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4 Quick Call Management Tips for Sales Pros

In the sales business? Then you must rely heavily on your phone to reach out and stay in contact with your current and potential clients. Which makes call management an important skill to have. If you’re not organized things can quickly get out of hand and may give clients a bad impression. To stay on top of sales calls and show clients your professional side make sure you read these 4 quick tips.

1.       Follow up your follow up

Leave a paper trail for you and your client to easily refer back to important discussions. If you had a phone call with your client, send them an email summing up the conversation. If you left a voicemail, also send an email to ensure your client receives your message. There’s no harm with keeping track of your steps. You never know what info could be useful to refer back to in the future.

2.       “Hi, you’ve reached Michelle at YouMail. How may I help you today?”

Always answer every call or start every call with a professional business greeting including your name and company name. Clients want to know they are working with someone professional and trustworthy. That means you need to carry yourself as a professional who is always willing to help your clients with any questions they may have. Starting with an inviting and professional greeting sets the tone for the conversation.

3.       Don’t mess up the contacts

The last thing you want to do is mix up client contact information. This is why it is so important to stay organized and keep your contact list updated and properly labeled. Whether you have an Android or iPhone, add additional fields to a specific contact and save important details such as a nickname, address, or notes on the best time to reach them.

4.       There’s an app for that

As much as you would like to answer every call you receive, it’s near impossible. Take advantage of a visual voicemail tool like YouMail. Quickly check voicemail messages through the app or via email. It’s convenient and time effective. You can also, save and archive important messages to refer to them later. Just like keeping a paper trail, keeping records of messages is important for any job but especially for a sales pro. Trust YouMail to save your conversations. Check out YouMail here.

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Love. Share. Win-Win.

Technology is the tool we use to be more efficient and make our lives easier. With YouMail you can benefit from time-saving features and better call management. Maybe you use YouMail for the convenience of checking voicemail messages through the YouMail app or by email to be more time effective rather than the tedious method of dialing in to retrieve voicemail. Or maybe you utilize filtering unimportant messages by blocking unwanted callers like telemarketers. No matter the feature you use YouMail for, it solved a problem or inconvenience you had before YouMail. Well your friends and colleagues could be experiencing the same issues you were and could benefit from using a tool like YouMail as well.

Help a friend out by referring YouMail. YouMail’s referral program makes sharing YouMail with your friends and colleagues a simple task. Not to mention a rewarding one. With every friend you refer and actively uses YouMail, you and your friend will each earn YouMail credit redeemable for a free month of YouMail’s paid subscriptions. Be the friend that shares a time-saving, convenient tool to checking messages, blocking unwanted callers, and more.

Here’s how to invite friends to use YouMail:

Open the YouMail app

Click on the Invite Friends tab

Share your invite link via social media, text, or email and tell them how YouMail helped you

Three easy steps and you can help a friend! You can also visit this link to invite friends through your online account.

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Give Your Callers Something to Talk About

Do you leave a message if your call is sent to voicemail? Recent statistics show 80 percent of callers don’t leave a message if they reach voicemail because they don’t think their message will be listened to. And with a typical voicemail greeting like, “Hi, you’ve reached so-and-so, sorry I’m not in right now. Leave a message at the beep” it’s not very convincing otherwise. Yes, this greeting gets the job done, but it’s boring and doesn’t ensure callers that their message will be heard. What if there was a way to turn your voicemail greeting up a notch? Give your callers something they’ve never heard before with YouMail’s Business Smart Greeting.

What is YouMail’s Business Smart Greeting?

YouMail offers an intelligent voicemail greeting that greets callers by their first name, your full name, and company name making the call a memorable and personal experience. If your phone is your business, it could be a nightmare to juggle client calls, in-person client meetings, and everything else you have to worry about. Chances are, you’re going to miss an important call or two. With this greeting, your clients are still getting a professional message from you and you’re giving the impression that you value their message. And when you return your missed calls, your clients are sure to ask how your voicemail knew their names. Business Smart Greeting is a great ice breaker with your clients and gives your voicemail greeting a professional edge. Add this YouMail feature to your tool belt.

Business Smart Greeting is a feature included in the Business Plan. Get the Business Smart Greeting and other Business features by clicking here.

