When on vacation, provide your callers with a return date and a back-up contact person to accommodate emergencies. This prevents you from potentially damaging a valued relationship while you enjoy some time off.
According to Gartner Research, more than two-thirds of companies compete for business today primarily based on customer experience – up from only one-third back in 2010. Knowing this, it should not surprise you that customer-centric companies are 60% more profitable than companies that are not.
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14. “Thanks for giving us a call! We promise it’s never a bad time for [company name], but you’ve reached us after-hours. Please leave us your name, number and the best time to reach you and we’ll give you a call when we are open.” Let’s face it, you’re not always open. Yet that doesn’t mean you don’t want to help your caller. Let them know you’ll call them right back when you’re open again.
a standard greeting as per Option 4, followed by the mailbox owner's name (as recorded by the owner), followed by the leave-message tone, and then silence.
Show that you’re human! Not everything in business needs to bland and boring. Add some personality to your voicemail while still maintaining professionalism. Do you have a fun fact about yourself or something unique to you? Share that in your voicemail and then ask for the customer to leave you with a fun fact so that you can call them back.
Tone - select the right tone for your business brand. If your target market are young millennials, then the script would most likely include some slang words, be quite laid back and the script would be recorded in an energetic tone. If you primarily service the business market, then the script would be more articulate and recorded with a more professional tone.
5.) Welcome to the personal mailbox from Dirk Schuster, company John Doe. Please leave message with your phone number after the tone. You will be called back as soon as possible. For urgent requests, please send an email to [email protected]. Many thanks for your call.
Here are some examples of voicemail greetings for your direct business line that are both personal and professional. Enjoy!
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3.) Welcome to John Doe - For German please press the 1 - for English please press 2.
3.) Benvenuti alla John Doe – Per il Tedesco si prega di premere 1 – per l’Inglese si prega di premere 2.
Here’s our ultimate guide, including video and audio samples, on every thing you need to know about professional voicemail greetings:
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44. Hello, you’ve reached [X department] at [X company]. Our team is currently out of the office, but we’ll be happy to assist you when we return. Leave a quick message that includes a callback number and a team member will reach out within one business day.
You can set when you would like to send callers to your voicemail. For example, you may want to send all calls to voicemail when you know you’re going to be out of the office and not taking phone calls. 1
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