Uniphore

JULY 21, 2021

According to Gartner, customer service leaders should focus on these seven knowledge management best practices for improved customer service. While many companies just assume customers can find a solution by “Googling it,” the truth is that pages need to follow search engine optimization (SEO) best practices to be easily discovered.

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Expivia

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Key Features: Advanced data analysis for real-time insights Predictive modeling to anticipate customer needs Customizable dashboards for a holistic view of service performance Autopilot: The Next-Gen Virtual Agent Autopilot introduces a level of automation and learning capability that redefines the role of virtual agents in customer service.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2018

They are missing a chatbot. Chatbots and virtual agents have become essential tools for providing 24/7 self-service to digital customers. Contact centers require a great deal of investment – from recruiting and training staff to putting the necessary tools in place for agents.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 30, 2019

Everywhere I go, I hear stories from organisations that have started on chatbot projects which is exciting for the industry. Failing chatbot projects have also garnered negative press coverage for companies. million AUD on an IBM Watson chatbot project that never even reached the testing stage. we want to help.

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SmartAction

JUNE 27, 2023

Let’s address the common objections and show you how to overcome them with conversational AI and virtual agents. By deploying virtual agents, you can reduce the need for a large workforce to handle routine inquiries. Today’s virtual agents are far from the robotic voices of the past. No worries!

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SmartAction

JUNE 9, 2023

Some notable examples include: Chatbots : Chatbots are AI-powered virtual agents, built in-house or by third-party vendors , that engage in text-based conversations with users. Chatbots often answer FAQs, and guide users through various processes. They are widely used in customer support, providing 24/7 assistance.

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Creative Virtual

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

It’s hard to find anyone involved with the chatbot and virtual agent industry who hasn’t heard the cautionary tale of Microsoft’s AI chatbot Tay. Described as a ‘machine learning project designed for human engagement,’ Tay ended up becoming an often-cited example of an AI chatbot gone wrong.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Around this time every December, I put cursor to page and fingers to keyboard to take a look back over the last 12 months and reflect on some of the highlights of the year for Creative Virtual. This is the seventh time I’ve done this annual year in review blog post, but never have I had to review a year that was like 2020.

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Creative Virtual

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This is why AIxOutlook, a part of Sceptertech Digital, are conducting their Best Practice Research. Another vital differentiator identified in the report is our approach to AI and the training of our chatbots and virtual agents.

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bold360 Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In a chat session, customers can get fast answers to their typed questions, help with their purchases, recommendations on products and services, and other assistance from customer service agents. Live Chat and Chatbots: They Work Best Together. This leaves more time for human agents to focus on complex, higher-value tasks.

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 22, 2020

Today I’m proud to be sharing Creative Virtual’s introduction of the Neutrino release of V-Person , our innovative virtual agent and chatbot technology. When I first founded Creative Virtual in late 2003, chatbot and virtual agent technology was still very new in the customer service space.

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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. It’s always difficult to condense a whole year into one blog post, so here are just a few of the highlights. The Ever-Changing World of Customer Service Chatbot Creation – By Jeff Clifford.

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Creative Virtual

MARCH 27, 2020

With physical offices and locations closed, many are struggling with the influx of customer questions to their contact centres – an issue that may be compounded by the sudden need to support agents working from home. The post A Successful Self-Service Strategy Requires Looking at the Bigger Picture appeared first on Creative Virtual.

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SmartAction

APRIL 15, 2019

This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handled by live agents. This is the first of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Automate More with Virtual Agents.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 2, 2020

Advancements over the past several years in conversational AI technologies, including chatbots and virtual agents, have made them a go-to solution for providing cost-effective and easy-to-use support on digital channels. There are lots of published statistics and success stories that prove the business value of this technology.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 7, 2020

We took a look at some of the benefits of using AI-enhanced chatbots and virtual agents to offer customer self-service. In Part 2, let’s explore how this technology can be deployed as an Agent Assist tool to support your contact centre agents. Reducing AHT but not solving those customers’ issues benefits no one.

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 13, 2019

Over the years, we’ve developed an expertise in creating, implementing and maintaining chatbot, virtual agent and live chat solutions for major financial organisations. Through a series of live demonstrations, I’ll show best practices for implementing chatbots, virtual agents and live chat.

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Creative Virtual

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For as long as virtual agents and chatbots have been used by companies to provide customer self-service, they have been criticised for removing the human touch from interactions and taking away the opportunity to build an emotional connection with customers. By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing.

