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

SmartAction

Speed, simplicity, and the ability to express their needs fluently without the hassles of navigating chatbots or sifting through help articles. This is where the transformative potential of conversational AI in the voice channel shines. Leveraging Telephony for Enhanced Customer Engagement So, what do customers truly desire?

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Guest Blog: Customer Support Chatbots ? Striking The Right Balance

ShepHyken

If you’ve not been living in a cave, you’ve probably heard by now numerous projections about how chatbots are destined to take over customer support. Another study by UK-based Juniper Research estimates that chatbots will help businesses save more than $8 billion per year by 2022. These numbers are staggering.

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The State of the Bot Going Into 2018

Aspect

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? And this is where chatbots can help. RFPs for chatbots have arisen in verticals as diverse as banking, government, healthcare, and retail. Let’s have a look.

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How to Think about Chatbots in a Big Picture Kinda Way

Fonolo

A Million People are Using Bank of America’s Chatbot” says the headline in American Banker. From mail-order catalogs to touch-tone IVR to chatbots. Chatbots are the new star on the horizon. With chatbots, we’re definitely seeing growth-by-substitution. You need the chatbot to: 1.

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Artificial Intelligence in Cloud-Based Solutions

Speaker: Rick Nucci, Co-Founder & CEO of Guru

With the advent of chatbots, artificial intelligence, interactive voice response, and machine learning, novel technologies continue to disrupt the contact center industry. November 6th, 2018 9:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM EST, 4:00 PM GMT. How to leverage AI to drive cloud-based solutions in contact centers.

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Contact Centers in Ten Years: Humans are Here to Stay

Balto

We found: Voice assistance and live chat with a human remained in the top three most used channels both today and ten years from now. The channels with the most fluctuation in the next ten years were social media, online chat bots, and IVR — but not in the directions you would expect. IVR (Interactive Voice Response) Assistant.

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Expert Opinion: Top 3 Customer Support Trends to look for in 2018

Taylor Reach Group

With 2018 around the corner, it’s a great time to discuss current and anticipated trends. Recently I was asked to contribute to an expert round-up on the top customer support trends to look for in 2018. 1) Omnichannel I think that 2018 will be the year the Omnichannel becomes a reality for many customer support centers.