Comments on: Does your email address confuse people?

By: Heartburn Home Remedy

Heartburn Home Remedy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:58:26 +0000

My fellow on Orkut shared this link and I’m not dissapointed at all that I came to your blog.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:30:34 +0000

I recently ran a googleads campaign, and my database had 250 email addresses of
which only 10% of them made any sense and yes 95% of email addresses were from
the free providers (hotmail, yahoo, gmail).

I could tell straight away that the people on this list were not likely to do business
with me and sure enough did not make 1 sale in a 5 month period. It did not really
surprise me as i already came to this conclusion by the email addresses alone.

By: Margaret Jacoby

Margaret Jacoby — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:17:36 +0000

Chris -

After working in the HR field for over 30 years, I am still amazed at the poor choices candidates are making when submitting resumes via e-mail. You are correct in that recruiters and those receiving resumes are not impressed by those “cutsey” names.

With e-mail and social networking becoming the norm for applicants, we all need to keep in mind simple business etiquette and courtesy. Employers put themselves at risk when they search the Facebook or MySpace pages of applicants and make hiring decisions based on the photo they find. But, those pages also give the potential employer a good idea of the character and habits of those applicants.

The Web exposes the good, the bad and the ugly.

By: Robert Breiner

Robert Breiner — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:03:45 +0000

Amen to that! I thought I was the only one with this pet peeve…

By: Grahame Brown

Grahame Brown — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:12:12 +0000

Casey, this is one of my pet hates too, its vital for people to think through every element of their personal brand and online presence from the ground up, including their email address.

The irony is they can still use gmail (which I think is a fantastic service) in conjunction with their own domain, which maintains their personal branding.

Regards Grahame

By: DJ-RJ

DJ-RJ — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:09:20 +0000

Great article and your point is well made. We have to keep educating others about technology and positioning to look good to potential clients.

By: Chris Morin

Chris Morin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:59:51 +0000

I agree with you! I wanted to also mention that those looking for a job and emailing their resume’s do themselves no good with emails like… hotmama @hotmail.com, cutiepie352, urdrinkinbuddy etc. etc. … I’m not joking! I was receiving resume’s with emails like this for job openings at an Office Equipment Company I own for IT jobs and Service Dispatch. These types of emails do NOT impress your future employers. I like the free services but I use my name or biz name in front of them.