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The good fellows over at Tricks of the Trade have jotted down some sound advice concerning voicemails:

When leaving a voicemail, it’s considerate to provide your number or other contact information at the beginning of the message, rather than at the end. That way, if the person wasn’t able to get the info written down or memorized on the first pass, they don’t have to re-listen to the entire message to hear it a second listen.

Let’s preface that pearl of etiquette: start off by actually leaving a message. I can’t count how many of these I’ve gotten on my voicemail before:

“Hey. It’s me. Give me a call.”

That is not a message. In light of the fact that most phones these days will display in some way/shape/form that I missed a call, you are simply being redundant (and really no smarter than the phone). I see that I missed the call. In many cases I chose to miss the call. You called, and therefore it is safe to assume that you want me to “give you a call.”

People, I’m not asking for a BBC spoken radio show here; just tell me why you called. What do you want? When do you need it by? I mean, you were going to tell me that anyway, right?

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