We’re easy to work with! All of our writers and announcers are chosen for their professional work and their pride of getting the message right.
We began as a message on-hold company with one employee: our founder, Katie, over 25 years ago. Over the years, we’ve grown to become the industry standard. Since our inception, we’ve helped thousands of veterinary practices develop engaging on-hold programs that inform their clients, drive more appointments, and grow their practice.
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If you like to upgrade or change the music that comes with the Grace Music On-Hold Player use the included Grace Music Master Recording Software for Windows PC's and create your own personal music mix. The Grace Music Master software even allows you to record your own personal messages and effortlessly fade in/out the messages into your mix. Once completed and saved on your computer, drag and drop the desired recordings to the USB drive then insert the drive into the Grace Music On-Hold player and the music automatically starts playing.
This is a script that your customers will hear when they waiting to talk to an actual person. It’s what place when someone is on hold, and it costs almost nothing to write one up and record.
Upload the professionally recorded WAV file to use with the matching PBX feature. Replace Music On Hold with your own professionally recorded Messages On Hold.
Length – if your callers typically wait 2 minutes at a time, then at least 2 minutes of programming should be the goal. The idea is to ensure the callers don’t hear repeated messages every time they call. A typical on-hold message is 4-8 minutes in length.
Thank you for calling Carlton & Associates – Attorneys at Law. You will be assisted in just a moment… (short pause)
The primary feature of on hold messages is that they provide a way to keep customers informed about your business. Instead of silence or elevator music, businesses can use their hold time to provide hours of operation and other useful information to their callers. Additionally, the wait time may be used to promote new products for demand generation. This can be a great tool in up-selling and cross-selling items to consumers while they wait.
A high quality USB Digital Playback Unit automatically loads your program from a removable flash (also called thumb) drive that is provided with your Unit. This Unit runs 24 hours a day with no moving parts. The digitizing rate for our machines gives you the cleanest recording and playback possible.
Gemini Sound CDMP-1500 19 Inch Professional / Home Anti Shock Audio Rackmount Single Disc Drive Mountable CD MP3 USB Media Music Player System Input with Remote
Of the 10,000 callers who heard hold music during their minute wait, only 13 percent dropped off, and more than half guessed their wait time was less than a minute. To take it a step further, the study's last group heard a mix of music and messages while on hold for one minute. Two percent hung up. Another 81 percent thought their wait time was less than a minute.
24% said that on hold messaging had been directly responsible for sales (54% were unsure as they do not track this kind of information)
Your choice of male or female professional voiceover artist, you can choose both if you prefer (a small additional charge), flexibility is the key to providing you with a product that will sell, educate and promote when your client is on hold.
The Killerspots Agency is a contagiously creative, full-service digital marketing, production, and media agency. Our culture is a strategy at its core. With measurable results and complete customer service. We have EVERYTHING under one roof. Even other ad agencies use us. (not naming names) Furthermore, we have helped businesses of all sizes and budgets get that edge over their competitors.
People don’t like going on hold, but you knew that. Funny, considering the early telephone users had to wait to be connected anyway, but now we expect an immediate connection. Think back a couple of decades to the dial-up era. You probably remember the time it took for AOL to connect—and the sounds that went with it. Now, a web page that takes more than a few seconds to load is inexcusable.
Did you know that well-designed on-hold messages with pleasant, enjoyable, smiling narration, have the power to make your callers feel more confident about retaining your services? It also increases their trust in your company. It's tricky, but the reverse is really true. An unpleasant delay provides your callers with a great opportunity to judge your facilities and customer service.
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