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Call Design

AUGUST 9, 2021

The advent of web interfaces, such as queries through chatbots or social media, means the focus is now on the entire business’ omnichannel experience. This has shown that humans and virtual agents can operate as co-workers helping to make the agents’ job more interesting.

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SmartAction

MAY 9, 2019

This is the fourth of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Read Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 first!

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 16, 2020

The product owner of the virtual agent also works closely with their live chat department, enabling the bank to fully optimise their virtual agent content based on their live chat agents’ feedback. Our stats show a high customer satisfaction on these virtual agent answers.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 24, 2019

Creative Virtual Founder & CEO, Chris Ezekiel, will draw on his experience in the industry to present on Conversational AI for Employee Engagement. His session will include live demonstrations of current implementations so attendees can experience first-hand how this technology can have a positive impact on the digital workplace.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 6, 2018

There’s such a buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots today, and it’s certainly a space that has changed a lot since I founded Creative Virtual 15 years ago. The best way to understand this is to see real examples, so be sure to watch the webinar recording to see the live demonstrations I shared.

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Creative Virtual

MARCH 25, 2019

Creative Virtual Founder & CEO, Chris Ezekiel will be presenting a seminar on Thursday at 14:00 in Theatre 16 , ‘Top Tips for Implementing Chatbots and Virtual Agents in 2019’.

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Liveops

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Click here to go to CCW’s Remote Agent Report. Blog Article] How AI will change the nature of contact center work. Blog Article] How to turn dead air into an engaging customer experience. Blog Article] Call center work hasn’t evolved with workers needs, agents say. Blog] A brief history of the gig economy.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 19, 2018

They are also coming to understand that many of the same digital tools, such as chatbots and virtual agents, that they are utilising to improve their customer experience can also be leveraged to improve their employee experience. During his session, Chris shared a few live demonstrations to illustrate industry best practices.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It’s been another exciting year not only for Creative Virtual as a company, but also for the virtual agent, chatbot and live chat industry, with lots of new developments and innovation. This was the fourth time a group of runners from Creative Virtual did a 10k in support of the RSPCA.

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Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In 2020 there is an increased focus on automated technologies, such as chatbots and virtual agents, as companies face new customer service and experience challenges and customers alter the ways they engage with businesses.

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Creative Virtual

AUGUST 22, 2019

I first started working in the world of virtual agents in 2000 and, even though the technology was very much in its infancy at the time, saw huge potential for innovation and growth in the industry. By Chris Ezekiel, Founder & CEO. is the lack of understanding within organisations about deploying these solutions.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 18, 2019

Conversational AI is increasingly an important piece of these initiatives with chatbots and virtual agents becoming essential tools for providing 24/7 self-service to digital customers. Chatbots are more than customer self-service tools. Not all chatbots are designed for the contact centre.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When implemented properly, chatbots are a powerful tool to bring together the contact centre with self-service channels and navigate language and culture barriers to create conversational engagement with customers. The post Creating Intimacy with APAC Customers Through Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Creative Virtual.

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Creative Virtual

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

This session will address the important discussions organizations must have around human involvement in automated solutions and the best ways to implement machine learning and chatbots. You can find more information about the conference and the full agenda on the C3 San Francisco event website.

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 11, 2019

After this, Chris took over the platform and deciphered the real business benefits of chatbot solutions. He noted the strength of Creative Virtual’s chatbot technology through illustrations and highlighted best practices for using chatbots, virtual agents and live chat.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Our virtual agents consistently outperform live agents on CSAT scores simply because they just need to be trained once to deliver a perfectly trained agent experience. What are the types of applications/calls that make the best use of AI self-service? There are often good reasons for live agent transfers.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Chris Ezekiel, Founder & CEO of Creative Virtual, is one of the expert speaker at the event, presenting as part of the ‘Digital Automation, Chatbots and Virtual Assistants’ stream.

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Liveops

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Click here to go to CCW’s Remote Agent Report. Blog Article] How AI will change the nature of contact center work. Blog Article] How to turn dead air into an engaging customer experience. Blog Article] Call center work hasn’t evolved with workers needs, agents say. Blog] A brief history of the gig economy.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In order to improve engagement with their growing customer base of digital natives, they now offer 24/7 support with virtual agent Roger on their website as well as other channels, such as Google Home. When customers are escalated from virtual agent to human agent, a full history of their conversation should be passed over as well.

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