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In an ideal world you’d never put a caller on hold, but since most of the time that’s not a reasonable expectation for those tasked with receiving calls, your hold button is necessary. And, when it comes to your business, silence is not golden. Dead air on the other end of the line is not only a waste of a golden opportunity, it can leave callers frustrated, questioning whether or not you’re still even on the line.
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Now you can keep your customers on the line and engaged with a custom on hold message. We have many different demos for you to sample. Below are a few of our on hold demos that we have produced. If you like the messages that are here, you can replicate the voice, style and other aspects once you sign up for an account. Try our risk free demo Contact Name Company Name Email Fully refundable deposit of $19.99 Andre Guerrero Ocean's Prime Steakhouse "The Original On Hold made the process of adding on-hold advertising and in-store music and messaging a breeze! Always a great finished product and excellent service." Dr. Stacey Albers Vision Care Centers "Fantastic! Our centers were very impressed with the quality and creativity of your staff. I would recommend them to anyone looking to increase the professionalism of their business." Bryan Davis First University Credit Union "I have to say we are very impressed with the customer service your company has shown on so many levels. Thank you for your attentive and prompt service." We love our customersLet us introduce you to just a few of the clients we work with Join Our Newsletter Stay informed. Our newsletter is packed with marketing tips, ideas, strategies and best practices. 100% Privacy. Guaranteed! 5944 Coral Ridge Dr #121 Ph 1-866-886-6465 Twitter Tweets by @originalonhold Connect with us Toggle navigation Royalty Free Music(current) Sound Effects Voice Overs Custom Music Audio Production Articles Information Blog Help & Support Start by writing your script in a word processing document and continue to add or edit until you are happy with it. Prompts – Directions for your callers i.e. For Accounts, press 1, For Sales, press 2, For... etc. On hold sections – On hold marketing messages mixed with music whilst the caller is on hold. Answer machine greetings – If the caller needs to leave a message. Here is a quick example
Your file will be delivered to you with 15 seconds of background music (or blank airtime if you do not choose background music) after the voice message. This will give you 15 seconds of music (or blank airtime) between each message when run in a loop.
5. TO SOUND UP-TO-DATE. Adding seasonal, holiday, or other temporary messages such a facility closures or construction notification to Message-On-Hold features helps make your business communicative, attentive, and that ever important quality of being “personable”.
The idea of creating a custom on-hold message may sound daunting, but advancements in technology have made it a lot easier in the last few years.
Helpful message on hold sections are meant to speedily improve the caller experience. Good content to provide during these sections might include information that the caller may be looking for on their call, information regarding access to a business location, troubleshooting steps and problem resolution and information on organizational changes that the caller may need before proceeding with their call.
We are proud to offer a variety of regional English accents and natively spoken languages for your on-hold messaging needs.
Sample 5 — "Thanks for holding. Dazzle your clients with delicious cookies featuring your company's logo! Orders are available for batches as small as 200 cookies! Someone will be with you shortly."
Not to mention it's completely illegal to play the radio to callers on hold. Although the radio station has the appropriate license to broadcast music, your business does not, and that could leave you paying major fines.
Clients running cloud based VoIP phone systems have their phone recordings supplied as digital files only. We optimise all such recordings for best playback quality and work with your IT team or phone company to ease the update process and ensure the highest playback quality to your valued callers. We become your AUDIO MARKETING ARM that produces periodical message updates and music refreshes to ensure your telephone on hold messages are always up to date and relevant. “If your telephone on hold needs are facilitated by another company, why not challenge us to do better” Be sure to browse our website to discover the full breadth of our Messages On Hold, Music On Hold, IVR and Phone Prompt services. "I found the system worked great for us. Customers can now enjoy learning about our business while on hold instead of hearing silence. We can also create our own messages to suit our needs for sales or special occasions. Very happy with the system and the efficient installation." "Thank you for the prompt service and quality product. The sound quality is fantastic and the ability to update our message on such a quick turn around time is great". “Big thanks to Evolved Sound for setting up our on-hold messaging system. It’s great knowing we can give our customers important information and promotions before they’ve even spoken to a member of our team. The flexibility to change our on-hold message has been incredibly useful and we’re thoroughly impressed with the sound quality. The team are highly efficient in the installation of the system and in providing any assistance we’ve needed.” "We have been using Evolved Sound for our on hold messages for some time now, and would recommend the service to anyone. The recordings are professional and the service we receive is fantastic" "Your service is exceptional when we compare it to some of the others we have to cope with!" "This is brilliant. Please take some time to listen to this as it is spot on and super professional." "We purchased an on-hold system from Evolved Sound in December 2004 and despite being located in a different city found it quick and easy." "The system has been fine and reliable. In the long term, your product will be more cost effective compared to what we were running in the past through our previous supplier." "I would like to thank Evolved Sound for their professionalism and efficiency in assisting SPC Ardmona produce a new and greatly improved on-hold message. The new message now provides callers with up to date information about new products and general company information." "All is working fine since the on hold system was installed. Although we wouldn't lose too much business if callers hung up, the systems certainly helps them stay connected with us while on hold. The on hold system also gives us a chance to put relevant information forward which assists in pushing our corporate identity." "We finally had the on hold music system connected by our phone people. It is now working very well and we may look at changing the music down the track too." "The MOH software has been great - we tried a CD player but then it died. We tried the radio but it kept