SmartAction

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Evolution of Customer Self-Service Customer self-service has come a long way since the days of waiting on hold for assistance from traditional call centers. Underpinned by state-of-the-art technology, you can now have a conversation with virtual agents who will understand customer needs and address them quickly.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Beginning of a Transformation Alex’s journey began with a simple yet powerful idea: automating routine tasks with conversational AI virtual agents. This technology swiftly took over mundane inquiries like account balance checks or basic troubleshooting reducing routine call volumes by 35%.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 25, 2019

This newly acquired accuracy means that call center virtual assistant solutions are now demonstrating their true power in a variety of interesting and beneficial ways. Here’s how two innovative companies are using AI-powered virtual agents to automate more in their contact centers. Results: Saved $1.1

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Not to mention, technology constraints can sometimes make it difficult to improve the agent experience. Imagine if you had a pool of AI-powered virtual agents in addition to your live agents. You can now optimize your human resources in new ways and challenge them to be better agents.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Cloud-based AI automation that seamlessly integrates with your call center can provide a much more simplified, low-effort process for your customers when they call. The four ways call centers are using AI agents are: Natural language front door instead of lengthy phone tree menus.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Enhanced by AI, virtual agents can now offer warm receptions and open dialogue to customers. Financial Services Account Management: Revolutionizing Customer Experience The introduction of voice automation in account management has marked a new chapter in banking efficiency.

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CSR Inc.

AUGUST 7, 2017

Change in the Call Center QA Industry The call center quality assurance industry has changed tremendously as well in that time. I remember using cassette tapes to record calls. CSR hired a dedicated staff to just edit tapes for customers and ensure all client calls were on a master tape. What’s the takeaway?

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Noble Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

Most cloud-based IVR platforms also provide the flexibility to add advanced options, including skills-based routing, intuitive tools for building menus and routing paths, virtual agents, self-service, payment processing, surveys, and speech analytics. IVR Use in the Call Center .

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With Quality Innovation, Steadfast Positivity, Genuine Grit, Empathic Concern, and Tenacious Accountability, we are not just redefining our goals but also how we achieve them. We aim to revolutionize customer interactions, liberating brands from outdated service models and setting new standards of excellence.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

According to Accenture , Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest consumer demographic, expected to account for 30% of retail sales — that’s $1.4 AI-powered virtual agents. Numbering about two billion, they carry strong influence, both in sociocultural and economic ways. Personalization. Know your customer.

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Interactions

APRIL 14, 2021

Given the emotional energy required, it’s not surprising to hear statistics that report 50% of new collection agents resign in under three months. The agent on the other side of the communication should understand that the debtor is going through a hard time and they want to figure out how to get out of the mess. 3) Compliance.

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SmartAction

MAY 6, 2019

This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Use this guide to automate your contact center and Customer Experience (CX) with AI self-service in voice, chat, and text.

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SmartAction

MAY 6, 2019

This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Use this guide to automate your contact center and Customer Experience (CX) with AI self-service in voice, chat, and text.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With Quality Innovation, Steadfast Positivity, Genuine Grit, Empathic Concern, and Tenacious Accountability, we are not just redefining our goals but also how we achieve them. We aim to revolutionize customer interactions, liberating brands from outdated service models and setting new standards of excellence.

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Interactions

APRIL 14, 2021

Given the emotional energy required, it’s not surprising to hear statistics that report 50% of new collection agents resign in under three months. The agent on the other side of the communication should understand that the debtor is going through a hard time and they want to figure out how to get out of the mess. 3) Compliance.

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SmartAction

APRIL 15, 2019

Delivery over the cloud has made integration with existing contact center systems easier and more seamless, as well. This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handled by live agents. Automate More with Virtual Agents.

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aircall

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Working in a call center means being the first point of contact for a customer getting in touch with a company. As customers in every industry become more tech-savvy, the call center model has been evolving. Consequently, the skill set sought after in a call center team member has also evolved. Team leader.

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Noble Systems

APRIL 3, 2020

An IVR is often the first interaction between a caller and an organization when calling into a call center, therefore it can influence the caller’s perception through its tone of voice and ease of use. An effective call center has the IVR integrated with the CRM and other contact center systems.

