SmartAction

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving customer service landscape, businesses face a multitude of choices when it comes to interacting with their customers. The advent of digital communication channels such as chat, email, and social media has provided convenient alternatives for customer inquiries.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

With the COVID-19 crisis causing a significant increase in customer inquiries, more businesses are turning to Conversational AI to sustain and improve customer and employee communications. Simplifying the creation and maintenance of virtual agents across the enterprise is critical. A Platform to Handle Complexity.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mobility, flexibility, automation… the development of chatbots is the inevitable result of a ten-year technological convergence that has swept across all companies and contact centers. The chatbot, as a conversational robot embedded into a messaging app, enables the creation of a new communication experience with users.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Underpinned by state-of-the-art technology, you can now have a conversation with virtual agents who will understand customer needs and address them quickly. AI-Powered Chatbots AI-driven chatbots have evolved into sophisticated virtual assistants.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 16, 2023

More and more companies are using AI tools to improve customer service and simplify their processes. AI-powered customer service: taking interactions to the next level AI and customer service is an exciting topic. Chatbots running on sophisticated algorithms have made this vision a reality.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Contact center managers who embrace and implement this technology reap the rewards of increased efficiency, reduced costs, and a customer experience that fosters loyalty. Conversational AI technology over the phone goes beyond chatbots to leverage the power of voice and offer a more personal experience.

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SmartAction

APRIL 24, 2019

This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Use this guide to automate your contact center and Customer Experience (CX) with AI self-service in voice, chat, and text. Best Practice #2: Virtual agents need “guardrails”.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As more and more businesses strive to compete and outcompete one another on customer service, the CX landscape will continue to change. With that in mind, below are some of the ways you can expect artificial intelligence to shape customer service in 2022 and beyond. Much More Proactive Service.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Poor customer service and perseverance in long waiting loops – what we have begrudgingly accepted as the norm can be changed with the help of modern AI software. Cognigy , an internationally successful pioneer in customer service automation, offers one of the leading Conversational AI platforms (think voice- and chatbots).

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Netomi

AUGUST 31, 2022

At first glance, it seems that customer service KPI scores take a backseat to traditional business KPIs, like profits, costs and regional sales. However, key customer support metrics may paint a more complete picture of success for the long-term viability of a business. What is a customer service KPI dashboard?

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Well, this article will cover everything you need to know; from the benefits of the tech to the drawbacks, as well as several real-life use cases to inspire you. What is conversational AI and why is it important for customer experience in retail? Another great idea to explore is offering a digital sales agent that is voice-enabled.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

Emergent technologies have forever changed traditional customer service support. In this in-depth article, Reina G. Lampton look at the state of customer service in the digital age. Increasing Role of Technology in Customer Service. Wiatt and Jolene A.

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Global Response

MARCH 30, 2023

Q: What’s the difference between customer service and customer experience? A: Customer service is marked by a single interaction, such as a customer contacting your brand, while customer experience is the combined sum of all of a customer’s interactions with your brand.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Mansi Bhatia who looks at ways organizations can transform contact centers into a customer engagement center. I like the idea of a customer engagement center. – Shep Hyken. Customer service has the power to make or break a company. Use Technology for Self Service.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

Excellent customer service is every organization’s priority. But providing great customer service, time and time again, is easier said than done. In this article, we will decode everything you need to know about customer service and what it takes to drive customer service success.

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Creative Virtual

MARCH 2, 2022

Back in 2019, I wrote an article on reasons why chatbot projects were failing or being abandoned before they even reached the testing stage. That left the chatbot and virtual agent landscape littered with poor-performing and failed projects along with negative press about the technology.

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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. Conversational AI and the Employee Experience – Collaboration Network Journal article.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 21, 2022

Recently I was invited to contribute an article to the Collaboration Journal, a quarterly publication from the Collaboration Network, as a guest columnist. The Journal always features a variety of thought leadership articles focused on achieving better outcomes for customers and employees. By Chris Ezekiel, Founder & CEO.

