TechSee

MARCH 13, 2018

Artificial Intelligence was the talk of 2017. The customer service industry, in particular, pinned high hopes on AI, expecting that upon its introduction to the market, smart machines would truly transform the customer experience. Virtual Agents. Prediction of human behavior.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The collaboration will utilise the technologies of both companies to provide customers with self-service solutions capable of enhancing customer experience, sales and support services. The partnership is already creating interest in the marketplace, with the companies currently collaborating on several projects. About Spitch.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The collaboration will utilise the technologies of both companies to provide customers with self-service solutions capable of enhancing customer experience, sales and support services. The partnership is already creating interest in the marketplace, with the companies currently collaborating on several projects. About Spitch.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 7, 2021

They also discussed the findings of ISG’s research and current successful virtual agent implementations. Here’s a recording of their full discussion: When ISG held their awards ceremony in October, Chris and Liam Ryan, Sales Director, were able to accept Creative Virtual’s trophy in person from Jan Erik.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Being recognised as the best in conversational AI made our Founder & CEO, Chris Ezekiel, contemplate what makes a virtual agent or chatbot a true conversational AI solution and share his insights in a blog post. You can get your own copy of ‘The Virtual Insurance Agent’ whitepaper here.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I don’t need to tell you that not everything went as planned, but there were still some bright spots for us and the chatbot, virtual agent and live chat industry. Creative Virtual started 2020 celebrating the company’s Sweet Sixteen. 2020 was a record-breaking year for use of our virtual agent and chatbot implementations.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2017

The Omni-Channel Agent Experience. In this age of digital transformation, customers and prospects must be able to easily access an enterprise from any channel – phone, self-service (websites, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, intelligent virtual agents (IVAs)), email, chat, co-browse, SMS, social media and video.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The former Convergys Chief Executive Officer becomes the latest addition to SmartAction’s Board of Directors to assist in the growth of its top-rated AI-powered virtual agent solution for contact centers. The post SmartAction Names Former Convergys CEO, David Dougherty, to Board of Directors appeared first on SmartAction.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 8, 2019

DMG had projected that the market would grow by 22% in 2017, and the actual growth rate was 25.4%. The adoption rate of the cloud-based contact center infrastructure market as of the end of 2017 (July 2018) was 14.1% (includes hosted and software as a service (SaaS)), up from 11.4% at the end of 2016 (July 2017).

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Beginning in 2017, the use of chat bots in call centers grew in popularity and became widely utilized. However, in recent years their use has declined as businesses have learned how difficult it is to properly maintain a chatbot that actually helps customers to accomplish their goals. Check out this blog post to find out.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is proven to be a clear success factor when it comes to customer experience (CX) and is an important ingredient in the mix of contact channels. In the summer of 2017, If switched to a cloud contact center in the Nordics with the help of Puzzel. Virtual agents are quickly gaining in importance.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Until recently, contact centers were playing a passive role in customer service by responding to basic queries, but not necessarily playing any major role in the strategy for customer experience (CX). Adopt a contact center technology which empowers the customers. It is important to make the customer feel valued.

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DMG Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Almost every year, contact center leaders are asked to reduce operating costs and improve productivity while enhancing the customer experience. Executives care about the customer journey, but they are incented and compensated to keep costs down and profits high. Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs). By Donna Fluss.

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SmartAction

MARCH 15, 2019

SmartAction’s cloud-based virtual agents automate conversations that live agents traditionally handled over voice, chat, and text. Contact center leaders should visit Booth #1102 to discover SmartAction’s LIFE LESS HARD obsession that puts the effortless Customer Experience (CX) above all else.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 25, 2018

million in 2017. As has been the case for close to two decades, NICE and Verint dominated every WFO revenue segment and category in 2017. Quality assurance (QA)/quality management (QM) was the top-selling WFO application in 2017, a sit was in 2016. between 2016 and 2017, after having grown by 11.4% in the prior 12 months.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 12, 2019

compared to 2017. higher in 2018 than 2017, increasing by $200.1 While the number of contact center seats has not grown substantially during the year, the WFO vendors are seeing impressive sales numbers because they are delivering innovation that addresses the evolving business needs of their customers. million to $1,855.2

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 1, 2017

Digital transformation is a “hot” topic today for enterprises that are striving to deliver an outstanding customer experience cost effectively. A growing number of enterprises have acknowledged the need to change the way they do business if they want to continue to be relevant to their customers. By Donna Fluss.