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Interactions

JULY 2, 2020

Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) is on the brink of disruption. Agencies work tirelessly to update day-to-day contact center operations to drive profitability despite a competitive industry landscape. Virtual agents powered by Conversational AI help automate collection calls in a human-like and humane approach.

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Interactions

JULY 2, 2020

Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) is on the brink of disruption. Agencies work tirelessly to update day-to-day contact center operations to drive profitability despite a competitive industry landscape. Virtual agents powered by Conversational AI help automate collection calls in a human-like and humane approach.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

One year into their AI-powered virtual agent implementation with SmartAction, they took the stage at Customer Contact West to explain how they deflected 25% of call volume via automation, raised NPS by 17%, and achieved their ROI within 3-months. (TA): SA: Tell us about your process to ensure a successful rollout.

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Interactions

JULY 29, 2020

According to Heath, ratepayers prefer the convenience of chat and email rather than “waiting on the phone for often-overwhelmed call center staff to take care of routine transactions.” ” These routine transactions include checking on account status, modifying service, or making payments.

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Liveops

APRIL 17, 2018

woman pleaded guilty in a scheme against a call center where she’d worked. The call center serviced debit cards issued in connection with delivery of California unemployment benefits, according to an article in the Sacramento Bee. 1) Train agents for security compliance. Last year, a Sacramento, Calif.,

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction.

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Call Experts

MAY 8, 2019

Chatbots or virtual agents can address a wide range of features and questions to provide relevant analysis and efficient protocol. When do medical centers need professional contact center support? Benefits of a Call Center: Healthcare and Medical Practice. One call can change your business!

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Your Introduction to Call Center Automation What is an IVR? An IVR, or interactive voice response, is an automated phone system that also typically has call-routing capabilities. If you’ve ever been asked to “Press 1” to speak with an agent, or “Press 2” to go back to the previous menu, then you’ve interacted with an IVR.

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AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 30, 2023

Our latest QnABot releases, v5.4.0+, can now use an LLM to disambiguate customer questions by taking conversational context into account, dynamically generating answers from relevant FAQs or Amazon Kendra search results and document passages. The LLM-powered QnABot can also play a pivotal role as an automated real-time agent assistant.

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Fonolo

MARCH 30, 2020

Although there are a lot of similarities, there are also a great many differences between managing a team, and managing a remote team — especially a contact center team! How do you as a call center manager help your team transition from office to home, while keeping performance on track and dealing with a wave of newly-remote customers?

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Robert Davis

APRIL 7, 2020

The answer, of course, is that your supervisors need to be experts in working with these virtual agents. They need to be able to calm their fears, rebuild the trust they had, and hold them accountable for doing their best. How do you help them balance all of those KPIs when service levels are still suffering?

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TechSee

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Chatbots Magazine , businesses can reduce customer service costs by as much as 30% with virtual agents and chatbots. Over the last few years, the industry has turned toward conversational AI platforms – known as chatbots – to automate and scale one-on-one conversations.

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Robert C. Davis and Associates

APRIL 7, 2020

The answer, of course, is that your supervisors need to be experts in working with these virtual agents. They need to be able to calm their fears, rebuild the trust they had, and hold them accountable for doing their best. How do you help them balance all of those KPIs when service levels are still suffering?

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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.

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Netomi

APRIL 26, 2022

A second form of ticket triaging occurs when AI agents gather information and contextual data from back-end systems such as order management or CRM platforms on behalf of an agent. So, even if a virtual agent is not completely resolving a ticket, it can significantly reduce resolution time by doing a lot of the groundwork for agents.

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EPIC Connections

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Complex IVR call flows prevented most callers from successfully navigating the self-service features, so 98% of their calls required agent assistance, resulting in a very high average cost per call. This redesign enabled the company to: Shift 150,000 calls per year to self-service. We solved it!

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Given consumers’ changing attitudes toward self-service and the arrival of more accurate speech recognition, it’s the right time for companies to update their self-service strategies by upgrading their IVRs, and that means embracing intelligent virtual agents (IVAs).

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SmartAction

AUGUST 5, 2019

IVA is our new Virtual Agent powered by SmartAction, who interacts with our customers in a similar manner to a live agent.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 1, 2017

While the term “digital transformation” takes into account the need to use the newer digital channels – email, chat, co-browse, SMS, social media and video – this is only a small piece of what people are referring to. passing day, and even worse, it’s too expensive.

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