How to: norbt email signature

Posted on October 2009

step by step

1. Go to norbt.com and click create a norbt.
2. Think up a title – this should be something descriptive like – John Smith Business Contact Details.  This goes in the title box.
3. Think up a question.  This is the way that you protect your data and only give people in the know access to your deets.  If this question protects your professional data then maybe you want a question that is easy to figure out like “What is my company name?”.  If this question is protecting your personal details then perhaps you want something a little more complex and tricky like “What is my cat’s name?”  This question goes in the question box.
4. Carefully type the answer to your question.  This is the exact text (with spaces, punctuation etc.) that your audience will have to type to ensure that they are able to reach your hidden text.  If your question is “What is my company name?” then your answer might be Acme Corporation.  The answer isn’t case sensitive (”Acme” is equivalent to “acme”).
5. In the locked text box you are going to put the text or information that you want to protect.  If you are protecting your professional details you might put the following in the locked text box:
   • Business phone
   • Business mobile
   • Business fax
   • email
   • web page
   • mailing address
   • anything else
6. Think of a password that you will remember.  You will need the password to manage your norbt that you just created.  Did your work phone change?  This is the way that you can edit your professional details without having to change the link that you put in your email signature.
7. Once you have created your norbt, copy the link that appears in the pop-up box which will be something like this https://norbt.com/MLZLTZ and put it in your email signature.

example:

--
John Smith
Contact info: https://norbt.com/MLZLTZ

Notes:
You can click on the link in the previous example to view John Smith’s norbt

Benefits

• Email signature security. Confound the web crawlers. Your norbt is encrypted and only accessible to those that provide the right answer.
• Email signature simplicity. Short signatures are a thing of beauty (nettiquet).
• Email signature continuity. You control the data in your norbt. Your details are always up-to-date.

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