Kudos to Søren Peterson, formerly of Berea College in Kentucky and now at University of Maryland, for having what I consider one of the one of the most international, perfect -- and globally accessible -- email signatures out there.
To learn the ways to make your own "perfect" email signature, read my short series of Global TuneUp™ posts!
Here's Sørens initial signature:
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(Mr) Søren M Peterson
Education Abroad Advisor
Center for International Education
Berea College | 101 Chestnut Street, CPO 2173 | Berea, Kentucky 40404 USA
T: +1.859.985.3924 | F: +1.859.985.3913 | ude.aerebnull@nosretep_neros | http://www.berea.edu/cie/
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UPDATE - 11 October 2011
Søren recently changed jobs and sent in his new signature for comparison:
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(Mr) Søren M Peterson
Coordinator of Short-Term Programs
Education Abroad
University of Maryland
1125 Holzapfel Hall
College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
T: +1.301.405.7158 | F: +1.301.314.9135 | ude.dmunull@32pms | http://www.umd.edu/studyabroad/
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Once again, Søren nails it! Yet even "perfect" can be improved!
- I would love to see an accurate Zip+4 code included instead of the standard five digit ZIPcode.
- Søren could also capitalize his last name as PETERSON in order emphasize it as his family name for those from cultures who traditionally write their names with family names first. (Thanks, Erin Vang, for that tip!)
- I will also observe that I believe the days of the Fax number are quickly coming to a close and international education professionals may want to start including addresses (or icons with links) to social media channels.
Thank you, Søren! That makes TWO Global TuneUp™ gold stars for you!
To learn the ways to make your own "perfect" email signature, read my short series of Global TuneUp™ posts!
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Thanks for the second gold star! I would love to use ZIP+4, but UMD has a unique ZIP code and the USPS does not report the +4 part (I am sure that they exist somewhere, but the campus mail does not advertise them that I have seen). And about that social media stuff ... been meaning to add it, and this might just be the incentive to do so!
If it would not take much of your time Michael, I would like to ask one question. In your experience, what is the most effective social networking site to drive traffic to your website?
I think it will become common on most sites. I am glad google added it but i would like local trends also. i think they shoud also the search trends from google search and other internt site.
It definitly is and I can see how to really put it to good use, however, the rate at which people singed up with it was new would have lead me to think it would be much more popular and talked about amongst non-tech people by now. I think after people realised it didnt have a direct result on the serp pages they lost a little interest.