I probably should have explained voicemail to email a bit better. I get a notification email that a voicemail was received and an MP3 of the voicemail is included in my email notification. We have our telephone service through our cable company.

However, if you sign-up for Google Voice (I think you still need an invite for this), you can set it up so that your business number forwards to your Google Voice number (or vice versa).

You can then set it so the messages you receive, are sent directly to your email (almost like the email notification I explained above). The only difference is that in the email you receive, you click on a link to listen to the message in your web browser. You also receive a transcript (albeit sometimes not an accurate one) in the new voicemail notification.

I used my Google Voice number for the Holiday Sing-a-long I did for my podcast, because the service allows you to also download the voicemails in MP3 format.

There are other phone services out there that allow you to receive new voicemail email notifications with an audio file of the voicemail attached. You may want to check with your current telephone provider, because it is possible they offer the feature. They just don't advertise that they do!

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Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
The Voice & Vision Behind Your Business