Comments on: Monday Tip: Record a cheerful voicemail greeting http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Sun, 20 May 2012 05:56:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-240728 Michael Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:33:13 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-240728 Hello, I read something a few years back about this, and now at the end of my very professional, upbeat voice mail greeting I say something along the lines of ... ... and please remember to leave you name, phone #, and your favorite color. I was surprised at the number of otherwise very businesslike people who would leave there favorite color and pretty much nothing else. It would almost always put a smile on my face, and when the person called back to leave the rest of the message, you could hear the smile in there voice. Hello,

I read something a few years back about this, and now at the end of my very professional, upbeat voice mail greeting I say something along the lines of …

… and please remember to leave you name, phone #, and your favorite color.

I was surprised at the number of otherwise very businesslike people who would leave there favorite color and pretty much nothing else. It would almost always put a smile on my face, and when the person called back to leave the rest of the message, you could hear the smile in there voice.

]]> By: stuart @ amanzi » Blog Archive » Chief Happiness Officer Rocks http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-3064 stuart @ amanzi » Blog Archive » Chief Happiness Officer Rocks Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:53:33 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-3064 [...] Since finding this site, it’s really got me thinking about culture in the workplace and how most companies need to make some huge changes. (it’s even made me change my voicemail greeting to a much happier sounding tone!) [...] [...] Since finding this site, it’s really got me thinking about culture in the workplace and how most companies need to make some huge changes. (it’s even made me change my voicemail greeting to a much happier sounding tone!) [...]

]]> By: Alexander Kjerulf http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2179 Alexander Kjerulf Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:22:39 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2179 Thanks Timothy. I like your philosophy which is mirrored in The Lazy Way to Success by Fred Gratzon who argues that "If work feels like work, you're not doing it right" :o) More here: http://positivesharing.com/2006/03/book-review-the-lazy-way/ Thanks Timothy. I like your philosophy which is mirrored in The Lazy Way to Success by Fred Gratzon who argues that “If work feels like work, you’re not doing it right” :o) More here: http://positivesharing.com/2006/03/book-review-the-lazy-way/

]]> By: Timothy Johnson http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2169 Timothy Johnson Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:49:31 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2169 Brilliant simplicity, Alex. Vocal tone carries more weight than the words themselves (any Communications 101 student will tell you that). And if you can add fun into it as well... all the better! My life philosophy is that if I'm not having fun, I must not be doing it right (or maybe shouldn't be doing it at all). Thanks for the reminder. Brilliant simplicity, Alex. Vocal tone carries more weight than the words themselves (any Communications 101 student will tell you that). And if you can add fun into it as well… all the better! My life philosophy is that if I’m not having fun, I must not be doing it right (or maybe shouldn’t be doing it at all). Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Alexander http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2117 Alexander Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:16:58 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2117 You don't really need to say anything particularly clever or funny - just say what you'd normally say, but in a cheerful voice. I end my greeting with "And have a really happy day!" but otherwise it's just "You've reached the voicemail of blahblah, please leave a message blahblah". You don’t really need to say anything particularly clever or funny – just say what you’d normally say, but in a cheerful voice.

I end my greeting with “And have a really happy day!” but otherwise it’s just “You’ve reached the voicemail of blahblah, please leave a message blahblah”.

]]> By: Manjusha http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2104 Manjusha Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:52:22 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/08/monday-tip-record-a-cheerful-voicemail-greeting/#comment-2104 Good point....any suggestions for fun sounding voice mail greetings? Good point….any suggestions for fun sounding voice mail greetings?

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