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Should You Care About Mail Etiquette at Work? Definitely. Writing mails is part of almost everyone’s job, whether we like it or not. Making a few mistakes in your work mails won’t jeopardize your career, but why not look competent, always being clear and to the point? I write at least over a dozen emails weekly, and it can be challenging to precisely deliver the message each time. Wondering about the proper text structure is painstaking too. If I can both save time and get what I want regardless of the topic of my mail using AI, then it’s a win-win. 3 Golden Rules for Effective Email Writing When writing mails, I try to stick to a few simple rules that make life easier for me and the ones reading them. Including the call to action in the subject line - Don’t force your recipient to waste time and search for what you want in the body of the text. Also makes it easier to go back to your mail history and find what you need.


Keeping it as focused as possible - Try to stick to one topic, whether it is a question, request, or explanation. If not, I at least try to make a short bullet-point summary of the mail content.


Proofreading - I look for any typos and double-check the important data included. The former is not even done manually; I also use ChatGPT to save time (an article on effective proofreading with AI will be coming in the future). ChatGPT Input for Any Work-Related Mail I try to keep the prompt simple but include all the necessary elements like the Subject Line (with Call to Action), Greeting, Action Details, and Ending (Sum up and Goodbye). I make some additional comments about the language and sentence structures just to avoid complex and convoluted AI-like sentences. Copy and paste ChatGPT input for a clear and effective mail: Write a mail to a coworker named (here put the name), following the established Subject Line-Greeting-Action details-Ending framework on the topic of (here put your topic) including additional details: (here put some additional details regarding the topic).
Subject line: one sentence that shortly and precisely informs the recipient about the main topic of the mail. Includes call to action.
Example: We need to schedule a team call this week.
Greeting: Dear, (coworker’s name)
Action details: 3-4 short sentences which describe of the main focus of the mail and additional details connected with the topic. Asking for the opinion of the recipient and giving some alternatives for the solution of the wanted action. Short analysis all aspects of the mentioned details.
Ending: 1 sentence sum up and a goodbye greeting with a space for the author’s signature.
Keep the language simple and clear but not too informal. Keep the body of the text as focused and short as possible. Just to show you that it really doesn’t matter what call to action the mail is regarding, here are some outputs I got: Regarding a request for a personal evaluation survey: Subject line: Annual Personal Self-Evaluation Survey – Your Input Needed by March 1st
Greeting: Dear Andy,
Action details: As we approach the annual self-evaluation process, I kindly request your input for the personal self-evaluation survey. Please take a moment to reflect on your achievements and challenges from the previous year. The deadline for submission is March 1st, 2024. Feel free to review your goals from last year before completing the survey. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to our manager for clarification.
Ending: Your timely response is greatly appreciated. Best regards,
[Your Name] Here explaining the missing invoice: Subject line: Missing Invoice for January 2024 – Resolved, Apologies for the Oversight
Greeting: Dear Janet,
Action details: I hope this message finds you well. I recently discovered that the January 2024 invoice was mistakenly placed in the wrong folder on my end. I have rectified the error and already sent it to the client. My sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. Please let me know if you have any further questions or if there's anything else I can assist you with regarding this matter.
Ending: Thank you for your understanding. Best regards,
[Your Name] Or yet, another one asking questions about the team meeting: Subject line: Team Meeting This Week – Unable to Attend, Request for Summary
Greeting: Dear Mary,
Action details: I hope this message finds you well. Unfortunately, due to a family commitment, I won't be able to attend the team meeting scheduled for this week. Could you please let me know if there are any critical updates or important discussions planned? I would greatly appreciate a brief summary to ensure I stay informed. If there's a specific agenda or document I should review, please share that as well. Thank you for your assistance.
Ending: Your help is much appreciated. Best regards,
[Your Name] How to Add a Personal Touch? In this case, by personal touch, I mean how to make it sound more like me and maybe a bit less formal. There are 2 ways. I either manually delete the fragments that do not fit my style, for example, certain adjectives or unnecessary questions regarding one’s well-being. Or, I add new commands and let ChatGPT do it for me. I find those useful: Make it more personal, but still fitting to the work environment
Delete unnecessary adjectives making the mail artificially too polite or excited
Do not include the part about someone doing well Here is the improved mail regarding the team meeting: Subject line: Team Meeting Update – Need Your Help
Greeting: Hi Mary,
Action details: I won't be able to make it to the team meeting this week due to a family commitment. Could you please keep me in the loop on any critical updates or important discussions? A brief summary would be really helpful. If there's a specific agenda or document I should check out, please share that too. Thanks for your assistance.
Ending: Appreciate your help. Best,
[Your Name] I personally like the improved version best, but it really depends on your individual work environment and relationships with certain coworkers. The whole process is easy, repeatable regardless of the situation, and can be done in a couple of minutes. Try out those prompt ideas, and stop wasting time double-checking your emails! Thanks for reading Productive Impact! Click subscribe on the left to receive new posts and support my work. Check out my newsletter. And other socials: @productiveimpct Should You Care About Mail Etiquette at Work? Definitely. Writing mails is part of almost everyone’s job, whether we like it or not. Making a few mistakes in your work mails won’t jeopardize your career, but why not look competent, always being clear and to the point? I write at least over a dozen emails weekly, and it can be challenging to precisely deliver the message each time. Wondering about the proper text structure is painstaking too. If I can both save time and get what I want regardless of the topic of my mail using AI, then it’s a win-win. 3 Golden Rules for Effective Email Writing When writing mails, I try to stick to a few simple rules that make life easier for me and the ones reading them. Including the call to action in the subject line - Don’t force your recipient to waste time and search for what you want in the body of the text. Also makes it easier to go back to your mail history and find what you need. Keeping it as focused as possible - Try to stick to one topic, whether it is a question, request, or explanation. If not, I at least try to make a short bullet-point summary of the mail content. Proofreading - I look for any typos and double-check the important data included. The former is not even done manually; I also use ChatGPT to save time (an article on effective proofreading with AI will be coming in the future). Including the call to action in the subject line - Don’t force your recipient to waste time and search for what you want in the body of the text. Also makes it easier to go back to your mail history and find what you need. Including the call to action in the subject line - Don’t force your recipient to waste time and search for what you want in the body of the text. Also makes it easier to go back to your mail history and find what you need. Including the call to action in the subject line Keeping it as focused as possible - Try to stick to one topic, whether it is a question, request, or explanation. If not, I at least try to make a short bullet-point summary of the mail content. Keeping it as focused as possible - Try to stick to one topic, whether it is a question, request, or explanation. If not, I at least try to make a short bullet-point summary of the mail content. Keeping it as focused as possible Proofreading - I look for any typos and double-check the important data included. The former is not even done manually; I also use ChatGPT to save time (an article on effective proofreading with AI will be coming in the future). Proofreading - I look for any typos and double-check the important data included. The former is not even done manually; I also use ChatGPT to save time (an article on effective proofreading with AI will be coming in the