The Professional-Sounding E-Mail AddressIf you don't have one yet, it's time to get your own domain-name e-mail address.
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Whether anyone likes to admit it or not, your e-mail address cancreate a good or bad impression right away. Are you using AOL orCompuserve as your primary e-mail account? Unfortunately, now thatthe Internet is easily accessible and domain names are a cinch toobtain, @aol.com and @compuserve.com can give some people theimpression that you're an Internet novice.
These days, what self-respecting businessperson doesn't havetheir own domain name, or two or three? Even I have several that Iuse: aliza@mediaegg.com is for business, aliza@rvgirl.com is forpromotional purposes and apsherman@mindspring.com is where I havemy e-mail account and the other two e-mail addresses simply forwarde-mails to that main account.
Then I use my Eudora e-mail software to set up my preferences sothe e-mails I send can appear to be coming from any of those threee-mail addresses, depending on whom I'm e-mailing.
Affordable services such as Register.com not only allow you toregister domain names, but they also offer e-mail services so youcan start receiving e-mails at yourname@yourcompany.com instead ofSassyGal@aol.com or FunGuy@aol.com.
Also, your ISP can offer the same services along with yourInternet access. Get your professional e-mail address today.
Aliza Sherman is an entrepreneur and author ofCybergrrl:A Woman's Guide to the World Wide Web(Ballantine Books).She is currently working on her next book and new company.
