Hi! John’s answering machine is broken. This is his refrigerator. Please speak very slowly, and I’ll stick your message to myself with one of these magnets.
As a bonus, here is an example of our own holiday voicemail greeting here at OpenPhone:
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The nature of your business here would depend on operating hours and responsiveness to after-hours calls. This message hits those points and doesn’t labor the caller with any further information.
“Hi! You have reached [your business]. All of our staff are currently busy helping other callers. We understand how valuable your time is, and rather than keeping you on hold, we will make sure to call you back.Be sure to leave us a detailed message with your name and number. We will return your call within two business hours. Thanks!”
You’ve decided to switch to a VoIP service because you’re tired of the expenses from a traditional phone service, in addition to paying a technician to maintain your current setup. You’re also...
5. AT&T. AT&T VoiceMail lets you access and tracks your voicemail straight from your mobile, thus removing the need to call from your mailbox. Whenever you receive a new message, a status bar alert pops up and from there you can instantly access your voicemail.
Now that you’ve got some ideas, you can set to making your own business voicemail greeting.
1. Funny Answering Greeting from Seinfeld. Back in 1997, Seinfeld’s character, George Costanza, attempts to avoid a breakup call from his girlfriend and we hear his comical outgoing machine recording.
A relatively unprofessional one — like mine, for instance — does the opposite: It encourages prospects, recruiters, and potential connections to run in the other direction.
For those with voicemail greetings that get changed about as often as a new president is elected, know that this is doing a serious disservice to the caller-recipient relationship. It signals to callers that the business is anything but an authority, most likely not very detail oriented, and has questionable overall credibility and competency. Those aren’t traits that any business wants to associate itself.
The first time you call into the voice mail system, you will be asked to set up your mailbox. Detailed voice instructions will guide you through each of these steps. Don't worry if you miss hearing an instruction -- each one will be repeated.
12.) Welcome to JohnDoe. You can reach us Monday to Friday from 8am to 12.30pm and 1pm to 4.30 pm. We can not take your call personally at the moment. Please leave a message with your name and phone number and we will call you back as soon as possible. In urgent cases you can reach us on the number 0821 91039- 1211. Many thanks.
4. Hi, this is [your name]. I’m unable to take your call right now but leave your name and number, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Don’t forget to change your cell phone voicemail if you decide to use call-forwarding, and consider updating the phone number in your email signature while working remotely.
20. "Hey there, this is [your name] from [your company]. I'm out of the office until [date]. In the meantime, please direct your inquiries to [coworker's name] at [email address]. They can also be reached at [phone number]. Thank you."
Welcome to (company name), (short brand wording). If you know your party's extension, you may dial it now. Please listen carefully as our menu options have recently changed.
Simply speak into your phone or computer while recording a greeting with your business phone service. If you need to create your own audio file, the voice memo app on your phone should do fine.