First off, you need to get Firefox. As far as I am concerned, Firefox and Google Gmail go hand in hand.

I have had many folks ask me, how can I make a nice signature block, with a picture, and some other HTML links to be automatically added to my Gmail signature block?

First off, Gmail provides a fair rudimentary signature block that can be selected and customized somewhat from the settings page. However, it is limited to placing a www.pwebs.net or http://jimwarholic.com plain link in the email with a name, phone number, address, or whatever you would like to say at the closure of your emails. The signature block with the plain links become automatic hyperlinks when it is added to the email, and the email is sent out.

If you want to add pictures or link text, also called anchor text, link labels, or link titles (the visible hyperlinked text) such as: Internet Marketing Services, then you need to install a Firefox Add-on. Add-ons are simply little custom made, free programs, that are installed on top of the basic Firefox installation. In fact, there are thousands of add-ons available for download at the Mozilla Firefox website. Like I said, first download Firefox for your PC, Apple, or Linux computer and then you can customize the Firefox application any way you like.

The add-on that I have been using recently for Gmail signature blocks is called: Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures. Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures add-on allows you to customize multiple signatures and automatically add them to your Gmail emails below or above quoted text.

To install, go to the Firefox add-on page for Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures and click the "Add to Firefox" button. Once you do that, then you will have to relaunch Firefox, and the Signatures menu will appear when you go to write an email in the Gmail application. The first time you use it, you will need to customize your signature. You can have a number of different signatures, depending on what you are doing, or who your target audience is.

I've created several different signatures, depending on how I feel the email should be signed off. Here are some examples of signature blocks I have created.

I call this one my Business S&M Strategies.

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The following is my SEO Internet Marketing Services.

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Then this one is My Girl - Deal or No Deal!

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So, as you can see, you can have a little fun with your email signature blocks too.

If you don't know how to write html code, don't fret, there are free online html editors, in a "what you see is what you get," WYSIWYG mode, that you can use to create a cool looking signature block with not having to know any html coding. Simply type what you want, grab a picture from your website, insert the image using a button, and lay it out the way you want. I suggest you use an image online, published at your website, or one that you have uploaded to an image hosting service that allows "hot linking" such as Photobucket, and embed the image using the image button in the WYSIWG html editor. Once you get the layout the way you like it, then go to the code mode and copy the html code into your Blank Canvas Gmail Signature create button, and save it in the default or several other selectable signatures. Then when you write an email with your Gmail account, it will automatically be added if it is the default or you can select the other ones if you desire.

This can be a very very powerful sales and marketing tool to use for your business. Get your sales people to send signature blocks with more information about your company links. Just a suggestion, it is probably wise to not go overboard with too many links or pictures in the signature block area.

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Choices are cool. Themes are very cool.

Google just recently came out with Gmail themes for customizing the look of your Gmail account. Check out the Official Google Gmail Blog article: Spice up your inbox with colors and themes.

I use a different theme to help me keep track of the Gmail account I am on. I color code the Gmail accounts for different customer Gmail accounts.

Take a look at this feature and all the themes that are available. I'm sure you will find one that you will like. My wife found her favorite. And since I couldn't make up my mind which one I liked the best, I reverted to using a classic style for one and some hip-hop styles for others.

Have a little fun. Put some creativity into your life. You never know what might spur a new creative marketing thought in the brain.

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Jim

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Google Gmail Group Adopts One of My Suggestions

I don't claim to be the only one that has suggested the following, but I see that Google has added another Gmail menu item when creating a filter.

First off, filters are very powerful automatically executed items that can be created by users that allows the user to automatically do things to specific emails that arrive to the inbox such as: add labels, archive emails, forward emails, and other actions.

Choose action - Now, select the action you'd like to take on messages that match the criteria you specified.
When a message arrives that matches the search: from:(), do the following:

Skip the Inbox (Archive it)
Mark as read
Star it
Apply the label:
Forward it to:
Delete it
Never send it to Spam
Also apply filter to 62 conversations below.

Now, the specific item that was recently added was a filter that never sends it to Spam.

You might be wondering, why in the world would you never want something to go to spam. Well, part of the spam monitoring algorithms sometimes segregate certain emails from online formmails as spam. If you are forwarding a formmail to your Gmail email box, these have a habit of sometimes landing in the Spam folder because it looks like gibberish at various sections of the email and may not look exactly like a proper email from the online formmail form. Because an email address sometimes ended up in the spam section, you had to constantly check the spam box to make sure you did not receive an important email. By creating a filter from a certain email location, you can now specify that those emails will always show up in your inbox.

To create an email filter, simply click the link near the top of Gmail, "Create a filter" and follow the instructions: "Choose search criteria. Specify the criteria you'd like to use for determining what to do with a message as it arrives. Use "Test Search" to see which messages would have been filtered using these criteria." You can specify keywords to include, keywords to exclude, subjects, from or to email addresses, and attachments as the starting criteria for the next step. The next step is doing an action. Skip the Inbox (Archive it), Mark as read, Star it, Apply the label:, Forward it to:, Delete it, Never send it to Spam, and Also apply filter to (number of) conversations below.

For example, if you receive emails from family members or a brother, and would like to apply the label "Jim" to emails from Jim automatically, use the from: Jim's email address, and automatically apply the label "Jim" to new emails that arrive, and also apply the label "Jim" to past emails from Jim too. Now, when an email arrives from Jim, you will see the label "Jim" added also. Note: This however, is only half the filter I really want. If I also want to automatically apply the label "Jim" when I write an email to Jim, I need to create a second filter that applies the label "Jim" when I send an email to Jim's email address. Now, when you click on the label "Jim" you will see all emails to and from Jim for quick reference. Additionally you can even color code your labels by clicking the little square box right next to the label area on the side and add a specific color to various labels for quick reference. By-the-way, you can automatically execute more than one filter item and provide multiple labels to any email.

Another way of using filters, is with your cell phone number, text messaging, and or pager notification. You can automatically have an alert send a message to your cell phone when a certain email arrives from a specific location. This in essence forwards the email to your cell phone text messaging area. Note: All cell phones and pagers have their own email addresses that are specific to the cell phone or pager number. See Gmail Cell Phone and Pager Notification for more information on this process. Try this feature out. It's pretty cool.

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