Do you ever find yourself sending the same email over and over again? Are you one of those people that keep a document with a bunch of pre-written/canned emails so you can quickly copy and paste them into your emails? Then here’s a quick and yet VERY cool tip to make your life even easier.
Ditch the doc and use your email signature instead. Many email apps like MS Outlook allow you to create multiple email signatures. Once you create your default signature, go back and create all of your canned messages. Then when you open an email, just select the alternate email signature and KABOOM, there it is. Sorry for yelling, I was going for effect. I personally have around a dozen canned messages set up as signatures in Outlook.
Don’t have Outlook? What about Gmail? Gmail offers a great plug-in called “Canned-Messages” which can be found under Settings inside of the Labs tab.
Not using Gmail? Then if you’re using Firefox, you can install a very cool plug-in called WiseStamp. This is a great plug-in for Firefox that allows you to create multiple email signatures and better still, it works with Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and many other webmail systems. Read my article on my “Top Firefox Plug-in Picks”.
Not using Firefox??? … Wow, then I don’t think anyone can help you! Not hating on IE or Safari, just loving on FFs capabilities. I do not know many web developers not using Firefox which should say something to you.
Do you have any great ideas for sending canned/pre-written emails? What about other creative ideas for using email signatures? Please share your ideas!
Tags: Canned Email, Email Signature, Outlook, WEB TOOLS
Related posts:
Comment Now