I confess. I’ve never given my voicemail greeting a second thought. Sure, I “personalized” my message with the standard greeting: “Hi, this is Carol, I can’t come to the phone right now…” but that was it.
It hadn’t occured to me that a truly personalized greeting could make much of an impact – until I read this post on Phil Gerbyshak’s blog this morning.
His voicemail message far outshines the “normal” standard greeting by a mile and proves that having a unique voicemail greeting can be a small, yet effective, way of standing out from the crowd.
I love the pointers he offers for making a great voicemail greeting. Phil even offers his phone number and asks his readers to call and give feedback on his message! Very brave if you ask me!
(No, I haven’t called it. I’m too shy. I’m a big fan of Phil, so what if he actually answers the phone?! GASP! I’d have to actually talk to him!! I’d probably be too star-struck to say anything and make a fool of myself. Yes, silly, I know. LOL)
I’m glad this resonated with you Carol. I think voicemail greeting is a powerful way to set you apart from your peers. I look forward to hearing you change yours
And you should call me sometime. I would LOVE to talk to you. What would we say? Start with Hello, and we’d take it from there!
Thanks for your comment, Phil! Your kind words put me at ease. I’ll try and give you a call early next week – if only to check out your voicemail.