Don?t Overlook Your Email When Considering Your Brand Identity

You wouldn't skip letterhead when sending out a sales letter - Or would you?

How many emails do you send each day? If you are anything like me, you probably send hundreds of emails for every one print letter. Most businesses use letterhead for their print correspondence but miss out on extending their branding to virtual communications. Shouldn't you use each email as an opportunity to promote your business?

Don't ignore the benefits of e-stationary:

1. Consistency ? Branding your business is all about perceived image ? e-stationary can help maintain a consistent "identity" across all platforms ? letterhead, website, e-stationary, etc.

2. Name/ Face Recognition ? This is especially important in the industries where it helps if your clients can recognize your name or face ? include your picture on your e-stationary for extra emphasis.

3. Differentiation ? Email Stationary can set you apart from the competition. Your emails will be professional looking and will set you apart from the competition.

4. Inexpensive and Easy ? E-stationary is easy to use and integrates with popular email software applications. Custom designed e-stationary can purchased for less then $100.

5. Always be Marketing ? Use your e-stationary for all of your communications, even your personal communications. This will remind friends, colleagues and clients what you do.

Think next time you send an email ? Are you doing everything you can to build your brand identity.

Š 2004-2005 Tanya Beaudoin o/a Office on Demand, All rights reserved. You are free to use this article in its entirety, as long as you include complete attribution, including live web site link. Please also notify Mrs. Beaudoin as to where the material will appear. The attribution should read: "Tanya Beaudoin, B.A. is a virtual assistant who specializes in e-solutions (including e-stationary) and administrative support for small businesses and non-profit organizations. Please visit Tanya's web site at http://www.officeondemand.ca for additional business related articles"

In The News:

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/10/06/2003425128cid=0ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNG7wNPD05w2p32sw3V9s4ws4s05LQAcer head stresses bbranding/b at Taipei business seminar/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fTaipei Times,nbsp;Taiwannbsp;-/font nobr23 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1By Elizabeth Tchii The future of business in Taiwan lies in bbranding/b, no matter how difficult it is to achieve, Acer Inc (宏碁) founder Stan Shih (施振榮) b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.emediawire.com/releases/next_generation/generation_networks/prweb1432084.htmcid=1254785718ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNFmIPUIyyagj5z9M6Y0IlBmSluPAASymmetricom Launches New Website : http://www.symmetricom.com b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fEmediawire (press release),nbsp;WAnbsp;-/font nobr4 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The company also unveiled a new corporate bbranding/b tag line – Your Network. Optimized. “Our new website was designed specifically to meet the needs of our b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.wibw.com/sports/headlines/30035464.htmlcid=1254785718ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNEPdkMB_-zkulXHHIVNj6PHKoVarAFormer Bronco, Henry, Arrested/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrWIBW/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1254785718hl=ennobrall 7 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/606822/social-networking-in-business-and-brandingcid=1254783271ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNHccD7Dh_9i9wVqMcPoFmA2E6K0twimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=xPgjHFU7m0kJimgurl=www.itpro.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_IT_Pro/dir_145/it_photo_72603_33.jpg width=80 height=54 alt= border=1brfont size=-2IT PRO/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/606822/social-networking-in-business-and-brandingcid=1254783271ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNHccD7Dh_9i9wVqMcPoFmA2E6K0twSocial networking in business and bbranding/b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fIT PRO,nbsp;UKnbsp;-/font nobr4 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Many of us already use sites such as LinkedIn to build our own personal bbrand/b via association, connections and recommendations, and after years of b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/sports/2008/10/807152/cid=1254704664ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNHl_NOaSpJLVYVbcyMk5ndp8V0rwgimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=uUn1vKsYP8IJimgurl=english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200810/original/images1636417_VN-Turkmenistan.jpg width=80 height=55 alt= border=1brfont size=-2VietNamNet Bridge/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/business/%3Fcatid%3D2%26newsid%3D42592cid=1254704664ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNFtB_-sXICMyk81leptRJ9kcK4MsQNascent bbranding/b industry needs support: experts/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThanh Nien Daily,nbsp;Vietnamnbsp;-/font nobr10 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The weak enforcement of intellectual property rights and unreasonable corporate income tax regulations have stifled the development of bbranding/b in Vietnam, b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php%3Fnum%3D02BUS061008cid=1254704664ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNF4hhGOQa53EqZ1fHXMpIfWI7ThMALocal consumers loyal to big brands/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrViet Nam News/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2008/10/807186/cid=1254704664ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNEx0IWXfNUxjy27KKzYXU-FgH-EpgTrademarks determine consumption/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrVietNamNet Bridge/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/sports/2008/10/807152/cid=1254704664ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNHl_NOaSpJLVYVbcyMk5ndp8V0rwgVN lose 3-2 to Turkmenistan in City/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrVietNamNet Bridge/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1254704664hl=ennobrall 5 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php%3Fid%3D43772cid=0ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNECmVNb0NcPDIZig_aBlHhLyZyCRAVendee Globe: Spirit of Canada announces Algimouss as premier b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBYM News (press release),nbsp;Spainnbsp;-/font nobr3 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1We have looked long and hard for a bbranding/b partner and now all the hard work has paid off. Algimouss is no stranger to sailing sponsorships and have b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi%3Fid%3D135037%26d%3D415%26h%3D417%26f%3D416cid=1254774854ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNGYThTQXVt8-vkLkmGfxvRKZwGxUQCEE spinoff’s ‘Kinstellar’ bbranding/b highlights close ties with b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThe Lawyer,nbsp;UKnbsp;-/font nobr6 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Mogg revealed that a bbranding/b company came up with the firm’s name, deriving Kinstellar from an anagram of Linklaters. “We didn’t set out to have an anagram b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi%3Fid%3D135061%26d%3D415%26h%3D417%26f%3D416cid=1254774854ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNEN3suAMUqPeG6b9bSQL224Q3cN-wDLA Piper launches Romania outpost with ex-Links man/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThe Lawyer/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1254774854hl=ennobrall 2 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.techdigest.tv/2008/10/jaguar_motorbik.htmlcid=1254786920ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNHb1mkwirSDZApQGTSF6amSof6kdgJaguar motorbike takes bbranding/b to the next level/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fTech Digest,nbsp;UKnbsp;-/font nobr4 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1b.../b to use the street slang) by Jaguar, turning it#39;s corporate logo into something that can do something more useful than merely quot;synergise the bbrand/bquot;. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10058479-44.htmlcid=0ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNGSKiGtIfpqD7q_jXnUCNucTdQQ8Aimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=hk9IyOihuDIJimgurl=news.cnet.com/i/bto/20081004/concept_sketch_540x277.jpg width=80 height=41 alt= border=1brfont size=-2CNET News/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10058479-44.htmlcid=0ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNGSKiGtIfpqD7q_jXnUCNucTdQQ8AIt#39;s the product, stupid: bbranding/b firms and industrial design/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fCNET News,nbsp;CAnbsp;-/font nobrOct 4, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1In a great essay for Core 77 (quot;Stepmothers of Invention: bBranding/b Firms Enter the Industrial Design Frayquot;), Carl Alviani describes a trend that has been b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx%3Fid%3D855307cid=0ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNGlYxo97dulwBoWIdNlKjjFeNrSvQbBranding/b tips from Msanzi marketing mogul Mohale Ralebitso/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fSowetan,nbsp;South Africanbsp;-/font nobr10 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The newly appointed Absa Group Marketing Executive says politicians across all parties should practise the art of bbranding/b themselves. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2008/10/06/2nd-amp-short-stadiums-arenas-may-be-renamed.aspxcid=1254798266ei=2TrqSMiHDqGO6APLjqWMCQusg=AFQjCNFm4nr0wKBEK3b0NdejrfQadpfCPQ2nd amp; Short: Financial crisis hits stadium, arena names/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fNational Post,nbsp;Canadanbsp;-/font nobr3 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Mergers, acquisitions and takeovers are nothing new, so name changes have become relatively common in this age of widespread corporate bbranding/b of venues. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
branding - Google News


