{"id":130,"date":"2007-10-26T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-26T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watt-media.com\/b\/?p=130"},"modified":"2025-01-24T05:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:09:56","slug":"using-a-domain-e-mail-for-a-more-professional-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/using-a-domain-e-mail-for-a-more-professional-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Domain E-mail for a More Professional Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/8485.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1648 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/8485-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"E-mail image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/8485-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/8485-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/8485-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/8485.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A\u00a0friend asked me to write a short article on this topic, so here it goes:<br \/>\nEver think of the impression your e-mail address makes? This may seem like a rather trivial matter, but I assure you that in the eyes of many, having an aol, yahoo, or hotmail-type e-mail address makes you seem small time. Think I&#8217;m crazy?<\/p>\n<p>What particularly seems funny to me is when I am handed a business card which shows the company website, such as <strong>www.xyz.com<\/strong>, and then the person&#8217;s e-mail address is <strong>bob@hotmail.com<\/strong>. While many people won&#8217;t think that anything is amiss there, those who are more savvy will wonder why Bob doesn&#8217;t realize that he can have a <strong>bob@xyz.com<\/strong> e-mail address (where &#8220;xyz&#8221; would be his actual domain).<\/p>\n<p>So if you own your own domain, and have a website, use a domain e-mail! You can have <strong>anything@your domain.com<\/strong> and it is more consistent, looks way more professional, and makes you look like you know what you&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0friend asked me to write a short article on this topic, so here it goes: Ever think of the impression your e-mail address makes? This may seem like a rather trivial matter, but I assure you that in the eyes of many, having an aol, yahoo, or hotmail-type e-mail address makes you seem small time. 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