This guide will show you how to access your voicemail and activate call forward to your voicemail. Select Phone. Select Keypad. Press and hold the number 1. If your voicemail is not set up, select OK. Select the Menu button. Select Settings. Select Voicemail. Select Setup. Call *86 (*VM) from the handset or the 10-digit mobile number from another phone. Follow the instructions for choosing the language options then press the # key to confirm the choice. When prompted, enter the 4-7digit password then press the # key. When prompted, say the signature (or name) then press the # key. Open the Phone app. Touch the Action Overflow icon and then choose the Settings command. On the settings screen, choose Call Settings. On the call settings screen, choose Voicemail or Voicemail Service. Choose My Carrier, if it isn’t chosen already. From the home screen, tap Phone. Tap the Visual Voicemail Icon. Note: Alternately, you can set up voicemail by pressing and holding the number 1 key. Tap START. Tap OK. Visual Voicemail is now ready for use. View the Access voicemail tutorial for tips to manage your voicemail. To set up your voicemail, from the home screen select the Phone app. Select Voicemail. Select Set Up Now. Enter a 7 to 15 digit voicemail password, then select Done. Re-enter your voicemail password, then select Done. Select Default to use the default greeting. Your Voicemail inbox will be displayed.
We’re keeping it simple with this one. Just a few basic elements to help you get started. As long as you know who your audience is, the message you wish to convey, and the information you need from the caller, the rest should fall into place quite nicely. Let’s face it, a voicemail greeting for a lumber company will probably be different than that of a psychologist’s office. One greeting is aimed at securing potential customers, and the other is geared towards appointments, more or less. Once you are certain who your caller is, the better your voicemail. Center on your audience, first and foremost. Knowing what to relate ensures that your caller will leave the right message. For instance, if you’re a retail store, you would include your hours of operations, and perhaps any specials that you’re running. If you are a therapist’s office, then you’d need to include an alternate number in case a patient is having an issue and requires immediate help. Again, this will vary depending on the business. Here, a therapist would definitely request the caller leave their contact information. However, a retail store chain might not request that. There are also complex voicemail systems such as those used by mobile phone services, which ask you to press a certain number on your phone, where you are asked to leave your account information. Again, as you can see, it all boils down to the demographics of your callers, and what you need from them to conduct the best business possible. Depending on the situation, your caller might be in a good mood or not. In either case, they’ll probably be eagerly awaiting your call. So, it stands to reason that you only promise them a call back if you can deliver. In other words, if you’re a small shop and you’ve decided to close due to a much-needed sabbatical, then don’t leave a voicemail greeting where you promise them to call right back. However, if you have an active customer service staff, then you can promise to return their call within the same day.
