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Guest Blog: Customer Support Chatbots ? Striking The Right Balance

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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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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of September 3, 2018

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Wealth Management) Operations and service departments are frequently categorized as cost centers, but studies show that when delivered correctly, they can be drivers of revenue. Chatbots Are Killing Customer Service. My Comment: Are chatbots good or bad for customer service? Here’s Why. by Christopher Elliott.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of January 7, 2018

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” Beyond Chatbots: How Artificial Intelligence Can Humanize the Customer Experience by Dan Gingiss. SearchCRM) Once hiring managers find the right people for the job, contact center agents need both proper training and office tools to be successful in their roles. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of February 26, 2018

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Managing the Fragile Customer Experience by Laurent Bride. (IT My Comment: Gartner reveals that by 2020, 25% of customers support operations will be using virtual customer assistants (VCA) or chatbots on the channels that customers engage with companies. Chatbots and AI can’t do everything… yet. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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4 Chatbot Customer Service Use Cases for Every Industry

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Just as live chat was a technological leap over telephone communication and is proving to be the most essential of all channels, chatbots are the latest technological milestone in customer support. Chatbots allow brands to offer cost-effective 24/7 support, while improving efficiency through automating up to 80% of all support queries.

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AI Chatbot Trends to Expect in 2018

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In recent times, there has been a noticeable shift from the conventional mobile app development to AI chatbots. Bot creation is considered to take a center stage by the year 2021 and these changes will start picking up in 2018 henceforth. AI chatbots. Artificial intelligence is not meant for just a few big companies.