I’m subscribed to an email list and every time this company writes to me, they make the same mistake. They change the name of the “sender”.
One week it’s Mary, the next week Sally and Melinda, people I don’t know. The only way to tell that the email is from the company I know is to open it.
Why make people do that? Why take the chance of confusing people, getting people to delete the email unopened, or sent to spam.
Not good. And completely unnecessary.
If you’re smart, and I know you are, you put your name in the sender field, not your firm’s name, not your administrator’s name, your name—first and last—because the email is from you.
You want people to recognize your name and read your email because it is from you. Even if the subject doesn’t promise a benefit or make them curious.
Even if it’s click-bait-y or goofy like many of mine.
Your email isn’t just a conveyer of information and offers. It is also a means by which to build relationships with people who can hire you or refer you.
Which they will do if they know it is you who is writing to them.
