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26. Hello, you’ve reached [your name]. I’m either on another call, on a top secret mission to Mars, or I’ve just stepped away from my desk for the day. Leave a message after the tone and I’ll call you back tomorrow or in about seven months.
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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).
Made famous by George Costanza as you can see the clip here, the answering machine song may seem like a good idea. It's out of the box, unexpected, and definitely a novelty, but unless you're in the music business, it's probably not a good idea. You'll definitely irritate your mother (or anyone else important who calls you frequently) and you won't make a good first impression with your message.
3. Thank you for calling GetVoIP, we are currently away due to the holiday, and our office will be closed from Monday the 12th, until Friday the 16th. We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to serving you once we return. Please feel free to visit our website, GetVoIP.com, to learn more about how we can help.
6. Voxist: Visual voicemail you can read. Voxist presents your voicemail in the most accessible visual form. On one screen you will be able to get acquainted with all the messages and choose which ones you really need to listen to.
So long as phones can ring and eyes can see, leave a message, and I’ll get back to thee.
To upload a file, click the upload button. Next click browse and select the media file from its location on your computer. Click the blue upward arrow icon to begin the upload. When you are finished, click Save Changes. Next, click on Advanced and select Options. Please make sure to check the box in front of Already Setup. Next add recipients by clicking on Advanced and select Recipients. Please note, the voicemail box must have a greeting associated with it before you can add recipients. Recipients allows you to email selected people when the voicemail box gets a message. For User voicemail boxes, the email addresses you add here are in addition to the user’s email address given at signup.
InstaVoice also features unlimited cloud-based storage that gives ample space for your voicemails. No need to delete voicemails only to free up your space. Needless to say, you will not lose the messages even though you change carriers. The app developed by Kirusa, Inc. is downloadable for free on the Play Store with a pretty small download size of 17.52 MB.
Direct to Another Form of Contact Voicemail Greeting Example. Hi there, you’ve reached [your name] at [X company]. If you need a quick response, please shoot me an email at [X email address]. Otherwise, please leave me a message with your name and phone number and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Out-of-Office Voicemail Greeting
In the above configuration example, you will be able to press two to engage the ring group that we created for this example. The ring group can be setup with an internal extension (101, 102, etc) or an external cell phone number (5555555555). You can customize your voicemail greeting to include this option. The order can be set to 000 (default).
Here are a few sample voice mail greetings to get you started: Standard Voice Mail Greetings. Normal Greeting (Without pager notification) "This is (name) of (company). I'm currently unable to take your call. Please leave your name, phone number, and a brief message, and I will contact you as soon as possible. Thanks."
Length – if your callers typically wait 2 minutes at a time, then at least 2 minutes of programming should be the goal. The idea is to ensure the callers don’t hear repeated messages every time they call. A typical on-hold message is 4-8 minutes in length.
“Hello, you’ve reached the special agent Bond. James Bond. Okay okay, it’s actually [last name]. I’m currently away saving the world on a top-secret mission but I will get back to you as soon as possible. Please leave your name, contact info, number, and availability and I’ll call back as soon as I’m done helping M16. Have a great day. [last name] out!”
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Line2 allows you to text and call from a private number using Wi-Fi, 3G/4G. You can call and text the US and Canada without any international roaming charges. There is also an option to upgrade the app at $9.99 a month to add some more useful features like unlimited SMS to US and Canada and inbound calls. The premium version also offers you 1500 minutes of outbound calling or forwarding, visual voicemail and more.