Want Faster Response to Your Voice Mail Messages?
You'll encourage people to return your phone calls faster if you leave effective voice mail messages. Experts suggest making yours better by:
Keep your messages around 45 seconds. Too short and the message may seem insignificant. Too long and you may rile the other party.
Pretend you are writing your phone number in the air as you recite it. Most callers speak much too fast, which forces recipients to replay the message repeatedly.
Speak louder than usual, enunciating as you speak. Your recipient may retrieve you message in a noisy place like an airport.
Get through to hard-to-reach people on the telephone with your photocopier and fax machine. Fill out a telephone message pad and use the photocopier to enlarge it. Then send it to that person. Your message will stand out from all the rest!