Creative Virtual

JULY 21, 2022

I started out by talking about conversational AI tools being thrust into the customer service spotlight in 2020 as businesses dealt with COVID-19 lockdowns, restrictions, and rapidly changing information. This created an increased adoption of, and preference for, digital self-service tools.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today we kick off the annual week-long international celebration of the importance of customer service, the people who deliver that service and the impact it has on successful business practices. 2020 has brought new customer service challenges for companies and altered the way customers engage with businesses, perhaps forever.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 9, 2020

The customer service “bar” is raised by great companies who teach us what good customer service should be. Shep Hyken (@Hyken) January 5, 2020. That “expecting more” includes effective service across touchpoints. The guide includes: Three steps for creating a successful chatbot, virtual agent and live chat strategy.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Long wait times have been fuelled by a sharp rise in calls combined with the unpredictability of available agents due to office closures and quarantines. She advocates for letting self-help tools, such as virtual agents and chatbots, share the burden being felt by contact centres. Her conclusion?

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Creative Virtual

AUGUST 5, 2020

Creative Virtual’s V-Person virtual agents and chatbots certainly experienced this trend, setting a record-breaking spike in usage during the first half of 2020. An additional 33% saw “some trend’ of this happening.

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Altivon

MARCH 20, 2018

Chatbots, Omnichannel and Cloud are three top trends for contact centers. Chatbots: Prosperous Future or Disaster? According to Gartner, by 2020 customers will manage 85% of their interactions without any human involvement. Chatbots seem synonymous with artificial intelligence and are certainly sparking the imagination.

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Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

There have been lots of predictions over the past several years about the impact artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbot technologies will have on customer service. However, AI-powered chatbots and virtual agents are changing the role of contact centres and human customer service agents.

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SmartAction

APRIL 1, 2020

SmartAction is responding to the current crisis with a Rapid Response Virtual Agent that intercepts callers with a seamless channel switching experience to answer commonly asked questions and even screen callers to create an escalation path (e.g. How a Rapid Response Virtual Agent Works. For a live demo, visit [link].

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Creative Virtual

AUGUST 20, 2020

At Creative Virtual, the team has been working hard to help our customers with their challenges related to delivering quality customer and employee self-service as information and needs change quickly. To help relieve pressure from live agents, they began to proactively direct customers to self-serve through their virtual agent.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I can testify that I’ve never had to wait 25-30 minutes to speak to a representative for whatever service I needed before Spring 2020 but experienced that exact scenario at least four times in the past few months. Cue the virtual agents, chatbots and virtual assistants.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 27, 2021

We saw record traffic to our virtual agents and chatbots in 2020 as customers turned to online self-service for quick answers to their questions. In fact, one of our customers found that updating their virtual agent was quicker and easier than updating content on their website.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Here’s our annual blog post roundup of trends, tips and stats to help you consistently deliver a five-star customer service experience: Top Tips for Implementing a Chatbot or Virtual Agent in 2019 – These eight tips address the most important items organisations should consider when evaluating and deploying chatbot or virtual agent technology.

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Inbenta

OCTOBER 11, 2021

– Define Your Chatbot Goals. – Take Care of Your Chatbot Branding . According to Business Insider, nearly 40% of internet users worldwide prefer chatbots over less conversational virtual agents. . billion in 2020 and is set to gain another $95.41 Define Your Chatbot Goals.

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VocalCom

JULY 2, 2020

We are social creatures and the value interacting with another human being over a machine when dealing with a complex and emotional problem cannot be underestimated: humans offer a level of empathy that no chatbot or automated agent can currently provide. The rise of self-service has made human support even more critical.

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 2, 2020

Newer channels, such as messaging apps, have entered the mix and preferences are shifting more and more towards digital self-service as a first choice. Yet even with these changes, customers still sometimes want or need to reach out to a human agent in the contact centre.

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Creative Virtual

MARCH 25, 2019

According to Frost & Sullivan , customer experience will overtake product and price as the number one means of differentiation for organisations by 2020. Companies that get their customer experience (CX) right are rewarded, with 74% of consumers spending more with a business due to a history of good service.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 11, 2019

2019 was another busy and exciting year for Creative Virtual and the chatbot, virtual agent and live chat industry. We continued our five-year-long celebration of our Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2017 as we also celebrated the 15th anniversary of Creative Virtual.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Organisations that want to empower customers to self-serve, and ensure they have a positive experience while doing so, need to offer those tools to customers themselves. While self-service is increasingly imperative to a customer’s experience, that doesn’t mean that the one-on-one human interaction is no longer important.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 8, 2018

According to Gartner, more than two-thirds of customers prefer to self-serve. On top of that, by 2020, it’s estimated that 85 percent of customer service experiences will be managed without a human. Conversational AI allows your customers to self-serve, while keeping your business current technology-wise.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Customer self-service refers to customer-initiated interaction technologies that enable customers to access information and perform routine tasks without requiring the assistance of a live customer service representative. Drivers for customer self-service.

