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*Note: Some of your users don’t celebrate all the same holidays you do. Remember to keep these voicemail greetings neutral 🌟
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At the beginning of the show, I used an example of a voicemail greeting – I used the name Luke Skywalker. He is a character from the Star Wars movie for those of you who hadn’t heard of Luke Skywalker before.
Considering how often cold calls go to voicemail, your ability to leave compelling sales voicemails can have an enormous impact on your success during the prospecting stage.
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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.
“Hello, this is _________ from _______. I’m calling because [reason]. I’d love to talk to you about _________. My number is _________. I’ll also follow up with an email tomorrow. I look forward to hearing what you think. Have a great day. Goodbye!"
A monotone voice can be a turn off for a caller. You want your caller to feel like they missed out on speaking with you — not like they dodged a bullet.
Despite claims that voicemail is obsolete, it’s still in use for the mortgage industry. The messages we create and leave can affect the impression we make on clients, prospective clients, partners, and more. So, build and enhance your loan officer reputation by leaving voicemail messages that get returned!
Leave a specific request. What do you want your listener to do? Sure, you want them to call you back, but why? To answer a question? To set up an appointment? People will appreciate it if you give them specific actions for their call back. That way they’ll know they won’t be wasting a lot of time on the call back trying to figure out what you want.
Voicemail is a digitally recorded message. When you dial someone and they aren’t there, you record into a digital mailbox a digitally stored voice message to be retrieved by the owner of the mailbox. While voicemail functionality has advanced in the digital age, all systems are similar.
Continue to follow the instructions to complete setting up your voicemail greeting.
Being personable is key in having your caller look forward to receiving your callback. To do this, use different intonations in your voice to convey enthusiasm.
Your voicemails should be clear, concise and understandable. They should also sound natural and be short enough to hold the attention of the contact. Here’s how to get it right.
Alternative services exist, but most voice-broadcasting services don't offer free service, and most focus on messaging dozens or hundreds of contacts at a time.
2. When prompted, press 1 for voicemail. Your most recent voicemail message is read. Press 1 to move back to the beginning of the message. Press 8 to pause the message. Press 9 to fast-forward and skip portions of the message. Press 66 to have the message play faster. Press # to go to the end of the current message.
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