I tend to hate receiving voicemails and almost never leave them. The majority of the time the voicemail tells me the same thing that the missed call does – you want to talk.
Today I received this voicemail (the name/number are beeped out).
Now in order for me to return this call I need to spend time googling the phone # to see if its a telemarketer (in which case no call back) or a legit entrepreneur. In the case of a entrepreneur the first impression ins’t great!
I understand that there are some circumstances when you need to leave a voicemail, such as calling a landline, lack of access to email, dont have any other way to contact the person, etc.
When you are leaving a voicemail for someone who doesn’t know you, keep it short and sweet and speak clearly. From a content perspective include who you are, a few words on what you are calling about and leave your number twice! Keep the voicemail to less than 30 seconds!
A special thanks to Sean McCann @sea for helping me beep out the name / phone number of the auto file and thank you to everyone else who offered help.