future). Proofreading ChatGPT Input for Any Work-Related Mail I try to keep the prompt simple but include all the necessary elements like the Subject Line (with Call to Action), Greeting, Action Details, and Ending (Sum up and Goodbye). I make some additional comments about the language and sentence structures just to avoid complex and convoluted AI-like sentences. Copy and paste ChatGPT input for a clear and effective mail: Write a mail to a coworker named (here put the name), following the established Subject Line-Greeting-Action details-Ending framework on the topic of (here put your topic) including additional details: (here put some additional details regarding the topic). Subject line: one sentence that shortly and precisely informs the recipient about the main topic of the mail. Includes call to action. Example: We need to schedule a team call this week. Greeting: Dear, (coworker’s name) Action details: 3-4 short sentences which describe of the main focus of the mail and additional details connected with the topic. Asking for the opinion of the recipient and giving some alternatives for the solution of the wanted action. Short analysis all aspects of the mentioned details. Ending: 1 sentence sum up and a goodbye greeting with a space for the author’s signature. Keep the language simple and clear but not too informal. Keep the body of the text as focused and short as possible. Write a mail to a coworker named (here put the name), following the established Subject Line-Greeting-Action details-Ending framework on the topic of (here put your topic) including additional details: (here put some additional details regarding the topic). Subject line: one sentence that shortly and precisely informs the recipient about the main topic of the mail. Includes call to action. Example: We need to schedule a team call this week. Greeting: Dear, (coworker’s name) Action details: 3-4 short sentences which describe of the main focus of the mail and additional details connected with the topic. Asking for the opinion of the recipient and giving some alternatives for the solution of the wanted action. Short analysis all aspects of the mentioned details. Ending: 1 sentence sum up and a goodbye greeting with a space for the author’s signature. Keep the language simple and clear but not too informal. Keep the body of the text as focused and short as possible. Just to show you that it really doesn’t matter what call to action the mail is regarding, here are some outputs I got: Regarding a request for a personal evaluation survey: Regarding a request for a personal evaluation survey: Regarding a request for a personal evaluation survey: Regarding a request for a personal evaluation survey: Subject line: Annual Personal Self-Evaluation Survey – Your Input Needed by March 1st Greeting: Dear Andy, Action details: As we approach the annual self-evaluation process, I kindly request your input for the personal self-evaluation survey. Please take a moment to reflect on your achievements and challenges from the previous year. The deadline for submission is March 1st, 2024. Feel free to review your goals from last year before completing the survey. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to our manager for clarification. Ending: Your timely response is greatly appreciated. Best regards, [Your Name] Subject line: Annual Personal Self-Evaluation Survey – Your Input Needed by March 1st Greeting: Dear Andy, Action details: As we approach the annual self-evaluation process, I kindly request your input for the personal self-evaluation survey. Please take a moment to reflect on your achievements and challenges from the previous year. The deadline for submission is March 1st, 2024. Feel free to review your goals from last year before completing the survey. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to our manager for clarification. Ending: Your timely response is greatly appreciated. Best regards, [Your Name] Here explaining the missing invoice: Here explaining the missing invoice: Here explaining the missing invoice: Here explaining the missing invoice: Subject line: Missing Invoice for January 2024 – Resolved, Apologies for the Oversight Greeting: Dear Janet, Action details: I hope this message finds you well. I recently discovered that the January 2024 invoice was mistakenly placed in the wrong folder on my end. I have rectified the error and already sent it to the client. My sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. Please let me know if you have any further questions or if there's anything else I can assist you with regarding this matter. Ending: Thank you for your understanding. Best regards, [Your Name] Subject line: Missing Invoice for January 2024 – Resolved, Apologies for the Oversight Greeting: Dear Janet, Action details: I hope this message finds you well. I recently discovered that the January 2024 invoice was mistakenly placed in the wrong folder on my end. I have rectified the error and already sent it to the client. My sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. Please let me know if you have any further questions or if there's anything else I can assist you with regarding this matter. Ending: Thank you for your understanding. Best regards, [Your Name] Or yet, another one asking questions about the team meeting: Or yet, another one asking questions about the team meeting: Or yet, another one asking questions about the team meeting: Or yet, another one asking questions about the team meeting: Subject line: Team Meeting This Week – Unable to Attend, Request for Summary Greeting: Dear Mary, Action details: I hope this message finds you well. Unfortunately, due to a family commitment, I won't be able to attend the team meeting scheduled for this week. Could you please let me know if there are any critical updates or important discussions planned? I would greatly appreciate a brief summary to ensure I stay informed. If there's a specific agenda or document I should review, please share that as well. Thank you for your assistance. Ending: Your help is much appreciated. Best regards, [Your Name] Subject line: Team Meeting This Week – Unable to Attend, Request for Summary Greeting: Dear Mary, Action details: I hope this message finds you well. Unfortunately, due to a family commitment, I won't be able to attend the team meeting scheduled for this week. Could you please let me know if there are any critical updates or important discussions planned? I would greatly appreciate a brief summary to ensure I stay informed. If there's a specific agenda or document I should review, please share that as well. Thank you for your assistance. Ending: Your help is much appreciated. Best regards, [Your Name] How to Add a Personal Touch? In this case, by personal touch, I mean how to make it sound more like me and maybe a bit less formal. There are 2 ways. I either manually delete the fragments that do not fit my style, for example, certain adjectives or unnecessary questions regarding one’s well-being. Or, I add new commands and let ChatGPT do it for me. I find those useful: Make it more personal, but still fitting to the work environment Delete unnecessary adjectives making the mail artificially too polite or excited Do not include the part about someone doing well Make it more personal, but still fitting to the work environment Make it more personal, but still fitting to the work environment Delete unnecessary adjectives making the mail artificially too polite or excited Delete unnecessary adjectives making the mail artificially too polite or excited Do not include the part about someone doing well Do not include the part about someone doing well Here is the improved mail regarding the team meeting: Subject line: Team Meeting Update – Need Your Help Greeting: Hi Mary, Action details: I won't be able to make it to the team meeting this week due to a family commitment. Could you please keep me in the loop on any critical updates or important discussions? A brief summary would be really helpful. If there's a specific agenda or document I should check out, please share that too. Thanks for your assistance. Ending: Appreciate your help. Best, [Your Name] Subject line: Team Meeting Update – Need Your Help Greeting: Hi Mary, Action details: I won't be able to make it to the team meeting this week due to a family commitment. Could you please keep me in the loop on any critical updates or important discussions? A brief summary would be really helpful. If there's a specific agenda or document I should check out, please share that too. Thanks for your assistance. Ending: Appreciate your help. Best, [Your Name] I personally like the improved version best, but it really depends on your individual work environment and relationships with certain coworkers. The whole process is easy, repeatable regardless of the situation, and can be done in a couple of minutes. Try out those prompt ideas, and stop wasting time double-checking your emails! Thanks for reading Productive Impact! Click subscribe on the left to receive new posts and support my work. Check out my newsletter . newsletter And other socials: @productiveimpct @productiveimpct

