Click to Call+44 (0)7539 755531 | Click to Call+44 (0)1469 589187 | liz@lizdrury.co.uk |

Did you know your voicemail greeting might be the first impression a potential new client gets of your business? So, you need it to be a good one!

Call your own number. How does your voicemail greeting sound?

Do you even have one? If you don’t then I suggest you remedy that as soon as possible, and here’s the reason why….

Let’s say you need a plumber. You don’t know one personally so you turn to Google. Your search returns a long list of plumbers in your area and they all sound like what you’re looking for. You call the first one on the list. It rings and rings and rings. You hang up.

You call the second one on the list. It’s answered by a robotic sounding voice that says ‘thank you for calling, we can’t take your call, please leave a message.’ It doesn’t say ‘thank you for calling Jerry’s Plumbing’, which is what you were expecting. Have you called the right number? You’re not sure. You hang up.

You call the third number. It’s answered by a friendly, professional voice that thanks you for calling Pete’s Plumbing, and apologises that nobody can take your call right now, but Pete and his team are more than likely out on a job. The voice assures you that Pete will call you back as soon as he can, and invites you to leave your name, number and a short message. You decide that Pete’s Plumbing sounds like a professional business you can trust and you leave Pete a message.

If you do have a voicemail greeting, does it reflect your brand and how you want your business to be perceived? Lots of people hate hearing the sound of their own voice when they hear it recorded, and hate the process of recording themselves. Their nervousness or dislike comes across in the message…probably not what you want your client to hear!

Fear not! Help is at hand in the form of my super-useful Top Ten Tips for a great voicemail greeting and a template to help you write your script.

If you’d like even more information about voicemail greetings and on-hold messages here are a couple of blogs I’ve written on the subject (spoiler alert – if your customers are ever left on hold and you don’t have on-hold messages to play them, you’re missing a huge marketing trick).

https://lizdrury.com/blog/why-your-business-needs-a-professional-voicemail-greeting/
https://lizdrury.com/blog/the-facts-about-on-hold-messages/

Request my Top Ten Tips for a Great Voicemail Greeting

"*" indicates required fields

Name*

Some of the companies that have used my voice

  • Logo Heineken
  • Logo.bny Mellon
  • Logo Haines Watts
  • Logo Aplma
  • Elsevier Logo
  • Help For Heroes Logo
  • Logo Orsted
  • Persimmon Logo
  • Hermès Paris Logo
  • Roku TV Logo
  • Universitat Autònoma De Barcelona Logo
  • Red Bull Logo
  • Untitled Design 15
  • Logo Jcb
  • Thales Logo
  • De Beers Logo
  • ICAEW Logo
  • Logo Volkswagen
  • Logo Co Operative Funeral Care
  • Logo BNI
  • Deutsche Bank Logo
  • Legal & General Logo
  • Logo Xbox
  • Logo Ricoh
  • Logo Kings College London
  • Logo Siemens
  • Logo Stockholm University
  • Wight Link Logo
  • University Of York Logo
  • Logo Grundfos
  • Logo Roche
  • Untitled Design 18
  • Logo St James
  • Intersnack Logo
  • HSBC Logo
  • Highways England logo
  • Logo Prada
  • Police Logo
  • Logo United Healthcare
  • Logo World Animal Protection
  • Deloitte Logo
  • Dr Oetker Logo
  • Bloomberg Logo
  • The Church Of England
  • Logo Nisa
  • Severn Trent Logo
  • KPMG Logo
  • Jabones Beltran Logo
  • University Of Durham Logo
  • Warwick University Logo
  • Mercer Logo
  • Prysmian Group Logo
  • Barclays Bank Logo
  • Logo Dream Water
  • Mastercard Logo
  • Philips Logo
  • British Eventing Logo
  • Biffa Logo
  • Phillips 66 Logo
  • Logo Hilton Garden Inn
  • Logo Praxair
  • Company Shop Logo
  • Zurich Logo
  • Young Minds Logo
  • BP Logo
  • Logo Petface
  • Pupa Logo
  • Logo Best Western
  • World Health Organization
  • Scottish Power Logo
  • ASDA Logo
  • NCP Logo
  • Novartis logo
  • Huawei Logo 768x512
  • Logo Polycote
  • Logo Kwikfit
  • CSL Behring Logo
  • WSAVA Logo
  • Logo The Lincolnshire Salad Co
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital Logo
  • Logo Bmw
  • Unilever Logo
  • Brunello Cucinelli Logo
  • Klix Logo
  • Logo Trupart
  • Untitled Design 14
  • Logo Accenture
  • Logo Izi Travel
  • TUC Logo
  • Logo Booking Com
  • Logo Efsa
  • Croda Logo
  • West Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service
  • Aston University Logo
  • Banardos Logo
  • Logo Bulgari
  • Logo University Of Hull
  • Logo Hampton By Hilton
  • Unapologetic Luxury, Barcelona Logo
  • DFDS Logo
  • UNICEF Logo
  • FT Logo