{"id":812,"date":"2007-04-10T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/04\/how-to-get-your-voicemails-returned\/"},"modified":"2007-04-10T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-10T13:42:06","slug":"how-to-get-your-voicemails-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/04\/how-to-get-your-voicemails-returned\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Your Voicemails Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.managesmarter.com\/msg\/content_display\/sales\/e3i168a205d21d443f8d9b49f141fed766b\" target=\"_blank\">ManageSmarter.com offers some excellent suggestions<\/a> for making your voicemails far more effective.&nbsp; Their 15 tips include a couple that I cannot stress enough:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>11. If you can&#8217;t say it briefly, don\u20ac\u2122t say it at all.<\/b> Voicemail is not &#8220;story time.&#8221; Leaving a long message is an invitation to have the entire message skipped. The optimal voicemail message is between 8 and 14 seconds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Few things in life are more tiresome than a rambling voicemail.&nbsp; My view is if the topic required a call to discuss, then mention the topic in one sentence, leave your contact info and hang up.<\/p>\n<p>And this gem:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>13. Leave a &#8220;P.S.&#8221; at the end of your message. A &#8220;P.S.&#8221; is a very quick, additional piece of information that will connect with the person.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is an effective tip that I have heard, and used&nbsp;before (by the way, it works for emails and letters too).&nbsp; In written form, most people tend to read the P.S. before the entire body of the writing.&nbsp; Obviously, that makes the P.S. line quite impactful.<\/p>\n<p>One tip I read recently that is not mentioned in this article is slow down when you say your phone number.&nbsp; State it twice is a good tip, but make sure you are not rushing through it.&nbsp; I have received the odd message where the person stated their phone number one time and I swear they accelerated their speaking pace when they got to the number.&nbsp; I couldn&#8217;t catch it and I did not return the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ManageSmarter.com offers some excellent suggestions for making your voicemails far more effective.&nbsp; Their 15 tips include a couple that I cannot stress enough: 11. If you can&#8217;t say it briefly, don\u20ac\u2122t say it at all. Voicemail is not &#8220;story time.&#8221; Leaving a long message is an invitation to have the entire message skipped. The optimal voicemail message is between 8 and 14 seconds. Few things in life are more tiresome than a rambling voicemail.&nbsp; My view is if the topic required a call to discuss, then mention the topic in one sentence, leave your contact info and hang up. And this gem: 13. 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