Watsap call is cool but if u cal on watsap video, i gonna cut u off

TOBILOBA2023:
I noticed that some people sees use of WhatsApp for calls as unprofessional.

I prefer WhatsApp calls to normal voice calls because it's more cheaper and also helps save normal call airtime for lines that are not registered on WhatsApp.

A woman refused to engage me in business discussion because I called her via WhatsApp. She feels I'm not serious or professional enough.

Do you have any issues with WhatsApp calls for business/official purposes?

It is highly unprofessional to call someone on Whatsapp, unless you have the person's permission. Consider the following:

1. If the receiver doesn't have an active data bundle how do they receive your call?
2. Even if the person has a bundle but doesn't switch on the mobile data/ WiFi, how do you connect?
3. Whatsapp consumes the data of both the caller and the receiver so each time you call, you're basically making the receiver spend money on the call and if it doesn't bring money into their pocket, it's a loss for them.
4. Whatsapp is not a primary calling platform, it's internet based and not all phones have internet facilities, take tiny nokia phones as examples.

Based on the above, you need to re-examine yourself as a potential caller and ask yourself if you're serious about the call or not. Do not stress people if you know you need to talk. Respect yourself and buy airtime to make serious calls.

Shalom.

CaIImeTrinity:
you're a slowpoke

your stupidity is legendary

It is poor mindset if u feel that people who call u on what's are poor. The most beneficial people to me always call me on WhatsApp

Adaorababy:
Only archaic people avoid WhatsApp for business calls. It is important however, to first ask their permission via chat or text before engaging them via WhatsApp calls.

If the person doesn't have an active data bundle or doesn't switch it on, or peradventure the person uses a phone that has no internet (like tiny phones), what happens in that case?

Serious people don't call on whatsapp, especially for the first time. I like the part where u said they need to ask for permission though.

TOBILOBA2023:
I noticed that some people sees use of WhatsApp for calls as unprofessional.

I prefer WhatsApp calls to normal voice calls because it's more cheaper and also helps save normal call airtime for lines that are not registered on WhatsApp.

A woman refused to engage me in business discussion because I called her via WhatsApp. She feels I'm not serious or professional enough.

Do you have any issues with WhatsApp calls for business/official purposes?

Women are always like that, spending momey or waste of money is what they see as love and seriousness. A woman like that are the one dating Yahoo guys that eventually use them for rituals.

People tend to over talk when on WhatsApp call because it's cheaper, so call me on your credit and be fast and straight to the point

TOBILOBA2023:
I noticed that some people sees use of WhatsApp for calls as unprofessional.

I prefer WhatsApp calls to normal voice calls because it's more cheaper and also helps save normal call airtime for lines that are not registered on WhatsApp.

A woman refused to engage me in business discussion because I called her via WhatsApp. She feels I'm not serious or professional enough.

Do you have any issues with WhatsApp calls for business/official purposes?

Cheaper and not "more cheaper"

Kenmatt:


Lmao

Do you know why I was laughing my Ass off?

Most of the people act the manner you said you do.

Illiteracy has eaten deep into the system of most Nigerians.

Because most of the guys that indulge in "Key board battling" would always ask for notification before you hit them live, because they are not truthful, most people now see it as a norm that you must pre inform them before calling on WhatsApp or Video.

When ever I wanna jam a lady up on V. Call and She declines and resort to such statement, I see her as bare knowledge inclined Bae

Oga, read the topic. They said business calls, you are talking of calling woman. I no get time for small pikin talk.

If you like be Putin or Joe Biden. I won't pick your WhatsApp calls if we we haven't spoken before and you didn't inform me that you'll call on WhatsApp.

Person never pick voice calls finish, you are talking of WhatsApp calls.

Yes it's unprofessional except you have agreed with the client or customer to engage in WhatsApp conversation

Seemingly unprofessional!

I dont even like whatsapp calls at times i dont pick it

Especially from friends i wont pick it

WhatsApp call is just not my thing, anybody i dey call na normal phone call but if people call me with WhatsApp i dey answer o but me i no fit use am call person. I ain't use to it. I ring your phone for it to ring all the time i call not me dailing a number and it ain't ringing cause reciever is offline, that is bullshit

You ask for permission

You said it all

RecentHistory:
If you're calling me for the first time and you call me on WhatsApp calls, I won't pick.

If you don't give me advance notice that you want to talk on WhatsApp, I no go pick.

But funny enough, if I'm having a conversation on large numbers or private stuff, I use WhatsApp calls. It's safer.

BeardedmeatR:
It is not.

