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A stylist sprays a clients hair near a round mirror, with calming salon and spa tunes playing softly in the background. The client’s neatly styled bun adds elegance, while someone with a camera captures the moment in the mirrors reflection.

8 Tips for Salon & Spa On Hold Music

Does this sound familiar? Your hair salon or spa’s phone is ringing all day. People want to know when you're open, to make appointments, learn about what services you provide, and when they may come in. As you don’t have the time to develop your own call centre; you have to work with the employees and budget you have today.…
Corporate Video

Why You Need a Corporate Video

There are many ways to promote your business, but one of the most popular ways potential customers like to engage with your brand is through video. Cisco predicts that Globally, Internet video traffic will reach 82% of all consumer Internet traffic by 2022, up from 73% in 2017. Including videos in your marketing plan can generate 1200% more social media…
SMART Marketing

What is SMART Marketing?

A SMART marketing plan is a framework for measuring the success of your marketing efforts. But SMART doesn’t just have to be for marketing, it can be for any goal you set yourself. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely. Whilst creating SMART goals can make your job a lot easier, one of the hardest things about setting the…
Recording Studio

5 On-Hold Message Script Tips

An On-hold message are a great way to convey important company news and updates to your callers. Statistics show that people don’t want to listen to silence or a generic message saying, “Your call is important to us”. So why not fill this dead airtime with messages that provide helpful information. Add value and be brief if you can, without…
Customer Retention

10 Reasons Why Your Customers May Not Be Coming Back

One of the many reasons could be that you took your loyal customers for granted or haven’t offered them what they want. There's no need to stress though, it is a very natural thing that happens with almost every business. Let’s take a look at 10 reasons why customers leave and never come back.
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Switching Your On Hold Provider

Are you concerned that switching on hold providers would be a time-consuming and complicated process? When you know how, it's quick and simple.
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Three Ways to Improve Customer Experience

In the eyes of the client, your workers are the embodiment of your company. They put a face to the name and represent it through their ability to manage the clients’ queries. Read our article on three ways to improve your customers experience.
A circular infographic illustrates that 75% of callers left on hold in silence hang up within 60 seconds. To enhance retention, a green and purple outer ring vividly represents this crucial statistic.

Increase Your Retention, Put Your Callers On Hold

Increase your caller retention by putting your callers on hold. 75% of business callers will hang up within 60 seconds if they're subjected to silence. Statistically, 85% of callers prefer on hold messages to dead silence or beeps.