MOUSE - The use of a mouse causes injuries to many people. The mouse often causes twisting of hand into uncomfortable positions, which causes wrist injuries. Try to use mouse with a sweeping movement, instead of a quick, twisting motion. Use your mouse as little as possible, but if you find that you can't do this, consider purchasing a trackball instead. Trackballs are good because you can program a lock button so you don't have to click and drag.

KEYBOARD - Split-and-Tilt keyboards tend to be better for your health than flat keyboards that most people use. A good keyboard will not flatten your hands and bend your wrists.

LIGHTING - Good lighting in your home office is important to reduce eyestrain. Here are some lighting suggestions:

1. Make sure lighting isn't too bright. 2. Avoid white reflective furniture. 3. If you are using a desk lamp, choose a low wattage light bulb. Direct light toward papers, not eyes. 4. Use blinds or drapes to eliminate outdoors light. 5. Avoid bright lighting on your monitor.

MONITOR - It is important to position monitor correctly to ensure your good health.

1. Position monitor to minimize glare. 2. Adjust monitor so that screen is slightly below eye level. 3. Clean screen on a regular basis. 4. Position yourself about 20"-24" away from monitor. 5. Center your monitor on user. 6. Keep your head at a comfortable level.

GOOD POSTURE - Ergonomic equipment will do nothing for you if you don't assume correct posture. Make sure of following:

1. Relax shoulders 2. Wrists straight 3. Back in contact with lumbar support of your chair 4. Legs in contact with your seat 5. Feet on floor 6. Elbows at a right angle when typing 7. Upper arm and elbow close to body 8. Head and neck straight

Now that you know your ergonomic basics, use this knowledge to your advantage. Position yourself and your equipment correctly to ensure a quality-working environment. Healthy working to you!

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2. Include your url (if you have a web site)

3. Brief description of your services

4. Use several different signatures - you will never know if your signature is working to its full potential if you don't test a few signatures out. Test out a signature for a few weeks and then try something different. Eventually after tweaking it for a while, you will find perfect signature for your business. You should also try using a different signature for different situations. For example, if you want to stress inexpensive to an individual that has a tight budget and then stress talented to another person.this is a good strategy.

Make sure to keep your signatures brief. I cannot stress this enough. Take this following example:

EX#2: John Doe (JohnDoe@deezin.com) You looking for an inexpensive web designer? Look no further.I work cheap.and I'm good! http://www.deezin.com/

In above example there is way too much text to sift thru. Noone will see your message, and your signature won't be effective. However with EX#1, you can't help but see "Inexpensive Web Design", reason for this is because signature is short and to point.

There is no other marketing technique that is as easy as utilizing signatures. Signatures are included in all of your emails without you even having to think about it. Taking advantage of signatures is essential and necessary. Good Luck!

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