"You know, we get people who ask us to put them back on hold." - Eric Smith / Binkelman Corporation (Hear a sample)
Diabetes kills more Americans each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined. As the number one diabetes advocate in America, the American Diabetes Association needed an easier way to update their 5 main call centers across the United States. Our Internet-connected On-Hold system allows easy management and update of the important American Diabetes Association messages. Katie McCall provides the voice of reassurance. http://prosoundusa.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/27/files/07-01-09-AmeriGas-Charlottesville1.mp3
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Reach more customers. Give your callers something to listen to while waiting—not silence or the radio! Take advantage of the benefits of on hold messages and sell more.
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If we learned anything from Napster, it’s that music doesn’t come for free. While there are a few free music sites out there, there are plenty of royalty-free websites for finding hold music, but keep in mind you may have to pay a subscription fee or download fee. (OnSIP subscribers can access three free music channels; read on for more details.) If you’re of the mind that your business could and should use Top 40 or other recent tracks, you will have to pay royalties for the right to use them.
Voice Prompts – usually combined with a Business Intro announcement, used for Auto Attendant and IVR prompts to provide menu options and assist in telephone navigation.
If you have a bit of a budget you can hire a voice over (VO artist) or hire a specialized on hold messages service company. Depending on what your requirements the price may range between $50 – $60 and several hundreds dollars. Sometimes, for a little extra cost, the VO artists can also provide background music.
On-hold music is considered standard in business phone systems today because people actually perceived wait times as shorter when they hear it. On-hold music traditionally worked by having specialized equipment attached to the phone, and the jack might plug into the radio, then tapes, then CDs, then MP3 players. PRI boards are built with jacks to play on-hold music.
Of course you’ll wait. You don’t have a choice. While you are waiting, take the opportunity to wrap your phone in strips of masking tape to give it the look of Eddie Van Halen’s famous “Frankenstrat” guitar.
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Hiring a specialized on hold messaging company can get expensive. As a more affordable alternative, you can use pre-made, ready to use on hold messages and music, like the examples we mentioned earlier.
Of those businesses that responded, 85% would recommend on hold messaging and believe it's a useful marketing tool that adds value to the business. They rated on hold marketing as effective as Internet, TV/Radio, Direct Mail, and Print marketing.
We know your brand is the headliner, not the opening act! That’s why we offer a deep playlist of fully licensed, 100% commercial-free music, customized scheduling options, and our easy to install media player that connects to your existing stereo system receiver/amplifier and plays over your speakers.
A hold messaging system provides a better calling experience from start to finish as you can also integrate VoIP Phone Solutions into your system. This routes calls to off-site locations and expands your ability to answer calls in a timely fashion and communicate with customers even if you are out of the store or office.
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The effectiveness of the first three above-mentioned elements are often neutralized by a poor understanding of the broadcast carrier of the On Hold message and how it affects the recording process. For more information on this topic, click here.
This is a script that your customers will hear when they waiting to talk to an actual person. It’s what place when someone is on hold, and it costs almost nothing to write one up and record.