These instructions are written using Outlook 2007 and can really be used to add any icon/picture as a clickable link in your email signature. You could use it to add a LinkedIn or YouTube icon as well.
If you are only wanting to add a Twitter icon to your email signature the best place to chose your desired picture is at http://www.twitterlogos.com/ – they literally have pages and pages of all shapes, sizes and even fun animated ones (though I have not tested any animated ones to see if the animation still shows in the signature but I would imagine it probably would).
If you are looking for other social media icons a comprehensive list is available at http://www.iconspedia.com/. Type the name of the desired icon in their left hand search bar and it will bring back available options. Once you select the icon you will be given different size choices.
In this video I used www.picnik.com to quickly resize the photo to the desired size (in this example I used 25×25 pixels).
Video Instructions for how to add a Twitter clickable icon to your email signature
Written notes on how to add clickable icon to your email signature – for Outlook 2007
- Tools
- Options
- Mail Format
- Signatures
- New (or edit)
- Click: Insert picture (on right hand side of screen) >> Insert desired picture
- Now that picture is inserted into the signature click on the chain link icon (hyperlink) >>type in desired URL
- Save
Now go test it out – when you hover over the picture you should see a box giving you the URL assigned to the photo
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Twitter is an excellent site,
twitter is very helpful once u have active followers. I will use this info!
adding the twiiter icon in the signature is unique idea,
I will definetly try these tips
Thanks for the resouce.
I’m glad to hear that you found it useful!
Thanks so much. I really appreciate the link!
Your blog looks great also. I really like the color scheme. I also use twitter and I haven’t seen the twitter icon too much, and I think it’s a great idea. Thanks!
George – you are welcome. It’s a hot topic right now based on how many hits I’ve gotten on the post and I even had someone from Georgia call me the other day as she was still having problems and needed my help to get her icons to show properly in her email signature.
Thanks for that, found it very easy to follow and has worked a treat, just what I wanted
Alan – glad it worked for you! Did you do it manually or use WiseStamp?
manually, never heard of wise stamp lol
Alan – oh you must check out Wisestamp – it’s an add-on for FireFox and makes the process a tad easier, especially if you don’t have a way to host your own photos. Both ways work, just a little differently.
This is such a simple thing to do – I cant believe I never thought of it myself! Twitter is a very powerful marketing tool, especially if you have a lot of people in your chosen niche following you.
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Wilma – were you able to get the icons in your email signature? If you use Gmail directly from their site you can also use WiseStamp which is a little easier to use if you aren’t the techy type.
Hi,
I have a question. How did you get those social icons at left side.
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Azad Shaikh (The Internet Geek)
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Azad – the social media icons on the left hand side of my site? The ones that appear to float? I used a WP Plugin called “Cute Profiles”. Very easy to install and configure.
I installed Twitter and Facebook logo links on my sig line for a while, but clients who use AOL remarked that the links didn’t load correctly in their e-mail client — my e-mails would stop loading halfway through, and they’d have to click to re-load it. Any workarounds for this?
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Laura – I don’t have any experience with AOL so I’m not sure what the workaround may be for it. Do other people (not using AOL) get them loaded properly without it timing out?
Michelle,
I have not had any complaints from anyone other than people who use AOL, so I’m assuming that people who use other ISPs either 1) aren’t telling me or 2) aren’t experiencing problems loading my messages.
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Laura – that is so odd on why it’s only happening with AOL. I wish I knew someone with AOL to see if we could troubleshoot it and figure it out.
Will this process work on outlook 2003. I am having problems.
John: Yes – it does work in 2003, though the steps may be slightly different. Email me if you are having problems and I’ll see if I can quickly determine what it may be. (though I have Outlook 2007 so I may not totally be able to help, but def. willing to try).
Hi, Michelle. I see that you can add social network icons to your outlook signature using outlook 2003…can you provide those instructions? I’d really appreciate your help!
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Kimberly – I haven’t worked with 2003 in so long and don’t have access to a computer with it installed. They should be very similar to 2007 I imagine. Sorry I can’t help more on it. Would be willing to do a screen share with you to get it done though, if you’d like.
This was exactly the answer that I was looking for. Thanks!!
Jennifer – glad the post helped you!
Thanks, I was not aware we could get these cool icons for email. I will be using them soon.
Michelle-
Outlook 2003 does not have the insert picture option in edit. Any ideas. Thank you.
John – I thought 2003 had the option to insert a picture. It’s been so long since I’ve used 2003. If it doesn’t try Wisestamp; which I explain how to use in this post: http://www.thevirtualasst.com/use-wisestamp-to-add-social-media-icons-to-your-email-signature/
Hi Michelle,
I’m getting a blue line at the bottom of the email signature below the images. Just wondering if you have any ideas about how to remove that?
Thanks!
Kelly
Kelly – sorry for the delayed response. I haven’t been out here in a few weeks as I’m moving from WI to FL and it’s been keeping me busy.
What version of Outlook are you using? Is the blue line still there?
Thats a cool tip and I’m sure it would dramatically increase the number of followers you have in your twitter account…internet marketers could also apply this technique to a number of other tasks such as adding dynamic affiliate links in emails. Thanks for sharing this info!
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Sara:
That idea would probably work as well – though in the US we’d probably have to disclose it’s an affiliate link.
Loved the video-made it super easy! Thanks for the info!
Shannon:
Glad you found the video helpful!
These instructions are brilliant – i especially appreciate the referral to iconepedia for the required icons.
Only problem is that I cannot see anywhere where is says “Insert picture” not is there anything to click to insert a hyperlink, not even the little infinity-looking icon. i am using Outlook 2003. Might that be my problem?
Juli-Ann:
I’m not sure if these will work in 2003 or not and I have no access to an older version to even try. Sorry.
Thank you for responding. I did discover that Outlook 2003 does not have the capability to insert images into an email signature.
I did create the signature in Outlook 2007, then cut and pasted the file into Outlook 2003 and it worked for a few days, but was flaky and eventually stopped working altogether. Cheers!