Use Happy Email Signatures
The Chief Happiness Officer Alexander Kjerulf is suggesting today that using a more positive email signature, or more accurately something that closely represents what kind of person you are, is a nice touch.
More than that, it could change the way someone reads your emails and even goes about the rest of the day. Think of it as an email smile: it’s positive and contagious and can help someone else feel better about their day.
Currently, my email signature is quite boring. For work-related contacts I’m not familiar with I would use ‘Regards’ and when this relationship progresses, something more like ‘Cheers’. However, something a little more motivational like Mike Wagner’s ‘Keep creating’ is a fantastic step.
It’s a very simple gesture, but can go a long way. How do the Lifehack readers end emails? Are you considering altering it to something even more positive?
Monday Tip: Make a happy email signature – [PositiveSharing]
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Nicola Larosa says on July 16th, 2007 at 10:57 am
I maintain my own collection of “fortunes”, snippets that I clip from stuff I read, and that work well out of context.
I publish the already used ones on my web site:
http://www.teknico.net/misc/fortune/index.en.html
Benjamin Bach says on July 16th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
I sign everything like this
BE Great,
Benjamin
http://www.benjaminbach.com
and I try to live that feeling every day in all of my interactions !
Dave Anthold says on July 16th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I use “blessings” for my personal email and “thanks” for my business emails.
Kit Mikazuki says on July 16th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
I use “Regards” for standard business, “Best” for business contacts I know well and “Cheers” for friends and social media contacts.
I totally like the idea of “Keep creating” or something similar. What a great idea.
Cheers,
Kit
Reese says on July 16th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
“Vale” or “Bene vale” it’s Latin for farewell or be very well.
Selina says on July 16th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I use “Cheers” in my work emails & “luv & jellybabies” in my personal ones.
I did accidentally use “luv & jellybabies” once at work. When I apologised the person in question said she just thought I was being cheerful and friendly.
William Profet :: OneJobTwoSalaries.com says on July 17th, 2007 at 3:13 am
Here are some of my signatures:
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Have a Great Day!
William
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Carpe Diem and Carpe It Good!
William
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… to dream and to act…
Regards,
William
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Follow your Guiding Light!
William
RaceBuider says on July 20th, 2007 at 5:00 am
I’ve been using ‘Cheerio’ for years, glad to see some validation!
Cheerio!
ÆL431 says on July 27th, 2007 at 1:09 am
My most positive one is:
Hope that Helps,
AEL
… mainly when I am giving out information.
Chanio says on August 11th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I constantly update an image (4e: theClimate.jpg) with a photo of my city (by day or by night) and the temperature+humidity+sky condition, etc.
Then my email signature inserts this updated image with a link to my email address, and a one line greeting. There is an ascii version of this signature without the photo, just as required by M$ Outlook.
Adamo says on August 21st, 2007 at 11:16 am
Ciao,
Adamo.
I use the Italian for ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ for nearly all of my farewell notes. For more personal ones I use ‘Love and Appreciation’. To my girlfriend I use ‘Mwah’ – onomatopoeic for a kiss.
However on the ones I dislike are ‘Regards’ (regards what?! Kind regards? What’s that supposed to mean!) and anything with the word ‘Yours…’ in the phrase, any ‘truly, faithfully, blah blah is just pommy talk. The British garbage is ancient and is nearly extinct. You’re showing your age when you use ‘Yours truly’.
Speaking of pommy crap, TTFN is the worst. Ta-Ta is British and making a ‘For Now’ phrase into a cool abbreviated ‘netspeak’ smacks of trying to fit in with the younger generation. Stay away from any ‘Ta-Ta’ and other British silliness people!
*sarcastic* Ta-Ta For Now ppl.
;-P
bitch says on February 21st, 2008 at 2:04 am
dont u have something better to do? bloody hell!!