What does your outgoing greeting say?

Some of you change your outgoing greeting every day while others change it each week. Usually when you are going to be out of the office is also a good time to change it. Aren’t we tired of hearing the same things in our outgoing greeting?

Here’s a sample: “Hi, this is Bob and I’m not in the office, please leave me a message or if this is urgent, please call my cell at 555-789-0086. Thanks for calling.”  or “I’m out of the office and will get back to you upon my return, please leave your name and number.”

So champions, how about using this outbound greeting as a sales opportunity? Add a stimulator to your greeting such as “Ask me about the new release of …..” or “visit our web site at www…. and download a white paper” or “our users conference is scheduled for May 23rd in Austin.”

Use this outbound greeting as a way to educate, inform, sell and motivate your prospects. What does yours say?