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GetFeedback

APRIL 17, 2019

To relieve customers’ hard feelings about problems with some products or services, companies usually choose to improve the customer service skills of their agents. Not entirely, since to get to the point of using your agents’ skills, customers first need to contact your support. And they don’t always.

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Liveops

DECEMBER 27, 2018

12 customer service resources that CX leaders need to review before 2019. When it comes to running or working with a contact center in 2019, there is a lot leaders can learn from what experts had to say about the state of customer service in 2018. Here’s what the experts said about customer service in 2018: 1.

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Provide Support

JANUARY 10, 2018

How many changes will 2018 bring about for those in customer service? Are chatbots and virtual agents likely to replace humans any time soon? And if so, what does the future hold for human CSRs and what will be the role of AI in customer service then? Read more. © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC.

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Netomi

APRIL 26, 2022

In this article, we’ll share a bit of insider scoop on the technological transformation that is occurring behind-the-scenes including: What is ticket triage AI. A second form of ticket triaging occurs when AI agents gather information and contextual data from back-end systems such as order management or CRM platforms on behalf of an agent.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Focused on serving the needs of customers, helping them solve problems, teaching them how to use products, and answering their questions, customer service agents are central to business growth and effective operations. The Future of Customer Service Channels is Now. Face-to-Face Video Communications.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Containment rate is a well-established performance metric in the customer service world, but not as well-known as NPS or hold time. One of the big fallacies you hear when people discuss AI and customer service is confusing containment with coverage. Now back to the NY Times article by Thomas Friedman.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 26, 2023

Industry experts are publishing articles about it, social networks are filled with comments about it, and local, national, and global news organisations are reporting stories about it. In some cases, one might be willing to accept a certain risk in exchange for very efficiently making large chunks of information available to a chatbot.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 11, 2019

2019 was another busy and exciting year for Creative Virtual and the chatbot, virtual agent and live chat industry. We continued our five-year-long celebration of our Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2017 as we also celebrated the 15th anniversary of Creative Virtual. You can read the full article here.

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Once upon a time, measuring customer service success was straightforward. Hire some agents, train them, and use standard contact center KPIs to measure how well they perform. With many of these channels and tools enabling self-service, old-school KPIs are no longer sufficient. Boost KPIs with Visual Self-Service.

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Liveops

DECEMBER 27, 2018

12 customer service resources that CX leaders need to review before 2019. When it comes to running or working with a contact center in 2019, there is a lot leaders can learn from what experts had to say about the state of customer service in 2018. Here’s what the experts said about customer service in 2018: 1.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 27, 2021

The same principles are true for delivering a positive customer service experience. I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that a number of my own personal customer service experiences have revealed a strategy that is out-of-sync. He compares this to running a successful company.

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Netomi

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

To help companies meet customers on their preferred channels, we’ve launched a new, highly customizable chat widget which can be easily deployed. The Netomi chat widget allows companies to use Netomi’s powerful chatbots for customer service to provide immediate resolutions to over 80% of routine questions in seconds.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The explosion of media hype around artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots over the past few years – and the subsequent confusion in the customer experience (CX) space – is one of topics Creative Virtual discusses in our article for The Parliamentary Review.

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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.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Chatbots and virtual assistants are at the epicenter of the customer service revolution. So, what has caused the rapid takeover of chatbots? And it’s clear that customers are open to these emerging technologies to help make that happen. This allows human support agents to deal with more complex issues.

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Connect

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Operators can start integrating into core systems such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications, Customer Service Management (CSM) and Case Management System (CSM) platforms, and billing and logistics systems. paving the way for automated AI-enabled chatbots and super-charged, AI-assisted live agents.

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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. You can read our full article here.

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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.

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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. This article will cover 10 of the most important and impactful call center trends you need to follow in 2023.

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