Our office VM sends an audio file to our email. I love it, because I can apply all the filing and prioritization functions of my email inbox to the voice messages. It’s the only way I ever check my VM. I don’t even remember how to listen to messages on my phone.
We're talking about engagement here. Do you have a webinar clients can watch in case they miss your face or want to hear your voice? Do you have a special going for new clients or referrals? Do you have a hot new blog post you wrote just before stepping out? Tell your people to click on that!
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Also, IMO, it’s putting the burden of knowing and managing your schedule on the other person. You expect them to be paying enough attention to you to remember when you come back and to resend their request. That’s not reasonable.
So now this email is working overtime with the flood of enquiries, spam, well-wishes, and broken hearts.
An old boss had a pet peeve about this so I became very conscious of making sure that I listed out who to contact on what day… before the group email. So it looked something like this:
Best Out of Office MessageBusiness tipsChristmasDigital DetoxEmailHappy New YearHolidaysMarketingMarketing StrategyMerry ChristmasOut of the OfficeOut of the Office MessagesSmall BusinessWashington Post Tweet Share Plus one Pin It
Optionally, click the Attach Invoice checkbox to automatically attach the customer’s invoice to the auto-response.
Q. Are there sample voicemail and out-of-office email messages that we should use?
To be honest, if it wasn’t for the bloody flashing red light I’d never bother with it. Can’t stand the flashing light.
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6. Simple Automatic Email Reply Example. [Your Greeting] I will be away from (Date of Leave) until (Date of Return). For all urgent matters, you can contact
And a darn good one... we hire brilliant people, provide extensive training, and develop one of a kind experiences.
As for this one I think it’s fine for internal particularly if someone can “read it in her voice” and knows she’s quirky but I’d probably just do a short one for external (or none? because I’ve heard there is some kind of security risk with them?)
Hoo boy, have I got some PTSD from Old Job about out of office autoreplies. Exboss was such a stickler for them and actually enforced her expectations as official policy. Meaning if you didn’t do it to her exact specs, she’d call you back to the office to do it (which no one did) and read you the riot act afterwards while threatening to write you up for insubordination. She demanded them any time that we were away from our desk for longer than 30 minutes and for anything other than a meeting. So training in the conference room down the hall, a work lunch with teammates, leaving an hour early for an appointment, arriving late for an appointment, even working from home, all required OOO alerts.
I wish I could block my voicemail. I would so get fired if I had a message like this and was caught, though.
I’m out of the office from 01.02.2021 until 05.02.2021. During this period I will have no access to my email.
“There is something especially cruel about advocating for your boundaries while disrespecting other peoples.”