80's Stories

80s

Beginnings

Working from the spare bedroom of his Scarborough unit, Kym Illman established Messages On Hold in 1988.

1990 - 2000

ON-HOLD IDEA EARNS BIG HAND

It all started in 1992

It all started in 1992...

Thousands of footy fans became aware of MOH when they saw waving fingers competing with the goal umpires for attention after each scoring shot.

Kym Illman was awarded Young Business Achiever of the Year

National Winner, small business category

1996

National Winner
Small Business Category

Kym launched his award winning “guerrilla marketing” technique and continued to build the company’s national profile.

Model Marketing for Australia Grand Prix in Melbourne

1998

Model Marketing for Australia
Grand Prix in Melbourne

Melbourne model, Tiffany, was painted to look like she was wearing a racing suit, while Melbourne’s Chantal Spurling modelled a white bikini with tyre tread marks and the MOHA logo painted across her body.

2000 - 2010

MOH EXPANDING

MOH expanding to Asian market

2002

MOH expanding to
Asian market

MOH first year anniversary in Singapore

2003

MOH first year anniversary
in Singapore

Dressed in $20 and $100 Australian dollar notes, Miss Hazel Hussein, turned a lot of heads along Orchard Road in Singapore. The cost of her dress was almost $7,000 AUD.

MOH appeared as a cover story in Generations Magazine

2004

MOH appeared as a cover story
in Generations Magazine

MOH appeared as a Cover story in Generations Family Business Australia Magazine.

Cricketer Shane Warne promoting MOH

2005 to 2010

Cricketer Shane Warne promoting MOH

Kym wanted a true Aussie icon to market MOH, so the spin bowling champ himself, Shane Warne, jumped on board.

2010 - NOW

Expanded our voice library by 50%

2010

Expanded our voice library
by 50%

Our global voice talent library includes male and female voices available in a range of languages and accents.

Mastering Marketing video series produced

2012

Mastering Marketing
video series produced

VideoUpdate.Me launched

2013

VideoUpdate.Me launched

Eye-catching, custom corporate videos. Say more to a bigger audience, in less time.

Canity

2015

Canity

Canity is welcomed into the world!

Expanded service to Japan

2017

Expanded service to Japan

COVID-19 assistance

2020

Assisted thousands of customers to keep their customers informed during COVID-19.

Podcast editing services

2022

Constructed three new studios, launched podcast editing services.

Why On Hold?

We've spent our fair share of time tearing out hair listening to bland music and awful recordings while waiting on hold. Now with our dedicated creative teams and passion for out-of-the-box phone audio that'll snap callers awake, on hold messages will never be the same.