How to Use ChatGPT to E-mail Like a Pro

The “future of work”. It promises so much, yet I fear it may deliver very little. The issue is an age-old problem that has existed since the dawn of technological time. We are stuck in the cycle of applying computer science rather than brain science. Let’s take email as one example. Yes, it’s an incredible tool that has transformed communication (faster, bigger and cheaper being the most obvious barometers for success), but it fails to replicate the way humans interact with physical mail. When we receive a stack of letters (paper emails), we instinctively sort it based on immediate relevance, creating dynamic piles for bills, personal correspondence, or urgent matters. It’s a fluid and adaptive process, driven by a complexity of context that sits well outside that pile. It aligns perfectly with our brains, which are hardwired to understand spatial relationships. Yet email, deeply rooted in computer science, requires us to predefine categories, assign labels, and navigate through rigid structures that do not naturally fit our cognitive processes. The science of managing digital stuff There’s a great book called The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff by Ofer Bergman and Steve Whittaker, which delves into how our brains handle information. It highlights how traditional computer science overlooks our evolutionary predispositions. For instance, when managing digital documents, we often struggle with predefined folder structures and naming conventions. In contrast, our brains are adept at organizing physical items spontaneously based on their immediate importance. This discrepancy underscores the need for more intuitive, brain-friendly design in our computing environments. These thoughts are echoed by Cal Newport’s concept of the "hyperactive hive mind" workflow; another observation that perfectly encapsulates the chaotic, fragmented nature of modern work driven by poorly designed digital tools. Brains as computers, not computers as brains Our interaction with computers often feels disjointed because today’s desktop interfaces were not designed with human productivity as the primary focus; instead they emerged from the necessity to solve computer science problems, such as how to get multiple programs running simultaneously and interacting smoothly on a single screen. While this approach enhanced productivity by making computers more user-friendly, at a human-level they are still difficult to work with. From my perspective, the future of work hinges on integrating brain science into our computing environments. If we prioritized maximizing human capacity  from the start, our digital tools would look very different, enabling seamless collaboration and effectively supporting multiplayer modes of work. Take situational awareness as just one example. In digital environments it is crucial for both individual and business productivity. Modern software can notify us about new messages or changes in documents, but it doesn’t understand the context of why these updates matter to us, even if smart filters do their best to fulfill that role. This forces us to sift through notifications and decide what's relevant, often leading to information overload. According to a study by Stripe and Harris Poll, knowledge workers spend around 60% of their time on work about work, rather than the skilled labor they were hired to do. Our brains are evolutionarily wired to understand spatial relationships far better than abstract tags or folders, and so it is critical that we design tools that align with our instinctive ways of sorting and prioritizing. Unlocking value in meaningful work What is the immediate value in redesigning our computing environments with brain science principles? It goes beyond incremental gains at task-level, and can unlock the potential of both the individual and the organization. For example, better alignment between human cognitive processes and digital tools can reduce wasted effort and minimize the compounding confusion of misdirected work. This results in more accurate first-pass work, accelerating project completion and creating a virtuous cycle of productivity. Too often I see teams pushing collectively in the wrong direction; efficiency and being inefficient. There’s significant loss of value attached to this too. If numbers are more your thing then consider that a report by the IDC estimated that - just for the Fortune 500 companies alone - the cost of being unproductive is over $30 billion annually. Brain science-based computing environments will fundamentally change how businesses operate. While traditional task-level improvements offer incremental gains, aligning human and computer understanding promises exponential productivity boosts. Proper alignment ensures that people are doing the right tasks, reducing wasted effort and creating a more efficient, innovative work environment. The future of work shouldn’t be about getting that “edge”, it should be about opening up a productivity chasm. There’s a massive, untapped opportunity in rethinking how we integrate brain science with computing. By focusing on these areas, we can unlock unprecedented productivity and creativity in our work environment, creating a more engaged, efficient, and innovative workforce, and achieving true operational excellence. The “future of work”. It promises so much, yet I fear it may deliver very little. The issue is an age-old problem that has existed since the dawn of technological time. We are stuck in the cycle of applying computer science rather than brain science. Let’s take email as one example. Yes, it’s an incredible tool that has transformed communication (faster, bigger and cheaper being the most obvious barometers for success), but it fails to replicate the way humans interact with physical mail. computer science brain science. When we receive a stack of letters (paper