Signature Random Gmail Post

or… Put a random post from your blog in your Gmail signature.

Somehow that post title just wasn’t happening. Anyhow… here’s a Gmail trick for getting a random recent post from your blog to appear in your email signature. Here’s what mine looks like:

1. Click Settings

2. Click Labs

3. Enable Random Signature

To find it fast, hit cmd+F (ctrl+F) and start typing “random”. Click Enable.

Scroll all the way to the bottom (or top) of the page and click SAVE CHANGES.

4. Now, Click the GENERAL tab

5. Scroll down to SIGNATURE

Set your signature how you’d like it to read, including an intro to your posts: “recently on my blog” if you like.

Check the box and insert any RSS feed in the input field. This can work with ANY RSS feed – it will randomly insert an entry from the feed you use. So your blog, or even your Etsy shop! Show a random item from your recently listed products. Neat-o huh?

6. One snag

There’s a flaw with this plugin that so far hasn’t been caught or fixed yet – every time you change a setting in the general tab, it will uncheck the box and you’ll have to go back and check it again. I know. Lame. Just something to remember when you’re wondering why your posts suddenly aren’t showing up in your email anymore.

Still, it’s pretty cool!

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