This sales voicemail practice consists of three phases: before, during, and after.
Dial 133 321If prompted: Enter your mailbox number. This is your Office/Home Phone number, including its area code (eg. 03 XXXX XXXX)Press #Enter your Passcode/PINPress #Listen to your Messages
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Thank you for calling [LinkedPhone – Where Freedom Rings!]. You’ve reached us outside of business hours. Please select from one of the following options: [for business hours press 1; to leave a message press 2; if this is an emergency, press 0 to be directed to our 24-hour customer success team.] We are grateful for your call and we look forward to speaking with you soon!
There’s a potential of up to 3 quick touches right off the bat to help you get on your prospects radar:
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Too many reps are the inside sales equivalent of chatty grandmas—pitching solutions, discussing features, and offering value propositions over a voicemail.
Finally get an answering machine. Now how does this thing work? Hmmm. Press record button, I did that, and the light should be on. I wonder why it’s not working right. Hmmmm, I wonder what this button does……
You can allow callers to press 0 and be transferred to another phone number, of your choosing, when they reach your voicemail greeting.
I have a confession to make: I haven't recorded a new voicemail greeting in nearly a decade. Since then, I've (hopefully) become more articulate, poised, and self-assured. But hear my voicemail recording, and you'd think I was still new to the work world, a little unsure of myself — and probably not an authority.
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“I followed your advice on how to leave voicemail messages that get more callbacks and since using it, my call backs have increased. But my question is, what do I do with the prospects that haven’t called back?”
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Note: If Greeting that lets callers know you'll be away for an extended period of time is selected, the call answering rules previously recorded are ignored and only the greeting recorded for this option is played.
you leave your name, telephone number and a brief message I will return your call as soon as possible Thank you TO CALL VOICE MAIL FROM YOUR DESK: Dial the Voice Mail Ext. 4999 Enter your password when prompted. To call into voice mail to retrieve messages from a mailbox other than your own (ie. General Mailbox) From a phone W/Voice Mail Dial
You may wish to record a personalized voicemail greeting on your Intermedia phone. For detailed instructions click on the specific phone model.
2.) A gracious phone message is 30-45 seconds when talking to those we don’t know well. As George Washington said (yep, that George Washington), and I’m paraphrasing, “With men of business, be brief.” Be pleasant, and get right to the point. You’ll appear more confident and capable of handling the situation which merited the call.