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5 Ways to Beat Summeritis

Hear that? That’s summer knocking on your office door.  But as much as you want to hit the beach or pool, that pesky 9-5 can get in your way.  No doubt you’re not the only one wishing you were somewhere else besides work. Research has shown that summertime productivity suffers and can have a negative impact in the office. For example, a recent study shows that employees’ productivity decreases 20% and projects take 13% longer to complete. So, yes, we think summeritis can take a toll. As a business leader, it’s up to you to make sure that it doesn’t impact your business. Rather, if you follow our advice, you just might be able to keep your team motivated and productive from June to August (and hopefully always!)

1.      Plan a Summer Activity

There’s no better way to bond with your teammates than with a fun activity everyone can enjoy. We recommend a fun night of games and drinks at an arcade, a company trip to go bowling, or happy hour at your local hotspot. Maybe pick two activities to do over the summer so your team has something fun to look forward to. With activities like these it will breathe a little life into your team, and a happy team is a productive team.

2.      Promote a Giveaway

It’s time to bring out the summer raffle. Let your employees earn raffle tickets for going the extra mile in their work and raffle off great items. This will be a fun and sure way employees stay motivated to do their best even through the summer months. For winning prizes, we recommend tickets to a basketball game, free movie tickets, and the main prize could be a cool gadget like a smartwatch.

3.      Establish a Casual Dress Code

Change things up during the summer with a business casual dress code. It’ll be a nice and welcome change from the full suit and tie wardrobe and your employees will be happy to dress more comfortably during the summer heat.

4.      Supply Cold Beverages and Catered Lunches

Catered lunches are a great treat for you and your team. And beat the heat by supplying your team with cold beverages like smoothies or pressed juices. Or cast a vote among your employees to choose their favorite beverage that will keep them cool through the summer. This is a great way to show your appreciation to your employees and thank them for all of their hard work. Plus, having lunch together is added bonding time.

5.      Vacations

Encourage your employees to take their vacation days. Burn out is all too real and harmful to an employee’s productivity and job satisfaction and that’s no fun for anyone.  So encourage your employees to take their vacations so that they can recharge and come back to work even more motivated.

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Featuring: YouMail’s Call Routing

As entrepreneurs and small business owners there always seems to be something that needs our immediate attention. In times when we are assisting other clients we might miss a call or two, here or there. Maybe more than we like. But what happens when the call is from a client that needs immediate assistance? Give your callers the opportunity to reach a live person with YouMail’s call routing, just in case you are tied up at the moment.

With YouMail’s Call Routing you can include extensions in your voicemail greeting so callers can connect to a live person at a click of a button. For instance, callers can press ‘0’ to reach sales or a department that makes sense for you, or press ‘1’ to reach an assistant or teammate. YouMail provides different options of extensions you can choose from or record your greeting and extensions in your own voice to add a personal touch. Have more than one department you want callers to have access to? No problem. With this feature you can select up to 9 extensions. Customize your greeting the way you want it and what makes sense for your business.

How to enable this feature?

Here’s how to set up this call routing feature through the web.

Click this link

Click ‘Turn On Live-Connect”

Click on the pencil icon next to “Menu Option”

At the top, choose if you want to use smart audio record audio, or upload audio for your voicemail greeting.

If you choose smart audio, select the phrase you would like your callers to hear.

Input the phone number you want callers to be redirected to when the press ‘0’.

Click on ‘Configure a more complex menu” to add more extensions.

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The Best Advice We’ve Ever Heard About Productivity

If you’re like us, you spend a few minutes each morning reading up on new tips and tricks on how to boost productivity. We’re productivity junkies and are always looking for more ways on how we can stay organized at work and get more done in less time. This is why we compiled this list of productivity tips we found to be the most helpful and easiest to apply to any given work day.

1.       Create a to-do list

We know you’ve heard this one before, but there’s a reason why it’s a part of every productivity blog. Your day needs structure, and to get through your tasks it’s easiest to make a laundry list of everything you have to do that day or week. By getting everything out in front of you it also helps to prioritize what needs to be done first. Plus, checking things off your list gives you that positive reinforcement that you’re being productive. Seriously, who doesn’t love that feeling of crossing things off your list? Whether it’s through an app or old fashion pen and paper, have a game plan and stick to the plan. Leave some time to be flexible in case you have to add an additional task spur of the moment. With a to-do list you won’t have that uncertainty of what to do next because everything is on that list.

