VocalCom

JUNE 17, 2019

As artificial intelligence continues to modernize customer experiences, chatbots are at the heart of this technological revolution. According to Business Insider, 67% of customers worldwide used a chatbot for support in 2017—and the numbers continue to rise. They love the benefit of self-service.

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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. What happened in 2017, and what will 2018 bring? This brings us to the contact center – where conversations happen. The opportunity for cost reduction, however, is very attractive and motivating to contact centers.

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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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Aspect

JANUARY 10, 2018

2017 was a banner year for the economy, but not all businesses benefitted the same. Here are five suggestions to improve your contact center technology in 2018. Build a chatbot: Chatbots offer businesses with limited resources an incredible ROI. Not sure where to begin?

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Aspect

JANUARY 10, 2018

2017 was a banner year for the economy, but not all businesses benefitted the same. Build a chatbot: Chatbots offer businesses with limited resources an incredible ROI. Chatbots can support both sales and service inquiries, and continue to increase in popularity among tech-savvy consumers today.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Can your contact center keep up with changing consumer demands? The second annual NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark includes consumers from three countries – United States, United Kingdom and Australia – with year-over-year results for US (2018 vs 2017), and new benchmark data for UK and Australia.

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Avaya

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At the recent Monage Conference , where Jeff Pulver invited me to speak, I talked about chatbots and shared how they can transform customer experiences for large enterprises. It was a perfect topic for the mix of customers and entrepreneurial chatbot developers in attendance. Chatbot technology is growing at such a rapid pace.

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Aspect

JUNE 22, 2017

Contact Prequalification and Authentication. Just like an IVR integrated with the contact center would in the world that I’m sure Apple would love to call the “old world”, Business Chat lets you signal the reason for contact (they call it “Intent”), and the skill group or queue needed to handle the inquiry (they call it “Group”).

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Revation Systems

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The modern contact center must be constructed with these expectations in the design, given that 76 percent of customers claim they will terminate a business relationship based on a negative experience. A 2017 customer experience benchmark study showed that 67 percent of consumers preferred agent-assisted channels. 24/7 Support.

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Outsource Consultants

JULY 10, 2018

An article by Dan Miller raises an interesting point: Implementing virtual agents into your contact center isn’t staying ahead of the curve, it’s common. Don’t Be Afraid of Using Virtual Agents in Your Contact Center. This blog post is based on an article from CustomerThink. ” – Dan Miller. We can help!

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Aspect

AUGUST 7, 2017

If you’re in customer service and support, you’ve no doubt been told that chatbots and the A.I. Several analysts predict near total replacement of live agents with chatbots. Gartner for example, predicts the use of virtual customer assistants (chatbots) will jump by 1,000% by 2020. But how do the agents feel about this?

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Aspect

AUGUST 7, 2017

If you’re in customer service and support, you’ve no doubt been told that chatbots and the A.I. Several analysts predict near total replacement of live agents with chatbots. Gartner for example, predicts the use of virtual customer assistants (chatbots) will jump by 1,000% by 2020. But how do the agents feel about this?

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This post is part of Talkdesk’s live-blogging series for Dreamforce 2017. To see all of Talkdesk’s Dreamforce 2017 highlights, visit our Dreamforce 2017 landing page. At Dreamforce 2017, Talkdesk COO Gadi Shamia presented “5 Crazy Ideas for Transforming your Contact Center” to a packed breakout session room.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 27, 2018

A major conversational shift around artificial intelligence (AI) occurred in 2017. While the jury is still out on that concern, contact centers and their agents will experience a significant boost in productivity and their ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences through AI. voice or chat).

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VHT

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Moreover, sophisticated platforms like VHT Callback and VHT Callback Cloud work in concert with evolving technologies, such as chatbots, omni-channel communications and data analytics, to create a seamless and satisfying experience. Empower Chatbots and Mobile Apps. That’s when callback shines. Offer Proactive Support.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

While technologies like chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) can play an obvious role in shaping the customer experience, true transformation comes from not only looking digitally outward at your customers, but inward as well. Get your copy of “ Digital Customer Experience Trends, 2017.”.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

While technologies like chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) can play an obvious role in shaping the customer experience, true transformation comes from not only looking digitally outward at your customers, but inward as well. Get your copy of “ Digital Customer Experience Trends, 2017.”.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

This post is part of Talkdesk’s live-blogging series for Dreamforce 2017. To see all of Talkdesk’s Dreamforce 2017 highlights, visit our Dreamforce 2017 landing page. At Dreamforce 2017, Talkdesk brought together three cutting-edge technology companies to discuss the top technology trends in service and inside sales.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