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HGS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Melissa’s research coverage includes customer experience management services, exploring ties with marketing operations and developing thought leadership around intelligent automation for contact center and vertically-specific customer engagement business processes. Wed, 02/01/2017 - 16:34. Customer Service.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It’s been another exciting year not only for Creative Virtual as a company, but also for the virtual agent, chatbot and live chat industry, with lots of new developments and innovation. This was the fourth time a group of runners from Creative Virtual did a 10k in support of the RSPCA.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 7, 2020

I’ve built Creative Virtual based on long term relationships, and we see all of our customers and resellers as partners in our journey to deliver the best possible customer experience tools. There are new competitors – both large and small – springing up almost daily in our space.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

between 2017 and 2018 (as of July 31, 2019). We assist management in optimizing the performance of their contact centers by increasing operational efficiency, providing an outstanding customer experience, enhancing loyalty and increasing sales and profits. The number of CBCCI seats in the market grew by 20.1%

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Aspect

MAY 15, 2018

According to the European Union , the AI market is expected to grow from about $664 million in 2017 to $3.88 Looking specifically at the contact center industry, we have seen a recent flurry of activity around chatbots, intelligent IVRs and virtual agents. billion in 2025.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2017

10/24/2017. Many of these solutions, including intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) and robotic process automation (RPA) applications, can deliver significant productivity and quality improvements, even though the underlying technology is not true AI but typically a basic form of machine learning. By Donna Fluss.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 31, 2019

The growth rate of this market was 25.4%, surpassing DMG’s 2017 projection of 22%. We assist management in optimizing the performance of their contact centers by increasing operational efficiency, providing an outstanding customer experience, enhancing loyalty and increasing sales and profits.

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Verint

MAY 1, 2018

A study published in 2017 investigated the presence and effects of relational language on intelligent virtual agents (IVAs). Data from large-scale, real-world enterprise IVA implementations revealed that people are increasingly relating to chatbots as they would human agents. ET on May 2. May 14-17; Dallas, Texas.

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Verint

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

One of the most valuable things we did over time was to create small, informal, cross-functional groups and set up one-hour brainstorming sessions on topics including customer experience, root cause analysis, quality management and cross-selling. Harnessing the power of customer engagement automation is here to stay.

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report, Dimension Data 2017. The The 2017 Global Benchmarking Report (pdf) suggests that the top trends are: CX as the differentiator (82.%). connected customer journeys with 9 channels in most contact centers. Donna Peeples , Customer Experience Strategist. of companies.

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

Perhaps one of the greatest risks to company reputation today is that a single disgruntled customer has the power to disrupt your whole operation with the power of social media, which can amplify their complaints across the web. For this reason, customer experience has become the key to business success. Forrester. Forrester.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 4, 2022

Customer service expectations continue to increase, and only the best businesses keep up. The statistics show that superior customer experiences generate more return customers, increased loyalty, and higher profits. As little as a 5% lift in customer retention can produce 25% more profits. Source: Microsoft.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 13, 2021

The same is true for customer service strategies. Those that achieve real success are part of a bigger customer experience (CX) approach that is designed to create an integrated, coordinated strategy. Every piece is important and must be linked together to create a cohesive, seamless experience.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses. billion in 2017 to $10.4 RPA is a form of artificial intelligence. billion in 2023.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses. billion in 2017 to $10.4 RPA is a form of artificial intelligence. billion in 2023.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

According to customer service expert Shep Hyken, a majority of businesses believe that improving the total customer experience is a top priority and will overtake price and product quality as a key differentiator by 2020. Omni-channels. Impact of Globalization.

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Solvvy

JULY 5, 2018

In a single quarter in 2017, the company added more than 4,000 new customers. Most software companies would be lucky to add that many new customer in an entire year. Despite enormous growth, the company hired fewer than 100 new employees in all of 2017. Excelling At Customer Experience Automation.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Now that 2017 is out of the picture, what can we expect customer service to look like in 2018? The question isn’t new – after all, customer service is always changing. A Friction-less Experience Will Be Mandatory. Many businesses believe that the key to the customer experience lies in the quality of the agent experience.

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