2.       Tackle hardest projects first

The beginning of the day is when you have the most energy and are the most productive. This is why we recommend tackling the hardest projects first. This isn’t always as easy as it sounds. It’s natural to put off hard projects because they are so daunting, but putting them off until the end of the day may turn into putting them off until tomorrow and when tomorrow rolls around you put it off until the very last minute. We’ve all been there before. The next time you have a big project to do, break your project into smaller tasks so the project won’t be as daunting as you think. And by starting the day with your most important work you get to finish the day with your easier and more fun tasks. After following this tip, rinse and repeat throughout the week and you’ll be surprised at how much you get through and how painless those daunting projects actually were.

3.       Take breaks

Probably the most important tip is to schedule breaks throughout the day and to actually take them. We’ve been guilty one too many times of skipping out on necessary breaks and the effects are harmful to our productivity. Make sure you don’t get burned out by scheduling breaks in between tasks to go for a walk or eat a healthy snack. Stepping away from work for a 10 or 15 minute break may even give you a new perspective so when you come back to work you are recharged and focused.

Start applying these three tips to your work day and notice the improvements they make to your productivity.

About YouMail - YouMail is a visual voicemail app that helps millions of customers lead more productive lives. Discover innovative ways to keep your clients happy, save up more time in your work week, and handle messages in the most hassle-free way possible by joining YouMail today. It’s free!

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Listening to Voicemail is Old News

In this day in age, texting has been the hot new form of communication. For many of us, texting is how we keep in contact with our friends, family, and has even crept into our work life communication. And there’s no wonder why – it’s quick and convenient. Even though phone calls and voicemail will always be a part of business life, listening to voicemail doesn’t have to.

YouMail brings to you, voicemail-to-text. Instead of having to listen to your long winded voicemail, click in the YouMail app for the transcription of your message or choose to receive your voicemail by text. You can read your voicemail like you would any other text. No more dreading to check your voicemail or looking for a quiet place to listen to your messages. With a paid YouMail plan you can have access to voicemail-to-text. Don’t have a subscription? Check out our store to see which plan works best for you and all the other features YouMail has to offer.

Once you upgrade to a paid subscription your messages will automatically be transcribed in the app, but here’s how to receive your voicemail by txt/SMS.

Web

Follow this link to your online voicemail-to-text settings

Click on the pencil symbol to edit your settings

Select “Up to 4 TXTs” to receive texts of your voicemail messages

iPhone App

Open the YouMail app

Click on Settings

Click on Text Alerts

Toggle on Transcription Alerts

Android App

Open the YouMail app

Click on Settings

Click on Voicemail to Text

Click on the pencil symbol to edit your settings

Select “Up to 4 TXTs” to receive texts of your voicemail messages

With voicemail-to-text you’ll never have to listen to another voicemail. We know how great that is. Your welcome.

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Call. Click. Block. The Easy Way to Get Rid of Unwanted Callers

Does this sound familiar? You’re hard at work until the phone rings and it’s a number you don’t recognize. There’s a chance it’s a potential client inquiring about your service, excited you answer the phone only to be disappointed. It’s not a potential client, it’s not even a live person. It’s another automated message saying you’ve won a free cruise. How many times has this happened to you? Too many to count? Well, you are not the only one tired of wasting time on nonsense callers.

Whether you want to dodge scam callers/telemarketers/unwanted callers from calling your business line or your personal cell phone there’s an app that can work in your favor. YouMail offers a caller ID and call blocker combo app. It’s called the WhoAreYou app and is available for download in the Google Play Store.

What does WhoAreYou do?

The WhoAreYou app is a free app that offers an enhanced caller ID feature. Even if a number is not saved in your contacts, WhoAreYou can show the caller ID of landlines, business numbers, and cell phone numbers for almost every call and text. Paired with the call blocker feature you can block calls, robocalls, and texts from certain numbers in just a few clicks. Filter your calls and texts so only the messages that matter reach you. Download the WhoAreYou app for Android and stop worrying about unwanted callers interfering with your productivity and sanity.

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Robocalls on Track to Reach 30 Billion Calls by Year’s End

Since September of last year, YouMail has been recording the number of robocalls made to US citizens and releases the data in a National Robocall Index. Like prior months, April continues the trend showing robocalls as a formidable nuisance. Nearly 10 billion robocalls have been recorded by YouMail just in the first 4 months of the year. YouMail predicts the year will end with almost 30 billion robocalls made in 2016.

