USA Business Telephone Today conducted a survey of 30,000 callers to study the effects of hold music, or the lack of it, for a single minute. More than half the callers who were put on hold without any auditory stimulation hung up. The silence affected the rest of the group’s perception of time: More than 27 percent thought their wait time exceeded five minutes, and 18 percent thought it exceeded three minutes. Only 3 percent judged their wait time to be close to the actual one-minute timeframe. All of the callers in the study had listened to dead air for only 60 seconds.
The song was immediately polarizing, as far as these things go, which the company's executives,saw as a good thing; it generated buzz on Twitter, and gave people something to talk about when they got on the phone. Some people hated it, Cornell said, and others loved it so much they downloaded it. Cornell was invited to do a live performance for one company, where sales staff listened to the song all day long. It wasn't meant to fade into the background, and perhaps that's why it's lasted so long.
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Remember that part about getting more bang for your buck when you use a professionally produced on hold program? Here's where it gets really interesting - if you're doing everything right, and answering the questions and providing information that your customers really need and want to hear, there's a good chance you can reuse the content you've already created. You can repurpose your Message On Hold as overhead announcements in your facility or store, as short videos, as website audio, and more. When you think outside of the box, there are many ways to take what you have and make it something more.
We generally recommend that clients invest in a system capable of delivering a custom messaging on hold feature. Callers and clients appreciate the improved service levels and the additional free advertising can help turn your phone system into another revenue stream for your business.
When was the last time you were placed on-hold and felt like this guy because you had to listen to: -A message recorded (probably by an employee) and added to, over and over again at various levels?
VoIP providers also use other audio technologies such as silence suppression, background noise removal, echo cancellation, etc, which also affect the way voice sounds, and on hold music too.
Instead of writing to inform people or to entertain them, you need to write your script as a way to create a conversation. You need to imagine what someone would say to another person and then put it on the page. Don’t be afraid if it feels like you’re talking to yourself — that just means you’re writing well.
And in case the company tries to jerk you around or screw you over, the DoNotPay app lets you instantly share to social media a legal recording of the call to shame them.
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Our blog post - how to choose the best voice for on-hold marketing has some crucial information you should consider before selecting a voice-over talent for your on-hold messages.
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.
"Messages on hold are often one of the most painful of customer ordeals. But when done right by Scott Greggory and crew with actual humor, it takes a customer hassle and elevates it to a customer experience you tell others about. Click through to check out a couple samples. They're addictive, and brilliant marketing." - Bill Cusick / Author & Customer Experience Expert
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