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A dedicated Holdcom Script Consultant will write your script based on your input, and marketing and customer service materials. Or you can write your own.
On Hold Message 4 – Is there anything the caller should know about? This may be current news in your industry or seasonal promotion.
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Informational message on hold sections make user of wait time by providing the caller with product, service or support information. This is a good opportunity to cross sell items to the caller that they may be interested in, provide detailed location descriptions and general business background information.
Oh, the waiting is the hardest part? Thanks Tom, we didn’t know that. Tell me, is water wet?
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Why would you spend hundreds or thousands of pounds enticing new customers to call your business only to provide them with an initial experience that is less than stellar and doesn’t reflect your business’s brand? Why wouldn’t you utilise this opportunity to market your business services and products to a captive audience?
"Okay, I shouldn’t have opened [and read this copy] while I was on a conference call. That was a good laugh. Very good work." - Daniel Doxey / International Translating Company (Hear a sample)
Submit your script, or draft, along with your project details and a description of how the voice should sound (be it conversational, informative, commanding...etc) and we'll send a demo for approval.
We can record your audio production in a number of different styles from funny characters
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You will most likely run into the typical Stalingrad-esque repeating messages that state how important your call is to the business. It is only slightly less annoying to have some form of default music that plays on a loop, and gives you the virtual experience of being stuck in an elevator, listening to muzak ad infinitum.
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