Regular updates of your On Hold Message are a great way to show that yours is a practice committed, not only to professionalism and caring, but is also an integral part of the community.
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.
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Calls diverted to the voicemail box of a department that doesn’t have active reception staff.
Whether you use the best hold music in the world or a simple repeating jingle, hold music is worth using for one reason. Customer retention. USA Business Telephone Today held a study of 30,000 callers.They placed each on hold for one minute, but split the callers into three groups and used different hold techniques on each before measuring the results.
Holdcom offers a range of equipment solutions for Message on Hold that will ensure high quality sound at the right time, all the time, for you… and your callers. Before you decide on a Message on Hold equipment solution, there are a number of factors to consider: Number of locations Number of updates per year Message on Hold customization needs Security (from tampering and/or theft) at single or multiple locations Hands-on capability for update implementation and maintenance Length of desired Message on Hold system contract
While we are technically unable to put hold music directly onto a cell phone, there IS a way to have this feature and many other functions of an expensive phone system, using a cloud-based phone setup and a simple application on your smartphone. Whether you work on your cell phone exclusively, or you need an office phone (or phones) in addition
“Call center operators who picked up the phone reported feeling less emotionally exhausted when dealing with customers who heard standard pop music.” –Time, “Why Music on Hold Drives You Crazy”
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.
Oftentimes, having examples can help sprout ideas and fuel a good brainstorming session.
I agree with you. The music phone service provider use is never the best! Like you, when I switch to my calendar on iPhone and ask my caller to wait while I do that, it would be great to have one of my iPod tracks play to him until I pressed the green bar again to return to the call. Surely one could set that up independently of the phone service provider: just a matter of substituting my music choice for my voice until I clicked back off hold?? May 15, 2009 12:10 AM User profile for user: Tamara Tamara User level: Level 6 (13,735 points) May 15, 2009 4:39 AM in response to DavidJA In response to DavidJA
Your auto attendant says a lot about your company! We’ll help bring a friendly and approachable tone to your brand. Choose from a wide variety of voices and music to suit your company’s image. We can also provide your brand with multiple languages and accents.
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Above all you must encourage the caller to remain on the line. Provide reassurance to your clients that an agent will be available soon and don’t forget to convey the idea that their time is valued and their call is important.
When your callers are on-hold, it’s a perfect opportunity for you to promote your business, company, products or services. It’s also an opportunity for you to provide generic tips and content that will catch the interest of your callers. This strategy is called being abundant and being abundant in the business climate today can yield your business more dividends by directly increasing the loyalty and satisfaction of your business clients.
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If you use social media to promote your business or have a newsletter, make sure your Client Relations representative and Script Consultant are on the distribution lists, so they can be sure to include any relevant content.