AT the annual meeting of JDUG, the John Deere Users Group in Atlanta in 2016, Tim Brown presented a workshop on content marketing via music and messages on hold.
2. Marketing, Broadcast and Music Pros
Sales to Fulfillment to Tech
18 Years
Name Brands to Small Businesses
A+ Rated BBB
High Touch, High Tech, Excellence
TIM BROWN
FOUNDER
3. 1. REVIEW: Messages On Hold
2. CONTENT MARKETING
3. TOPICAL ARCHITECHTURE
4. TIMING IS EVERYTHING
5. STOP LOADING FILES
6. NETWORKING & I.T. CONCERNS
7. CONTENT CONTROL
8. SHOWROOM MUSIC & ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. 20% of callers have made a
purchase based on what
they heard on hold.
70% of callers get placed
on hold.
20
6. CONTENT MARKETING
• Using RELEVANT content to attract customers.
• Educate and entertain, to drive traffic
(to your website or store).
• Who was the world’s first content marketer?
11. B E R E L E V A N T
Parts department promotions
Limited-time financing offers
Special events, demos, fairs
Seasonal service specials
Holiday music, change of hours
Get ready for winter, spring.
16. M A K E E V E R Y T O P I C C O U N T
• Short and memorable
• Time-sensitive
• Means something to the caller!
• Call-to-action (“what do I do now?”)
• Written “for the ear”
17. B R A N D B U I L D E R
Your Values, Vision, Slogan, Heart
R I G H T N O W C A L L T O A C T I O N
Upgrades, Add-ons, Act-fast Offers/Urgency
M A K E E V E R Y T O P I C C O U N T
M U LT I C H A N N E L E N G A G E M E N T
19. MESSAGE FREQUENCY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0
L O W P R I O R I T Y H I G H P R I O R I T Y
20. Audio File Received
Technical Support
Some Content
Expires/Destroy entire file
Request New File
M
?
F I L E S : T H E O L D W A Y
21. EOH Uploads Content
Set dates, times, priority for
each message
Time-sensitive messages
automatically expire
Callers hear updated,
relevant content
S T R E A M I N G : W H A T & W H Y
22.
23. • Port 123: Time Synchronization Protocol
• Port 80: TCP HTTP
• Port 443: TCP HTTPS - HTTP Protocol over TLS/SSL (encrypted transmission)
• Port 53: DNS
• Port 10010: Stream
• URL: streaming.brandimusic.com
P R O S T R E A M
24. P R O S T R E A M
• Create a DMZ
• Use a guest network
• Bring in a separate internet connection on its own public IP
• 128 kbps MONO 1 listener for one hour = 0.025 GB/hr.
• Monitored service
25. D I R E C T U R L
• ASTERISK
• FreePBX
• Interactive Intelligence
• Freeswitch
• Fortinet
• Ipitomy
• Bicom
26. C O N T E N T C O N T R O L
CREATIVE
CONTENT
MANAGER
31. C O N T E N T C O N T R O L
Multichannel Engagement
1 in 3 consumers say their purchase decisions are influenced by
social media.
32. A N N O U N C I N G O U R
N E W S E R V I C E
SHOWROOM
MUSIC & ANNOUNCEMENTS
33. MUSIC IS POWERFUL STUFF
• Improve your mood
• Decrease anxiety
• Boost your immune system
• Create memories
34. MUSIC IN THE SHOWROOM
• Creates an upbeat mood
• Decrease anxiety
• More energy
• Motivate!
35. MUSIC IN THE SHOWROOM
A growing number of small businesses are
being unpleasantly surprised with letters from
performing rights organizations… with indirect
or direct threats of copyright infringement.
US Small Business Administration
36.
37. WE PAY THE LICENSE
"Music has tremendous value in our lives
… new technology must pay artists fairly.”
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences president Neil Portnow
38. B L O C K S P E C I F I C S O N G S
Search by title or artist
Check box to remove song
39. S C H E D U L E A N N O U N C E M E N T S
To get to this screen,
click Announcements Audition announcement Click program to set schedule
A little bit about us. Easy On Hold was created by marketing, broadcast and music pros in 1997
Everything is on site here – not outsourced like at other providers. We take a team approach to your project.
We work with Fortune 100 companies as well as medium and small business of every size.
We’re A+ rated with the Better Business Bureau. We’re trusted.
Our company values are: High Touch, High Tech, and Excellence. We communicate with you, we have a full time technical support department, we know you’ll be satisfied.
We’re about to hear your demo. We want to make every topic count. Here’s our proven formula that really works. A topic should fall into one of these three categories. The irresistible inspires the caller to consider buying or moves them closer to making an important decision. The brand builder inspires the caller to connect with the heart of your brand: your identity. And multichannel engagement boosts your other marketing efforts, such as social media.
We’re about to hear your demo. We want to make every topic count. Here’s our proven formula that really works. A topic should fall into one of these three categories. The irresistible inspires the caller to consider buying or moves them closer to making an important decision. The brand builder inspires the caller to connect with the heart of your brand: your identity. And multichannel engagement boosts your other marketing efforts, such as social media.