After over a decade of being a nationwide technology provider to multiple location businesses, Tie National, LLC (TIE) revealed a service that could change how their clients would handle their background music and message on hold. It had everything the clients had asked for and more but clients were not renewing their annual subscriptions and no one really understood why. TIE’s Sound Suite bundled background music and message on hold into an online portal for remote access to Users are able to preview each message and song, rate them for future reference and even review a history of changes made. They had the right mix of technology and convenience, and even an edge over competition by offering unlimited changes. Even with all its innovative features, Sound Suite wasn’t living up to the hype.
After joining TIE in 2009, Kathy Powell found herself managing the marketing and creative department. She began taking a long look at Sound Suite. It seemingly worked well. The portal was user friendly, and the opportunity was there for enterprise and franchise clients to work with TIE to customize the products even further. The main users at the time were franchisespa owners and Powell noticed that even with the advanced features, these clients were not renewing at the end of their plan term. So Powell did what others had been scared to do; she asked the subscribers what was wrong with the product. She gave the clients a voice.
The candid communications revealed that the trouble was with the playlists. Glitches caused songs to end abruptly, volume to get loud then quiet, and some songs within the playlists were irritating for their guests and staff to listen to. This dream solution was sounding like a nightmare and TIE knew they had to resolve these issues if they were going to be able to further promote this product. More than that, they wanted to make it right for the existing Sound Suite users and win back their loyalty by providing a quality product.
TIE reacted by hooking up Sound Suite within their facility. Employees were subjected to the same songs heard by their clients and responded by taking notes on each song until they had listened to all 1,076 songs from start to finish. When a glitch was heard, employees would take note of the song name and the trouble experienced. TIE used this detailed feedback to remaster each playlist for Sound Suite.
After Sound Suite had been updated, Powell asked clients to give Sound Suite another chance. This time, the responses were exactly what TIE had hoped for. Not only did TIE now have a solid product that met the needs of their clients, they were able to restore loyalty from clients who previously thought their complaints had fallen on deaf ears. TIE’s marketing team will be keeping in touch with users to ask for ongoing feedback and suggestions for future releases and TIE has since built processes to continue to give their clients a voice in order to improve their products and services and build strong client partnerships along the way. About Tie National, LLC
Tie National is Your Nationwide Technology Partner – Providing Outsourced IT Solutions, Managed Services, and Business Technology Since 2003. Their flexible services empower companies of all sizes to make smart and cost-effective choices for their evolving needs. End-to-end solutions are supported by over 5000 nationwide field resources, 24/7/365 IT support call center, and long standing manufacturer and vendor partnerships, making Tie National the first call for business technology needs. Discover the ways Tie National can help your business by visiting https://tienational.com/contact-us or by contacting a sales representative via sales@tienational.com or 1-630-518-9600. For Tie National, LLC
Kathy Powell, Marketing Manager
+1 630 518-9622
kpowell@tienational.com
Michael Durante spent his teenage years into his early 20s climbing the ladder in a branch of a successful banking firm, starting as a teller and ending as a Sr. Branch Manager within 6 years. In 2003, he left the banking world to join his father and create TIE National, a telecom company 60 years in the making. Together, they grew the company from a two-man operation solely working on telephones to a multi-million dollar international business with employees in over a dozen states, covering everything from phone systems to cloud products and computer systems. You can find Michael on LinkedIn.