The Big Picture

Robocalls have been a concern to many households, businesses, and even our cell phones have fallen victim. Yes, robocalls are downright annoying but they cause a bigger threat. Our robotic foes have a negative impact on our productivity and expose unsuspecting individuals to scams. To put things into perspective, “Small businesses in the U.S. are wasting an estimated 20 million hours per year answering and dealing with robocalls- this translates to $475 million in lost productivity annually,” notes Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail from a study done in September. This great loss is due to small businesses wasting time answering spam robocalls thinking they are answering the call of a potential client and also getting trapped by scam calls offering fraudulent services. Consumers, like small businesses are also hindered by scam calls. Hint: remember that call from the IRS you got last month saying you still owe a balance? Calls like this one from the IRS and countless others have fooled many individuals. So what can we do about this issue?

The Resolution

Utilize a service that offers call blocking to prevent robocalls from reaching you. “With YouMail, you just ignore numbers you don't know and let them roll to YouMail, and it will get you taken off those call lists,” Quilici says. How does YouMail do it? YouMail’s Smart Blocking detects robocalls based on their call patterns and plays them a “number is disconnected” greeting when they call. By playing this message, YouMail can fool telemarketing companies into thinking your phone is no longer in service and will remove you from their call lists preventing calls from them in the future. Along with Smart Blocking, YouMail releases monthly Robocall Index’s that identifies the numbers belonging to the country’s top robocallers and which cities are most affected. To solve a problem, you first need to identify where it is coming from. The Robocall Index lists what type of robocall it is whether it is a mortgage lender or a student loan collector. View April’s Robocall Index to see last month’s top robocallers and stay tuned for May’s Robocall Index to stay on top of this nuisance.

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3 Apps to Overcome Work Time-Wasters

As professionals we strive to be successful and that means being productive day in and day out. But it’s easy to get off course. That is why we put together this list of common time-wasters and apps to combat them. Start using these apps and these time-wasters won’t be a problem for you anymore.

1. Time-waster: Getting distracted on social media

Use: ClearLock or Freedom

We’ve all caved in to the urge of scrolling through Facebook or checking in on our connections’ latest tweets, but what we mean to be a two-minute detour can easily become a half hour loss of productivity. That’s why we suggest ClearLock for your Android. It’s easy to use. You select which apps to block on your device and for how long. Block out your social media channels for the entire work day so when you feel the need to get your latest Instagram fix in the middle of writing that important email, sorry but ClearLock won’t let you until 5pm. The Freedom app is available for iPhones. Similar to Clearlock, Freedom lets you block apps that would otherwise distract you from your work. Use these apps to stay focused and be productive.

2. Time-waster: Disorganization

Use: Trello

When you have multiple projects on your hands, emails that need to be sent, and tasks that you need to keep track off, you need a tool to manage it all. That’s where Trello steps in. Rely on this app to create lists and organize tasks. Easily categorize tasks into different projects or simply a to-do list of what needs to get done that day and week. Access your Trello board from your computer or mobile device to always be on top of your to-do’s. You can also share your board with team members so everyone is in sync on the project. Trello is the solution you need to get organized and get your work done smoothly without the risk of a task slipping through the cracks.

3. Time-waster: Coffee run

Use: Starbucks app

Coffee has become so embedded in our morning routine it’s almost like brushing your teeth. You simply have to have a cup of joe to even function, but so does everyone else which makes the lines at coffee shops a complete waste of time that can be spent being productive. Get ahead of the line and use the Starbucks app for Android and iPhone to order and pay for your drink of choice. So the next time you go to Starbucks you can bypass the line, go straight to pick up your drink, and be off to work in no time.

There are many time-wasters professionals face, but here is a list of our top three and the best apps to overcome them and boost your productivity that work day.

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Featuring: YouMail’s Extra Line

We are really excited to release a feature that we know many YouMailers have been waiting for. Extra Line is a second inbound phone number for your phone. This feature has two settings. You can have calls to this second number go straight to voicemail or ring your phone just like your primary line.

Extra Line is available with the Premium and Business plan. You can upgrade to one of these plans here and check out all the other features these plans have to offer.

When to use your Extra Line

1.       Use It for your business

If your phone is your business, you’ll love using Extra Line. No need for a separate business phone, that’s what Extra Line is here for. Separate business and personal calls with a second phone number and don’t worry, we will let you know which line was called in the YouMail app.

2.       Use it for your privacy

Selling something on Craigslist or using a dating site and don’t want to give out your real number? Use your Extra Line and protect your privacy.