emails), we instinctively sort it based on immediate relevance, creating dynamic piles for bills, personal correspondence, or urgent matters. It’s a fluid and adaptive process, driven by a complexity of context that sits well outside that pile. It aligns perfectly with our brains, which are hardwired to understand spatial relationships. Yet email, deeply rooted in computer science, requires us to predefine categories, assign labels, and navigate through rigid structures that do not naturally fit our cognitive processes. The science of managing digital stuff The science of managing digital stuff There’s a great book called The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff by Ofer Bergman and Steve Whittaker, which delves into how our brains handle information. It highlights how traditional computer science overlooks our evolutionary predispositions. For instance, when managing digital documents, we often struggle with predefined folder structures and naming conventions. In contrast, our brains are adept at organizing physical items spontaneously based on their immediate importance. The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff This discrepancy underscores the need for more intuitive, brain-friendly design in our computing environments. These thoughts are echoed by Cal Newport’s concept of the "hyperactive hive mind" workflow; another observation that perfectly encapsulates the chaotic, fragmented nature of modern work driven by poorly designed digital tools. Brains as computers, not computers as brains Our interaction with computers often feels disjointed because today’s desktop interfaces were not designed with human productivity as the primary focus; instead they emerged from the necessity to solve computer science problems, such as how to get multiple programs running simultaneously and interacting smoothly on a single screen. While this approach enhanced productivity by making computers more user-friendly, at a human-level they are still difficult to work with. From my perspective, the future of work hinges on integrating brain science into our computing environments. If we prioritized maximizing human capacity  from the start, our digital tools would look very different, enabling seamless collaboration and effectively supporting multiplayer modes of work. Take situational awareness as just one example. In digital environments it is crucial for both individual and business productivity. Modern software can notify us about new messages or changes in documents, but it doesn’t understand the context of why these updates matter to us, even if smart filters do their best to fulfill that role. This forces us to sift through notifications and decide what's relevant, often leading to information overload. According to a study by Stripe and Harris Poll, knowledge workers spend around 60% of their time on work about work, rather than the skilled labor they were hired to do. Our brains are evolutionarily wired to understand spatial relationships far better than abstract tags or folders, and so it is critical that we design tools that align with our instinctive ways of sorting and prioritizing. spend around 60% of their time on work about work, spend around 60% of their time on work about work, about work, Unlocking value in meaningful work What is the immediate value in redesigning our computing environments with brain science principles? It goes beyond incremental gains at task-level, and can unlock the potential of both the individual and the organization. For example, better alignment between human cognitive processes and digital tools can reduce wasted effort and minimize the compounding confusion of misdirected work. This results in more accurate first-pass work, accelerating project completion and creating a virtuous cycle of productivity. Too often I see teams pushing collectively in the wrong direction; efficiency and being inefficient. There’s significant loss of value attached to this too. If numbers are more your thing then consider that a report by the IDC estimated that - just for the Fortune 500 companies alone - the cost of being unproductive is over $30 billion annually. the cost of being unproductive is over $30 billion annually. the cost of being unproductive is over $30 billion annually. Brain science-based computing environments will fundamentally change how businesses operate. While traditional task-level improvements offer incremental gains, aligning human and computer understanding promises exponential productivity boosts. Proper alignment ensures that people are doing the right tasks, reducing wasted effort and creating a more efficient, innovative work environment. The future of work shouldn’t be about getting that “edge”, it should be about opening up a productivity chasm. There’s a massive, untapped opportunity in rethinking how we integrate brain science with computing. By focusing on these areas, we can unlock unprecedented productivity and creativity in our work environment, creating a more engaged, efficient, and innovative workforce, and achieving true operational excellence.

You’ve Got Mail… Subject: Brain Science, Not Just Computer Science, is the Future of Work

আপনি মেইল পেয়েছেন... বিষয়: মস্তিষ্ক বিজ্ঞান, শুধু কম্পিউটার বিজ্ঞান নয়, কাজের ভবিষ্যত

Sie haben E-Mail … Betreff: Die Zukunft der Arbeit liegt in der Gehirnforschung, nicht nur in der Informatik

Tienes un correo... Asunto: La ciencia del cerebro, no solo la informática, es el futuro del trabajo

Vous avez reçu un courrier… Objet : La science du cerveau, et pas seulement l’informatique, est l’avenir du travail

आपको मेल मिला है... विषय: मस्तिष्क विज्ञान, न कि केवल कंप्यूटर विज्ञान, कार्य का भविष्य है

メールが届きました…件名: コンピューターサイエンスだけでなく脳科学が仕事の未来です

메일이 도착했습니다... 제목: 컴퓨터 과학뿐만 아니라 뇌 과학이 일의 미래입니다

Você recebeu correspondência… Assunto: A ciência do cérebro, não apenas a ciência da computação, é o futuro do trabalho