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3CLogic

MAY 26, 2022

During 2020 and 2021, customers rapidly moved to digital-first interactions, creating a permanent change in the ways companies approach customer experience. Effective customer experience management empowers your virtual agents to support each customer as an individual. Customers Demand A Seamless Experience.

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3CLogic

APRIL 6, 2021

The True Power of NLP: Way More Than a Virtual Assistant. When we think of Natural Language Processing being used in call centers, we typically think of chatbots or even a virtual assistant — an automated voice replacing a human one to handle our customer service needs. The Rise of AI in Customer Service.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 23, 2019

There is a constant battle with competitors as they try to outdo each other with a superior product or service, lower pricing and an easier customer experience. Conversational chatbots and virtual agents are a smart way to deliver automated self-service for customers across multiple channels.

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Netomi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Chatbots are used by 1.4 Companies are launching their best AI chatbots to carry on 1:1 conversations with customers and employees. AI powered chatbots are also capable of automating various tasks, including sales and marketing, customer service, and administrative and operational tasks. What is an AI chatbot?

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Outsource Consultants

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“AI will replace human contact center interactions,” according to some CX experts in 2020. Some shoppers seek efficiency and self-service through chatbots, while others crave the understanding and empathy only humans can offer. But the truth around AI hasn’t been so black and white.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 22, 2020

The closing of physical store and office locations, restrictions on in-person activities, new guidelines to keep contact centre agents safe, rapidly changing information – these challenges and disruptions to business-as-usual have forced organisations to adapt quickly and re-evaluate the needs of their customers.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 28, 2020

One way companies can easily improve the experience of employees is by offering personalised self-service options for routine support. To really be effective though, the virtual agent needs to be integrated with the right backend systems to provide an extremely personalised experience.

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InGenius

JANUARY 31, 2020

As January comes to a close, we wanted to have a look at what 2020 has in store for the contact center. Being a progressive industry driven by innovation and new technology, we can expect to see several trends emerging this year that propel the industry forward and have a significant impact on customer experience and agent productivity.

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

Great Customer Service Statistics. Customer Service Stats for Social Media. Rise of the Automation Industry & Self-Service. Build a Delightful Customer Experience With These Customer Service Statistics. Rise of the Automation & Self-Service. The Need for Statistics on Customer Service.

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REVE Chat Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The top contact center trends to watch out in 2020. You can respond to your customers faster with AI enabled chatbots. You can use chatbots as the first point of contact for 24×7 customer engagement and filtering the complex conversations. The chat is handed over to the human agent to deliver comprehensive support.

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Fonolo

APRIL 4, 2023

billion in 2020, up 16.9% Source: Salesforce How to Create a Customer Service Strategy Only 9% of governments use A.I. chatbots compared to 42% of media and communications companies. Source: Salesforce Ameyo estimated that by 2020, 85% of customer service interactions will be automated. billion in 2019.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 4, 2022

billion in 2020, up 16.9% How to Create a Customer Service Strategy. chatbots compared to 42% of media and communications companies. Ameyo estimated that by 2020, 85% of customer service interactions will be automated. Ameyo estimated that by 2020, 85% of customer service interactions will be automated.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

According to customer service expert Shep Hyken, a majority of businesses believe that improving the total customer experience is a top priority and will overtake price and product quality as a key differentiator by 2020. In contrast, omnichannels avoid adding new digital technologies to an already siloed system.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 18, 2019

Plagued by long wait times, agents dealing with inadequate or incomplete access to information and a disconnect from digital channels, contact centres are struggling to meet customer service expectations. Chatbots are more than customer self-service tools. Not all chatbots are designed for the contact centre.

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

self-service. employ customer support specialists, who will become trusted and recognized, rather than be nameless agents. Self-service. by 2020, customers will manage 85% of their relationship with the enterprise without interacting with a human. of companies. omnichannel. personalization. mobile apps.

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