Enghouse Interactive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #1 of 4: The Customer Experience. The reality is that “customer experience” is more than a single engagement or interaction with your organization. Customer Perception = Their Reality. What is it? Why should they care, if you don’t? Source: PWC/Bains and Co. Source: PWC/Bains and Co.

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Call Design

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Genesis of Automation and IVR. Attempts to automate phone-based customer interactions have been around for decades. First-generation IVR (interactive voice response) systems were one of the first systems to automatically interact with a customer through voice recognition and/or keypad inputs.

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Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 13, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #2 of 4: Seeking th e Root Cause and Affecting the Right Outcome. Watch for our next blog in this series, coming October 21st: Constant Learning Improves AI Recommendations. Understanding Why Transforms the Customer Experience. It’s doable.

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Call Design

JUNE 22, 2020

Automation includes Interactive Voice Response , Chat Bots, and self-help applications (web browser or smartphone app-based). How automation helps. However, all automation needs integration to source systems to make it truly useful in providing benefit to a customer. Proactive outreach for positive touchpoints.

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Enghouse Interactive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It’s Not an Option – It’s Expected (Blog Series). Register for our upcoming webinar “When, How and Why Customers Self-Help” with Steve Morrell, Managing Director and Principal Analyst of Contact Babel and John Cray, Vice President – Product Management, Enghouse Interactive. Digital literacy is the new normal.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 21, 2022

Self-service options like chatbots and virtual agents are increasingly preferred by customers, but they can’t – and shouldn’t! The agent should have full visibility of the customer’s conversation with the chatbot so they can pick it up right where the self-service experience ended. completely replace human contact center agents.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2018

When it comes to instant support, we think of live chat and chatbots. But business owners across different industries are a little undecided as to which one is more beneficial for their brand. But business owners across different industries are a little undecided as to which one is more beneficial for their brand. Chatbot Pros.

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Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 21, 2020

AI Makes It Possible (Blog Series). Blog #4 of 4 The MORE you know. As we saw in yesterday’s webinar, both enhancing the Customer Experience (CX) and understanding the Voice of the Customer (VoC) are inextricably linked… for the better. Key Learnings from Kate Leggett and Steve Nattress. The more YOU KNOW. .

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Spearline

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The future of customer interactions The best contact centers offer a range of communication methods to suit personal preferences and the purpose of the interaction. Automated systems, chatbots, and interactive voice response (IVR) are ideally suited to simple interactions.

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Enghouse Interactive

JUNE 17, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). Blog #1 Enhancing the Customer Experience. This new reality presents the contact center industry with an excellent opportunity to integrate with Teams and provide seamless company-wide collaboration capabilities across their customer’s organizations. Efficiently.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Businesses in today’s highly competitive industry, looking for the best strategies that they can implement to reduce costs while maintaining the quality of their service. In this blog, we will discuss various practical strategies for reducing operational expenses associated with BPOs. without speaking to an agent.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Here are the key features, channels and tools of customer service automation software: Chatbots : These are AI-driven tools that can engage with customers in real-time on websites, apps, or messaging platforms. Email Automation : Automate responses to common queries, send follow-up emails, or route messages to appropriate departments.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In general, as per the industry standard, a call center abandonment rate is between 5% and 8%. In this blog, we will cover everything related to call abandonment rates and why it is important. Here are the quick links to the topics that we will cover in this blog- What is the Call Abandonment Rate?

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West

MAY 14, 2018

Inbound communication tools for utilities are really no different than tools used in other industries. They include solutions like chatbots, contact center software, interactive voice response (IVR), webchat, email, web portals and more.

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REVE Chat Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

It has immersed itself as a go-to technology for every industry you can imagine. Some of the successful chatbot examples and case studies implemented by big brands show that customers are willing to interact with bots if done correctly. Real life chatbot examples to implement your bot strategy .

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Expivia

JULY 11, 2023

The Future of Contact Centers: The Role of AI and Evolutionary Technologies The advent of AI and associated technologies has opened up a whole new horizon of possibilities for the contact center industry. However, the future of call routing lies in voice biometrics. One such interesting evolution is agent assist technology.

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Aspect

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Customer engagement is a key area where automation is already having an impact, with tools such as interactive voice response (IVR) and chatbots really beginning to make their mark. The post Easing automation anxieties through up-skilling appeared first on Aspect Blogs. Customer Engagement.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

But, the industry landscape is changing, with CX becoming the new battlefield. For instance, IVRs and artificial intelligence enabled Chatbots can make the customer service easier and efficient. Chatbots which work like virtual agents can solve basic query and transfer a call to ‘live agents’ in case of escalation.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Benchmarking Against Industry Standards Benchmarking against industry standards helps operations managers gauge their team’s performance relative to competitors. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) : An IVR system allows callers to self-serve through automated menus, freeing agents to handle more complex issues.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Conversational AI can be used in any industry for various use cases, including billing and payments, collection, authentication, claims, order management, scheduling, and reservations. This makes it particularly important to ensure proper training of your chatbot and IVR so it can handle a wide variety of queries and tasks.

