Comments on: How to Leave a Voicemail Message http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/ Ford Harding's Blog on Rainmaking and Business Development Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:22:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Cranis http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/comment-page-1/#comment-17399 Chris Cranis Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:03:23 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/#comment-17399 Wouldn't it be great if every voice mail message ended up transcribed and sent to my email inbox? It is with Ribbit. Sorry for the pitch, but as a sales guy, I leave 25+ messages a day and frankly, I know as a buyer too that messages rarely get answered. Email gets an immediate response. If every message I received ended up in an email inbox, the recipient could just reply and move on. Wouldn’t it be great if every voice mail message ended up transcribed and sent to my email inbox? It is with Ribbit. Sorry for the pitch, but as a sales guy, I leave 25+ messages a day and frankly, I know as a buyer too that messages rarely get answered. Email gets an immediate response. If every message I received ended up in an email inbox, the recipient could just reply and move on.

]]> By: Ford Harding http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/comment-page-1/#comment-13461 Ford Harding Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:51:12 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/#comment-13461 joanna: Can I replace it with "I'm not available to take your call right now . . . ?" How about with "If you get this message it means that I am either . . .?" Ford Harding joanna:
Can I replace it with “I’m not available to take your call right now . . . ?” How about with “If you get this message it means that I am either . . .?”
Ford Harding

]]> By: joanna http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/comment-page-1/#comment-13431 joanna Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:01:24 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/#comment-13431 Please ban forever " I'm on the phone or away from my desk..." Please ban forever ” I’m on the phone or away from my desk…”

]]> By: Ford Harding http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/comment-page-1/#comment-11538 Ford Harding Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:07:23 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/#comment-11538 That's a good practice. Ford That’s a good practice.
Ford

]]> By: Eddie http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/comment-page-1/#comment-11532 Eddie Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:25:13 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/#comment-11532 Some really good points. I would repeat my phone number at the end of the message too; I hate having to replay messages to get at the number! Some really good points. I would repeat my phone number at the end of the message too; I hate having to replay messages to get at the number!

]]> By: Ford Harding http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/comment-page-1/#comment-11471 Ford Harding Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:42:13 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/#comment-11471 Mark, That's an excellent point. The goal is to make it easy for the other person. Anything that does is probably a good idea. Ford Mark,

That’s an excellent point. The goal is to make it easy for the other person. Anything that does is probably a good idea.

Ford

]]> By: Mark Buckshon http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/comment-page-1/#comment-11457 Mark Buckshon Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:38:30 +0000 http://www.hardingco.com/blog/2008/09/10/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/#comment-11457 Ford, I agree entirely. Sometimes it is helpful to email as well, with your phone number in the body of the email -- much easier to 'return' a call with one click on the Blackberry than trying to decipher the message, recall/write the number, and phone to retrn the call. Ford, I agree entirely. Sometimes it is helpful to email as well, with your phone number in the body of the email — much easier to ‘return’ a call with one click on the Blackberry than trying to decipher the message, recall/write the number, and phone to retrn the call.

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