Most sales voicemails are deleted within seconds. A voicemail is often your first point of contact with your prospect, so make sure that yours are working for you. Here are five quick tips to help you increase your chances of a callback.

1. Five quick tips to leave killer
Sales Voicemails

2. Most sales voicesmails suck

3. They lack purpose, intention,
and a strong call to action

4. Here’s how you can turn transform your
voicemails from annoyances into powerful
sales tools.

5. 1. Smile
Your voice and energy changes when
you smile.
If you’re excited to leave the voicemail,
they’ll be excited to listen.

6. 2. Repeat
Make it easy for your prospect to call
you back.
Repeat your name, business, and
number at the end.

7. 3. Create & test scripts
Create a simple A/B test for your
voicemail scripts.
Track what works and what doesn’t,
then refine your script.

8. 4. Instill urgency
Prospects are much more likely to call
you back if there’s a deadline.
But don’t be pushy. You want to create
urgency, not panic.

9. 5. Follow up
Most people ignore calls from numbers
they don’t recognize.
Follow your voicemail up with an email
that makes them want to listen.

10. Bonus tip
To increase your callback chances, leave your
voicemail between 6:45am and 8:00am, or
4:30pm and 6:30pm

11. Related reading
• Why most sales voicemails suck (Close.io)
• Voicemails: Drop ‘em like they’re hot (Close.io)
• How to become a priority for someone? The follow up! (Close.io)
• How to create urgency to close deals NOW (Close.io)
• At the tone, leave a what? Millennials shy away from voicemail (New York Times)
• Ten tips for leaving a good prospecting voicemail (The sales hunter)
• Six professional voicemail message examples you can use (Blitz)

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