4 Important (And Often-Overlooked) Benefits Of Voice Mail
We live in fast-moving times. The advance of communications technology seems to have sprinted past Moore’s Law. Today, more people than ever are communicating through email and instant messaging. Some folks even communicate through social networking sites which they gain access to from their wireless devices. In the rush toward progress, it’s easy to forget and neglect the elegant beauty of voicemail. Today, you’ll learn four benefits to using voicemail that you may have forgotten exist.
#1 – Efficient Communication And Planning
Our lives are becoming busier than ever. There’s a greater likelihood today than years ago that your telephone call to a spouse, son or daughter, or friend will go unanswered. That makes communicating and planning difficult. For example, if you would like to plan a party for a loved one and need to contact several friends, organizing the event can quickly become a logistical nightmare. After all, everybody is on different schedules and each person has various demands on their time. Voicemail provides an efficient way to communicate and plan.
#2 – Staying In Touch
At one time, people wrote letters to each other in order to keep in touch. It was the only method they had available to maintain contact with one another if they lived more than several miles away. It’s hard to imagine writing letters to friends and family today. What’s more, our social network is more displaced than ever.
Even though email and text messaging can be used to stay in touch, it’s an entirely different platform. It is better suited for short messages rather than catching up on the details in the lives of the people who are important to you. Plus, there are qualities in a voice that will never be found in an email or text.
#3 – Your Voice Carries Value
Your voice communicates emotion. That has more value than people realize. Think back to the last time you cleaned your email in-box. Chances are, you deleted past emails that you received from friends without giving them a second thought. Not so with voicemails. The empathy, enthusiasm, joy, or sorrow that we hear in others’ voices has a powerful effect on us.
#4 – Better Than An Answering Machine
There are millions of people who use an answering machine to record messages that others leave for them. The biggest problem with this is a lack of privacy. When someone calls and leaves a message, their voice can often be heard by others. Roommates, family members, or visiting friends can easily hear everything.
There will always be a place for voicemail, regardless of how quickly communications technology advances. Not only does it provide a convenient way to communicate privately with the people in our lives, but a voice has unparalleled value. It delivers a far greater impact than an email or text message. Indeed, it’s often the things we take for granted that we would miss the most.
