LinkedIn Email Signature Creation

LinkedIn Email Signature Creation

LinkedIn® provides so many tools and services that many go unnoticed and unused by the “experts”.  One of these handy tools helps you create a stylish and effective email signature to append to the bottom of your email messages in either Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird or Yahoo Mail. It is generated in HTML so you will most likely be able to use it with other email services as well if they allow email signatures.  NOTE: It does not work with Outlook 2007.

Here is how to create a new email signature in 10 easy steps from within LinkedIn:

  1. Scroll to bottom of Home Page
  2. Locate Tools and click on Overview just to the right
  3. Click on the Try it Now button for Email Signature option
  4. Use the pre-populated information as-is or modify it to suit your need.
  5. If you would like to have your logo showing, you will need to provide a URL that points to the location of your logo file on your website or blog.
  6. Select any, all or none of the Options offered for your consideration.
  7. Scroll back to the top of this page and review the various formats that are available and select your favorite.
  8. Scroll back to the bottom of the screen and select Click here for instructions…
  9. Select from the Choose your email client options:
  10. Follow the instructions to complete the creation of your signature.

Here is what the finished product looks like using the Executive design:

LinkedIn_signature_600

Have some fun and select one that captures you.  Now you know something that most of the “experts’ don’t know how to do.  You can teach them a new trick.

While you are on the Tools area of LinkedIn, I recommend that you consider downloading both the Outlook Toolbar and Browser Toolbar.  They each will save you time and increase your effective use of LinkedIn.  Share your experiences and your email signature success with me in the comments area.

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Viveka von Rosen - 13 years ago

Hi Miles –
Yes – I am one of those “experts” who doesn’t use it.
I tried it about a year ago and didn’t like the look, but with your step by step I am going to give it another whirl-
Thanks again
You are a class act!

Jim Jacskon - 13 years ago

It worked for me and I use office 07.

Larry - 13 years ago

Mark,

Will using this signature help send your E-mail into the receivers Spam folder?

This is obviously what you don’t want….

Thanks,

Larry

Terri Dunevant - 13 years ago

This is what I need! Thanks Miles : )

Mimo - 13 years ago

Hello and thank you for recommending this blog.
Up until now I have been struggling to produce any kind of linkedin email signature, as Outlook has come back with various problem issues.
However this method works brilliantly, and I am very happy with the results.
Thanks again
Mimo

Shannon Evans - 13 years ago

This is a really useful blog. I like the visual impact of the finished product as well! Thanks for the tip!

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