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This sales voicemail practice consists of three phases: before, during, and after.
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Explain the purpose of your message directly following the statement of your name and telephone number. This includes any actions you would like the receiver to take.
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There you have it – voicemail messages for three of the situations you’ll find yourself in most of the time.
Don’t rush. It’s important to speak slowly and clearly when leaving your next voicemail greeting. Have you ever called someone and the message sounds like one big word? Don’t be that guy. Pronounce your words and take pauses between your sentences
“Hey [Prospect's Name], this is [Your Name] from [Your Company Name]. I have a question for you. Please call me back at [insert phone number].”
Have you ever called a company’s support line just to be confronted with an unsympathetic and confusing attendant menu? Or tried to reach a representative, but pressing the “0” key does nothing?
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Press two if you’re selling something I don’t want. That’s a lot closer to the truth.
Dial your phone's extension, or hit the message button on your phone. When the prompt begins to play, press *1234. Press 0 to access mailbox options. Follow the prompts to record your name and/or voicemail greeting. FEATURES.
To record a message to someone other than the sender, press 1 4. Record at the tone, then press # to approve the message.
Access your main voicemail menu. If you do not know how to access your voicemail box, follow instructions on Listen to your Sprint voicemail messages. Press 3 for Personal Options. Press 2 for Greetings. Press 1 to Change Greeting. Press 1 to Record personal greeting or press 2 to select the standard greeting. Press # to End Recording.
Too many reps are the inside sales equivalent of chatty grandmas—pitching solutions, discussing features, and offering value propositions over a voicemail.
Alternatively, you could try disabling call forwarding, though your particular carrier or phone model may not allow it:
You can set when you would like to send callers to your voicemail. For example, you may want to send all calls to voicemail when you know you’re going to be out of the office and not taking phone calls. 1
I know you probably thought of this, but did you ever record the message someplace else or possibly have it playing while shooting a home video during a birthday or an anniversary? Probably a remote possibility, but you never know. Since you didn’t record over it, there might be a possibility of retrieving it. I really hope so! Please let us know what happens.