Comments on: E-mail signatures http://www.dmitrylinkov.com/2007/01/14/e-mail-signatures/ My blog about my world Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:14:05 +0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Bayram http://www.dmitrylinkov.com/2007/01/14/e-mail-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-4137 Bayram Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:36:08 +0000 http://www.dmitrylinkov.com/2007/01/14/e-mail-signatures/#comment-4137 Actually, I am facing the same problem when writing/reading emails at work. Some of my colleagues are using standard "Thank you, MyName " signature for reply emails, and when they want to thank someone they just reply the email, an autosignature is added, and they send it out..ufff. I hate this! What I am doing and recommending my team to do is to add some personal stuff, like: "Alex, thank you! Thank you, Bayram " --> yeah, you are right, the automated "thank you" is still there, BUT you have a personal note "Alex, thank you!" which makes your recipient notice that you have spend a couple of seconds adding a personal note! And, furthermore, he sees the difference (a personal and an automated reply below) - I guess this adds more importance to personal note :) Actually, I am facing the same problem when writing/reading emails at work. Some of my colleagues are using standard
“Thank you,
MyName
”
signature for reply emails, and when they want to thank someone they just reply the email, an autosignature is added, and they send it out..ufff. I hate this! What I am doing and recommending my team to do is to add some personal stuff, like:
“Alex, thank you!

Thank you,
Bayram
”
–> yeah, you are right, the automated “thank you” is still there, BUT you have a personal note “Alex, thank you!” which makes your recipient notice that you have spend a couple of seconds adding a personal note! And, furthermore, he sees the difference (a personal and an automated reply below) – I guess this adds more importance to personal note :)

]]> By: Alexandra http://www.dmitrylinkov.com/2007/01/14/e-mail-signatures/comment-page-1/#comment-3819 Alexandra Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:41:21 +0000 http://www.dmitrylinkov.com/2007/01/14/e-mail-signatures/#comment-3819 What about phrazes like "looking forward to...", "best regards", "mind the gap between the train and the platform", "do not hesitate to contact me", "merry christmas and happy new year", etc. I think all those cliches lost their initial meaning, they do not mean anything, they are just the words people are waiting for. What about phrazes like “looking forward to…”, “best regards”, “mind the gap between the train and the platform”, “do not hesitate to contact me”, “merry christmas and happy new year”, etc.
I think all those cliches lost their initial meaning, they do not mean anything, they are just the words people are waiting for.

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