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Sean Murray: How important is it to
leave a voicemail? And are there any

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tips for an effective voicemail?

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Johny Fernandez: Yeah, so that's a
really good question. I know a lot of

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people, you know, millennials,
specifically, a lot of them don't like

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to do just a cold call, or just pick up
the phone, for some reason, you know,

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millennials, and the next generation
after that they're very into the phone

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into texting and hiding behind the
keyboard. But I think, and I'm a firm

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believer that when you leave a
voicemail, when you make a phone call,

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it's going to be different, because
we're also we are also dealing with

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another generation of people that don't
know how to text, don't hide behind

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keyboards. And there's something about
leaving a good voicemail that makes all

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the difference in the world. I'm a firm
believer, when you're leaving the

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voicemail, keep it short. And be very
clear, say your name, your purpose of

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the phone call, and then say the number
for them to reach you at and say that

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number twice, because sometimes people
don't really hear or they're not paying

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attention to the first time you give
that number to that first number. So

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see, it's twice repeated, and it's okay,
you don't look like an idiot. I do this

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all the time. My example is, hey, this
this is kind of how we go when I leave a

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voicemail. My name is Johnny Fernandez,
I'm giving you a call for x y&z purpose,

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if you can give me a call back. And I
say the phone number 212-222-3333. That

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number again, 212-222-3333. I hope to
hear from you soon. And make sure you

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hang up properly. That's something that
I realized at this job. When I had years

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ago when I was making phone calls.
Sometimes you don't hang up the phone

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and you think you do, and that voicemail
will pick up everything afterwards. So

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if you're tired and you say something
you like you hang up the phone and it's

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still recording. You say something, man,
I'm so tired. They're going to hear

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that. So imagine like, I'm not going to
call that guy back. Yeah, heck no, I'm

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not going to call him back. So make sure
you hang up properly. And then take a

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deep breath and move on. Go on to the
next one.