Encourage people to leave detailed messages. Voice mail is more effective if callers leave detailed messages.

Tell people who call you frequently that they can press the pound key on their key pad to bypass your greeting and bring them right to the tone to leave you a message.

Instruct people who call you to press 1 at the end of their messages, so they can review the message before sending.

Change your greeting often. Update greetings to reflect your schedule. Callers should be able to determine an expected call back time frame by the greeting they hear