{"id":847,"date":"2019-10-17T21:08:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T00:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=847"},"modified":"2025-11-29T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:50:25","slug":"adding-an-email-link","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/article\/adding-an-email-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding an email link in the signature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inserting the email address in the HTML signature is a personal choice. If you decide to add it, also consider inserting a link to facilitate recipient contact, increasing the professionalism and engagement of your emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video tutorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this quick video on how to add an email link in the email signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inserting a clickable email link in your HTML signature\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nc8AkUS_3OU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Or a more complete tutorial below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clickable email link in the email signature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike when you link to a site with <strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"10\" data-gr-id=\"10\">HTTP<\/g>: <\/strong>or <strong>HTTPS:<\/strong> the link to open a new email message composer should start with <strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_12 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"12\" data-gr-id=\"12\">mailto<\/g>:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please look at this example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mailto:email@your-business.com<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>See the example pop-up in the URL field, created with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/editor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">editor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/email-link2.png\" alt=\"Email link in the email signature\" class=\"wp-image-1771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/email-link2.png 343w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/email-link2-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/email-link2-50x45.png 50w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/email-link2-60x54.png 60w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/email-link2-100x91.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you create a link with this text, the standard email client of your recipient will automatically open their message composer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Formatting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Select all the text with the link; you can apply formatting like changing the text color, font, and size. Thus, making it visually attractive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Initials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also complement the link with initials for the headings, such as subject, cc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>mailto:email@company.com?subject=This%20is%20the%20subject&amp;cc=email2@company.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more examples on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mailto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wikipedia for Mailto<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/blog\/remove-gmail-blue-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preventing Gmail from changing the link color in the signature<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/article\/adding-call-to-phone-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Add a call-to-phone link in an email signature<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/article\/add-remove-icons\/\">How to add and remove icons<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>All done! 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