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.
21. Hello, this is [your name]. I’m not much of a phone person, so don’t bother leaving a message. Send me an email at [email address] and I’ll get back to you within 24 hours.
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6. Hello, this is [your name] at [your company]. I am unavailable at the moment, but please leave your name, number, and the reason you’re calling, and I’ll call you back as soon as possible.
Hi. This is Hayley at Clever Cakes. Thanks for calling. I'm sorry that I’m not able to take your call at the moment. However, if you would like to leave me a message including your name and phone number, I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Looking forward to talking to you soon.
Do you have a landline at work? Make sure that all your phones, personal and business, have good clear, professional English voicemail greetings.
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To help a new contact understand you and your message on a voicemail greeting, your choice of words and tone takes on real and crucial significance.
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32. Hi, you’ve reached [your name] at [your company]. I’m away from my desk. Please leave your name, number and a message, and I will get right back to you.
A voicemail may be the first interaction a new contact has with you. Therefore, you will want to make a great first impression.
If you’re a small business owner, we recommend going with the RIY (record it yourself) route. First, it’s more affordable. Second (and more importantly), if your clients expect to work with you directly, they will expect to hear your voice when they place a phone call.
"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.
Editor’s Note: The article is part of the blog series Grow Your Business brought to you by the marketing team at UniTel Voice, the virtual phone system priced and designed for startups and small business owners.
Recording professional voicemail greetings is easy but many people find it to be akin to public speaking, and are therefore apprehensive about starting. First of all, lets acknowledge the elephant in the room and just say that nobody in the history of the world enjoys the sound of their voices being played back to them. Once you can accept that, getting a professional voicemail greeting or Auto Attendant menu recorded will be a lot easier. To help you get the right tone and tenor of what you’re trying to communicate over you business voicemail, we’ve put together this handy list of resources for you.
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Out of town? Your callers should know. Let them know with the following vacation voicemail greetings.
When you meet somebody for the first time in person, you can judge and interpret them on their gestures, body language, facial expressions and voice. However this isn't so easy over the phone.