{"id":10556,"date":"2021-09-27T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/springboardwritingconcepts.com\/?p=10556"},"modified":"2022-10-04T03:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T03:36:11","slug":"pro-email-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/springboardwritingconcepts.com\/pro-email-address\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of a Professional Email Address"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Importance of a Professional Email Address<\/h1>\n

Every bootstrapping start-up looks for ways to make their dream come alive on a budget. There are ways to cut costs or to at least stagger your start-up costs to make them affordable.<\/p>\n

Start-up costs include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Business license or business tax certificate<\/li>\n
  2. Custom logo<\/li>\n
  3. Customer website<\/li>\n
  4. Professionally written web pages<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Tools of your trade<\/li>\n
  6. Local permits<\/li>\n
  7. Location set up<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The list goes on.<\/p>\n

    Start-ups need to conserve their initial reserves.<\/p>\n

    I get it.<\/p>\n

    However, the fast way to sabotage all of that effort is to have an unprofessional email address.<\/p>\n

    Why is a professional email address important?<\/h3>\n

    Fraud. Trust. Authority.<\/p>\n

    In today’s world, everyone has to be aware of internet security and social engineering\/human hacking<\/a>.\u00a0Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.<\/p>\n

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    “People with an online account should watch for phishing attacks and other forms of social engineering” Norton AntiVirus<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

    In fact, the fastest way to tell if an email is fake or dangerous is to look at the email address. If the email address does not look professional, it most likely isn’t.<\/p>\n

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    Professional email address is one of the factors used to determine if a hacker is trying to trick you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Unprofessional or dangerous email addresses are easy to spot. Commonly they will end with:<\/p>\n