Tonight on Twitter (follow me @LJ_Barber), I read a retweet from a friend that said "I should just change my voicemail greeting to: Please hang up and text me, thanks." I NEVER check my cell phone voicemail and practically beg parents to email me with a time to call them back rather than leave me a voicemail at work.
I can't do anything about voicemail at work but on my cell phone, I think it's perfectly reasonable to be upfront and honest and request a text. However, then I thought about how sometimes people cannot text because they don't have a plan or maybe the message would be too long. So... I added an option. I created an email address just for my voicemail! I have several accounts set up on my phone, why not add one more? I made the email address very short (6 characters) and said it twice on my voicemail greeting.
Here's the gist of what my greeting says "Hi, you've reached Laura-Jane Barber. I rarely check voicemail so if you need to reach me in a timely manner, you can either text me or send an email to ____. Again, that email address is ____. Thank you and have a nice day!
We'll see how it goes! :)
XOXO,
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