Which looks more professional?
Hi Guys, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this matter...
I am self employed, and I run a small design studio. When I first setup my business, I set up my email address so that it was the same as my website:
[email protected]
www.businessname.co.uk
However, due to a number of reasons, I now find it more convenient to use a .mac account for all my email requirements. So now it looks like this:
[email protected]
www.businessname.co.uk
A friend has voiced his concerns that '[email protected]' doesn't look as professional as '[email protected]'. He claims, and part of me agrees with him, that the .mac address gives the impression of a cowboy outfit, whereas the the '[email protected]' looks a lot more established and professional.
Now there's an argument for going down the .mac route because it's a lot more functional (I can check my mail on multiple machines without fear of losing emails, and any changes I make to the filing structure is automatically updated across all my Macs) but will it turn potential clients off. There's also an arguement that a '[email protected]' advertises my website.
What do you guys think?
I am self employed, and I run a small design studio. When I first setup my business, I set up my email address so that it was the same as my website:
[email protected]
www.businessname.co.uk
However, due to a number of reasons, I now find it more convenient to use a .mac account for all my email requirements. So now it looks like this:
[email protected]
www.businessname.co.uk
A friend has voiced his concerns that '[email protected]' doesn't look as professional as '[email protected]'. He claims, and part of me agrees with him, that the .mac address gives the impression of a cowboy outfit, whereas the the '[email protected]' looks a lot more established and professional.
Now there's an argument for going down the .mac route because it's a lot more functional (I can check my mail on multiple machines without fear of losing emails, and any changes I make to the filing structure is automatically updated across all my Macs) but will it turn potential clients off. There's also an arguement that a '[email protected]' advertises my website.
What do you guys think?
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A friend has voiced his concerns that '[email protected]' doesn't look as professional as '[email protected]'. He claims, and part of me agrees with him, that the .mac address gives the impression of a cowboy outfit, whereas the the '[email protected]' looks a lot more established and professional.
Agreed.
The only gotcha is that email from you appears as [email protected] unless you change some settings but no idea how that's done in mail.app as I don't use mail.app. Perhaps the easiest is to set the outgoing mail server to the businessname.co.uk one.
Keep businessname.co.uk and forward email to [email protected]. Your friend is correct.
The only gotcha is that email from you appears as [email protected] unless you change some settings but no idea how that's done in mail.app as I don't use mail.app. Perhaps the easiest is to set the outgoing mail server to the businessname.co.uk one.
Seconded. And setting the outgoing server is just a dropdown on the front Mail window.
Hi Guys, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this matter...
I am self employed, and I run a small design studio. When I first setup my business, I set up my email address so that it was the same as my website:
[email protected]
www.businessname.co.uk
However, due to a number of reasons, I now find it more convenient to use a .mac account for all my email requirements. So now it looks like this:
[email protected]
www.businessname.co.uk
A friend has voiced his concerns that '[email protected]' doesn't look as professional as '[email protected]'. He claims, and part of me agrees with him, that the .mac address gives the impression of a cowboy outfit, whereas the the '[email protected]' looks a lot more established and professional.
You are aware you can still keep the business name eMail address, and get it to redirect to the .Mac address, aren't you?
You are aware you can still keep the business name eMail address, and get it to redirect to the .Mac address, aren't you?
Yeah, that's what I'm doing at the moment ? but it still means that I have to rely on a POP setup feeding the IMAP setup.
Apple and Google have good brands value.
When you are a small business being self employed, .mac can work to your advantage. Your customers know you have a Macintosh.
Wikipedia states: Market research indicates that Apple draws its customer base from an artistic, creative, and well-educated population, which may explain the platform?s visibility within certain youthful, avant-garde subcultures.
So you are automatically avant-garde, well-educated and creative. Which is good for business.
Unless you have the money to build your own brand, have dreams of have a company with lots of people. I would go with Apple brand.
Im for [email protected] in your case.
At one point, I had three Macs accessing the same POP account and the whole thing was a complete bloody shambles. I'm always having to duck out of the studio and I often have to work between two locations and I freelance in various other locations as well - so simply switching off the machines before I duck out is not always realistic. Before long you have a number of machines none of which have a complete record of your emails, sent or received. Also, coming home to rearrange the days mail in to all the folders in Mail AGAIN, wears very thin very quickly.
The more I think about it, the more I realsie that .mac is just so much better for me at the moment. If I ever get to the point where I'm sitting in the one studio all day then perhaps a POP3 account will work for me. Until that day, I'm quite happy to look unprofessional...