So I've seen a couple of your responses and thought to engage. Personally, I think it's highly unprofessional for the first business contact to be a whatsapp call. I will never (and this is my personal opinion) answer anyone, even Tony Elumelu or Femi Otedola if their first contact is a whatsapp call. But there's a caveat to this. If the business I work with has provided me an official number which they also registered on WhatsApp and have whatsapp as one of their valid means of communication, I will engage any and every whatsapp call to that official number. My personal number is exclusively for my private communications and my WhatsApp is more specifically for contacts with family and friends. If someone with an unknown number initiates a chat with me on WhatsApp to introduce themselves and then request to call over whatsapp, that's perfectly fine. But if their first contact to my personal whatsapp is a phone call, I'm never going to respond to that call. Whatsapp recently introduced a privacy feature to Silence unknown callers and I have that turned on

RecentHistory:


Oga, read the topic. They said business calls, you are talking of calling woman. I no get time for small pikin talk.

If you like be Putin or Joe Biden. I won't pick your WhatsApp calls if we we haven't spoken before and you didn't inform me that you'll call on WhatsApp.

Person never pick voice calls finish, you are talking of WhatsApp calls.

Get otta here.

Call is call. Be it voice call or WhatsApp call.

You know nothing. If it was WhatsApp call that came first before ordinary call, wouldn't you have been using it?

I do about seventy percent of my mega business via WhatsApp chats and calls.

I have done a deal that worth multi million that the Client has never seen me till date to know if I am blue or black

It all via WhatsApp, Legitimate deals before you start wailing.

bigadler:


It is highly unprofessional to call someone on Whatsapp, unless you have the person's permission. Consider the following:

1. If the receiver doesn't have an active data bundle how do they receive your call?
2. Even if the person has a bundle but doesn't switch on the mobile data/ WiFi, how do you connect?
3. Whatsapp consumes the data of both the caller and the receiver so each time you call, you're basically making the receiver spend money on the call and if it doesn't bring money into their pocket, it's a loss for them.
4. Whatsapp is not a primary calling platform, it's internet based and not all phones have internet facilities, take tiny nokia phones as examples.

Based on the above, you need to re-examine yourself as a potential caller and ask yourself if you're serious about the call or not. Do not stress people if you know you need to talk. Respect yourself and buy airtime to make serious calls.

Shalom.

na because of cost of data na y most peeps in naija off dia data lets b honest .

When i won reach out to peeps in d states na whatsapp or zoom ,we no dey do cellular calls ,save cost abeg .

Some interviews i have done for remote jobs has been via whatsapp,skype or zoom,even my yankee school my peer mentor and the likes dey use whatsapp communicate with me ,what we face in naija is d cost of data

Whatsapp calls are interrupted when you have an actual call coming through, there are also issues with call clarity because of internet signal fluctuations. Couple this with the fact that whatsapp is still perceived as a form of social media and you begin to see why it may not be the best platform for hosting critical business calls.

In a formal business environment, the cost of the call should not be an issue. I worked internationally within corporate structures and this is my observation.

Channel of communication is channel of communication, you can use any medium of communication that is clear for communication what is barrier in it, those who critisise reading from laptop in church are ignorant of the technology

Funny enuf big deals way i don come across na wia whatsapp chats not calls oo ,chats,those kind peeps no dey always call you .

TOBILOBA2023:
I noticed that some people sees use of WhatsApp for calls as unprofessional.

I prefer WhatsApp calls to normal voice calls because it's more cheaper and also helps save normal call airtime for lines that are not registered on WhatsApp.

A woman refused to engage me in business discussion because I called her via WhatsApp. She feels I'm not serious or professional enough.

Do you have any issues with WhatsApp calls for business/official purposes?

Cheaper is the comparative form of cheap so I wonder what's 'more cheaper' 😂

No mind me abeg. Many see it as unprofessional while others have no problem with it, we all are wired differently.

TOBILOBA2023:
I noticed that some people sees use of WhatsApp for calls as unprofessional.

I prefer WhatsApp calls to normal voice calls because it's more cheaper and also helps save normal call airtime for lines that are not registered on WhatsApp.

A woman refused to engage me in business discussion because I called her via WhatsApp. She feels I'm not serious or professional enough.

Do you have any issues with WhatsApp calls for business/official purposes?

It is.
Infact if you tell me you want to call me on WhatsApp, I will just block you in my mind.

I can manage chat but making official calls through Whatsapp?? What happened to emails?

Summary: It is very very unprofessional.

TOBILOBA2023:
I noticed that some people sees use of WhatsApp for calls as unprofessional.

I prefer WhatsApp calls to normal voice calls because it's more cheaper and also helps save normal call airtime for lines that are not registered on WhatsApp.

