Having an on hold message or on hold recordings for your business makes all the difference. Recent research shows that promoting your business’ services, or educating your customers through an on hold message not only improves the customer experience – but increases the likelihood of a prospect becoming a customer. We’ve been helping businesses for years to improve their telephonic marketing through well crafted on hold messages.
Phone System feature. Description. Cloud auto attendants. Lets you create a menu system that enables external and internal callers to locate and place or transfer calls to company users or departments in your organization. Note that users do not need to be voice enabled to receive calls from the auto attendant.
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2. OMG. 3. Mood Media. 4. On Hold Messaging Direct. 5. The Original On Hold. Many cloud phone systems provide the option to record your own messages for customers on hold, as part of the menu
Over 16% of callers make purchasing decisions based on the messages they hear while on-hold, even if the messages aren’t about your company.
Of those businesses that responded, 85% would recommend on hold messaging and believe it's a useful marketing tool that adds value to the business. They rated on hold marketing as effective as Internet, TV/Radio, Direct Mail, and Print marketing.
On Hold Audio by Advanced Productions is a professional company with good quality service. I highly recommend using Advanced Productions.
Callers stay on hold up to three times longer with on hold messages. Every second counts so use your time wisely. Your on hold messages are an asset to your company and can help your business grow. _____ Here are a selection of On Hold Message scripts. Script 1. Thank you for calling (Your Company): For Sales – Press 1 For Customer Support
Sample 4 – “We appreciate your patience while we are assisting other customers. Kitchens Plus has the largest selection of granite countertops in the state. Our design professionals will assist you in selecting the granite that is right for you, then they will walk you through every step of the design and installation process. Thank you for holding.”
-Customers left on-hold without any background music felt that a 30-second on-hold call actually lasted 90 seconds. Furthermore, customers thought a 30-second on-hold call that used music-on-hold last only 15 seconds.
Sian and the team did a great job for us, super fast service and informative throughout the process!
You’ve heard the basic format for on hold messages before: “Thank you for holding. A representative will be with you shortly…” But there’s far more to an on hold message than the same robotic voice over and over.
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One of the most valuable benefits of a Message On Hold program is its ability to help your customer service representatives. As a starting point for your Message On Hold, consider adding frequently asked questions to your on hold script. Ask your customer service reps what questions they hear again, and again, and again, they put those answers on hold. This way, you might answer questions before even talking to a customer.
-88% of callers preferred on-hold messages to other hold options, and 16 – 20% made a purchase based on an on-hold offer.
Messages On Hold makes the most out of your telephone by tailoring specific on hold messages and on hold music that promote your business to your callers. It is the perfect internal marketing and customer service tool that affectively uses the valuable on hold ‘air time’ to promote your secondary products and services in a non-confrontational manner. Telephone messages on hold will also make your business sound more professional and much more established. Think about it, callers greeted with professional recordings will see you as a business that invests in themselves and has the means to continuously build their brand. Media Sound will produce a captivating audio production promoting your business and its products and services. Our copywriters will devise a script detailing your offerings, our voiceover artists will bring your scripts to life, and our audio engineers will further enhance your production by mixing your voice recordings with music and sound effects.
You don't have to be a large national business to make an impression with your callers. On hold messages are ideal for SME businesses to sound just as professional.