As an independent auto damage appraiser, you are working with vehicle owners, insurance companies, independent appraisal firms, and auto body repair facilities and you need to make a good first impression.

There are many things you can do in person to better your professionalism, but many appraisers don’t take the time to make a good impression with their most valuable digital asset, their email address.

Your email address is a terrific way to make a great first impression or a terrific way to make people doubt your expertise. You may be proud of your RockerGirl1984@yahoo.com, but that doesn’t go over as professional when emailing people who are trusting you with their vehicle or claim.

It isn’t hard or expensive to set up a professional email address, its easy, cheap, and essential to have a professional email.

It typically costs $20 a year for the name/domain you’ll want associated with your email and $5 a month for your email service.

There are links below walking you through each step so you can increase your professional appearance in 60 minutes or less.

Good luck!

1.        Buying a Domain/Name – Super easy to do. Click on the link, type in the name of your company and find a rocking name for your email/website. You can use any domain provider, but our link takes you to Namecheap because their names are SO CHEAP!

2.        Set up your Gmail Account – A few more steps, but still really simple and easy to do if you follow the instructions HERE.

Still not convinced you need a business branded email? Checkout this article HERE on the topic.