Is Your Email Address Shooting Yourself in the Foot?

Take this email checkup:
-Is your email address hard to remember?
-Is it hard to type if someone is trying to copy it from a business card, brochure or catalog?
-It is a jumble of letters and numbers that don’t make sense?
-Is it something left over from college or high school? (BoozerCorona@IamStillDrunk.com)
-Would it make someone think twice about opening it because it looks like a spam?

This morning I went nuts trying to send an email to a romance consultant. My email program does remember email addresses, but it doesn’t remember anything if you don’t start typing in the first few letters. And it’s no help if your name is completely unassociated with your email address! So I didn’t send the email!

Warning: something as innocent as a weird looking and or hard–to–remember email address can put a serious damper on your business. Many times it’s your first impression, and it could be your last.

So, take a close look at your email address right now and give it a modern day assessment.
Be honest. And if it really isn’t working for you, either tune it up, or trade it in for a new model.

—Rina Valan

P.S. If you are worried about changing your email address and losing emails, you can always change the settings to have it forwarded to your new address. Then reply to those emails from your new address.

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Once upon a time, in 1984, a woman named Rina Valan was frustrated about the limits placed on women in the business world and in their personal relationships. Back then, you literally had one choice: raise a family or have a career. In addition, if women complained of lack of pleasure with a partner, it was just assumed she was ‘frigid.’ Those choices were just not acceptable to Rina, and so her mission because clear to be that champion for the financial and personal well-being of women and their partners. With a $10,000 loan from her mother and drawing out all her cash advances on credit cards, in August 1984 Rina started Fantasia Home Parties in a small dusty warehouse in Elizabeth, NJ. She loved her 3 year old daughter so much that she could not bear to leave her with a sitter, so she took her to work every day. In the evenings would train new consultants so they could sell at home parties and be able to support their families AND be there to take care of them too. Today, Rina and her daughter, Emily, still work side by side. So 30 years later, Fantasia Home Parties stands as the pioneer and leader in romance home parties. As one of the founding member of CAHPA (Certified Adult Home Party Association), Fantasia continues to forge the trail and we make it possible for women to be equals in matters of the heart, personal pleasure, or providing income for themselves and family. Some of us do it in pink high heels or sneakers, some are single or married, some are single moms, or some of us are even taking care of own moms. With over 33 years of executive experience in the Home Party and Direct Selling business, her personal attention and real life experience is the backbone of our team. It is not unusual that she shares her working experience daily by coaching and with personal support with both new and experienced consultants.

Is Your Email Address Shooting Yourself in the Foot?

Rina Valan, President and Founder of Fantasia Home Parties