A woman refused to engage me in business discussion because I called her via WhatsApp. She feels I'm not serious or professional enough.

Do you have any issues with WhatsApp calls for business/official purposes?

Not proper especially for the first time.

Keep in mind that the receiver also needs to use data to communicate with you while you are trying get business from him/her.

Besides, it portrays your company as a less privileged organisation who is just managing resources with a lot of inefficiencies. And it also means as a business, you cant afford airtime for business calls.

I really do not think it's an issue of modern or archaic person , its about biz communication values and ethics.

Rather, manage to raise airtime and communicate to establish some familiarity or the first , try to understand if the person wouldnt mind Whatsapp calls or chats in your subsequent communications and you will be good to go.
Through wisdom a house is built(says the holy book)

Adaorababy:
Only archaic people avoid WhatsApp for business calls. It is important however, to first ask their permission via chat or text before engaging them via WhatsApp calls.

It's a means of communication. We have to move away from some ideologies.

Most calls from outside Nigeria these days initiate either from Zoom, Teams or WhatsApp (if you supply your mobile number to them).

Most corporations now incorporate WhatsApp API to their site.

Personally I no longer load airtime more than NGN500/month to call granny over voice. Any other person is WhatsApp.

We are not quick to adapt, that's our major problem and then some of us sit on a high horse.

qtx:

Not proper especially for the first time.

Says who please? I've had a company send me a message for the first time on WhatsApp.

The MO in my present place is WhatsApp or Teams. It's a means of communication. I've reached prospects on WhatsApp for the first time too.

Tradegood:


It is.
Infact if you tell me you want to call me on WhatsApp, I will just block you in my mind.

I can manage chat but making official calls through Whatsapp?? What happened to emails?

Summary: It is very very unprofessional.

Unprofessional by who?

slawomir:
Damnnn niggar
There is nothing wrong son
So many primitive and archaic people in this part of the world

Voice over Internet calls or rather Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is what people use in communicating nowadays

One thing about me if you are my relatives or friend and most time when I send you messages on WhatsApp knowing fully well that you have internet enabled phone and yet my WhatsApp message takes like one day to show that double tick then I will conclude you are not serious in life

If I want to contact you the first thing I do is call you through Internet because I can't be spending thousands of naira on data subscription and you still expect me to waste my normal credit on calls

N1gga you have said it all. One can not be wasting my time because of ignorance and ability to transit and follow what reality is. Now, one needs to be able to learn, relearn and unlearn... I noticed those folks abroad don't even call via normal call, its either WhatsApp or will ask you for other Internet means.

dfrost:


It's a means of communication. We have to move away from some ideologies.

Most calls from outside Nigeria these days initiate either from Zoom, Teams or WhatsApp (if you supply your mobile number to them).

Most corporations now incorporate WhatsApp API to their site.

Personally I no longer load airtime more than NGN500/month to [b]call granny [/b]over voice. Any other person is WhatsApp.

We are not quick to adapt, that's our major problem and then some of us sit on a high horse.

The bolded part is not official. If you have ever worked in a well structured oraginsation, you will agree with those wo say its unprofessional. Most people shouting there is nothing worng, i bet you have little or no knowldge of how standard organisations work. Besides, Whatsapp API is mostly not for calls, there are for things likes sending and recieveing of transaction reports via whatsapp platform, chats etc. calls may be ,but the least on the list of reasons for API integrations. I have handled quite a number of such integrations for some businesses.

RealEzee:
Funny enuf big deals way i don come across na wia whatsapp chats not calls oo ,chats,those kind peeps no dey always call you .

Thank you for this. Large corps don integrate WhatsApp API, some still dey reason like cavemen 😝🤣.

Buzzed someone on WhatsApp to pass information, the young lady was practically rude. I laughed and told her 'sorry madam'. She later discovered who was behind the initial communication and was singing apologies like a canary. I wasn't even angry.

And I corrected her by asking her if she has all the numbers in the world, she said no. Then there is always a first time to reach out, whether via WhatsApp or not.

My WhatsApp is my business official or unofficial. But if a particular client requests otherwise then there is no harm in a direct call.

qtx:

The bolded part is not official. If you have ever worked in a well structured oraginsation, you will agree with those wo say its unprofessional. Most people shouting there is nothing worng, i bet you have little or no knowldge of how standard organisations work. Besides, Whatsapp API is mostly not for calls, there are for things likes sending and recieveing of transaction reports via whatsapp platform, chats etc. calls may be ,but the least on the list of reasons for API integrations. I have handled quite a number of such integrations for some businesses.

Thanks 🤣😝 for yabbing me chief. Please do you have a professional place I can learn professionalism?