AT&T has offered music while the phone is ringing to the calling party (music plays instead of ring...ring..ring), but they charge what seems to be a lot for the service and it only lasts for a year, as I recall. Lots of choices of music, though. No idea about call holding, try calling AT&T. Apr 14, 2009 3:40 PM Apr 14, 2009 4:53 PM in response to PsychedelicWonders In response to PsychedelicWonders
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to educate and entertain your callers (bundled with the possibility of making that extra sale, which is always a plus). You can utilize on hold messages in a variety of ways to get engagement from your callers and to ensure they feel in control. All it takes is the right script, the right voice, and habitual updates dashed with a little bit of creativity.
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Music on hold helps you increase retention, reduce churn, and even influence your caller’s attitude with hold music. Go on, get your elevator music jokes out. We’ll wait (and chuckle). We’ve all poked fun at Muzak, but the importance of hold music and its multifaceted nature may surprise you. Seventy percent of business calls go on hold. The main point behind hold music is to signal that the line is still open, but that’s not all it does. You can increase retention, reduce churn, and even influence your caller’s attitude with hold music.
Fantastic customer service from Lee when he set up an automatic answer message system for us. Nothing was too much trouble and he helped to solve our problem very quickly and easily. Thanks for all of your help.
If you’re ready to start, call us or fill out a quick form and we’ll get in contact with you. It’s a quick process that’ll take about 2-weeks. Evaluate Your Caller Experience On-Hold Message Samples Phone System Technical Details Our Process for Developing Your Custom On-Hold System Consultation Caller Experience Evaluation Archives April 2021 May 2013 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 February 2012 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 October 2008 September 2008 October 2007 August 2007 July 2007 March 2007 Let’s Connect Product Brochure.pdf Install Manual.pdf LAN/WAN Annex.pdf 88% of callers preferred On Hold Messages to other hold options, and 16% made purchases based on an on hold offer. Source: MaxiMarketing Without messages or music nearly 60% of business callers placed on-hold will hang up. Almost 30% of these callers won’t call back. Source: CNN A study by US WEST reported that when companies played information on hold, caller retention increased by 40%, inquiries increased by as much as 15%, and requests for services increased by as much as 12% Some of our Clients Blogroll Dave Young – Branding Blog Dave Young’s blog about all things branding Michael Drew – Promote A Book Michael Drew’s blog about publishing and platform building Tom Wanek – Marketing Beyond Advertising Tom Wanek’s blog about how to build (and keep) credibility Your privacy is guaranteed. We will never give, lease or sell your personal information. login P. 604.529.1181 Tollfree 1.877.345.4653
Informational message on hold sections make user of wait time by providing the caller with product, service or support information. This is a good opportunity to cross sell items to the caller that they may be interested in, provide detailed location descriptions and general business background information.
Business Intro – quick intro announcement heard by the caller before they speak with a business representative. Usually quite short and welcoming, introducing the business to the caller.
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What’s the average length of the musical interludes in a Message on Hold program?
Great experience, quick turn around time and quick revisions/adjustments made. Thoroughly enjoyed working with Fausto from On Hold Audio by Advanced Productions. Highly recommend and will use again.
Voicemail Greetings – outgoing message recordings for after-hours voicemail box and when a call can’t be taken.
We can produce on-hold comfort messages or on-hold marketing messages and mix them with your selected music track.
Of those businesses that responded, 85% would recommend on hold messaging and believe it's a useful marketing tool that adds value to the business. They rated on hold marketing as effective as Internet, TV/Radio, Direct Mail, and Print marketing.
Great company to deal with! Made everything so straight forward and the results are fantastic! Really happy with our hold music. Great price and great product. Would definitely use them again! Thanks guys!
At Professional Voice Greetings we are happy to provide on-hold messaging starting from just $38.98 ($34.99 base price + $3.99 for the on-hold messaging option). Purchase by going to the Voice Samples page, select a voice, add background music if you wish, and write your script. Then, during the checkout process, be sure to select the button that asks if you are buying on-hold messaging.
Only bring attention to a hold when: But no matter what, refuse your urge to use distastefully curt phrases like “please hold” and “one moment.”. You should always use custom on hold messages, not trite and irritating ones. Before putting a customer on hold, make sure you have a proper hold procedure in place.