Вам пришло письмо… Тема: Наука о мозге, а не только информатика, — это будущее работы

Postanız Var… Konu: Sadece Bilgisayar Bilimi Değil, Beyin Bilimi de İşin Geleceğidir

Bạn có thư… Chủ đề: Khoa học não bộ, không chỉ khoa học máy tính, là tương lai của công việc

您有邮件……主题：脑科学，而不仅仅是计算机科学，是工作的未来

If you ever wondered how to add your company’s logo to your emails, this article is for you. Today, Selzy covers everything about email avatars and their impact on business. What Is an Email Avatar, and Why Do You Need It? You might not know what email avatar is, but you’ve definitely seen one in your inbox. An email avatar is a small circle with an image that appears next to the sender’s name and address, helping recipients identify senders. It can also be called an email profile picture or an email profile logo. By default, mailbox providers assign generic nondescript avatars to new users. Usually, it’s the first letter of the sender’s name. Unlike on social media in emails, profile pictures don’t seem to be a must: even service emails from Google or Yahoo don’t have an avatar. That’s why emails that have an avatar tend to stand out more. Look at the screenshot below: Which messages did you look at first? The chances are that emails from Morning Brew and Mike Allen immediately grabbed your attention. And only then, you scanned the other two, with L and A letters instead of pictures. Email avatars aren’t just visually striking, they also bring tangible value. According to the 2023 Consumer Email Tracker report by DMA, 61% of people decide to open the email because they recognize the brand, and 39% do so because they recognize the brand logo. For senders, it means that an email avatar, especially a branded one, will likely increase open rates. Different Avatar Types Automatically Generated Avatar That’s the default option. Usually, a mailbox provider assigns a logo with the first letter of your or your brand’s name. Instead of a letter, it can be a human silhouette, but still just as nondescript. Company Logo Company logos as avatars are a solid option to promote brand recall and stand out among competitors in an inbox. This helps recipients quickly identify marketing messages from their favorite brands in a cluttered inbox. Custom Images Custom images — usually photos — help subscribers recognize you faster. An example: journalist Mike Allen uses a photo in his Axios newsletter. Interestingly, emails from Axios as a company don’t have a logo. How to Add Email Avatars for Different Mailbox Providers Adding an email avatar is a simple process, similar for different mailbox providers: go to account settings, click the email avatar, and upload or choose the picture to replace the auto-generated one. The tricky part is that avatars don’t get displayed across different mailbox providers. If you send from Outlook to Gmail, Gmail recipients won’t see an avatar you set in Outlook. If you want to send bulk emails with an ESP and have your profile picture displayed in any inbox, create a corporate email domain, and link it to each mailbox provider. Then, set a profile picture for this domain in each mailbox provider separately. Let’s explore how to add profile logos across different mailbox providers and what nuance you might need to take into account. Gmail Go to Google Workspace account settings, choose an image from your computer, and crop it. Gmail doesn’t have any requirements for image size or format. Google Workspace allows users with different addresses belonging to the same email domain to have unique profile pictures. It’s useful when you send multiple newsletters and want each newsletter to have its unique email avatar. On mobile devices, you can see email avatars in the Gmail app right in the inbox; they also appear in push notifications. On the desktop, they appear only inside opened emails. Outlook On the Outlook home page, click on the avatar at the top of the page, choose Edit profile, and add or change the profile picture in the settings. It will only show up in the mobile apps and inside opened emails on the desktop. Although Outlook is a big email provider, not many seem to use it to the fullest. The same brands and newsletters we covered earlier in the article don’t have a profile picture in Outlook. Then again, even Outlook’s support team doesn’t have one. Go to Yahoo’s main page and, depending on the platform (desktop, web app, or mobile), change the profile picture to your liking. Default Yahoo avatars are stylized letters of the sender’s name, but you can always replace them with a profile picture. Once you set a profile picture, you can’t remove it and revert to stylized letters — you can only replace it with a new one. Your email avatar will be displayed in all Yahoo services — for example, in Yahoo! News comment section. Some users can choose to not see senders’ profile pictures in their inboxes and have the profile pictures replaced with checkboxes for a more minimalistic look. Apple Mail Having your brand’s logo displayed in Apple Mail is not possible unless subscribers decide to assign it by themselves. They have to create a new contact from the email address, and then choose to add a photo to get to set up an avatar — which can be any picture. The senders won’t see them. Avatar vs BIMI One more way to add an email avatar is BIMI or Brand Indicators for Message Identification. The result will be the same —  your email profile picture will be in place — however, with BIMI, you get logos and better protection for your recipients from phishing attacks. BIMI is a method of email authentication, in addition to DKIM, DMARC, and SPF. “In addition” is the keyword — to get BIMI, you need to set up the DMARC authentication first. From that perspective, getting BIMI sounds like a good thing to do, but there’s a “but” — it costs at least $1,299 per year. That’s because you have to buy a digital certificate that proves you own your logo as a trademark. That’s a bummer for businesses that don’t have twelve hundred bucks to spend on a 32 KB image. Moreover, BIMI is not universally supported yet. As of May 2024, Microsoft doesn’t even plan to implement it, and some email clients like Yahoo! Japan, Seznam.cz, Comcast, and Qualitia are only considering it. So, if the majority of your audience is not in the US, getting BIMI might simply be not worth it. Email Avatar vs Gravatar Gravatar occasionally pops up in conversations about email avatars. However, you can’t set an avatar for a mailbox provider (Gmail or Yahoo) with Gravatar because it is meant for a different use. Gravatar is a service that helps you automatically set profile pictures, contact details, and even a short bio for websites on WordPress and a handful of services that are heavily used in the work setting, like Atlassian products, Slack, and GitHub. Gravatar is especially useful with WordPress websites since it saves you from the trouble of uploading a profile picture each time you want to leave a comment on a new WordPress website. Here’s what the setup process looks like: Sign up on Gravatar with your email address.


