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Improving customer experience with a virtual agent

Talkdesk

Gartner’s Four Best Practices for Implementing Extreme Customer Self-Service. According to Gartner’s 2018 Best Practices for Implementing Extreme Customer Self-Service Report , by 2022, 85% of customer service interactions will start with self-service, up from 48% today.

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Amplify Customer Experience in Retail with Conversational AI

Lumoa

Another great idea to explore is offering a digital sales agent that is voice-enabled. In turn, the virtual agent may respond with talk-back capability, allowing seamless B2C interaction. This allows customers to track their inquiries on a self-service platform. …” to a returning customer.

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Contact Center Technologies 2017: find out what 23 experts say

RichCall

self-service. employ customer support specialists, who will become trusted and recognized, rather than be nameless agents. Self-service. consumers are using web self-service more than assisted service. Customers have begun to use, and in some cases even prefer, non-agented interactions.