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You can’t always get to the phone when clients, partners, investors, or colleagues call you. When this happens, a professional voicemail greeting helps you make a positive impression and tells them what to do next. There are a variety of ways to convey your message. If you’re not sure what type of message to record for your own voicemail box, here’s a definitive guide to get you started.
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16Hey, could you come up with some cute voicemail greetings, I’m out. Can you just leave your suggestion, after the tone? This voicemail engages your caller, challenging them to come up with funny voicemail messages, while they wait to leave their messages after the tone.
Good professional voicemail greeting examples. A business named Lorem Ipsum, which sells widgets, wants to leave a brief message that confirms for the listener that they have called the right business. The message would also prompt the caller to provide information needed to return the call, and throws in a nice quick promotional note.
Let’s say you’re a restaurant owner and you want to greet all your suppliers by name when they reach your voicemail. Your suppliers are saved in your phone’s Contact list, so you could write a greeting like: Hi {FirstName} from {Company}, I’m out of the office this week, but please leave me a detailed message and I will return your call as soon as I am back next week.
Access Auto Attendant Greetings Log in to 8x8 Admin Console. Click Auto Attendants. Click Edit (pencil icon) to the right of the Auto Attendant you wish to edit. If you have a holiday schedule set up, select it from the drop-down. Go to Call Handling Menus and select one of the following: Weekdays Holidays Alternate Select one of the following: Open Hours Menu Closed Hours Menu Lunch Hours Menu Click Change to the right of the pre-existing audio file. Note: If no audio file is selected, it will display Select File. Click + Create Audio Files. Upload or record a holiday-specific greeting. Select By Uploading an Audio File to upload an existing audio file from your computer. (Continue below to Upload Greetings.) Select By Calling a Number to Record to record a greeting through a call to your phone. (Continue below to Record a New Greeting.) Enter the Title of your recording. Click the center of your screen or drag an audio file to the Upload your Audio File window. Note: Audio files are limited to 5 MB and must be in an accepted file format: .au, .wav, and .mp3. Click Save.
One feature of Voice Mail Message Notification Preferences will change in the updated platform—there will no longer be options for the disposition of voice messages related directly to message notification. Instead, messages will be kept as new even though the message may be delivered to an email address.
In the side panel, click Dialing Options. Edit Business Hours Schedules for Auto Attendants
Standard delivery for professional greetings is 3-4 business days or 1-2 day for RUSH delivery.
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You can find more information for recording from your phone and sample greeting scripts by clicking Instructions for recording on a phone and Show me a sample script. Edit After Hours Menu Options for Auto Attendants
Business voicemail greetings are likely to vary by company. Consider these specifics to create a professional voicemail greeting that works for your needs.
Tone - select the right tone for your business brand. If your target market are young millennials, then the script would most likely include some slang words, be quite laid back and the script would be recorded in an energetic tone. If you primarily service the business market, then the script would be more articulate and recorded with a more professional tone.
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7. Hello, this is [your name] at [your company]. I’m currently out of the office, but if you leave your name, number, and a brief message, and I’ll return your call as soon as I get back.
Assign different functions to each keypad number to direct your customers where they need to go when they enter a specific number on their phone. The menu that you set for after hours also applies to the holiday schedule.