Sound Communication: The Holdcom Blog
A funny voicemail welcoming is one of those things that seems like a good idea. until you hear it time and time again. For business and professional life, a funny cell phone message just doesn’t make sense. Here are five examples of funny phone greetings. and why you shouldn’t use them on your cell.
Made famous by George Costanza, the answering machine song sometimes seems like a good idea: it’s out of the box, unexpected, and undoubtedly a novelty. But unless you’re in the music business, it’s most likely not a good idea. You’ll certainly irritate your mother (or anyone else significant who calls you frequently) and you won’t make a good very first impression with your message.
Be fair. you’ve been fooled by this one before, haven’t you? It goes like this: riiiing, riiing, riiiing "Hey." "Hi, it’s Juli what’s up?" "Oh. I’m not here right now, leave me a message after the beep". There is actually very little I find more irritating than this voicemail, especially for business. Why do you want to fake out a business chance? This voicemail leaves callers feeling embarrassed and you looking foolish.
This is a true story: my friend’s voicemail says, "Hi, you’ve reached Dave, I’m screening your call." My friend is a latest college graduate, presently searching for a job. While your best friends might think it’s funny, anyone else will see a message like this for what it is: unnecessarily rude.
Using your cell phone to record a voicemail message isn’t always effortless. Inbetween remembering what to say and getting the right timing, it’s tricky. But your phone does have a playback option, and it’s effortless to listen to and review your message. For some people, however, cutting off the end of a message is a funny way to trick people and catch them off guard. In most situations, callers won’t know it’s intentional and will think you’re far less than tech savvy. Undoubtedly not an impression I’d want to make.
Is your refrigerator running? You better go catch it! Corny jokes like this don’t work anymore. and won’t work in your voicemail saluting. Telling things like, "Hello, you’ve reach the machine that lives inwards Mark’s cell phone. Leave a message and I’ll tell him!" are indeed unappealing and aren’t even funny.
What’s better than one of these not-so-funny voicemail messages? A voicemail saluting that’s well written and professionally recorded . The most significant thing to reminisce when writing a fresh voicemail is don’t waste the caller’s time. A concise, informative voicemail may seem "square," but its better than irritating and alienating potential business chance.