by April Karli, Corporate Communications

Have you ever thought about leveraging your voicemail messages for maximum sales effectiveness? Recently Ford Harding posted an article called How to Leave a Voicemail Message suggesting ways to leave informative and concise voice mail messages that are likely to be returned. Tips include: state your name first thing in the message, indicate the urgency of your call, provide the core of your message concisely, and consider leaving a personal message at the end. One tip that may surprise you is to leave your phone number at the beginning of the message, immediately after your give your name, rather than the end. Here is a link to the Harding & Company blog where you can find this and many other helpful articles.