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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Corporate cost-cutting and new technology have resulted in the advent of automated systems that can make the on-hold experience even more frustrating. It can feel near-impossible to get a human on the phone these days, which a national survey conducted by Consumer Reports found to be Americans' second-greatest annoyance, after hidden fees but beating out inaccurate weather reports and dog poop. Green observes that often people call as a last resort, because something on the website wasn't clear, perhaps, and they really need an answer quickly. So callers are captive listeners, a state often associated with the gridlock of waiting, whether in line at a Starbucks, in a dentist's chair, or in the proverbial elevator making its slow way up.
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It makes sense to keep these callers informed while they wait with Custom On Hold Messages… informative messages, mixed with music.
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In his role building Cisco’s first version of IP phones, he was aware of Cisco’s need for a piece of music to use as the default hold music for the new system. Cut to several years later, and their high school composition has become the hold music for the world’s most popular phone systems with over 65 million IP phones sold.
The included USB drive is preloaded with 6 hours of royalty-free music recorded specifically for music on hold with standard pleasant "thank you for holding" messages inserted every minute.
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.
A study by Infomax inc found that callers tend to stay online for 25% longer if there is a mix of on hold messaging and not just plain music. So you need to mix it up.
Once you’ve selected a professional on-hold messaging voice-over artist, we can help you hone the script prior to recording. After recording, we’ll mix the voice-over with your selected library music track. There are lots of great sites to buy library music. We frequently use Audio Jungle, but there are many others.
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Our customized programs are 6 minutes long and include up to 11 messages. A variety of packages are available–whether you need one program that plays year round, or you want to update your messages each month.
We recently used Messages On Hold for our new telephone system and they were professional and super helpful. Very easy process and a pleasure to deal with. Voice overs came back professional, great sound quality and exactly what we requested. Highly recommend their services. 11 months ago