SmartAction

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When it comes to customer service, businesses have a variety of tools at their disposal to make the process as smooth and efficient as possible. Two popular options are Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). Let’s break down the difference between IVR and IVA. Available 24/7.

Interactive Voice Response 76

Interactive Voice Response Contact Center Virtual Agent Self service 76

SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Asking Alexa to play your favorite podcast and have her quickly play it for you is made possible by the same type of technology that allows contact centers across the world to automate voice conversations. Conversational AI is making the contact center and customer service industries better than ever.

Interactive Voice Response 92

Interactive Voice Response Virtual Agent Contact Center Engineering 92

SmartAction

OCTOBER 19, 2022

When there is an inconsistent experience, everyone gets frustrated because of the repetitive data collection by chatbots, IVR, and live agents. For instance, if a client switches from a conversation with an AI chatbot to a phone call, the IVR is unlikely to know that the user had just been conversing with the bot.

Chatbots 52

Chatbots Virtual Agent Interactive Voice Response Self service 52

SmartAction

MARCH 7, 2023

Since 2002, SmartAction has helped 100+ industry-leading brands streamline their contact centers and take their customer experience to the next level through AI voice, text, and chat.

Multichannel 85

Multichannel Virtual Agent Self service Accountability 85

Vistio

JUNE 29, 2021

Peter Ryan is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in customer experience (CX) and business process outsourcing (BPO). You have a long career in analyzing and consulting on front office BPO ecosystems, including contact center outsourcers, CRM technology players, offshore development agencies, and industry associations.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Consulting Consulting outsourcing 52

SmartAction

APRIL 4, 2023

In fact, it’s the most rapidly evolved technology in the contact center today. This is not the voice automation experience of even three or four years ago where even single-word command barely worked (and it still costs you an arm and a leg to implement).

Virtual Agent 87

Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service Banking 87

Connecting the Dots

APRIL 21, 2017

Scott Broetzmann is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Customer Care Management & Consulting (CCMC) and Mary Murcott is the President of the Customer Experience Institute for Dialog Direct. They will share insights from the latest Customer Rage study that CCMC and Dialog Direct conducted and partnership with W.P

Customer Care 48

Customer Care Scripts Front-line service Contact Center 48