DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

Voice Self-Service Has Become More Popular—and It’s About to Get Much Better. Some might say adoption grew because live agent support wasn’t much better and that using an IVR didn’t require waiting on hold, so it became a convenient habit. It takes both science and art to design and build an effective self-service environment.

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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. Organisations with an existing self-service solution have a definite advantage.

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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. They also give organisations the opportunity to get self-service projects both deployed and performing well quickly.

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SmartAction

APRIL 15, 2019

Gartner predicts that customers soon will prefer using speech-driven interfaces to other forms of self-service when given a choice. 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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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. Worried that automation will make your customer interactions feel impersonal? No worries!

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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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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

IVAs Can Remake the Self-Service Landscape. A remarkable thing is happening in the realm of customer service: After years of rejecting self-service, customers are changing their tune. The Latest (and Greatest) in Self-Service: IVAs. By Donna Fluss. million per year.

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SmartAction

MAY 6, 2019

This is the third of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Gartner predicts that customers soon will prefer using speech-driven interfaces to other forms of self-service when given a choice. Read Part 1 and Part 2 first!

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Sophie AI reads product documentation and support flows, observes customer service and field service interactions, and learns at each step. Sophie’s Hub and Spoke Design The Sophie AI Brain Sophie AI is a centralized, multisensory brain that powers multiple service applications across the enterprise.

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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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SmartAction

MAY 6, 2019

This is the third of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Gartner predicts that customers soon will prefer using speech-driven interfaces to other forms of self-service when given a choice. Read Part 1 and Part 2 first!

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

The global drive toward digital transformation has made its mark on contact center processes and operations, with Salesforce predicting last year that the use of AI by customer service teams would see a 143% increase by 2020. Smarter Agents. Virtual agents learn as they process more information, but someone must train them.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

The global drive toward digital transformation has made its mark on contact center processes and operations, with Salesforce predicting last year that the use of AI by customer service teams would see a 143% increase by 2020. Why agents are embracing the change. Post-call analysis also benefits from AI. Collaboration is key.

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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. Gartner predicts that customers soon will prefer using speech-driven interfaces to other forms of self-service when given a choice. Read Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 first!

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SmartAction

MAY 23, 2019

This is the fifth of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Use this guide to automate your contact center and Customer Experience (CX) with AI self-service in voice, chat, and text. What does a best-of-breed CX team look like?

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. Digital-first servicing drives improved CX and brand engagement. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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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. They are widely used in customer support, providing 24/7 assistance. Chatbots and virtual agents may provide irrelevant or inaccurate responses.

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3CLogic

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Consequently, your self-service channels don’t have access to the information needed to answer incoming inquiries, forcing customers to connect with a live agent to whom they need to restate their identity and reason for calling. It all comes down to implementing always-on, intelligent self-service.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 16, 2020

Delivering excellent customer service is more important than ever, as it can be a real ‘make it or break it’ experience for customers looking for quick answers in these uncertain times. I’m going to describe a retail bank’s response to this demand.

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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? identifying completion of service.

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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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Netomi

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Service desk platforms – also called agent desks – help companies enhance the customer experience, scale conversations across multiple channels and reduce customer service costs. The Zendesk platform offers self-service via customizable Knowledge Bases. The best part?

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Therefore, convenient and patient-centered experiences are required to meet expectations, like self-service scheduling, billing, and appointment reminders. . Healthcare organizations must understand the customer journey and design the technology implementation in a way that supports the entire experience.

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Interactions

MAY 14, 2020

We surveyed more than 1,000 people about their comfort levels towards automation in customer service, grocery stores, healthcare, privacy, and self-driving cars in comparison with before the novel coronavirus crisis. This makes customers uncomfortable during the conversation and decreases customer experience.

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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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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

This makes it the best contact center software for SMBs. Talkdesk Talkdesk Talkdesk has been awarded the Gartner Customers’ Choice Award of 2023, making this a heavyweight option for organizations. Five9 Five9 Five9 is an excellent omnichannel contact center software t o consider if you are looking to enhance customer experience.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence, coupled with consumer partiality for digital channels, are driving interest in and adoption of intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs) and a related technology, robotic process automation (RPA), or “bots.” At the same time, customers benefit from individualized customer experiences.

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Solvvy

OCTOBER 12, 2022

24/7 service: Unlike employees, chatbots are available around the clock every day, all year long. When you deploy a chatbot, you can offer customer service after regular business hours – anytime that’s convenient for your customers. . Moreover, a study by SOTI found that 73% of customers prefer self-service.

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UJET

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With more data and systems available than ever before, improving the customer experience shouldn’t be a guessing game. The most effective customer service organizations are extremely data-driven, analyzing every aspect of its interactions and outcomes holistically, right down to the individual agent and customer level.

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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. The industry suddenly became saturated with both false promises about the capabilities of the technology and a plethora of new start-ups claiming to have AI-powered customer service bots.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2017

In this age of digital transformation, customers and prospects must be able to easily access an enterprise from any channel – phone, self-service (websites, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, intelligent virtual agents (IVAs)), email, chat, co-browse, SMS, social media and video.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 14, 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? identifying completion of 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 4, 2018

Contact centers around the world are celebrating Customer Service Week this week, recognizing their agents who deliver service and support to customers all year long. Chatbots and virtual agents have become essential tools for providing 24/7 self-service to digital customers.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

Background: DMG Consulting LLC , a leading provider of contact center and back-office market research and consulting services, today released its 2021 – 2022 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. For agents working at home, the pandemic has also shifted their work/life balance in often unexpected ways.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The inclusion of AI technology in contact center and CX solutions is driving the most rapid pace of innovation, improvement and change ever experienced in the service sector. The Report also provides a maturity model for the service experience in contact centers, looking ahead to the next 15 years.

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UJET

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With more data and systems available than ever before, improving the customer experience shouldn’t be a guessing game. The most effective customer service organizations are extremely data-driven, analyzing every aspect of its interactions and outcomes holistically, right down to the individual agent and customer level.

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