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Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

I recently attended Jeff Pulver’s 2017 MoNage conference to get the latest views on chatbot usage and expectations for serving customers. Jeff Pulver created the Voice over the Net Conference when voice over the internet was in its infancy. Chatbots enable a customer to answer questions via text. He probably is right.

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Enghouse Interactive

JULY 7, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). Blog #2 Microsoft Teams Drives Agent Productivity. In our first blog, we explored how Microsoft Teams, when integrated into a Contact Center, helps provide a better experience for the end-customer. This blog will focus on how it helps enhance agent productivity.

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Babelforce

JULY 15, 2021

Most of the time you can set up knowledge bases and chatbots in a matter of days or weeks. In practice it could be anything from searching a knowledge base for answers to speaking with a conversational IVR to update an order. Using an IVR powered by conversational AI is the best way to offer self-service support on the phone.

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Real Blue Sky

MAY 18, 2022

After decades in the industry, we have seen this countless times. It’s quite clear, consumers want quicker, better, seamless, and hyper-personalized interactions with brands. As we referenced in our last blog post, employee’s expectations have also shifted. It’s not just customer expectations that have evolved.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2018

Will the AI / chatbot hype start to live up to its promise? We’re going to tackle all of those topics in the months ahead on this blog, but first we’re reading everything we can so we can bring you the most accurate analysis. We’re delighted that so many of you subscribe to this blog or visit us every week.

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OctopusTech

JUNE 8, 2022

For example – customers can check their account balance using automation software that converts interactive voice response (IVR) to automated speech recognition (ASR). Automated interaction with customers. It also helps to verify the identity of customers before connecting any call to an agent.

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Aspect

JUNE 20, 2018

The modern consumer is now comfortable interacting with a company using multiple digital devices and a mix of online channels – whether buying clothes online, interacting via social channels, reporting issues using an incident ticket system (ITS) or communicating through live webchat and chatbots.

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Totango

MARCH 4, 2022

First, we’ll define what B2B customer service is and distinguish it from customer support in B2C industries. When delivered through automation, it may deploy tools such as online knowledge bases, chatbots and interactive voice response (IVR) phone systems.

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ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’ll help you learn everything about FCR in this blog post. According to Call Centre Helper, the industry standards for FCR rate usually range from 65% to 75%. The same can be done on call support through interactive voice response (IVR). Read: Live Chat vs Chatbots. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back.

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SmartAction

APRIL 4, 2023

By examining the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI), the Times correspondents show how virtual voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa squandered their early advantage and left room for the rise of chatbots that use Conversational AI technology. Chatbots are, indeed, a different kind of virtual assistant.

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Aspect

DECEMBER 27, 2017

2016 saw an explosion of interest and investments in chatbots, as I wrote in my last annual recap. Much like in 2016, this year I’ve had countless conversations about chatbot needs with numerous customers, prospects, and partners around the globe, and it’s clear to me that as an industry we have made progress. Let’s have a look.

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Outsource Consultants

JUNE 22, 2020

In this blog, we’ll cover tips for cost-effective strategies that will bolster your customer experience. Here are just a few call center tools to consider and how they can help: Integrated Voice Response (IVR). It can identify VIP callers for rapid-response routing. Call Center Technology That Reduces Agent Burden.

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OctopusTech

OCTOBER 19, 2019

In a blog post, we published on our site in January of 2018, we talked about how artificial intelligence was reshaping the call center industry. IVR software was used on a greater scale to help customers get basic information and get their basic queries resolved. Another form of automation and AI is the chatbot.

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JustCall

MARCH 14, 2023

In this blog, we’ll look at doable techniques and recommendations to improve customer experience in this article. This can be done through personalized emails, website recommendations, or even chatbots. Chatbots can operate 24/7, improving response times and increasing customer satisfaction. But fear not!

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Outsource Consultants

JUNE 12, 2018

Contact centers provide live chat services and many utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning to assist human agents in delivering personalized interactions. In addition, this AI can be used to implement chatbots for standard or frequent questions. This blog post is based on an article from CustomerThink.

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OctopusTech

MARCH 1, 2023

Depending on the industry, call systems can screen incoming calls and analyze the customer’s request. Interactive voice response (IVR) systems can automate common tasks to remove the need for customers to have to speak with an agent altogether, like checking account balances and paying bills.

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Aspect

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Thanks to continual innovations, self-service has moved beyond press 1 call routing to seamless interactions like Visual IVR, Facebook Messenger, automated chatbots and disposable web apps. Imagine a scenario where my son could text a registration chatbot and ask about the prerequisite for the class he wants to take.

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