Office phone call waiting messages/music on hold
Gartner research shows that even the most effective contact sales centers have phone callers waiting for an average of 36 seconds. At Captivate Connect we analysed nearly 4 million phone calls placed on hold in three continents, across different industries. The average call wait time was 45 seconds for medium-sized businesses. Phone calls to sales lines waited less, while calls to service, support or admin extensions waited longer. Of the three main communications channels with customers, less than one percent of customer experience (CX) budgets are spent on the telephony channel despite the fact that 33% of business is done on the phone. In summary, improving interactive phone audio options for on-hold phone call waiting clients will reduce phone call abandonment. (hang-ups = loss of business). Phone audio options include: interactive music on hold with a choice of music which doesn’t always start at the beginning of a track. On-hold messages which automatically update with events such as your holiday close/open dates (no more Christmas muzak in February), podcasts, radio news, quiz, even videos on-hold.
Different messages everyday
The daily updates delivered automatically by Captivate keep your phone callers’ wait time interesting and engaging.
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Captivate On Hold has cloud based dynamic Music On Hold solutions for most voice platforms. From PBX and Hosted/VoIP through to Unified Communications, you will benefit from Captivate’s MoH solutions.
CUSTOM message OR MUSIC?
Whether you want branded messages about your business or just music alone that doesn’t play from the beginning every time, Captivate is the answer
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LATEST Australian PHONE NEWS
Latest Australian phone technology news.
At Telstra Vantage 2017 Releasing Interactive On Hold
Telstra Vantage 2017 is on at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre today where David Elliott and CEO Mark Horwood release Interactive On Hold for Australia. Here we see David explaining to a group of Directors, the benefits of improved Customer Experience whilst On Hold, followed by CEO Mark Horwood meeting and greeting other attendees.
Captivate Connect launched on July 27
This rebrand is the first in 21 years. Captivate On Hold will cease to exist this week, becoming Captivate Connect, reflecting its suite of tech products. It has 3500 customers globally, and offices in South Africa, Maldives and Perth. There are 50 customers in the Maldives.
Launching Captivate Connect
Captivate Connect was launched July 27, 2017 at the Burswood head office in Perth Australia. Starting from 10 am, the session will have CEO Mark Horwood outlining how Captivate’s range of products and services – including inStore and Interactive On Hold – assist businesses – globally – engage with callers and customers why Captivate On[…]
Client spotlight: Sonee sports, Maldives
Based in Male, Maldives, Sonee Sports uses our in-store audio solution to enhance customer experience and engagement. Our valued client of over six years, Sonee Sports has been using our solution for announcing promos and specials that are updated monthly, along with other interesting content including ‘this day in history’. The solution is not just[…]
Centrelink’s Unanswered Phone Calls
Reduce phone call hang up rates for Australian government agencies, call centres and business organisations. ‘If we can’t reduce your phone call abandonment rates, Captivate will refund our phone technology fees!’ Perth-based technology company, Captivate On Hold, is volunteering its phone caller engagement expertise to help Centrelink weather a crisis in unanswered phone calls –[…]
D. John Carlson’s Thought of the Day
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Captivate welcomes 1st Pet Veterinary Centers, Arizona.
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Podcast: Mark Horwood’s visit to Melbourne
Our CEO Mark Horwood, visited Melbourne early April this year. Here is what he said about his travel that covered both work and charity.
Captivate Signs US MetTel in Landmark International Deal
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Work and Charity – CEO Mark Horwood’s Melbourne trip
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Interactive: An Illustration of the Captivate On Hold’s Continual Evolution
Interactive On Hold is an illustration of the company’s continual evolution, as Captivate On Hold has innovated and adapted constantly – to the ever-changing wants and needs of customers – since it began in 1999. Captivate On Hold CEO Mark Horwood said the understanding Captivate has for their customers lead Interactive on Hold’s development. We[…]
Benefits of Interactive On Hold
Mark Horwood, CEO, Captivate On Hold, explains the benefits of Interactive On Hold in this podcast. He says it is important to give consumers what they want and how Captivate On Hold works with this in its crux. Listen to this podcast here.
Captivate On Hold Launches Global First: Interactive On Hold
Western Australian technology company, Captivate On Hold – a global leader in hosted telephony add-on services – is in the final stages of developing Interactive On Hold, which has successfully completed interoperability testing with the BroadSoft BroadWorks call control platform. New Interactive On Hold will achieve the goal requested by telecommunications providers globally for over two[…]
Interactive On Hold 7 Days from Launching
New Innovative On Hold Product Completes Interoperability Testing With the BroadSoft BroadWorks® Call Control Platform PERTH: Western Australian technology company, Captivate On Hold – a global leader in hosted telephony add-on services – is in the final stages of developing Interactive On Hold, which has successfully completed interoperability testing with the BroadSoft BroadWorks call control platform.
Creative Content is King
More than 92% of our customers’ callers prefer Captivate’s original content to music and other pre-recordings. Our content includes: sports and general news, interesting facts and figures, and our popular What’s On segments that provide up-to-date information on the world’s cities and things to do. In the past, we have designed tailor-made audio content for[…]
Captivate On Hold to Launch Interactive On Hold in 2017
As a global leader in hosted telephony add-on services – Captivate On Hold — is constantly developing new products. Interactive On Hold, with easy-to-use functionality, will be available worldwide in 2017. For the first time, callers on hold will be able to choose their own experience. For example, a caller will be able to enjoy a game show style[…]
Four clichés about On Hold messages you should avoid
Four clichés about On Hold messages you should avoid: Thanking the caller. People don’t want your thanks; they want you to answer their call. By thanking them for calling or holding, you simply patronise and aggravate them. Remember, a happy caller leads to a happy call (and thereby a sale). Using industry jargon. Unless your[…]
Stand Out and Be Different
5 little changes that will make a big difference with your On Hold messages Cut out the “corporate speak” – remember, you are communicating with potential clients and customers, not corporate investors or business associates, the use of large corporate sounding words makes for hard listening – keep it real and down to earth so[…]
VIDEO ON HOLD – COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU
With the rapidly accelerating adoption of Unified Communications (UC) – the system that frees up the workforce to take and make business calls from their Laptop, PC, tablet or Smartphone, we will start to see the end of the handset on every desk. Telcos are selling Hosted IP endpoints without a handset as the tech[…]
WebRTC: what it is, and why it’s coming…
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Captivate on Hold founded 21 Years Ago Above a Bakery in South Perth
About Mark Captivate On Hold CEO Mark Horwood is an ideas man and has run businesses in Perth, Western Australia, for more than 40 years. He began his professional life studying Electrical Engineering from Curtin University, had a stint as a public servant and later worked for Belgian industrial group Schneider Empain. Mark has also been a Roy Weston[…]
Content Is King!
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Don’t Be Bullied by Your Telco
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The Caller Experience Case Study You Need to Know About
Captivate’s unique, world leading Cloud On Hold technology can report On Hold usage on BroadSoft’s BroadWorks based platforms. For this example we chose a US client using our service through BroadWorks Hosted PBX, delivered by MetTel. The end user is a specialist medical consulting group based in New York. What we know- Over a[…]
BroadSoft Technical Connect 2016, Melbourne Australia.
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BroadSoft Connect 2016, Melbourne Australia
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Cloud Based Digital Signage
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The advancing technology of music & messages on hold and your business…
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IVR and Auto Attendants
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Background Music and Marketing
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Automated Music On Hold Updates – How It Works
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TIPT – Dynamic Music On Hold
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On Hold Messages – Hosted PBX
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Real Estate – Differentiate Your Business
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Closed for Christmas? Let Callers Know
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