People have short attention spans these days, and you should always craft your communications for the lowest common denominator with something as universal as your voicemail.
Your message is a period of time that they are forced to wait through in order to do what they called to do in the first place — relay information to you.
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Ideally, a business should have a complete set of messages for every phase of their call flow from beginning to end. While voicemail greetings are an important part of the phone system, there need to be recordings for everything leading up to the voicemail as well (assuming there are other steps in the call flow).
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23. Hello, thank you for calling [business name]. Please leave your name, number, and a brief message, and a member of our team will return your call within 24 hours.
Nobody wants to listen to a long-winded voicemail. Keep your greeting short, simple, and concise. A voicemail message should pique a client’s interest and leave them looking forward to your call. Stick to the basics, explaining your company name, hours of operation, and when to expect a callback.
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To create or change outgoing voicemail messages for individual extensions or for a Ring Group (multiple extensions).
When recording, choose a quiet area, speak clearly, and use your full name (first and last).
Your prospects need to hear something which can make them hold on to what you are trying to tell them and that starts with a good attractive statement.
While phones and other devices are getting better all the time, there are frequently problems with audio recorded on low-quality equipment. Static pops, grainy voice quality, and background noise interference are all common with audio recorded on non-professional equipment.
On the Phone tab, click the voicemail icon below the dial pad, and then click Change Greetings. Skype for Business calls your voicemail and guides you to record a personal greeting. When asked to press a number, pause on the phone/mic icon and click a number under the DIAL PAD tab.
You can customize each greeting for each phone number within your OpenPhone account. In addition, you can change it as often as you need.
You can record a personal greeting, or you can use one of the pre-recorded CenturyLink greetings. Follow the system prompts to select your greeting:
5. "Hello, [Person's name] is chasing new adventures and is no longer with [Company name]. Please forward all future requests to [New or interim person's name] at [phone number]. Thank you!"
3. Business Voicemail Greetings. Hello, you've reached the Sales Department at [X company]. We can't take your call right now, but please leave your name, contact information, and the reason for reaching out, and one of our team members will be in touch within 24 hours.