The term “ring” has long been an anachronism, as there haven’t been actual bells on phones for decades. The first ringback tones were created in Finland in 1998, when the Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja began offering the service of hearing customized monophonic ringtones and ringback tones that were sent over the air. Ringback tones, for whatever reason, never really caught on in America the way they did internationally.
When your customers call they’ll hear the right message, right at point of sale. Every time you press the hold button you’re opening up a world of opportunities for both your business and your customers. “More than 70% of business calls are placed on hold.” – AT&T “Callers stay on the line up to 25% longer when provided with On Hold Messaging versus dead air or background music and up to 17% longer than radio.” – Infomax “88% of callers preferred On Hold Messages to other options.” – MaxiMarketing
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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.
Message On Hold Can: Sell products and services Introduce promotions Drive website traffic Answer FAQ’s Provide customer service Reinforce marketing Encourage referrals Build brand awareness Use Music to keep callers entertained
By learning the Unique Selling Points of your organisation, we will craft a powerful on hold message script that meets your customer relationship, communication, marketing and business objectives. Your messages are then digitally recorded by our talented voice artists.
Each business is unique. Let us create an estimate for a custom on hold message or voicemail greetings based on your business needs! Or simply call us at 1-888-899-8511.
How about an on-hold message combined with a custom jingle for your business? Remember, jingles create a tune that all your customers will remember is your tune. Even with just our licensed music, your message on-hold means your customers will remember that catchy tune along with “Our Company won the Gold Star for International shipping” or “We now have the new 4K TVs for sale”. These are the kinds of advertising tools that Advanced Productions encourages your business to use —and we provide for you! Voice-overs Jingles On-Hold Messages In-Store Messages Phone Greetings Podcast Recordings Radio Commercials
You might be thinking, “Great, thanks for the info, I’ll go pick something neutral, like classical, or upbeat, like pop.” Slow your roll—there’s a lot more to hold music than just genre.
Generic pop songs perform better than those with prosocial lyrics or instrumental music. It turns out people calling in with grievances don’t want to hear songs about helping the world, and stereotypical elevator music triggers anger when on hold for extended periods.
Music is subjective. What one person enjoys, another might despise. Even that pillar of hold music neutrality, Muzak, can inspire wildly different reactions.
Best part is this is all done from your computer, your ads on hold programme is available online in a format suitable for your on hold player.
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3) An experienced and reputable on-hold messaging provider should have a variety of male or female voice talents and with sample on hold demos for each.
"24 YEARS is definitely a long term business relationship, and we're honored that Ayers Animal Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia has chosen On Hold Advantage [AyerPlay] to be their on hold message provider since March 1990!"
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.