Calls diverted to the voicemail box of a department that doesn’t have active reception staff.
No one calls customer support to chit chat. They call because they have a problem and are likely irritated enough to get on the phone and ask about it. Odds are they’re not alone, so there’s a bit of a wait before your team can answer. If you were answering support calls, what would you want your frustrated customer listening to in the moments before you pick up?
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Thank you for calling {COMPANY NAME} – your number-one source for {describe type of service}.
Sample 2 — "Thank you for holding. Your call is very important to us. The answer to all your technical service needs is PQR Incorporated. PQR has set the standard for excellence in the Tri-State area and over 1,000 companies—large and small—have come to rely on PQR for their technical service needs. Thanks for holding."
There are a number of things you can include in your on hold message that will inform your callers, keep them on hold for longer, build your business image and reflect your business brand: New products and Services Promotions and Seasonal Offers Information and Services your caller may not know about Industry Tips and News Achievements, recommendations and industry accreditations Important information – business location and opening times, website and email addresses Date-specific events Get 'on the air' - click here to get in touch
1. TO IMPROVE HOW LONG CALLERS ARE WILLING TO STAY ON HOLD. Statistics from a CNN survey cited by Chron.com state that “70 percent of callers who are placed on hold with just silence hang up within 60 seconds; of them, 35 percent won’t call back.”
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Choose on hold music that suits your business or utilise customer waiting time with tailored advertising solutions. Your business’ on hold communications could be helping you sell or educate callers to the services and products you provide. Invest in the professional on hold messaging services from us today. 70% of all calls are placed on hold. The average on hold time is a staggering 43+ seconds. 90% of new callers hang up after 40 seconds without a hold message. 34% of callers that hang up will not call back. Callers stay on the line up to 3 times longer because of our tailored messages.
This means OnSIP customers can now insert custom music, advertisements, company announcements, self-recorded messages, or any other pertinent audio media, into their on-hold music. Additionally, these custom messages can be scheduled to play at specific times on specific days!
"I absolutely loved the humorous material that plays when a person is on hold. Absolutely brilliant! Some of it cracked me up. Couldn't stop listening!" - Blake Bishop / Bryant Better Hearing
Having customers listen to elevator music may be fine in the elevator, but when they’re on hold it’s yet another opportunity to keep them engaged in your business. Our Bundle packages give you everything you need to keep the conversation going. We provide the on-hold player to work with your current system and we help you keep it fresh with access to creative writers, voice talent, music libraries and our state-of-the-art recording studio. Think of us as like your very own marketing partner. All you need to do is let us know what you want to say and we’ll make it sound as professional as you are. Why let your brand fall on deaf ears, when you can keep it top-of-mind 24/7? I think we just answered our own question.
Finally, take into account the reduction in quality that goes hand in hand with hold music. The audio quality is—at best—24 times worse than that from a CD. Yes, we just said CD. The public telephone network wasn’t built with HD music in mind. Thankfully for OnSIP customers, we provide HD radio for VoIP music on hold. That said, your company might have top of the line audio quality, but if clients call in from an old landline or cell, they might hear some distortion.
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2. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Greeting. The greeting callers hear when they enter your IVR. Sample Scripts: “For English press 1. Para Español presione el número 2.”