Wind Chimes and more...

Windchimes for great gifts!

Differentiate and Dominate

Quite often small business owners will ask me to reveal... Read More

Branding Your Business To Make More Money

Branding your comapny should be the first thing a company... Read More

Brand Strategy - Brand Identity Guru

If you could have the secret recipe and all the... Read More

Brand Strategy - Brand Value - Brand Identity Guru

Developing brand strategy is extremely critical. The most important asset... Read More

What Make Us Unique and Different

Starting a business can take a lot of time, money,... Read More

My First Year In Cyber Space

My first year as a Cyberpreneur was a steeplearning-curve. I... Read More

Logo Design - Branding - Brand Identity Guru

Do you have any idea how important your company logo... Read More

No Logo? Launching A Business Without a Logo Can Sabotage You

Initial lack of customers and cash flow often causes a... Read More

Branding 101: Why Its Critical to Business Success and How to Do It Right

What's Your Brand?A brand is a product/company personality that helps... Read More

Importance of Business Branding

Branding is very important to a business, whether it is... Read More

The Secrets of Starting Business Successfully

Starting Business Secrets will help you to start your own... Read More

Attract More Clients With A Brand Identity

You've probably heard that people buy products and services from... Read More

Branding: Bring Back the Jingle!

Did you grow up in the '70s and '80s? If... Read More

Brand Identity Company ? Brand Identity Guru

Hiring a brand identity company is very important. In every... Read More

How Do You Define a Good Logo Design?

Everyone wants his company logo to be the best but... Read More

Brand Building For Profit: The Colour Behind the Brand and Why I Wear Red Ties!

Colour is essential to building a strong brand.Many of you... Read More

Donald Trump On Branding - Brand Identity Guru

Love him or hate him, one thing is certain: Donald... Read More

Nike / Sears / Kmart

The Sears-Kmart merger hopes to fabricate some sort of silver... Read More

Value-pricing Strategy: Were not The Cheapest but...

In this highly competitive online marketplace, it can be difficult... Read More

Boston Web Design Branding - Brand Identity Guru

A branding company's website purpose is to design websites that... Read More

Branding Strategy - Brand Identity

Today, in many organizations around the world, branding is treated... Read More

Branding Is Not Selling Out: ITS SELLING IN

Ever see an amazing band perform and wonder why you've... Read More

The Big Uneasy: Clearing the Clouds of Guess

People often come to me to assist them with developing... Read More

Build Brand Identity Through Product Branding

Building a product into a brand leader is not easy,... Read More

Getting Started in the Mail Order Business. How Much Does It Cost?

INTRODUCTION To get any business started successfully takes many ingredients.... Read More