Upload an image or a photo you like.


Going forward, you’ll have your profile picture displayed on every WordPress website or supported service, provided you sign up with the same email address as on Gravatar. Key Takeaways Avatars help emails stand out and impact the open rate. Unique logos look more pronounced than generic ones, recipients also trust them more. You can add company logos or your photos for email avatars. Your company will stand out in subscribers’ inboxes while a photo helps subscribers immediately recognize who sent the email. Email avatars are only seen within the same mailbox provider. Create a corporate account in each mailbox provider and set an avatar. Otherwise, if you only have Gmail with a logo, your Outlook subscribers won’t see it. Use BIMI to add logos and improve security but be ready to pay. BIMI gives you a trademark logo and protection from phishing attacks. It costs at least $1,299 a year while avatars without BIMI are free. If you ever wondered how to add your company’s logo to your emails, this article is for you. Today, Selzy covers everything about email avatars and their impact on business. Selzy What Is an Email Avatar, and Why Do You Need It? What Is an Email Avatar, and Why Do You Need It? You might not know what email avatar is, but you’ve definitely seen one in your inbox. An email avatar is a small circle with an image that appears next to the sender’s name and address, helping recipients identify senders. It can also be called an email profile picture or an email profile logo. By default, mailbox providers assign generic nondescript avatars to new users. Usually, it’s the first letter of the sender’s name. Unlike on social media in emails, profile pictures don’t seem to be a must: even service emails from Google or Yahoo don’t have an avatar. That’s why emails that have an avatar tend to stand out more. Look at the screenshot below: Which messages did you look at first? The chances are that emails from Morning Brew and Mike Allen immediately grabbed your attention. And only then, you scanned the other two, with L and A letters instead of pictures. L A Email avatars aren’t just visually striking, they also bring tangible value. According to the 2023 Consumer Email Tracker report by DMA, 61% of people decide to open the email because they recognize the brand, and 39% do so because they recognize the brand logo. For senders, it means that an email avatar, especially a branded one, will likely increase open rates. According to the 2023 Consumer Email Tracker report by DMA, 61% of people decide to open the email because they recognize the brand, and 39% do so because they recognize the brand logo. Consumer Email Tracker Consumer Email Tracker Different Avatar Types Different Avatar Types Automatically Generated Avatar Automatically Generated Avatar That’s the default option. Usually, a mailbox provider assigns a logo with the first letter of your or your brand’s name. Instead of a letter, it can be a human silhouette, but still just as nondescript. Company Logo Company Logo Company logos as avatars are a solid option to promote brand recall and stand out among competitors in an inbox. This helps recipients quickly identify marketing messages from their favorite brands in a cluttered inbox. Custom Images Custom Images Custom images — usually photos — help subscribers recognize you faster. An example: journalist Mike Allen uses a photo in his Axios newsletter. Interestingly, emails from Axios as a company don’t have a logo. How to Add Email Avatars for Different Mailbox Providers How to Add Email Avatars for Different Mailbox Providers Adding an email avatar is a simple process, similar for different mailbox providers: go to account settings, click the email avatar, and upload or choose the picture to replace the auto-generated one. The tricky part is that avatars don’t get displayed across different mailbox providers. If you send from Outlook to Gmail, Gmail recipients won’t see an avatar you set in Outlook. If you want to send bulk emails with an ESP and have your profile picture displayed in any inbox, create a corporate email domain, and link it to each mailbox provider. Then, set a profile picture for this domain in each mailbox provider separately. bulk emails with an ESP bulk emails with an ESP Let’s explore how to add profile logos across different mailbox providers and what nuance you might need to take into account. Gmail Gmail Go to Google Workspace account settings , choose an image from your computer, and crop it. Gmail doesn’t have any requirements for image size or format. Google Workspace account settings Google Workspace account settings Google Workspace allows users with different addresses belonging to the same email domain to have unique profile pictures. It’s useful when you send multiple newsletters and want each newsletter to have its unique email avatar. On mobile devices, you can see email avatars in the Gmail app right in the inbox; they also appear in push notifications. On the desktop, they appear only inside opened emails. Outlook Outlook On the Outlook home page, click on the avatar at the top of the page, choose Edit profile, and add or change the profile picture in the settings. It will only show up in the mobile apps and inside opened emails on the desktop. change the profile picture change the profile picture Although Outlook is a big email provider, not many seem to use it to the fullest. The same brands and newsletters we covered earlier in the article don’t have a profile