This post is part of Talkdesk’s live-blogging series for Dreamforce 2017. To see all of Talkdesk’s Dreamforce 2017 highlights, visit our Dreamforce 2017 landing page. 3 Top Technology Trends from Dreamforce 2017: It’s About Artificial Intelligence.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 10, 2017

Have you heard that 2017 is the Year of the Chatbot ? Blogs and thought leaders are buzzing about the next big development in support. These AI services are at the business-friendly extremes of cost and bandwidth, two significant improvements for your contact center.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Welcome to Creative Virtual’s annual year in review blog post for 2021! We continued our five-year-long celebration of our Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2017 as well, recognizing that all of these awards are the result of the hard work and collaboration of our entire global team. By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. The field is becoming increasingly mainstream with a 2017 Tractica report predicting that biometric hardware and software revenue will grow to $15.1 Biometrics.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

So many companies are enjoying the benefits of having moved their contact centers to the cloud over the past few years. Often companies started with a small deployment in one department and gradually grew that implementation to encompass all the contact center applications in the business. So, what comes next?

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is the seventh time I’ve done this annual year in review blog post, but never have I had to review a year that was like 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.

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VocalCom

AUGUST 6, 2018

When you think of how artificial intelligence is being used in customer service these days, chatbots may come to mind. Indeed, chatbots have redefined the way in which customers interact with brands, helping consumers find answers more quickly and make purchases more seamlessly.

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Aspect

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Aspect 2017 Customer Experience Index reported contact with customer service via talking to a live agent has declined 10 percent in the past 2 years. Organizations can translate the value, convenience and familiarity of their IVR with customer service chatbots providing the digital self-service channels that consumers want to use.

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Jon Arnold

AUGUST 1, 2017

TechTarget, July 11 UC Value Drivers in 2017 - AI-Driven , Toolbox.com, July 10. As always, comments and sharing are welcome, and it's time to get going with a new round of writing for August. As always, comments and sharing are welcome, and it's time to get going with a new round of writing for August.

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Aspect

JUNE 30, 2017

While Mackey doesn’t share exactly what they’ll be doing from a customer experience or technology perspective, being a part of both of those worlds, we believe the number one technology driver in 2017 for top notch customer service will come from the proper design and implementation of a customer service chatbot.

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Avaya

APRIL 3, 2017

I recently attended the 2017 MoNage conference, which focused on the Age of Messaging over the Net—a phrase coined by the founder Jeff Pulver. He extends his vision that messaging is at the center of the digital transformation era. Digital transformation has made the mobile device the preferred method for contacting businesses.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 24, 2018

To help understand the modern contact center industry as thoroughly as possible, the team at Talkdesk reviewed Deloitte’s 2017 Global Contact Center Survey. A year ago, 2017 was designated as the “ year of the chatbot ” but at the time of the survey, only accounted for 6% of customer contact.

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bold360 Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Of course, a chatbot can help here, too. A chatbot is always ready to chat when your customers are. . Earlier we pointed out that chatbots can be used for front-line customer requests, leading to a more positive customer experience with zero wait. But chatbots aren’t just for customers. Stench #3: Inconsistency.

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bold360 Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Of course, a chatbot can help here, too. A chatbot is always ready to chat when your customers are. . Earlier we pointed out that chatbots can be used for front-line customer requests, leading to a more positive customer experience with zero wait. But chatbots aren’t just for customers. Stench #3: Inconsistency.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For many organizations, a huge part of this new year task is setting contact center priorities — priorities that can have a colossal impact on the customer experience. But deciding on annual goals and specific yearly focuses for a call center isn’t always easy. Tip: Begin to examine your existing contact center processes.

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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. We can’t mention recognitions without a special shout out to the Transport for NSW team and their chatbot RITA on having an exceptional year.

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Jon Arnold

JUNE 2, 2017

If you follow me, you'll know the whole month has been non-stop, but aside from all the travel to conferences and speaking spots, I managed to keep a pretty full slate of writing going - mostly for clients, but also for my own blogging.

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

With the rise of technology that allows better customer service, customers are becoming more demanding – that’s why to satisfy and retain them, you need to develop your contact center in accordance with the worldwide trends. Contact Center and CX Research and Reports. of companies. omnichannel. personalization.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

JUNE 22, 2018

A 2017 report by Accenture indicated that 71% of financial services consumers are open to using “entirely computer-generated support for banking services.” Chatbots and virtual assistants. Chatbots and smart assistants are finding their way in various verticals, serving various purposes from customer support, marketing, and sales.

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