It depends on your business industry, type of callers and marketing plan. Assuming that you take a profit driven approach to using your telephone on hold messages as a marketing tool, you will want to consider changing at a minimum of twice per year, however its best to be more proactive and update more often like quarterly or even monthly. Callers love something new and refreshing (don’t we all!), particularly those that frequently call back and are placed on hold! Why not inform them them of special promotions, new products, or customer service info – there’s always something more that can be said! Make the most of your telephone’s on hold messaging infrastructure. It is an effective way to win, retain, and sell your callers on hold.
Calls overflow to the voicemail box if they can’t be answered during business hours. This may be during unusually busy periods or if there is no one to take the call.
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On-hold messages interact with your callers when your operators and representatives can’t. Present a quality first impression while reducing call abandonment. We’ve been creating custom Message on Hold programs since 1987. Every on-hold program is a unique creation for your brand, highlighting what you do and what you do best. Listen to our demos.
A PBX or Key system is a telephone system that brings wires from all phone extensions in the building to one central control box. Some popular PBX or Key phone brands include NEC, Avaya, Mitel, Toshiba and Nortel (Norstar Meridian). If you have a business telephone system you only need our on hold media player in order to get on hold messaging.
Sample 3 – “Thanks for holding. Did you know that JK Mortgage has special programs designed to help people who don’t qualify for a standard loan? We can customize a loan specifically to meet your needs. Ask one of our certified agents for information. Someone will be with you shortly.”
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We don’t want that happening to our callers. Adding a little background music or making sure the audio file sounds like a recording will help prevent this.
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-After an average of 1 minute and 55 seconds of hold time most callers hang up annoyed – 34% of those callers who hang up will not call back.
“Ever since we added the On Hold messaging System, we receive more patients than ever asking about our new procedures. The service has paid for itself over and over again.”
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“The human brain reacts differently to different types of music, eliciting very specific emotional, physical, and behavioral responses, almost as if music were a map, communicating emotions to a brain even better than words. As in conversation, different inputs stimulate nearly all of the brain.”
Length – if your callers typically wait 2 minutes at a time, then at least 2 minutes of programming should be the goal. The idea is to ensure the callers don’t hear repeated messages every time they call. A typical on-hold message is 4-8 minutes in length.