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[Nurse Entrepreneur Network] Tip of the Week
Sent Thursday, December 11, 2008
from the Nurse Entrepreneur Network Nurse-Entrepreneur-Network.com 'Tip of the Week' You asked to receive this 'Tip of the Week' UNSUBSCRIBE Link Far Below CANCEL NeN MEMBERSHIP Link Far Below ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings Here's this week's "Tip of the Week." If you're a new subscriber, welcome! Please forward this newsletter to your nursepreneur friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nurse Entrepreneur Network Tip - 12/11/2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week's tip: 'Using free email is just a bad idea!' It may be tempting to use a free email for your business, but it's just a bad idea. Your email address contributes to your business image. Your customers will typically see your email more often than they will see you or anything else about you or your business. Creating and building your business image or brand takes time and money. Don't let one small, low cost thing destroy all of your hard work. You need a professional sounding name for your business and your email address. This is not the place for cutesy names. What image is conveyed by an email address like nurseratchet@***.com? In my opinion, this doesn't convey the image of a professional company. Potential customers will likely feel they could not be confident hiring a company with this type of email address. A free email can make you look cheap and cause your potential customers to wonder if you will be around six months from now. Having a free email address can also impact whether your email gets delivered. Some email systems will screen out email from free email addresses. The chance of your email being opened is also affected by having a free email address. Even if email from a free account is delivered it may not be opened by the receiver because it doesn't appear to be worth opening. Help your business appear professional by using a paid email account. That's it for this week! Help us grow by forwarding these tips to your friends and to other nursepreneurs. They'll be glad you did! LeaRae LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director Nurse Entrepreneur Network ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sign up for a MasterMind group now! Don't delay! Sign up now to be part of new MasterMind groups that are being formed. This is a member benefit, so if you're a member, don't miss the opportunity to benefit from the wisdom and creativity of a group. We've scheduled a new afternoon group on the third Wednesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. Central. Each group meets for 1.5 hours. http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/public/251.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: Nurse Entrepreneur Network content has grown so large that members are having trouble finding the information they are seeking. Therefore older information will begin to be removed to make room for new information and to make it easier to find information on the site. Information will be removed from the site each week to make room for new information. Be sure to go to www.Nurse-Entrepreneur-Network.com now and read what you don't want to miss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Discussion Forum' http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/members/forum/openforum.cfm?forum=1 'Member Profile' department http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/public/department60.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missed a Tip? Find them all here: http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/public/department35.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find recent articles here: http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/public/department15.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Getting Started with your Business Bookkeeping http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/members/462.cfm The older the better! http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/members/460.cfm 7 Keys to nurse entrepreneur success in down times http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/members/455.cfm Thrive in an economic downturn http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/members/450.cfm Get connected! http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/members/448.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To cancel your Nurse Entrepreneur Network membership, use this link: http://www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com/members/74.cfm To 'Unsubscribe' from this Tip or our other mail lists, use the following link.