While missed calls aren’t ideal, you can let your caller know you’re still there for them by having a great voicemail greeting. The best business voicemail greetings let your customers (and potential customers) know why you’re not available and how they can best get in contact with your business. They are also short and to the point. You usually want to keep your greeting between 6 and 24 seconds long so callers don’t hang up halfway through.
With a wide variety of choices available, users are able to choose every aspect of the process—i.e. the provider (a business or a voice professional individually), the service, as well as the tools involved.
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Voice Prompts – usually combined with a Business Intro announcement, used for Auto Attendant and IVR prompts to provide menu options and assist in telephone navigation.
“Hello, you’ve reached [X company]. We can’t take your call right now, but please leave your name, contact information, and reason for reaching out, and one of our team members will be in touch within 24 hours.” “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.” “Hi, you’ve reached [company]. We’re available by phone from [hour] to [hour] [time zone] Monday through Friday [optional: and from hour to hour on the weekends]. You can also contact us by going to our website, [URL], and live-chatting or emailing us. If you’d like us to call you back, please leave your name and number after the beep.” “Hello, you’ve reached [company]. If you’re looking for information on [X], please check out our [Facebook page, company website, etc.] If you want to know more about [Y], take a look at [Z page on our site, our YouTube channel, etc.] Still have more questions, or just want to hear our lovely voices? Leave your name and number, and we’ll return your call straight away.”
"People started raising their hands. They started volunteering, 'Please take my voice mail away. It's annoying, it's redundant, I never use it anymore,' " she says.
1.) Все наши линии заняты в данный момент - Пожалуйста, подождите и оставайтесь на связи - ПАУЗА - Вы уже посетили наш веб-сайт www.johndoe.com? Ваше мнение очень важно для нас, пожалуйста, оставайтесь на линии, вас соединят как можно скорее.- ПАУЗА - Минуточку, пожалуйста, скоро вас соединят с одним из наших свободных сотрудников.
The voicemail message can be anywhere between 10- 25 seconds. Keep it as short as you can because the prospects need to hear the vital details in it.
As I mentioned above, some words like ‘can’t’ are often mispronounced by non-native speakers and it can sound like a swear word!
6.) Bienvenue chez John Doe. Notre service téléphonique n’est pas occupé pendant les vacances. Les heures d’ouvertures peuvent être trouvés sur notre site www.johndoe.de. Nous vous remercions pour votre confiance et nous vous souhaitons d’agréables vacances et une bonne nouvelle année.
That’s why he suggests having a live person available to answer the phone. “Less than 1 percent of the people will hang up on a live person,” he says. Contact Login Solutions Pricing Demo Request Demo Free trial Resources Why ActiveCampaign ActiveCampaign 101 Learn ActiveCampaign ActiveCampaign Blog Developer Resources Pre-Built Automation Recipes Customer Stories Platform Featured Integrations See our 850+ integrations Pricing Login Contact Request demo Try it free Please enter a valid email address to continue. Stop letting voicemail kill your leads and customer engagement
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On hold messages can be recorded for many purposes, such as promoting your business, answering FAQs or announcing important customer service information. It's important to be clear in the message you are trying to get across. Confusion leads to disengagement and reflects badly on the brand. Determining your callers' wait times is necessary to determine the required length of the on-hold message. Making the recording too short can lead to the message being played too many times. This can be repetitive and lose the caller's attention while they hold.
“Hi, you’ve reached the desk of (your name). I’m currently out of the office on vacation and will return on (insert date). If you need immediate assistance, please call my assistant, (insert assistant name) at (insert assistant’s phone number). Otherwise, leave your name and number, and I’ll get back to you when I return.”
“Thank you for calling [company/person’s name]. We are currently unavailable, but if you leave your name, phone number, and message, we will get back to you as soon as possible.”
9.) Bem-vindo a John Doe. Infelizmente, não há ninguém no escritório no momento. Por favor, deixe seu nome e número de telefone após o sinal. Vamos ligá-lo de volta o mais rápido possível.
1.) Bienvenido/a a John Doe. Lo sentimos, en estos momentos no hay nadie disponible en nuestras oficinas o está llamando fuera de nuestro horario de trabajo. Por favor, deje un mensaje o envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected]. Gracias por su llamada.
2.) Sie sind mit der Mailbox von Herrn Mustermann verbunden. Bitte hinterlassen Sie eine Nachricht, damit Sie Herr Mustermann so rasch wie möglich zurückrufen kann. Vielen Dank für Ihren Anruf.