Tag Archives: gmail

Animated gifs in email signatures

Published on 2019-07-11 13:38:51
by Kamil Glaser

For some people, animated gifs are the essence of the Internet – before them, there was nothing of interest. Gifs have opened our eyes to the magic of ultra-cute, animated kittens, memes and epic fails, to mention a few. But apart from those highly popular and reusable gifs, there is another type of gifs – simple animations which in the business world could be deemed as professional.

How about pasting them into email signatures then? Thanks to our atavistic predator instinct, nothing grabs our attention as much as a moving objects next to a static background (that is, regular email content). Animated gifs seem like they are crafted for this purpose exactly. Be careful though, as the line between “attention-grabbing” and “extremely annoying” is finer than you might think.

Continue reading →

How to set up multiple signatures in Gmail

Published on 2016-02-08 15:14:37
by Milena Szyrwiel

26 Comments | 26 Replies

[Update]: This article was updated on October 29, 2019.

By default, Gmail (or Google Mail) allows for applying only one signature to your new email messages or replies. Although this solution seems to be sufficient when private correspondence is taken into account, it is not necessarily a desirable scenario in case of business communication.

If you have already had a chance to work with Microsoft Outlook, you perhaps noticed that it offers a convenient option of using multiple signatures that can be selected depending on a situation. In this article, you will find out how to achieve a similar effect in Gmail.
The tricky part of the setting is that you need to activate a Gmail extension called Templates. This feature evolved from Canned Responses, which later became “Canned Responses (Templates)”. How are canned responses different from templates? Apart from the the cooler name, templates are pretty much the same.

As soon as this advanced feature is active, you will be able to create and save as many new signatures as you need.

Continue reading →

How to add video to your email signature

Published on 2014-02-24 15:14:46
by Adam the 32-bit Aardvark

1 Comments | 1 Reply

Have you ever wondered how to make your email signature more attractive? Here’s an idea: add a video! It is as easy and quick as adding a link to your social media page and will help you boost your company’s brand identity, while simultaneously promoting the video itself. Furthermore, it doesn’t cost a thing and can be measured with Google Analytics (learn how to track campaigns in email signatures). Unfortunately, you can’t embed a video directly in your email signature. But what you can do is insert a suitable image and use it as a thumbnail linking to the video. Remember that the video that you will use must be hosted somewhere online in order to get a URL.

How to add a video to your email signature

Continue reading →

How to track marketing campaigns in email signatures

Published on 2013-12-23 14:56:16
by Adam the 32-bit Aardvark

0 Comments | Leave a reply

Email signature marketing is one of the easiest and most inexpensive methods of promoting your brand and advertising your products online. But do you know how to measure its effectiveness seamlessly? The most efficient way is to use UTM parameters for your links in email signatures and see the results in Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about website traffic, traffic sources and conversions. Continue reading →

How to add or change an email signature in Gmail/Google Apps

Published on 2013-07-05 12:03:19
by Adam the 32-bit Aardvark

65 Comments | 65 Replies

IMPORTANT: Before you begin, make sure that you don’t have Plain text mode enabled. To learn how to disable it click here.

1. While logged in to your Gmail / Google Apps account click the gear icon in the upper right corner (Fig.1) and select Settings:

Fig.1. Settings/Gear icon in Gmail/Google Apps.

Continue reading →