bobsdad @ yahoo.com … realestateguy72 @ hotmail.com … sexychick @ Aol.com
What message are you sending every day as you email potential clients, hand out business cards, and pay good money for advertising? Everyone knows that they are free email services, so right off the bat they know you won’t invest in your own business, and the “sexychick” one speaks for itself…(what business ARE you trying to promote, anyway?)
I often mention this in my trainings, and I often get questions from you about HOW to set it up, and how expensive is it, anyways? So today’s tip is called…(drum roll please…)
Get a Real Email!
I’m going to share some quick, simple steps to getting a great, professional email address in just a matter of minutes!
The company I use is probably one of the least expensive AND easiest to use. Here’s the simple steps to getting YOUR professional email up and running:
1. Click on the link at the bottom of this article.
2. Choose your package/Product. You can choose from several, but starting out, these 2 are probably good enough:
A. For ONE domain name and 5 different email names on that account (no web hosting included) Click on “mail” and then select “continue” under “Instant Mail” then click “sign up” and then you will come to the screen to select your domain name. I would suggest starting with your name first, such as AndyTolbert.com (capitals don’t matter!) If it’s available, select it. Then follow the instructions for setting up your new account. Your total cost will be $18.87 per year, that’s a nickel a day! I find more than that on the floor of the vacant houses I go see!
B. For more than one domain and to have actual Web Hosting where you can post a website or a blog and get 600 email names instead of 5, instead of clicking “mail” click on “web hosting” and select the plan you want. Please note, don’t get a bigger plan JUST for the extra domains…it’s cheaper to just buy add-on domains for $6.99 each per year. It’s more about the extras. Probably the Beginner will be enough. It will run you $47.88/year. Once you’ve chosen, go through the same steps of choosing your domain name as above in “A”
Please Note, if you are a real estate agent, NAR has restrictions on using the word REALTOR in your domain name, please be careful with what you choose. I also would try to focus on YOU not your company, because you may not always be at the same place!
3. Once your new account is set up, you will log in to your “control panel” where there are 2 main tabs at the top, go to “administration” then click on the “email” icon then click “new”
4. Type in the email name that you want, such as “listings” @ and then select your domain name from the dropdown list (if you have more than one). you are now setting up an email called “listings @ yourdomain.com”
5. Select “type” either “mailbox” which will create a mailbox for you or “forward” which will just forward it to another email that you already have (like your aol.com email, but remember, if you need to ever REPLY to a client they will see your aol if you use it as a forward) then create and verify your password. You can also select an additional forward, for example, every email you receive at “listings@” will also copy to your assistant. This can be very handy for followup.
6. Now hit “OK” and you’re done! Your new email, “listings @ yourdomain.com” is ready to go!
7. To check your email, you can use their built in web-email login OR you can use the Pop3/imap/smtp servers to set up in outlook, gmail, and other email servers. (can’t help you with that part, it all depends on how you have your computer set up, but there is some great customer support online in your control panel, or you can call for support, they’ve always helped me when I called!)
It’s not even really 7 steps, but if you knew just how easy it is, you’d kick yourself for not doing it sooner! (Thanks to Lee for giving me the idea for this weeks lesson!)
Click Here to go to the site where I buy my domains and run MY emails.
*If your name is not available, try for something that tells about your business (or an extra domain name) for example, besides AndyTolbert.com, I also own AndiTolbert, AndreaTolbert, Realestateinvesting123, REOdomination, turbohousebuyers, and many more. Maybe you would like something like Orlandowaterfronthomes.com, Miamicondos.com or something that spells out your niche. You can even buy a street address for one of your properties and put up a simple one page site for each. it only costs $6.99 per year per domain, and when you sell the house you can cancel it, or better yet, transfer it to the new homeowners!
Hope you have fun with all of your new domains and emails…but don’t get bogged down, just pick one and go out and sell something.
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