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 message regularly.

Or maybe he does.

Take a listen.

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What do you think?

Better yet, what is your process and best practices with leaving messages?