If you have a main business phone number that’s shared with the customers or publicly listed, you’ll want to make sure it has a professional voicemail message to greet callers. Here are sample greetings you can use to help you craft your own.
The script is relatively similar, but the doctor is including a good reason for not being available, so patients don’t feel like they’re being ignored. He’s also left another avenue for patients to get in touch if they need some urgent help.
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Here are some great examples of professional voicemail greetings that you can use in your business!
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The reason being it can either push your prospects away from you or retain them for longer.
You’ll want to have your office hours in the voicemail so that cleaning customers know when they can connect with you. You don’t have to always be available during all of those times, it’s just the possibility you’ll actually pick up your phone or will be able to give them a call back during those hours. Adding in office hours makes your business sound much more professional. It’s the sign of a more established, well-run company to have business or office hours.
Those alternative contact details could be a different contact number or email address.
When you get a busy signal, dial *66 to use Busy Redial and you will get a call back when the line you are calling is available. Busy Redial is available only for telephone numbers within the continental United States.
With that said, we thought it would be a good idea to provide you with a few examples of voicemail greetings. As you read through these, keep in mind that the effectiveness of your voicemail greeting is one-quarter what you say, and three-quarters how you say it.
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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.
Pro Tip: Smile while you’re recording your greeting and your voice will sound pleasant.
4.) Bem-vindo a John Doe. Se você tem perguntas sobre uma encomenda, por favor, pressione 1, para alterações em seu menu ou seus horários por favor pressione 2, para perguntas sobre uma fatura por favor, pressione 3 e para obter informações sobre seu pedido atual por favor, pressione 4. Diese Ansagen werden in die Mailbox des Mobil Telefons eingespielt. Viele Anbieter beschränken die Länge der Ansage auf max. 30 Sekunden. Wir spielen die Ansagen digital in bestmöglicher Qualität auf Ihr Mobiltelefon ein. Dazu benötigen wir die Rufnummer und den vierstelligen Mailbox Pin des Anschlusses auf die die Ansage eingespielt werden soll.
Calmly and steadily record your voicemail. Don’t rush it to the point where the customer can’t decipher everything you’ve requested on the message. To ease the process, write your voicemail down with pause points. This will ensure you annunciate everything clearly and can assist in managing your speed.
14. “Hello, you’ve reached [company]. If you’re looking for information on [X], please check out our [Facebook page, company website, etc.] If you want to know more about [Y], take a look at [Z page on our site, our YouTube channel, etc.] Still have more questions, or just want to hear our lovely voices? Leave your name and number, and we’ll return your call straight away.”
5. You have reached [your business]. We are currently closed. Our normal hours of operations are from [hours] [days]. We are closed on [days]. Please leave us a message with your name and number and we will return your call when the office reopens. You may hang up after leaving your message or press the [key] for additional options. Thank you for calling.