Email letterhead looks great, but you need to consider one main issue. And that is how will it look in a cell phones email. I used to use email stationary however I ended up having a couple of clients saying they are on the road so much and they complained that there were so many links and they would click on it and there was my photo. They would click on another and there was my company logo, and so on.

I also once in awhile had a person say they did not receive my emails. Sometimes it would be in the bulk or junk mail folder, sometimes not.

I use my Blackberry and see so many emails that come over with all the URLs in the email. I can usually find the message, but it sometimes takes some work.

I now keep my emails simple and the same people always get my emails and can view them easily whether on a PC or on a cell phone.

Regards,
Jeff Launiere, P.A., e-PRO
Keller Williams Realty
Tampa, FL
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