Don’t be that business that lets important messages slip through the cracks and miss out on new opportunities. Here are some tips on how to set up a professional voicemail greeting that will have people wanting to leave you more messages:
2. Hello, you have reached the office of [your name]; I will be out of my office starting on [date] and will be returning on [date]. You can call me when I return or leave a brief message. If this is an emergency I can be reached on my cell, which is [your number].
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* If you can offer an incentive to visit your site, like an instant booking or quote form for example, it can go a long way to land you new business. If you have a great voicemail AND they visit your site it’s a guarantee they’ll remember your name even if they don’t book immediately.
5.) Welcome to John Doe - Thank you for your call. Currently we are all in conversations. Please hold, we will be with you shortly
"I'm sorry�" followed by the mailbox owner's name (as recorded by the owner or administrator), then "�is currently on the phone" and then the fixed system prompt, "Begin speaking after the tone, then hang-up when you are finished or press any key for further options."
Don’t include the date unless it’s completely necessary. 16 of the messages I heard last month had the wrong date—one of the messages had a date over 2 months old!
You may also email us at [email]. If you would like one of our team members to call you back, please leave your full name, contact info and number after the beep. Good to hear from you!”
It’s as much a truth with residential phone service as it is with business communications, though those numbers are much lower. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service provider Vonage reported in April that voicemail deposits among its residential customers had dropped by 8 percent since October 2013, and retrieved messages were down 14 percent.
Your voicemail, which gets heard every single time someone doesn’t manage to reach you on the phone, is a prime opportunity to be marketing to your customers.
In Australian English it’s pronounced with the vowel /a:/ like in ‘part’. Problems arise when people use the /ʌ/ vowel (like in ‘up’) instead of /æ/ or /a:/. If you do this is will sound like the worst swear word in English. Many non-native speakers often pronounce the vowel /æ/ more like /ʌ/ because they don’t have a vowel like /æ/ in their first language. Many speakers of European languages will do this (Spanish speakers and Italian speakers) and also speakers of Japanese and Korean. This problem with /æ/ also means that if you say the word ‘back’ in your voicemail greeting sample, you are likely to pronounce it more like ‘buck’. remember to pronounce word endings in English. Check you aren’t dropping any endings off or mispronouncing them.
1.) Добро пожаловать в Консультационное Агентство «Вася Пупкин и Ко». К сожалению, на данный момент все линии заняты. Пожалуйста, подождите. Совсем скоро мы будем к вашим услугам.
4.) Все сотрудники до сих пор общаются с другими клиентами. Пожалуйста, подождите, вы будете соединены в ближайшее время. – ПАУЗА – К сожалению, все сотрудники по-прежнему заняты. Пожалуйста, оставайтесь на связи. Вы также можете связаться с нами по электронной почте [email protected]. Мы свяжемся с вами как можно скорее.
Hello, this is the voicemail for Gemma Bode at Marvellous Marketing. Thank you for calling, I’m sorry I’m not available to pick up the phone right now. Please leave your contact information, and I will call you back at my earliest available opportunity. Alternatively, if you need to speak with someone more speedily, please contact Anne Bloggs at 07000100023, that’s 07000100023.
11.) Welcome to John Doe, unfortunately you have reached us outside business hours, or we can not take your call at the moment. If you want to leave us a message, then please send us an email to [email protected] - We will contact you as soon as possible. For more information about us please visit our our website www.johndoe.de. Many thanks for your call.
As you develop your voicemail script, keep in mind these important tips to ensure that you’re perceived as a professional.
5.) Benvenuti alla mailbox personale di Dirk Schuster, dell’azienda John Doe. Si prega di lasciare un messaggio con il vostro numero di telefono dopo il segnale. Sarete richiamati al più presto possibile. Per richieste urgenti, si prega di inviare una e-mail a: [email protected]. Grazie per la vostra chiamata.
1. Press the fixed key with the envelope graphic, or dial the phone’s phone number.