Comments On the Voicemail and What He Should Have Done

LinkedIn, Voice Mail

Yesterday I shared with you a voice mail received by Crystal Thies, The LinkedIn Ninja. You can hear it and read the comments here. Most of the comments we received there were spot on regarding the problem with this voice message: Rich said, “Obviously he has never...

My Return Call to the Horrible Cold Call Voice Mail

Voice Mail

Last week I shared a couple of examples of cold call voice mail messages. Most everyone who commented was spot on with their analysis: The calls were awful. They were examples of many things that give salespeople who use the phone a bad reputation. Such as, no...

Two Cold Call Voice Mails – What Do You Think?

Voice Mail

Here are two very brief sales voice messages. The first was sent in by a reader. It was a pure cold call since he did not know the person. Have a listen. (I have edited out the phone numbers on both.) PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN [sc_embed_player...

Voice Mail: Enough of the Crap Already. Here’s the REAL Story

Voice Mail

I’ve about had it with a lot of the garbage floating around about sales voice messages. I’ve always had the same stance, but It’s time that I get more vocal and ask for your help in spreading the word. Seems like every day someone is putting out a...

What Do You Think About This Voice Message?

Call Recordings, Humor and Silly Stuff, Voice Mail

Reality is usually better than anything I could make up. Here is a voice message received by one of my readers. (I bleeped out the sales rep’s phone number). Perhaps this guy was tired, maybe having a bad day, and hopefully he doesn’t leave this type of...

Sales Success is Similar to Liking Soccer, for Non-Fans of Soccer

Questioning, Voice Mail

I’m really jazzed about the major sporting events going on this weekend. I’ll be attending the start of the NCAA men’s baseball College World Series here in Omaha, and closely following the U.S. Open golf tournament however and whenever I can....