How to set up your Extra Line

On the Web

Click here

Select that state and area code for your number

Select your Extra Line number

Select if you want the number to go straight to voicemail or forward to your phone number

In the Android App

Open the YouMail app

Click on the Settings tab

Click on Account

Select Extra Line

Select that state and area code for your number

Select your Extra Line number

Select if you want the number to go straight to voicemail or forward to your phone number

In the iPhone App

Open the YouMail app

Click on the Settings tab

Select Extra Line

Select that state and area code for your number

Select your Extra Line number

Select if you want the number to go straight to voicemail or forward to your phone number

What are you waiting for? Get your Extra Line and start using it for your business line or for personal use.

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Spring Cleaning: Time to Clean Out Your Mailbox

It’s that time of year again. Summer is right around the corner and that means fun and relaxing vacations, going to the beach on Saturdays, and lazy Sundays. Don’t let any clutter bring you down. Get rid of the old and welcome summer with a clean and organized closet, house, and voice mailbox. Here are 6 tips to clear away the cobwebs in your voicemail.

1. Sort and delete your voicemail

Like getting rid of old clothes out of the closet, sort through your old voicemail and delete the unimportant ones. There’s a lot of clutter having too many voicemails in your mailbox and frankly you just don’t need them anymore, so go ahead and let them go. I promise they won’t be missed.

2. Save important messages

We all receive messages that are just too darn good to let go. Maybe it was a voicemail from the kids wishing you a happy birthday that is just too priceless to get rid of. If you have voicemails like this, then go to your inbox online at YouMail.com, click on the message and next to “Share” click on the floppy disk symbol to download the voicemail as an mp3 file on your computer. This way you can file away the message on your computer instead of your mailbox and can keep it forever.

3. Create folders

If you use your phone for your business, organize your mailbox and create folders for different clients. Then file away your messages to the appropriate folder just like you do with email. To create folders in the iPhone app click on the ‘Messages’ tab, tap on ‘Inbox,’ then click on the plus sign to create a new folder. For the Android app, in the ‘Messages’ tab click on the three dots and select ‘Create Folder.’

4. Mass delete old messages

Have a ton of messages in your inbox? Get rid of old messages in one fell swoop by going to your YouMail inbox on your online account. Click on the tab that says ‘1-50’ and select “1-100” or “1-500” to view more messages than check off the empty square at the top of the page to select all messages and delete. Goodbye old messages and hello clean inbox.

5. Mailbox clean-up setting

Adjust your mailbox clean-up setting here. You can choose to automatically move messages to the trash folder after 30 days or move oldest messages to the trash when your mailbox is full. Choose between these settings to auto-clean your mailbox. Choose your setting and let it go.

6. Purge the trash folder

There’s no use keeping messages in the trash folder. It’s in the trash for a reason. Just delete the messages from the trash folder through the YouMail app or online account and rid yourself of those messages for good.

Follow these 6 steps and you will have a clean and organized voice mailbox just in time for summer. And when your done here feel free to take on your closet next.

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Unlock Blocked and Unkown Caller’s Identities Using Privacy Guard

We all get those calls from “Blocked” or “Unknown” caller IDs. Are you a potential client or yet another telemarketer trying to sell me something I don’t need? Fingers crossed it’s a potential client, but more often than not it’s a telemarketer, scammer, or robocaller – the type of caller I don’t want to waste time interacting with. YouMail identified this pain point and came up with Privacy Guard.

How Privacy Guard Works

Whenever a caller with a “Blocked” or “Unknown” caller ID contacts you, let it go to YouMail and Privacy Guard will require the caller to enter in their phone number to identify themselves to be able to leave you a voicemail.

Benefit of Privacy Guard

Telemarketers won’t want to identify their phone number and robocallers can’t type in their phone number so you will only have messages from legitimate callers.

How to Set Up Privacy Guard on Your Phone

Privacy Guard is a feature available on both the Premium and Business Plans.

Set Up on the Web

Log into your account on the YouMail website

Click on the Greetings tab

Select ‘Use YouMail Privacy Guard’ under Callers with Blocked Caller ID and Callers with Blank Caller ID

Set Up on iPhone

Open the YouMail app

Select the Greeting tab from the app menu

Click on the gear symbol in the top right corner

Select ‘Enable Privacy Guard’

Set Up on Android

Open the YouMail app

Select the Greetings tab from the app menu

Click on the 3 dots in the top right corner

Select ‘Special Callers’

Under No Caller ID and Blocked Caller ID click on ‘Behavior’

Select the “Require caller to enter phone number”

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Stand Out Among the Rest to Ensure Past Clients Refer Your Business

You should always give your clients the best care possible, not just because they’re your client but because they can refer your business to friends and family - which means more clients for you down the road. But is stand out care enough to linger in the minds of your clients? It might be enough for some clients to remember you, but to really stick out in your customers’ minds differentiate yourself and make it easy to refer your business. How do you do that? Check out YouMail CEO, Alex Quilici’s 4 Memorable Ways to Get Referrals from Past Clients.