picture in Outlook. Then again, even Outlook’s support team doesn’t have one. Go to Yahoo’s main page and, depending on the platform (desktop, web app, or mobile), change the profile picture to your liking. Default Yahoo avatars are stylized letters of the sender’s name, but you can always replace them with a profile picture. depending on the platform depending on the platform Once you set a profile picture, you can’t remove it and revert to stylized letters — you can only replace it with a new one. Your email avatar will be displayed in all Yahoo services — for example, in Yahoo! News comment section. Some users can choose to not see senders’ profile pictures in their inboxes and have the profile pictures replaced with checkboxes for a more minimalistic look. checkboxes checkboxes Apple Mail Apple Mail Having your brand’s logo displayed in Apple Mail is not possible unless subscribers decide to assign it by themselves. They have to create a new contact from the email address, and then choose to add a photo to get to set up an avatar — which can be any picture. The senders won’t see them. Avatar vs BIMI Avatar vs BIMI One more way to add an email avatar is BIMI or Brand Indicators for Message Identification. The result will be the same —  your email profile picture will be in place — however, with BIMI, you get logos and better protection for your recipients from phishing attacks. BIMI BIMI and BIMI is a method of email authentication, in addition to DKIM, DMARC, and SPF. “In addition” is the keyword — to get BIMI, you need to set up the DMARC authentication first. From that perspective, getting BIMI sounds like a good thing to do, but there’s a “but” — it costs at least $1,299 per year . That’s because you have to buy a digital certificate that proves you own your logo as a trademark. That’s a bummer for businesses that don’t have twelve hundred bucks to spend on a 32 KB image. $1,299 per year $1,299 per year Moreover, BIMI is not universally supported yet. As of May 2024 , Microsoft doesn’t even plan to implement it, and some email clients like Yahoo! Japan, Seznam.cz, Comcast, and Qualitia are only considering it. So, if the majority of your audience is not in the US, getting BIMI might simply be not worth it. As of May 2024 As of May 2024 Email Avatar vs Gravatar Email Avatar vs Gravatar Gravatar occasionally pops up in conversations about email avatars. However, you can’t set an avatar for a mailbox provider (Gmail or Yahoo) with Gravatar because it is meant for a different use. Gravatar Gravatar Gravatar is a service that helps you automatically set profile pictures, contact details, and even a short bio for websites on WordPress and a handful of services that are heavily used in the work setting, like Atlassian products, Slack, and GitHub. Gravatar is especially useful with WordPress websites since it saves you from the trouble of uploading a profile picture each time you want to leave a comment on a new WordPress website. Here’s what the setup process looks like: Sign up on Gravatar with your email address. Upload an image or a photo you like. Going forward, you’ll have your profile picture displayed on every WordPress website or supported service, provided you sign up with the same email address as on Gravatar. Sign up on Gravatar with your email address. Sign up on Gravatar with your email address. Upload an image or a photo you like. Upload an image or a photo you like. Going forward, you’ll have your profile picture displayed on every WordPress website or supported service, provided you sign up with the same email address as on Gravatar. Going forward, you’ll have your profile picture displayed on every WordPress website or supported service, provided you sign up with the same email address as on Gravatar. Key Takeaways Key Takeaways Avatars help emails stand out and impact the open rate. Unique logos look more pronounced than generic ones, recipients also trust them more. Avatars help emails stand out and impact the open rate. Unique logos look more pronounced than generic ones, recipients also trust them more. Avatars help emails stand out and impact the open rate. You can add company logos or your photos for email avatars. Your company will stand out in subscribers’ inboxes while a photo helps subscribers immediately recognize who sent the email. You can add company logos or your photos for email avatars. Your company will stand out in subscribers’ inboxes while a photo helps subscribers immediately recognize who sent the email. You can add company logos or your photos for email avatars. Email avatars are only seen within the same mailbox provider. Create a corporate account in each mailbox provider and set an avatar. Otherwise, if you only have Gmail with a logo, your Outlook subscribers won’t see it. Email avatars are only seen within the same mailbox provider. Create a corporate account in each mailbox provider and set an avatar. Otherwise, if you only have Gmail with a logo, your Outlook subscribers won’t see it. Email avatars are only seen within the same mailbox provider. Use BIMI to add logos and improve security but be ready to pay. BIMI gives you a trademark logo and protection from phishing attacks. It costs at least $1,299 a year while avatars without BIMI are free. Use BIMI to add logos and improve security but be ready to pay. BIMI gives you a trademark logo and protection from phishing attacks. It costs at least $1,299 a year while avatars without BIMI are free. Use BIMI to add logos and improve security but be ready to pay.

