Voicemail Tips

Over the summer we all want to maximize our leisure time, but daily life does pop up occasionally no matter how hard we try. Here are some good tips about how to leave effective voicemail to save both you, and the person you are calling, time.

State your number right after your name. Many people wait until the very end of the message to state their number. This will irritate the receiver of your message because if he doesn’t get it down, he then has to sit through the whole damn message again to hear it repeated.

Leave a specific request. What do you want your listener to do? Sure, you want them to call you back, but why? To answer a question? To set up an appointment? People will appreciate it if you give them specific actions for their call back. That way they’ll know they won’t be wasting a lot of time on the call back trying to figure out what you want.