Now that your phone has been activated, you’ll need to make at least one call before using your voicemail. That call can be to anyone, whether you catch up with an old friend, make your mom’s day with a chat, or just call your home’s landline.
31. Hi, this is [your name] at [your company]. If you are calling for [include reason] please visit our [website, social media handle, etc.], contact [name and title of colleague and phone number] or send me an email at [insert email address]. For other inquiries, leave a brief message and your name and number and I will call you back by [timeframe].

A secretary in a doctor’s office creates a voicemail greeting that says, “If you have a scheduled meeting with us, we could use copies of all your medical documents from last year, so come prepared.” Using the word “could” gives patients the impression that they don’t necessarily “need” last year’s documents. See the difference between “could” and “need”? Your word choice can impact a future meeting significantly. If you want a customer to perform a specific action, you need to pay close attention to how you express your calls-to-action.
Select “1” for default voicemail greeting or “2” for a temporary or vacation voicemail greeting. If a file is selected here it will supersede the Media file (number 1 above). Once this is set back to None the Media file will play.