Although we'd love to take credit for this one, it is not our work. But it is funny and creative so we though you'd enjoy watching this parody of Delta Airlines fake music on hold. However if your business is considering a professional music on hold & messages system, there's no need to have an employee fake it, On Hold Inc can provide the turn-key on hold message service your business needs to inform, entertain and sell your targeted, captive audience on hold.

We’ve all heard the old adage a picture is worth a thousand words, and if so, then a video must be worth a million words, or at least that is what the same logic would dictate. And when it comes to internet marketing the same holds true!!! 

Images and video grab a website visitor’s attention much quicker than text. In fact, most people do not read the text on a website. Most website visitors skim the text of a web page, and will be off and running to a competitor’s site in just 8 seconds if they are unable to quickly find the answers they’re looking for.
Your website is literally your tv channel to the world, and nothing quite captures the attention of visitors like video can.  This is the reason video has quickly become the medium of choice for marketers. Consumers love video elements on a website. A short video can convey a great deal of information quickly and effectively. Videos can easily integrated into most websites, and if properly optimized, can also allow you to achieve higher search rankings amongst Google and other search engines.

A prospect has just entered a search into a Google, trying to find a solution to their problem. They are looking for an UNCOMPLICATED and COST- EFFECTIVE solution. Since the inception of the internet, the challenge to site owners looking to do business has been to find the best possible ways to convert browsers into buyers.

On average, a website loses close to half its visitors before they even leave the first page! This trend is aided by the fact that on the Internet, there is no personal touch through human interaction that persuades or guides the visitor. There is no salesman to lead the visitor through the sales funnel. But now, with Virtual Media Group’s cutting-edge web infomercials (A.K.A. webmercial) to your web site, you can solve this problem by going beyond static text

Here are some ways a webmercial can be effectively used:

• Client testimonials
• Product demonstrations
• FAQs
• Company profiles
• Service explanations
• Can be used for viral marketing on youtube, facebook and other social media platforms

Go ahead and wow your website visitors with a great webmercial. Using them effectively can increase consumer confidence and loyalty, and get you higher conversion rates.

Here is the list of today’s companies with terrible music on hold according to those customers tweeting about their on hold experience. We have some new companies who have made the list as well as more repeat music on hold offenders.

Metlife needs on hold music instead of a voice saying please wait every 45 seconds.

On hold with United Health Care. My favorite place to be! And soon I'll have to pee. Their hold music makes me want to kill! (Sorry for the non-rhyme.)

On hold with Z Gallerie. Think the hold music is Daughtry. I'm projectile vomitting while anxiously awaiting the status of my bed delivery.

On hold while calling T-Mobile Customer Support. Their choice of music while waiting? OneRepublic's "Too Late To Apologize". That’s for sure!

The on-hold music for Dell makes me think they are actually trying to get people to hang up.

On hold to Seatwave. They could at least play some f%#@!*g cheesy music down the phone rather than leaving me with silence.

Verizon. You and your sh@#%y, Kenny G-esque on hold music.

I REALLY hate the music Southern Electric uses while being put on hold!

Virgin helpline on today (three times) - on hold music was Lady Gaga "telephone...can't hear you"!

Optus has the most annoying hold music

Listening to Go Daddy's on hold elevator music. Going up?

For over 20 years On Hold Inc has helped businesses improve their brand image, and caller experience with professional music on hold & messages. If your business wants to avoid the list of music on hold madness, then let us help you create a more positive impression with please and creative on hold messages.