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.