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Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 by Various, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book . Unpleasant Discovery in the Patent Office—Levying Black Mail. here Unpleasant Discovery in the Patent Office—Levying Black Mail. "The Patent Office has been, during the past week, in a high state of excitement, occasioned by the discovery of the operations of E. W. W. Griffin, clerk in charge of the draftsmen's division, who, it appears, has been levying black mail on the lady employés of the office, for nearly two years. During the administration of Colonel Fisher, late Commissioner of Patents, a large number of ladies were employed, for the purpose of recopying drawings, when ordered by the inventors, of patents already on file. "These ladies were placed under charge of Griffin, with power to retain them in office so long as their services were satisfactory. It has been proved that Griffin hired the ladies at regular salaries of $1,000 per annum, the most of whom he blackmailed to the amount of $400 per year each. It is estimated that he has made $1,000 per month for the past two years. "The matter was brought to the notice of Commissioner Duncan, and an investigation ordered, which resulted in the dismissal of Griffin. "It is thought that there are other cases of this kind, and the Commissioner expresses his determination to ferret them all out, and make a clean sweep of all parties in his department engaged in swindling operations, against the government or against individuals. "The Patent Office has for a long time been considered a rich field for operations of this kind, and investigations have often been suggested, but passed unheeded by the proper authorities. "It is openly stated that an investigation into the relations existing between certain examiners of patents and certain patent agents, would disclose a more fearful state of blackmailing than exists in all the other government departments combined." [We find the above sensational paragraph among the recent Washington items of the . We are in a position to say that "the high state of excitement" alluded to has existed only in the brain of the newspaper correspondent. The facts, in brief, are these: In July, 1869, a lady, and wife of one of the clerks in the draftsmen's room, made application to Commissioner Fisher for a position in the copying division of the same department; and, upon the urgent solicitation and recommendation of Mr. E. W. W. 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It’s Holiday Card season! But my hand hurts just thinking about addressing all those envelopes, and I can’t remember the last time I bought stamps…let’s be real, ain’t nobody got time for that. Fortunately, I happen to work for a company that sends direct mail programmatically. Many developers using one of our SDKs in their preferred programming language, but we recently launched our low-code and I thought I’d give it a whirl. integrate with Lob Campaigns ‍ The following is a step-by-step tutorial so you too can create personalized full-color 6”x9” holiday postcards—to be printed and mailed by Lob. For under a dollar each (inclusive of printing and postage) send season greetings to your loved ones. We’ll use the sample shown below, but those with more HTML knowledge can customize all they wish! Select and Prep Your Photos Choose two of your favorite photos: one landscape (for the front) and one portrait (for the back). Use your photo editing tool of choice to format each correctly; I used Preview on my Mac. To ensure they print at the highest quality they should be: 5x7 inches (1500 pixels x 2100 pixels in portrait and 2100 pixels x 1500 pixels in landscape), at a resolution of 300 pixels per inch, and saved in an RGB color profile. (If you are snagging photos from your iPhone, see the Appendix for a cheat sheet.) Label each clearly FRONT and BACK. ; I used a free account at . You will then need to host your images somewhere imgbb.com Prep Your Data 1. You will then need to snag the HTML for the and of the postcard (we’ll use it in a later step). front back 2. Next, you will prep your address data. and input your data: Make a copy of this spreadsheet Do not modify or add any column headers! Add the full name in the `name` column Add the address data (make sure that leading zeroes aren’t being dropped and that the state code is used) Replace the “Lorem ipsum” in the `message` column with your own personalized message. Make sure that the message fits within the space by being shorter than the placeholder examples (about 65 characters). You can test your holiday card messaging . HERE Add the links to your front and back images to every row in the `image_front` and `image_back` columns (links should look something like this: ) https://i.ibb.co/fpJ84Js/front.png 3. Download your address file . as a .csv Create Your HTML Templates Now, you are ready to create your postcards in the Lob dashboard. 1. First, you will need to . sign up for a free Lob account 2. Once you have registered, you will be taken to the dashboard. In the Developer tier, there is no cost to test out the Print & Mail APIs, but Payment information will need to be entered : Your name (top right) -> Settings -> Payment if you want to send live requests—and have a postcard printed and mailed—it will currently run you $0.896 a postcard (inclusive of printing and postage). here 3. Create & save HTML templates for the Front and Back of your postcard: On the left menu bar, Navigate to . HTML Templates Make sure Live is highlighted! Click on ‘Create’. Name this ‘Front Template’ and paste in the HTML code for the front. Click ‘Create’ to save. On the left menu, click HTML Templates to go back to the main template screen (You should see your new Front template there under Live templates.) Once again, ensuring Live is highlighted, click ‘Create’ again. Name this ‘Back Template’ and paste in the HTML code for the back. Click 'Create' to save. Click HTML templates to go back to the main template screen; you should see your new Back template there under Live templates. ** Make sure you see both templates are listed when Live is highlighted before proceeding.** Create and Send Your Postcards On the left menu bar, navigate to ; click on “Create Campaign” Campaigns Step 1: Configure Campaign 1. Enter a Name and Description 2. Campaign Type: Marketing 3. Mail Type: Postcard; Size: 6x9 4. Postage references: Return address is not required; Select postage: Up to you, ‍ note the listed expected delivery times 5. Cancellation Window: This is set at 5 minutes; you will not have the option to edit on the free Developer plan 6. Campaign-Level Metadata: Optional Step 2: Add Audience 1. Upload your CSV file (created during prep stages), or drag and drop it into the dashboard 2. Map required address variable: These are mapped automatically Step 3: Choose Creative 1. Under ‘Postcard Front’, select the HTML Template you created from the dropdown menu (note the previews will not show your images or messages as they are not mapped yet) 2. Under ‘Postcard Back’, select the HTML Template you created from the dropdown menu (note the previews will not show your images or messages as they are not mapped yet) 3. Connect your creative to your audience: Merge variable strictness: Ignore Connect/map your merge Variable from HTML to the appropriate column in the CSV: {{img_front}} to {{img_back}} to {{message}} to img_front, img_back, message Step 4: Review Campaign Review carefully, If something is not correct, click ‘Previous Step’ to edit. once you place your order, after 5 minutes, the live request will be sent to Lob; your postcards will be created and mailed, and you will be charged. If everything looks good, click ‘Place Order’ and your holiday cards will be on their way! You can view your postcards under Campaigns or Postcards (Live) in the Lob dashboard. Wrap up Lob was started by two developers who needed to solve a problem, and were the answer; the goal was to make sending mail just as easy as sending an email. direct mail APIs This is a fun personal use case, but Just like email, each mailpiece can be highly personalized, and automated. Lob is meant to automate direct mail—postcards, letters, checks, self-mailers, and more—at scale. For advanced tiers, Mail Analytics is available for each mailpiece to track each postcard along its journey to delivery (and if you included a QR code, you could even track the open rate). Appendix: How to Prep a Photo Not every developer is a designer, nor do they have commercial printing experience, so this part can be tricky. Email/Download a photo from your iPhone on your computer. The following steps are shown in the Preview app (Mac) but are a good guideline for any editing program. Select your back photo (portrait orientation). Under , select . Tools Adjust Size Change Resolution to . 300 pixels/inch For this photo (portrait orientation): Change the Width to 5 inches, and the Height will automatically change. Alternatively, update the Height to 7, and the Width will change. ; you will crop in the next step). It’s highly likely you won’t end up with a perfect 5x7; that’s ok: Change the field that results in one of the measurements being slightly too big Under , Drag the dotted line to pixels (as you move the line, the measurements will display; exaggerated below). Edit Select All. crop the image to the necessary 1500x2100 Under , select Generic RGB. (Photos must be saved in RGB.) Tools Assign Profile Make sure your photo is named clearly as the BACK. Save! Repeat these steps for the FRONT photo but in landscape orientation (7” wide x 5” high, 2100 pixels x 1500 pixels). ‍

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