Of course, you NEED a voicemail greeting for the times your salon is closed at least. Hereâs a checklist of best practices.
Get a Professional sounding personal voicemail for your cell or home phone. I can voice the greeting, and then with your info I can place it on your phone or system. When your business is on your own personal cell phone, you need to sound professional when you canât get to the phone
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3. "Hey, this is [your name]. If you're calling for [X reason], please [contact so-and-so] or [go to our website, send me an email]. For all other inquiries, leave your name and a brief message and I'll call you back within [one, two, three] business day[s].
Nobody wants to play phone tag. Skip the back and forth by explicitly telling the caller to leave their name, number, and the best day(s) and time(s) to reach them. Your clients will appreciate you not wanting to waste their time.
Greetings, you have reached the Sixth Sense Detective Agency. We know who you are and what you want, so at the sound of the tone, please hang up.
Hey guess who this is? You guessed it. Guess what you have to do now? You guessed it.
So, haha funny story, my phone and I are playing hide and seekâŚ. Hey before you leave that message, do you want to know something about me?
-Hello? Oh hey wait a minute I canât hear you⌠Sorry, hold on⌠Nope, still canât hear you. You want to know why? Because Iâm not here right now. So leave a message at the beep.
We are unable to come to the phone right now. At the tone, please leave your name, number, and Master Card, Visa, or American Express account number and weâll get back to, pending credit approval.
Creating funny voicemail messages that are fun for your callers to listen to can be quite entertaining for you too. Instead of leaving a standard, boring voicemail greeting in place, you can use a little creativity that makes callers chuckle or laugh out loud. An easy way to come up with ideas is to do a play on popular TV shows, parody a government agency, or give voice to a machine that has come to life and is expressing its unique personality. A private voicemail box enables a person to receive telephone messages when the phone cannot be answered.
After the tone, think about your name, your reason for calling, and a number where I can reach you and I'll think about returning your call. Thus, it is important for you to be clear while recording such messages. We hope you enjoyed these funny voicemail greetings! Since our business answering service is open 24 hours a day, you'll never be greeted by a voicemail greeting requesting you to leave a message.
It can help to rough out a script to start each message that includes your name and the name of the practice, so that itâs clear right away who called. If you need a reply urgently, say that right away, too, since the person may not listen to the whole message.
Does that mean the number of incoming calls and voice mails are also in massive decline in the world of veterinary medicine in favor of electronic communication? Probably not.
Funny phrases when answering the phone. Answering the phone with funny phrases, like âtalk to meâ or âYelloâ, is a classic. However, the more creative you are, the funnier you will be. For example, according to List Keepers, the No. 1 funny way to answer the phone is: âCity Morgue, you kill them, we relax âem.â
4. Liam Neeson Threatens and Delights Your Callers. Liam Neeson has been acting for decades but it was his recent role in the hit movie Taken that caught the attention of a younger audience.
Like I said earlier, 99.9% of voicemail greetings are exactly the same. Go outside the box and create a hilarious voicemail greeting. Comedic messages create a memorable experience, encourage word of mouth and keep your callers on the line. Seems like a winning formula to me.
âYo, this is Leon. If youâre calling about scoring some catnip â oops, I mean âyou know what,â meow twice in your message. If youâre calling about ear-cleaning services, meow once. Or maybe meow once for âyou know whatâ and twice for ear cleaning. I donât remember. Maybe donât leave a message and weâll psychically connect. OK? Cool.â