Hold music keeps your callers distracted from the wait, although it should not be considered a fix for long queue times.
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The best hold music has few instruments and preferably only one. Simple music handles the change in quality better than a full orchestra arrangement. The latter gets distorted, particularly if it’s too loud for the phone to handle and clipping happens. No one wants to hear a dirge-like cacophony masquerading as “Pachelbel’s Canon in D.”
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“Call center operators who picked up the phone reported feeling less emotionally exhausted when dealing with customers who heard standard pop music.” –Time, “Why Music on Hold Drives You Crazy”
1) If you should require the necessary hardware, an experienced and reputable on-hold messaging provider should have a list of equipment options that you can choose from. They should be able to thoroughly explain the pros and cons of each, and guide you through or arrange for it to be professionally installed.
Record and play the message while the caller is waiting to be connected. An excellent way to professionally introduce your business to the callers and set it apart from the competitors.
Hold music gained mainstream popularity in the early aughts. As cell phone customization became more of a focus, ringback tones gained popularity. People carefully chose the song to play in lieu of ringtones for incoming calls. It was a chance to control the call experience and showcase your personality before you even said hello. By the time the first US national carrier offered ringback tones in 2004, it was a multibillion-dollar industry. Hold music keeps your callers distracted from the wait. Why Use Hold Music at All?
Your On-Hold Messaging and Music is the first impression to your callers – make it memorable and build trust with our customizable solution. Get a Demo. Represent Your Brand. Choose the perfect voice to promote your brand and inform callers—our professional voice talent gives you the polished, effective messages that you need.
To get a better idea of what we’re about you can listen to some examples of on hold messages we’ve produced below. Do you need an audio project voiced in a specific accent, style, or language?
Yes. Just give us the concept and we will write and professionally record the messages for you. Or, you can submit your own scripts for professional recording.
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Nobody likes being put on hold, but you can make the experience more enjoyable and beneficial for your customers. Instead of silence or elevator music, you can get a custom message telling waiting customers about products, answer frequently asked questions, or let them know about recent changes to hours or locations. Harness the power of a captive audience without boring them in the process. Sell your products and services while YOU are on another line. PROVIDING AFFORDABLE CUSTOMIZED ON HOLD MUSIC MESSAGING FOR ANY SIZED COMPANY
BusinessVoice has won client and caller acclaim, along with dozens of local, regional and national awards for our Humor On Hold™.
Cornell's "I'm On Hold" follows some of the industry standards, particularly around frequencies and compression, which is one of the reasons he wrote it with a country-ish melody, wanting something simple but catchy, with only a single instrument and vocals. But in other ways, "I'm On Hold" totally upends the genre by breaking the cardinal rule — that hold music shouldn't call attention to itself.