While many businesses can use this standard voicemail greeting, not everyone’s business wants to be the same as the others. If you’re looking for a more unique approach, here are four sample voicemail scripts to try:
With this in mind, you can leave some helpful suggestions within your voicemail recording; for example, the opening hours of the business and the FAQs section to the company website.
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Doing this helps you understand what the prospects are looking for and what they are expecting from you which will in turn help you to cater to them better.
Your caller may have other competitors in mind; however, a polite and open-sounding voicemail may sway them in your direction.
For those with voicemail greetings that get changed about as often as a new president is elected, know that this is doing a serious disservice to the caller-recipient relationship. It signals to callers that the business is anything but an authority, most likely not very detail oriented, and has questionable overall credibility and competency. Those aren’t traits that any business wants to associate itself.
If you started your company more than a year ago, it’s probably time to change your voicemail script. Your recording should match the brand, tone, and voice of your company — just as though a caller were speaking to a member of your team.
12. “Hi, you’ve reached [company]. Unfortunately, we’re currently unavailable. But we want to talk to you — so please leave your name and number, as well as your reason for calling, and someone will call back ASAP.”
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Remember to include your name and the name of your business separately so the caller can name you when leaving a message and in any subsequent communication.
Hello, you have reached the food delivery services of X. I am currently speaking to a customer and will not be able to take your call now. If you want some urgent delivery of food items, you can call our other number Y and place your order. Otherwise, kindly leave your details like your name, contact number and your order details so that I can get back to you for confirmation. Thanks for your cooperation.
You can identify yourself with only your first name on a personal cell phone or home voice mail. If it is a business voicemail, I suggest including your first and last name. I would also include your title.
Thank you for calling [LinkedPhone – The Work From Anywhere Business Phone System]. Our office is closed until [Monday, January 25th for the holiday weekend]. If your call is urgent, please contact [Anya at 212-555-1212 or [email protected]]. Otherwise, please leave a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we return. We value your call. Thank you from everyone at [LinkedPhone].
*Note: Some of your users don’t celebrate all the same holidays you do. Remember to keep these voicemail greetings neutral 🌟
8.) Bem-vindo ao Departamento de Serviços do John Doe. Infelizmente, todas as linhas estão ocupadas no momento. Por favor deixe uma mensagem após o sinal com seu nome e número de telefone. Vamos ligá-lo de volta o mais rápido possível. Te desejamos um bom dia.
Now repeat that same message in your voicemail using your secondary language. Here, we have chosen Spanish:
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5.) Bem-vindo à caixa de correio pessoal de Dirk Schuster, empresa John Doe. Por favor, deixe uma mensagem com seu número de telefone após o sinal. Nós iremos lhe retornar o mais rápido possível. Para pedidos urgentes, por favor envie um e-mail para [email protected]. Muito obrigado pela sua ligação. Can be used on christmas holidays for example or to any other holiday. Kann aber auch für normale Ferien bzw. Urlaubszeiten genommen werden.