Have you ever judged a company based on how poor their phone messages were? We have. Avoid giving your existing or potential customers negative arguments about the quality of your service or brand image.
Call Australia 1300852378 Call New Zealand 0800852378 My Account Hosted Web Email Contact Us Chat to Tech Support Home About S2R Website Design Graphic Design Logos and Branding Marketing Materials Social Media Social Media Management Online Marketing Reputation Management Audio Radio and TV Jingles On Hold Messages Video Our Blog Get in touch A lot can happen in 30 to 60 seconds! Your customers can hold on or hang up. You can keep callers on the line and make the most of their hold time with an original on hold message created specifically for your business. Reduce hang ups, create interest in what you offer and drive sales by keeping your callers on the line with information that will make the time fly by.
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In a few simple steps you can have a customised sell on hold message in as little as seven days.
Let’s drop some jargon: Caller retention. Customer satisfaction. Reducing churn. If you care about any of these, hold music should matter to you. Music affects mood. It can even have an effect on purchasing and decision-making behavior. Skip the sponsored Instagram posts of avocado toast; hold music is a bonafide influencer!
If you are a small enterprise and want to project a business that is promoting itself at every opportunity, you can for a small outlay educate your callers while on hold about your products, services, website and more.
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Even if your wait time is short, don’t discount the power of hold music. OnSIP’s average wait time averaged 18 seconds last month, which is just long enough for the caller to notice that the instrumental music is pleasant, with enough character to prevent boredom, before our team picks up. When that’s the last thought in your caller’s head before speaking with your business, it’s likely to be a more pleasant conversation than it might have been otherwise.
Ideal for business PBX voicemail messages and after-hours Voice 2 Email service. Record custom messages to cover public holidays and temporary office closures.
A dedicated Holdcom Script Consultant will write your script based on your input, and marketing and customer service materials. Or you can write your own.
Play music which is really suitable for on-hold calls. Generally speaking, the music should be in line with your brand image. The longer the average wait of a customer, the softer the music should be.
7. Voicemail Message. The company voicemail greeting callers hear. Sample Voicemail Scripts: “You have reached the voicemail of [company name]. Please leave a detailed message and someone will return your call as soon as possible.”
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When your customers call they’ll hear the right message, right at point of sale. Every time you press the hold button you’re opening up a world of opportunities for both your business and your customers. “More than 70% of business calls are placed on hold.” – AT&T “Callers stay on the line up to 25% longer when provided with On Hold Messaging versus dead air or background music and up to 17% longer than radio.” – Infomax “88% of callers preferred On Hold Messages to other options.” – MaxiMarketing
- Supported audio formats include: .WAV, .MP3 and .OGG; file size should not exceed 16 MB.
Choose from our specialist Australian voice over artists who are highly experienced in recording professional Telephone On Hold Messages.
Feel free to use the template messages for your on hold messages or just to get ideas. Just replace [the words in brackets] with your own words and amend as you see fit. #1 Who [On Hold Messaging Direct] are a leading supplier of [telephone messages, including IVR, music on-hold and marketing messages].
Thank you for calling {COMPANY NAME}. Please be sure to have your {account number/product ID/serial number/etc} ready for when a Customer Service Representative returns to the line.