drifting off the station. We had silence for ages but then customers didn't know if we'd hung up on them - not good customer service!" "Easts was looking for an alternative to CD based messaging, by having flash based audio we haven't experienced any drop outs or need to change CDs. Just set and forget." "Thanks for great work in setting up our 'Messages on Hold' within the first 3 days we gained an extra sale, which has paid for the entire cost of the system you put in. The Evolved Sound 'Messages on hold has become an invaluable tool to let our customers know what additional services our company offers and the whole process from script writing to final installation was a breeze." "Since we have been running the on hold system, we have received a lot of positive feedback from our staff. They have said using on hold is a great way to provide customers with information that they don't already know about. We found the order process to be very easy and overall we are very happy with the end result." "Since implementing our on hold system both members and non-members have commented favourably on what they now hear when on hold. It is a very practical and cheap way to promote our products and services. Evolved Sound were great with the scripting and ensured that all our requirements were met. The end product sounds spot on and gives us a great professional image." "Although we don't put callers on hold too much, we do receive positive feedback. Callers have said it is good to have some relevant information to listen to while on hold rather than the local radio station. With that in mind, we know when they are placed on hold with the system supplied by Evolved Sound they will be looked after". "We used the services and purchased on hold systems from Evolved Sound for numerous Government departments. It has been a very good company to work with. The production times have been to schedule and follow-ups were good too. Overall we have been significantly happy with the service and I would give the service a rating of 8 out of 10" "Working with Evolved was great, we choose our voice over artist from the selection of recordings offered on the website. Evolved assisted us with the content of our recording offering insightful input into what makes a message work. The recording was done sooner than expected and we where happy with the review/ feedback process that evolved have in place. It gave us ample opportunity to fine tune the recording to suit our market. We valued our experience with Evolved and have no hesitation in recommending Evolved to others. GAMEHEAD will certainly be using evolved again in the future". "Since purchasing an on hold software package we have enjoyed the flexibility to mix and match messages at a whim. When there are new promotions or new models arrive, we like the ability to quickly slot in the new recordings, without having to re-record everything again. The ability to provide separate content to different car divisions from one central server has been a very useful feature too." The following clients through sub-contract thank Evolved Sound - Transworld Group, uni Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Swift Freight International, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Panasonic, Motor Harley-Davidson Cycles & Le Meridien.
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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Organising your Customised Message On Hold is as easy as contacting us. Each business is unique and your advertising on hold message reflects this. You will need to answer a few questions about your business and from that we can create a draft for your review. Changes are made as necessary until we have final approval taking your script to the next stage.
Tone - select the right tone for your business brand. If your target market are young millennials, then the script would most likely include some slang words, be quite laid back and the script would be recorded in an energetic tone. If you primarily service the business market, then the script would be more articulate and recorded with a more professional tone. Website Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy Policies and Legal BusinessCom BusinessPBX BusinessCo Online Store BusinessCo Group Testimonials Compliments & Complaints 1300 Number Plans Shortlisted Voices Voice Actor Login Voice Actor Sign Up Login Sign Up Get Quote Audio Description British Sign Language Closed Captioning Localization Services Subtitling Services Translation Services Browse Languages English Speaking Find Narrators Genres Narrator Jobs Male Female Non-Binary Animation Voices Browse Languages Casting English Accents Find Voices Styles Unions Video Game Voices Voice Acting Jobs Voice Types Male Female Non-Binary Browse Talents Casting Location Services Mediums Nativities Post-Production Male Talents Female Talents Non-Binary Talents Rates Scriptwriting Talents Search Translations Voice-Over Jobs Gender All Genders Non-Binary Male Female Styles All Styles Comedy Host / Announcer B2B Characters Documentary Education Explainer Guide / IVR Impressions Narration News Commercial / Promotional Singing Africa (All)America (Latin)America (North)Asia (All)Europe (All)FictionalOceania (All) Africa, CentralAfrica, EastAfrica, NorthAfrica, SouthAfrica, South EastAfrica, WestAmerica, CentralAmerica, NorthAmerica, SouthAsia, CentralAsia, EastAsia, SouthAsia, South EastAtlantic, NorthAustralasiaBritish IslesCaribbeanEurope, CentralEurope, EastEurope, SouthEurope, South EastEurope, WestGalacticMiddle EastMythicalPacific IslandsScandinavia Tone(s) Angry Authoritative Comedic Conversational Eloquent Enticing Inspiring Nurturing Playful Sad Scared Unorthodox Advanced Gender(s) and Age(s) Non-Binary (Child) Non-Binary (Teen) Non-Binary (Young Adult) Non-Binary (Adult) Non-Binary (Senior) Male (Child) Male (Teen) Male (Young Adult) Male (Adult) Male (Senior) Female (Child) Female (Teen) Female (Young Adult) Female (Adult) Female (Senior) Styles(s) B2B Characters Comedy Commercial / Promotional Documentary Education Explainer Guide / IVR Host / Announcer Impressions Narration News Singing Pitch(es) Very High, Light, Camp Pitch High, Light Pitch Normal Pitch Low Pitch Very Low, Deep Pitch On-Hold Messaging Voice-Over Your on-hold messaging deserves only the best voice-over talent to represent your brand and keep callers happy. Listen to Voices Tell us about your project
Before we get into “Step-By-Step Guide to Custom On Hold Messages” it’s important to understand the value of having custom on hold messages for your brand. Business has always been done over the phone, and callers have always been put on hold, but as online shopping has surpassed brick and mortar traffic, over-the-phone sales have reached all time highs. A recent study by Marchex shows that Americans spent more than $1 trillion in mobile “click-to-call” commerce, and there was over 93 billion consumer-to-business phone calls from smartphones and this number is expected to grow to a whopping 162 billion by 2019, 70% of callers are placed on hold 62% of callers hang-up in less than 45 seconds 34% of callers who hang-up will never call back.