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Organizational Tips for the Mobile Agent

Working outside of an office is great! No worries of being confined to the same desk to get your job done. Your schedule is YOUR schedule. You decide when and where you work and when you take breaks, but could this much freedom be a bad thing? It can be if you let yourself get disorganized.

To be a successful mobile agent you have to stay on top of your to-dos and manage the work for your clients accordingly. Hear from YouMail’s CEO, Alex Quilici on 5 Organizational Tips to Make You A Better Mobile Agent.

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3 Signs You Need to Make the Change to Visual Voicemail

It’s easy to get stuck in your old ways. Your phone carrier already has voicemail so why do you need anything else? How does that saying go, “If it ain’t broke why fix it?” Because retrieving your voicemail isn’t the most convenient process - dial your voicemail, enter in your PIN, listen to long winded messages, and if you weren’t fast enough to write down that caller’s phone number you have to go through the process and listen to the voicemail again. If you receive a few voicemails every day the time spent checking messages can easily add up. If only there was some technology that made checking voicemail an easy task. There is! Visual voicemail is a great way for you to not only sift through your messages, but also easily identify who left you a voicemail. Still not sold on leaving your old habits behind? Here are 3 signs you need to switch to visual voicemail.

For more details on visual voicemail, check out What is Visual Voicemail?

Sign 1: You get more than 5 voicemails a week – If you are receiving more than 5 voicemails a week you should have jumped on the visual voicemail bandwagon months ago. Visual voicemail gives you a lot more functionality than regular voicemail. You can swipe through a list of your messages to choose which message you want to listen to first, see the duration of a message, and click on the trash can symbol to quickly delete.

Sign 2: Your phone is your business – When you receive daily messages from your clients, it’s important for your business to call them back as soon as possible. With visual voicemail you can see exactly who left you a message so you know who you need to call back.

Sign 3: You don’t check your voicemail because of the dial-in process – If you have stopped even checking your voicemail because of the process of retrieving messages it is a clear sign you should use visual voicemail. Eliminate the dreaded hassle of dialing your mailbox. With visual voicemail easily tap on a message right from your smartphone to play it back. It is a more convenient and time efficient way to get to your messages.

How much is your time worth to you? Visual voicemail is the tool you need to efficiently manage your voicemail and get back to your callers faster. A great solution is YouMail. The one-stop shop for all of your visual voicemail needs and more. Best part is it’s totally free. Check out YouMail today.

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Robocalls Strike Again

For the month of March, YouMail recorded 2.5 billion robocalls made to U.S. phones. A 13.3 percent increase from the number of robocalls recorded in February. That means every second, 963 calls are being made to U.S. consumers with a pre-recorded message.

Where are these calls coming from?

Several states holding presidential primaries saw a significant increase in robocalls. Political robocalls are legal and permitted by the FCC, but that doesn’t stop them from being pests to consumers and providing an opportunity for scammers to pose as a political call.

Aside from political robocalls, we have our usual suspects for robocallers. 17 of the top 20 types of robocallers are identified as payment reminders or debt collections. Showing a trend from February – bank, retail, and student loan debt collectors were the top sources of robocalls again in March.

Who are the victims of robocalls?

The numbers are in and Atlanta takes first – again. Over 110.4 million robocalls were made to the residents of Atlanta last month. Other cities ranking at the top of the list are New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston.

What can you do about robocalls?

There is the option of registering your number on the “Do Not Call” list, but that doesn’t always work. You need a more reliable solution. That’s where YouMail Smart Blocking comes in. Smart blocking detects call patterns to identify robocallers and plays them a ‘number disconnected’ greeting when they call your phone. By playing callers this tone you can trick robocallers into thinking the number they called is disconnected and will remove you from their call lists, so you won’t hear from them again.

For a more detailed analysis of March’s robocall findings click here. To view the March Robocall Index and see the top 20 robocallers for the month and top affected cities click here.