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Why Voice Matters: Conversational IVR Takes Customer Service to the Next Level

SmartAction

Continuous Learning : Conversational AI is not a static tool; it actively learns and improves with every interaction, aided by a dedicated support team working behind the scenes. It can be used to identify additional intents or requests from customers and build a better IVR system.

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Guest Blog: Is Your Contact Center Using the Right Customer Feedback Tool?

ShepHyken

These reasons are reflected by the CCW Executive Report on Contact Center Priorities for 2018, where increasing the “voice of the customer” strategy is the #3 contact center priority this year. The digital transformation has provided plenty of channels through which to survey: email, IVR, text, outbound voice, and even IM.

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Guest Blog: Customer Support Chatbots ? Striking The Right Balance

ShepHyken

For customer support, this translates to bots that present customers with a list of possible options and which can take specific actions in response to those options. Think of it as a telephonic IVRS analog for customer support. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Articles: Business Bets On Technology In Las Vegas At PegaWorld 2018.

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The State of the Bot Going Into 2018

Aspect

What happened in 2017, and what will 2018 bring? Accordingly, I expect to see a range of new solutions see the light of day in 2018; solutions that bring the old solutions like Interactive Voice Response (cue the robotic ‘press 1 for English’ script) into the 21 st century, on a channel people actually like to use.

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What is IVR, and how much does it cost?

Call Experts

Before we explain the cost of IVR systems, we first have to answer “what is IVR?”. . An AI-powered system that interacts with callers can gather information, and report the information to designated locations via email, SMS, or secure portal login. How do we calculate the cost of IVR? Tell me more about CE’s IVR.

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5 Common Customer Complaints That Don’t Have to Exist in 2018

Aspect

Deploy an automated voice or text response system to enable your customers to resolve issues on their own without a wait. Your IVR system should be augmented with a solution to direct each call to the right agent for first-contact resolution. To learn more about how you can keep your customers smiling in 2018, click here.

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5 Tips on AI-Powered Phone Lines

Call Experts

According to The State of IVRs in 2018 webinar, 83% of users would avoid a company after a poor experience with an interactive voice response. To build an easy to use IVR that helps your customers follow these five tips! Call Experts' 5 Tips for a Successful IVR. More Blogs Menu.