15th Jan 2008
How annoying is your voicemail. . .
It is inevitable that sometimes you have to leave a message when you’re trying to contact someone and your call goes through to voice mail. How effective, or annoying, is the message you leave?
SpinVox revealed the top 10 most annoying voicemails through their survey. Have you experienced any of these – or perhaps you’re guilty too? Check them out on www.modernselling.com
The one that really gels with me is number 2, The Death March.
At the moment everyone in my office knows to repeat that all important information - the number to call back on - at least twice. But I think I’m going to ask them to give the number earlier in the message as well as at the end. After all, we don’t want to annoy or frustrate the people we are trying to reach, do we?
So, the message you leave - is it helpful, informative and designed to elicit the response you want? Or is it one of those most hated message types?
Constructing a well thought out message before you call - just in case the person you want to speak to isn’t available - is also a good use of your copywriting skills, don’t you think?
~ Carol Bentley
Really great site with alot of good information!! Keep up the good work!!!!