http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog Hold Time Studios Blog Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:00:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At least once a month, someone calls me asking about the music on hold BEEP that callers get on the RCA Executive Series 25403, and 254XX systems.   Sorry, Frank. The annoying BEEP cannot be turned off.  You've got three options: 1. Buy another small system like this ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/you-get-what-you-pay-for-the-rca-executive-series-phone-system-2.php At least once a month, someone calls me asking about the music on hold BEEP that callers get on the RCA Executive Series 25403, and 254XX systems.   Sorry, Frank. The annoying BEEP cannot be turned off.  You've got three options: 1. Buy another small system like this ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/you-get-what-you-pay-for-the-rca-executive-series-phone-system.php The best on-hold paragarph everThose wrinkles!I'm always thinking about the best on-hold paragraph ever written at Hold Time - this one was for a medical spa."If you're spending time around extended family this Holiday Season, take a look around... those wrinkles will ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/the-best-holiday-on-hold-paragraph-ever.php Out of dozens of options, this paragraph was picked by our customers most often to be used in their Holiday 2011 production:    Part 1:   Chances are you may be invited to a Holiday soiree over the winter season ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/the-white-elephant-wins-again-the-most-popular-holiday-2011-paragraph.php Christmas already?  At Hold Time Music, we started two weeks ago writing, getting approval, and (soon) producing Holiday productions for our clients.   There's a lot to talk about, especially for those companies that expect an end-of-year bump in revenue, and Hold Time Music is making their customers that call in ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/great-holiday-scripting.php Using Google the Economic Indcator's to forecast business activityIn addition to music on hold, I also spend time listening to economic and marketing podcasts, so rather than just being a talking head about on-hold messaging, here's some information you might also find useful in ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/the-december-dive.php You could have a violin on standby, or just have Hold Time Studios install a player for you with an entire band backing up your business.  Check out this cool video of the live-musician-on-standby method!ShareThis http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/how-to-make-live-on-hold-music.php MOH Industry BuzzSales "spurty", says manufacturer MOH equipment manufacturers are one of the last ones to see a recovery in the economy.  Why?  Most on-hold vendors, Hold Time Studios, recover equipment from discontinued accounts.  If attrition and new sales remain even, they don't need ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/music-on-hold-equipment-sales-show-recessions-impact.php As we wrap up writing and recording on-hold paragraphs for our customers, my favorite paragraph so far is from Cornelius Veterinary Clinic.  This paragraph totally rocks!  It's informative, relevant, and fun.  Here you go:  Speaking of politics....Oh, not again!.... your pet doesn't need a national health care plan--- because ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/my-favorite-music-on-hold-paragraph-for-the-fw-11-season-2.php As we wrap up writing and recording on-hold paragraphs for our customers, my favorite paragraph so far is from Cornelius Veterinary Clinic.  This paragraph totally rocks!  It's informative, relevant, and fun.  Here you go:  Speaking of politics....Oh, not again!.... your pet doesn't need a national health care plan--- because ... http://www.holdtimestudios.com/blog/uncategorized/my-favorite-music-on-hold-paragraph-for-the-fw-11-season.php