Generic music can help keep them on the line, but why waste money playing pointless music, that requires a license to play, when you can be promoting what your company does?
When you work with a professional audio production company, that uses legally licensed music and professional voice over talent and has experience editing audio for telephony applications, the sound quality is going to be much better than something put together by an amateur or something you've recorded and thrown together yourself. Professional audio production is very cost-effective, and you'll get a big bang for your buck by going professional.
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Engage telephone callers with a custom message on-hold program. Public Speaking. Set-up is a breeze, but if you need help, we’re a phone call away. If you have a VOIP system, you won’t need a player! Your scriptwriter writes your script, our voice talent records the messages after you approve it, and our audio engineer mixes it with
All the staff at Birmingham telecom are very helpful and always patient with us when we ask 100 questions a day! We generally work with Dan who is efficient and knowledgeable. Thanks to you all!
Regrettably for my purpose, the software requires that you add a "message on hold", which makes perfect sense for this devices intended purpose, if not for my own use. But I worked around the problem by recording a second of silence and then adjusted the software the effectively play only my cheesy elevator music.
So what can we do to avoid inflicting further musical misery on our own customers while they’re patiently sitting on hold? We could just go back to playing a ringing sound, or an intermittent beep just to let people know they’re still connected, but that would be awfully dull. The best compromise is relatively simple electronic music that doesn't have too much going on as the ideal choice for hold music as it requires far less refined sound quality to get a decent rendition down a telephone connection.
Wondering how to install / connect an On Hold Message Player to your business telephone system? This video shows you all of the connections, step by step, a
It is illegal to play copyrighted music for commercial use (which includes your on hold programming) without paying royalties. Music provided by Holdcom use is royalty free because Holdcom licenses it for Message on Hold usage.
AT&T has offered music while the phone is ringing to the calling party (music plays instead of ring...ring..ring), but they charge what seems to be a lot for the service and it only lasts for a year, as I recall. Lots of choices of music, though. No idea about call holding, try calling AT&T. Apr 14, 2009 3:40 PM Apr 14, 2009 4:53 PM in response to PsychedelicWonders In response to PsychedelicWonders
No excuse not to use Customised On Hold Messages with a choice of DIY On Hold Messages through to a complete Customised On Hold Message production there is one sure to suit your budget and business.
Professional phone messages and messages on hold When you call into a business the phone messages should reflect the professional business that you are calling. Phone Sound can record the ivr prompts , auto attendants, voicemails, after hours message and all telephone recordings and mix with entertaining on hold music to make sure your business
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888-226-7608Your on-hold production includes ONE on hold music track from the genre. You may choose several tracks to be included in your production for an additional charge. If you would like to use multiple on hold music tracks, or if you have any questions about music on hold or on hold phone music, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 888-226-7608.
Waiting queues allow your callers to wait on you on the line but you should not exceed the waiting time for more than 5 minutes. A queue announcement can also be introduced after the “message before answering”. After the “message before answering”, the waiting announcement is immediately cut.
4. SET A BUSINESS TONE BEFORE THE CALL CONNECTS. A set of on-hold messages & music helps to establish a tone for your business before the caller ever connects with an employee.