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On hold marketing

Sell to the people already calling you.

Nobody is more interested in your business than the person on hold with it. Short, friendly messages about what else you do, read by a professional voice, turn waiting time into a sales channel.

  • Free auditions of your script
  • Published rates, no haggling
  • Messages rotate, voice stays the same
On the prompterTake 1
ON HOLD · MESSAGE 2 OF 4 · FRIENDLY

FriendlyUsefulNot pushy
On-hold voices

Voices people don't hang up on.

Each of these has an on-hold demo. Listen for friendly and unhurried; an on-hold message that sounds like an ad gets the caller reaching for the red button.

Derek
resonantinformativesolemn

Plays On-hold demo

JoJo
crispplayfulnurturing

Plays On-hold demo

Thomas
deepseriousurgent

Plays On-hold demo

Cindy
professionalintimatecomposed

Plays On-hold demo

Bryn
authoritativegrittystorytelling

Plays On-hold demo

Melissa
crispprofessionalinspirational

Plays On-hold demo

Yogeshwaran
authoritativepunchyinstructional

Plays On-hold demo

Voices who record this kind of work. Names are first names only until you book.

On-hold and phone voices
What on-hold marketing needs

Four messages, one useful idea each.

One idea per message

A service people don't know you offer, an answer to the question everyone asks, opening hours, the website. Twenty to thirty seconds each.

Rotate three or four

Callers on a long hold hear the set twice. Four messages with music between them feels considered; one on a loop feels like a trap.

Mixed for the line

Add production and the messages come back mixed with music, levelled for telephone bandwidth, in your system's format.

How hiring works here

Three steps, no middleman.

You deal with the voice, the site holds the money, and the price is the one on the rate card before you start.

1

Post a casting, or pick a voice

Paste a few lines of your script and post a free casting; voices who suit it read those lines back to you. Already heard the one you want? Book them straight from their profile.

2

Choose from real reads

Auditions arrive as recordings of your words in their voice, usually within hours. Pick the one that fits, or none of them. Nothing is owed until you book.

On-hold messages are a buyout on the rate card; music beds and mixing are production.

Questions people ask

On-hold marketing questions, answered.

Does on-hold marketing actually work?
Callers who hear useful messages stay on the line longer and ask about the things they heard. Keep the messages helpful rather than salesy and it works quietly for years.
How long should each message be?
Twenty to thirty seconds, three or four of them, rotated with music. Lead with something the caller needs, then one gentle promotion.
Can the voice add the music?
Yes, as production. Send licensed music or ask for royalty-free, and the set comes back mixed and levelled for a phone line.
Can I update the messages seasonally?
Yes. Rebook the same voice for new messages; the rest of the set still matches.

Make hold time work for you.

Paste four short messages, hear on-hold voices read them free, and book the one your callers will listen to.