We have extended our weekend hours for Friday and Saturday nights, now staying open until 9pm. Please hold while we connect your call. Terms of Use Professional Voice for Phone Recordings Payment for Services Home Voice Overs - Narration Voice Over Demos Small Business After Hours Voicemail Production Phone Recordings Contact � Callers can dial out of Auto Attendant or Voice Mail greetings. (Any valid system number) � Limit the number of choices you offer callers in a single menu. More that 4 or 5 choices will confuse your callers. And don't force them to wade through six menus before they reach the information they need. � Give callers an option first, followed by instructions on what key(s) to press to take action. � Instead of, for Sales press �1�, use the sales extension or sales group number this makes future changes easy. � Let callers know what keys to press to escape the Auto Attendant and reach someone �Live�. (always have this extension answered promptly) Thank you for calling (Company Name), you may dial your party�s extension at any time during this greeting, For the Sales Department dial 115, For the Accounting Department, dial 106. For the Service Department, dial 110. For all other departments or to speak with the attendant dial �0�. Or for the company directory, press 8. (No action rings the Attendant) Thank you for calling (Company Name), Our business hours are 08:00AM to 05:00PM Monday thru Friday. You may dial your party�s extension at any time during this greeting. For the company directory, press 8. Or remain on the line to leave a message (No action forwards to a general mailbox)
Thank you for calling ______. [Insert slogan here]. If you know the extension of the person you are trying to reach, you may dial it at any time. For a company directory, press the star key. If you’d like to speak to the operator, press 0, or press 9 to repeat this message
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The pet care service providers get calls from pet owners at odd hours or when they are busy attending to their chores. So, resorting to voicemail services is necessary for such businesses. Below is an excerpt from a voicemail for a pet service entity:
Below you will find what we’d call “Standard” auto attendant scripts, along with some of their submenus. Please keep in mind that every phone system is different. Be sure to speak with your phone system provide to ensure your script matches the extensions that your phone system has been set to.
OK, so I followed all the instructions that came with the machine. I pressed all the necessary buttons. So… now what? I… am… so… confused. Could you please… beep.
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Hello. Oh hi, how are you? It has been so long. How have you been? We have to meet this weekend. How about I call you around… beep.
Jodi R.R. Smith from Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting and author of From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Woman and From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Man agrees that veterinary medicine is a profession where phone calls remain important and necessary. If you need to leave a voice mail message for a client, Smith offers these ideas on how to make the most of your message.
Thank you for calling [LinkedPhone – The Work From Anywhere Business Phone System]. Our office is closed until [Monday, January 25th for the holiday weekend]. If your call is urgent, please contact [Anya at 212-555-1212 or [email protected]]. Otherwise, please leave a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we return. We value your call. Thank you from everyone at [LinkedPhone].
31. Hi, this is [your name] at [your company]. If you are calling for [include reason] please visit our [website, social media handle, etc.], contact [name and title of colleague and phone number] or send me an email at [insert email address]. For other inquiries, leave a brief message and your name and number and I will call you back by [timeframe].
While missed calls aren’t ideal, you can let your caller know you’re still there for them by having a great voicemail greeting. The best business voicemail greetings let your customers (and potential customers) know why you’re not available and how they can best get in contact with your business. They are also short and to the point. You usually want to keep your greeting between 6 and 24 seconds long so callers don’t hang up halfway through.
On the other hand, a stellar professional voicemail is more than just a way to ensure callers are heard. It’s actually a gateway to encourage recruiters, clients, connections, venders, and other callers to continue forward with the first step in developing a business relationship, which is them making contact. The power of the right voicemail greeting is the caller actually staying on the line to leave that contact information or gain access to an alternative contact point.
Before you record your business voicemail greeting, be sure to rehearse it so you feel comfortable and don’t stumble around. You might want to write a script and practice a few times out loud beforehand.
2. "Hi, you've reached [name] at [company]. If you need a quick response, please shoot me an email at [insert email address] and I'll be in touch by EOD tomorrow. If it's not urgent, leave me a message with your name and number. Have a great day."
The Best Way to Set up a Voicemail Greeting Normally, small business owners use a landline or mobile phone number to manage calls. While it may get the job done, they do not allow you to properly manage business calls or …
“Hey there! This is [name] at [XYZ company]. Thank you for calling. I can’t take your call right now but if you leave your name, contact info and reason for calling, I’ll call you back right away. Take care and speak with you soon!”
Thank you for calling (Your Name) at (Your Business), where (What You Do). I’m sorry that I was unable to take your call. Please leave me your name, number, and a quick message and I’ll call you back shortly.