But what we don't believe in is waiting lists, or having potential
clients leave voicemails with the hope that we'll call back.
Our worst result was a voicemail message that, instead of transitioning to the prospective
client leaving a voicemail, simply looped back and repeated the voicemail message ad nauseam — and this was for a client investing in Adwords advertising to generate business.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, I instruct birth
clients to only call, and never to
leave a
voicemail after 9 pm and before 9 am, so that I don't miss a text during the night if they are updating me on early labor progress.
As a courtesy to our
clients (for non-emergencies), Dr. Schatzle or Dr. Ecker are often able to be contacted after hours by
leaving a message on the hospital
voicemail (760-944-1266).
Just because you're constantly
leaving voicemails or sending out email reminders doesn't mean that your
clients are actually receiving them.
Clients won't expect you to be constantly available — they can always
leave a
voicemail if their call is urgent and you can respond accordingly.
Before a call is transferred to a lawyer's office, ensure the
client knows if they should expect
voicemail or a live voice, and always tell them how to get back to your extension (i.e. by pressing «0») should they decide to not
leave a
voicemail message.
Client calls and says a debt collector
left an awful
voicemail for them.
My female litigator friends and I often get together over drinks to commiserate about how a senior male lawyer was rude to us at a discovery, said something inappropriate to us out of earshot of other counsel, or our
clients, or
left us a nasty
voicemail message designed to intimidate.
Just as a prospective
client who obtains a lawyer's phone number from a Yellow Pages ad should have no expectation of confidentiality when
leaving a
voicemail message for a lawyer, the Virginia Bar reasoned that there ordinarily should be no expectation of confidentiality in an email message sent from a website.
Heather Krasna, an expert in public - sector executive jobs, tells of a
client who
left a long - winded thank - you message on an executive's
voicemail, directly reading from the thank - you letter she was going to send.
Also, when calling
clients at work, I am careful when
leaving message on general company
voicemail that does not specifically sound as though it is the
client's.