On Hold Marketing is celebrating its 20th year in business. Established in 1989 as a regional company operating from their Richmond studios, On Hold Marketing has been helping businesses and practices turn “telephone hold time” into a better experience for their callers. Their music and voiced productions provide an entertaining and informative atmosphere causing callers to ask questions about the company’s products and services. Added benefits include reduced caller frustration, and fewer hang-ups.

On Hold Marketing has earned their stability by keeping their customers’ marketing messages current and engaging, earning them a 96% repeat business rate as well as their industry’s “Holdie Award” for production value and creativity. Growth has been fueled by niche internet marketing and an acquisition resulting in a significant new presence in several vertical markets and new customers in nearly every US state, Canada, and the U.K.

In 2006 a local competitor, SalesMaker On Hold Systems, was acquired. Rich Moncure, On Hold Marketing’s President, stated, “The acquisition just made sense, the overlap in target markets was minimal and merging operations was seamless since we were producing in similar digital formats”.  This added more experienced people and several hundred new customer sites across the country.

On Hold Marketing helps their customers address their captive audiences with branding and information in several environments:

• Telephone On Hold with music and messaging
• In-store & lobby areas with music and messaging  
• Gas pumps with music and messaging

On Hold Marketing is guided by President, Rich Moncure, a 15 year veteran of the telecom industry.  Customers are supported with a staff of 5 with combined 60 years experience in music, marketing, telecom, copywriting, & audio production.

For more information about On Hold Marketing, please visit www.onholdmarketing.com.

Contact Information:
Dan Bryant/VP-Business Development
(804) 273-6900 danbryant@onholdmarketing.com

Richmond, Virginia-January 12, 2010

On Hold Marketing was awarded an endorsement of services by Virginia Banker’s Association to the association’s member banks and association members to provide telephone on hold messaging, digital signage solutions, and web audio services.

As an endorsed provider, On Hold Marketing will help member banks increase brand awareness and messaging to its existing and prospective clients, with a focus on ‘attentive audience’ marketing.  ‘Attentive Audiences’ are those customers that are in line or in queue for a service under a variety of conditions.  They could be ‘in line’ on the telephone (on hold), at a teller window, in a lobby, or visiting a website.   On Hold Marketing President Rich Moncure stated, “As a Virginia based company, we are happy to have received the endorsement by the VBA.  The banking industry in this state has historically been focused on providing outstanding personal service and value to it customers, and we look forward to doing the same for the VBA and its members.”

On Hold Marketing specializes in providing a single point of management and service for the various ‘attentive audience’ touch points found within a bank or company.  

On Hold Marketing was founded in 1989 in Richmond, Virginia and provides services nationally, but with considerable focus in Virginia.  

For more information, please contact Rich Moncure or Dan Bryant with On Hold Marketing at 800-342-0098, or visit www.onholdmarketing.com.