{"id":7096,"date":"2013-10-16T09:37:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conversionpipeline.com\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:37:14","slug":"dont-gmail-yahoo-hotmail-business-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversionpipeline.com\/dont-gmail-yahoo-hotmail-business-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Use Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail for Your Business Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you using a free email account to send email to clients and advertisers? You could be damaging your credibility and missing out on potential marketing opportunities.<\/p>\n

Using Gmail seems like a benign decision at first; it syncs to all sorts of services, it doubles as a login for a lot of social media, it\u2019s simple to set up, AND it\u2019s free. Seems like a no-brainer, right?<\/p>\n

But that very thought process is a problem itself. Because those emails are free, they can be created by anyone. And therefore, clients may not recognize joe.smith@gmail.com<\/a> as the same Joe Smith they order office supplies from. They may even think you\u2019re a spammer.<\/p>\n

If you send a lot of sales emails, especially cold emails, writing from a generic email address may raise issues about your legitimacy or professionalism. If you\u2019re such a big shot, why don\u2019t you have a proper email address?<\/p>\n

Finally, your emails might not even make it to the people you are trying to reach because THEIR company email service might be filtering it out. Lots of places filter free email addresses because they are likely to be spam.<\/p>\n

How A Business Email Will Benefit You<\/h3>\n

Now that we\u2019ve scared you a little, let\u2019s talk about the benefits to a formal company email address.<\/p>\n