All Calls—This option forwards all calls to voicemail.
No one wants to sit and listen to someone talking drone and monotone on a voicemail greeting. Remember to keep it upbeat and avoid sounding like a robot!
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If you choose Selectively Forward Calls, create a rule by clicking Add When to Forward or Add When Not to Forward. 8 9
Always keep in mind the people who will be listening to your professional voicemail greetings. What type of tone and information resonates with them?
14. “Thanks for giving us a call! We promise it’s never a bad time for [company name], but you’ve reached us after-hours. Please leave us your name, number and the best time to reach you and we’ll give you a call when we are open.” Let’s face it, you’re not always open. Yet that doesn’t mean you don’t want to help your caller. Let them know you’ll call them right back when you’re open again.
If you’re not going to apologize or sound regretful about it, chances are you will lose on potential prospects. Mean it to your prospects how you are really sorry you can’t assist them at the moment.
"[Auto-attendants] assist a business of any size in presenting a more organized, efficient, and, if necessary, more robust picture of itself,” points out Brandi Armstrong, Co-Founder of Telecentrex and blogger on evancarmichael.com. The right greeting can make the difference between a frustrated customer or a satisfied one.
What happens here is when you apologize and sound genuine in your tone, your prospects would understand and leave their contact details for you to follow with them.
Turn on the Voicemail Service switch, and select the following options:
Set the days during which your holiday auto attendant operates. You can assign a holiday schedule created previously, or create your own holiday schedule for the auto attendant.
Get professionally recorded messages uploaded to use with features such as Auto Attendant, Business Intro Message and Voice2Email.
1. Hello and thank you for calling GetVoIP! We are closed today for the holiday, and will be back in the office tomorrow, Thursday the 14th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but expect a prompt response from us tomorrow! Happy holidays and have a great day.
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Voicemail Options. heading. Here's info on how to use your Voicemail service. Voicemail User Guide (PDF) - Setup Instructions. heading. Learn how to change voicemail password, set up greetings, check visual voicemail and use advanced features. This one page chart shows all you need to know.
We are under new management and will be hosting a re-opening on[date] where you can come and meet the team and have a chance to learn more about our enhanced [your service name].
A phone call to your business is often the first encounter your customers and prospects have with your company. If no one is available to take the call, having the best professional voicemail greetings possible is important to leave a great first impression and to ensure that business opportunities don’t slip by.
If the you haven't changed your personal greeting, a default system greeting will be played for callers. For example, "Please leave a message for John Smith. After the tone, please record your message. When you finish recording hang-up or press the pound key for more options."