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I can’t stop blogging now.  Somebody else say something, please.

This post won’t quite fulfill the stated promise of the blog since I am going to talk about a service we offer.  But I can’t help it.  There are myths that need to be dispelled.  Fears that need to be allayed.  Shackles that need to be broken!

I have talked to so many people over the past few months that would love to have a better email address and just can’t seem to do it.  People putting sloppy looking Gmail and Hotmail addresses on resumes.  Actors.  Photographers.  Real estate agents.  I have a friend who manages her SAT tutoring business at something almost exactly like ADF37@aol.com.  (I have altered it slightly to protect her identity from my throng of readers.)  This is her livelihood.  She uses that address in local advertising.  She sends invoices from that address.  She hates it.  But she’s afraid to leave it.

Concern #1

I don’t want to start using a whole new email interface.  (I also don’t want to manage multiple Inboxes.)

You don’t have to!  Completely disconnect an email address from an email interface in your mind.  And nobody ever needs to check more than one Inbox.  We offer Webmail but we barely encourage anyone to use it.  We know there are companies that spend ten times what we spend to develop theirs.  You can get yourself a simple, short, memorable, unique email address and continue to use whatever email program you prefer.   Just forward the email to an existing email address.  Then set up your Outlook, Mac Mail, iPhone, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! or just about anything you use to send your emails out from your new address.  We have wonderful tutorials and videos in our Help section that help you do it.

Concern #2

I don’t want to have to tell everybody that I changed email addresses.

You don’t have to!  You really don’t.  I just did this.  I got a new personal email address and I just started using it as described above.  In my case, I have always forwarded all email to my work Inbox.  People send emails to my old personal email address.  I respond using my new email address.  So anyone new that I reach out to gets my new address.  Anyone who reaches out to me at the old address is getting a response from the new address.  Eventually, anyone I would possibly care about has my new address.  And anyone who doesn’t can still reach me anyway at the old one.

There are plenty of people who are just fine with their generic email address.  That’s cool.  Listen, ultimately it’s about substance, whether you’re socializing, networking or conducting business.  But if you grimace a bit every time you give somebody your email address out loud.  Or you feel like you could use just an ounce of credibility, polish, consistency, recall, humor or anything from a new one, don’t be afraid.  Come on in.  We can help.