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You know your new address, but does anyone else?

As you get ready for a move, you will certainly have a lot of responsibilities on your plate. Since the moving process takes up a lot of time and entails so many steps, it is easy to forget to do one very important thing: tell people you are moving. Just as long as you know who you need to tell and how you want to go about doing it, informing others of your move is pretty simple.

The first step is to make a list of all the people who need to be aware of your move. This list should include the obvious, such as family and friends. You will also need to inform your post office, banks, credit card companies, schools, employers, co-workers, utility providers, and doctors. While easy to overlook, you also need to inform any clubs or professional organizations, and be sure to change your address for your magazine subscriptions.

Once you have a list of who to notify about your move, you can start sharing the information. It may be easiest to do this online. You can send out a bulk e-mail informing your acquaintances of your new address and write more personal messages to your close friends and relatives. Many of the services listed above will allow you to change your address on their web sites. Furthermore, there are several e-mail templates available online to help you create a change-of-address notification letter.

You can also use social networking sites to inform people of your move. Just remember to send private messages, instead of posting your new contact information for everyone to see. You can even start a group on Facebook in which you keep your friends informed of your move. This is an easy way to ensure that people have your contact information. You can also update your friends about your moving process and recruit people to help you move through this function.  (Speaking of Facebook…  Have you become a Movers.com fan yet?)

For a more personal way of telling people about your move, you can inform them over the phone. This is also a good way to keep those without access to e-mail aware of your move. Additionally, if you are unable to change your address online for any service, you should be able to do so over the phone.

If you don’t want to inform you friends and relatives of your move electronically, you can always do this through the mail. You can send hand-written notes about your move or purchase new home announcement greeting cards. Either fill them out yourself or order cards with your new address already printed on them.

Another idea is to throw a moving out party. This way, you can have fun with your friends before you relocate. You may even be able to convince them to help you pack! As your guests leave, be sure to give them a card with your new address as well as a small gift.

Although there are many things to do as you prepare for a move, you don’t want to forget to let people know where you are going. Just follow these tips, and everyone will be informed of your move, regardless of which medium you use.