Creative Virtual

JANUARY 8, 2019

Our customer, Transport for New South Wales, won an impressive three awards for their RITA chatbot during 2018! I couldn’t be more proud of what our team has achieved, and it was beyond what I had dreamt for Creative Virtual. In 2017 we were honoured with The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Innovation.

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Solvvy

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Chances are, the last time you called a customer support number, you interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot. If the company had a great AI chatbot, the interaction might have been so natural that it took a while to realize that you weren’t actually talking to a human. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Every industry has best practices – guidelines, methods or techniques accepted as the most efficient and effective way to accomplish a desired result. Sometimes when something new comes along or starts to get industry attention, the hype can make it easy to confuse jumping on the bandwagon with following proven best practice.

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Inbenta

APRIL 14, 2020

4 chatbot use cases within the customer journey. A conversational agent can prove to be a particularly effective solution to accompany your Internet users over several phases, in a unified way, so let’s have a look at four chatbot use cases within the customer journey. A chatbot as an intelligence tool.

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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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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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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

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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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Designing Sophie: Generative AI for Service & CX We began working on Generative AI for service about seven years ago, as the shortcomings of chatbots and virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa became clear. These chatbots demanded a lot of effort from users and administrators.

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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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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 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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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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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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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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Balto

JULY 5, 2023

At our current pace, we will see fully natural language virtual agents, just as or more capable than human agents, in as little as five years. Past attempts at introducing fully virtual agents inevitably failed for a number of reasons, chiefly because they didn’t sound like a human. So what’s next?

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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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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I don’t need to tell you that not everything went as planned, but there were still some bright spots for us and the chatbot, virtual agent and live chat industry. Creative Virtual started 2020 celebrating the company’s Sweet Sixteen. 2020 was a record-breaking year for use of our virtual agent and chatbot implementations.

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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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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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Talkdesk

OCTOBER 8, 2020

So which best practices should banks embrace in their pursuit of seamless client experiences (CX) in the age of digital banking? AI must also ensure the information is consistent and complements a live agent. Nothing is worse than the chatbot having incomplete or inconsistent information from the live agent.

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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

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

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

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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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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Balto

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, AI chatbots now are capable of providing rich messaging types such as quick replies, carousels, and knowledge base snippets, enabling seamless self-service for your customers. By breaking down the user’s request, the virtual agent can better understand what the user needs.

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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

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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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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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

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

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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Creative Virtual

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In this webinar, part of CRMXchange’s Technology Innovation Showcase series, Creative Virtual’s Founder & CEO, Chris Ezekiel shares an inside look at bringing together AI and human input to provide quality self-service options, improve live chat and contact center performance, and increase customer satisfaction scores.

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