To save your prospects, customers, and colleagues time (and money) when they reach your cell phone’s voice mail introduction, mention in your greeting that they can immediately leave a message by hitting your carrier’s particular key for getting straight to “the tone”.
“Hi, you’ve reached Benjamin Button. To leave a message immediately, please press the star button now. If you really love my the sound of my voice and have time and cell phone minutes to burn, please leave your message after the ridiculously long message that follows this message. And now, I’d like to read you a sales poem…”
We suggest using only the first two sentences. The keys are…
- Verizon: press the star button (*)
- Sprint & AT&T: press the number one (1)
- T-Mobile: press the pound button (#)
For you… If you know the carrier of the person you’re calling you can hit the appropriate key the moment their voice mail introduction begins and go straight to the tone.
It’s beautiful. Pure saleslove.
Gaylon says:
Good Lord! I have been using cell phones for 20+ years and never knew that. Thank You! http://cellphones.info
18 December 2011
Danielle says:
Can you give details of the UK carriers?
15 June 2011