Consultant
Client meetings
You’ve reached [Name], [title] at [Company]. I’m with a client right now. Your name and number are all I need; expect my call this afternoon.
Verizon
Change your Verizon voicemail greeting
Verizon lists three ways to change your greeting: in the Voicemail app, by dialing *86 from your phone, or from any phone by calling your own number. Each one ends with you recording the greeting.
Three ways to change the greeting
01
Voicemail app
If you subscribe to Visual Voicemail, Verizon says you can change your greeting from the Voicemail app on your phone.
02
Dial *86
Dial *86 from your Verizon phone and follow the prompts. Verizon notes that all its mobile phones still have basic voicemail you can reach this way.
03
From another phone
Call your mobile number, press # as soon as you hear your greeting, enter your password, press 4 for Personal Options and follow the prompts.
Switching back to basic voicemail
Verizon warns that your standard greetings are saved when you switch from Visual Voicemail back to basic voicemail, but custom greetings may be lost. Keep your greeting file, so you can record it again.
Using a greeting made with phonegreetings.ai
Verizon’s instructions describe recording, not uploading a file. The trick for a generated greeting: let your Verizon phone record while the file plays from a nearby speaker. A quiet room and a short distance give the best result. Expect slightly less clarity than an uploaded file.
You record the greeting into your Verizon mailbox yourself; we have no access to carrier voicemail. Phone systems with file upload are listed in our phone system guides.
Scripts for a Verizon work phone
Real estate agent
Showing a home
Hi, this is [Name] with [Company]. I’m showing a property and can’t take your call. Leave the address you’re calling about and your number, and I’ll call you right back.
Questions
Can I upload a file to Verizon voicemail?
Verizon’s Visual Voicemail FAQs do not describe a file upload. Record the greeting, or play your file into the recording.
Can I change the greeting when I am not near my phone?
Yes. Verizon describes calling your own number from any phone, pressing # during your greeting, entering your password and pressing 4 for Personal Options.
What does a greeting from phonegreetings.ai cost?
€19 per greeting, no subscription. Listening in the generator is free.