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Before Breakfast

Leave better voice mails

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Be clear, and get people to call you back

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Jojo-C-Wa host of the new podcast Jo-Jo-C-Wah now. It's time to get real up close and personal

0:08.0

I'm talking to you like I'm writing in a journal. You're gonna get all of the tea and all of the scoop. I'm also going to be talking to my friends, to people I admire, to people that are trending right now.

0:18.0

So you're going to get like Jojo-Cewa now and like now what's going on in the world it's gonna be great and I really hope

0:23.9

you like it you can listen to Joe to see what now on the iHeart radio app Apple

0:27.8

podcast or wherever you listen to podcast gas.

0:35.0

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

0:41.0

Good morning.

0:42.0

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's

0:47.7

tip is about how to leave better voicemails. Now I know that a lot of people hate voicemail. A good

0:56.3

chunk of people just completely ignore it and would prefer people send a

1:00.0

text if they can't reach them right away. But maybe you're leaving a message for

1:04.3

someone you don't have a texting relationship with. And since with smartphones

1:08.5

people can tell who called and then hung up, you might find it more polite to at least say something.

1:16.2

So how can you leave a better voicemail?

1:18.9

I'm taking today's tip along with some others this week from a new book called The Little Book of Life Skills by

1:24.7

Aaron Zammit Ruddy.

1:26.6

She interviews dozens of experts on how to do various activities in our daily lives.

1:32.1

For voicemails, she interviewed Joel Schwartzburg, who is the author of

1:36.5

Get to the Point. Sharpen your message and make your words matter.

1:41.9

Schwartzburg offers a few ideas.

1:45.0

First, after the beep, give a short salutation.

1:49.5

Just hi Laura, will work.

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