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

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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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Sophie AI reads product documentation and support flows, observes customer service and field service interactions, and learns at each step. Agents or engineers can chat with the AI Assistant, asking for clear guidance for this particular model. Welcome to the future of Customer Service Experience.

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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. The future of customer service is human-machine collaboration.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Creative Virtual

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Members of the Creative Virtual team will also be available at our stand to share live demonstrations and success stories of organizations around the world already using our V-Person virtual agents, chatbots, and live chat to optimize their conversational customer care.

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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 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

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. When talking about self-service virtual agents, the first use case that usually comes to mind is customer service.

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 13, 2019

Not only are they still a customer today, but they also became the first on a long list of brands our team would work with in the financial services industry. Over the years, we’ve developed an expertise in creating, implementing and maintaining chatbot, virtual agent and live chat solutions for major financial organisations.

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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. Our stats show a high customer satisfaction on these virtual agent answers.

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

If at any time the conversation needs to be transferred to a customer service representative, the entire context of the patient’s conversation moves with the patient so the agent can easily pick up and continue to resolve the issue in an efficient manner. Improve Agent Productivity & Engagement.

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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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DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

Either way, during the past four decades, touch-tone and/or speech-based IVRs have become the most common form of customer self-service, second only to the web. In fact, something bizarre happened on the way to the new decade: The most hated form of customer service has become one of the most preferred.

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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. Best Practice #5: Human-Centric Design from a team of CX Experts.

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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

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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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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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

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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Call Design

AUGUST 9, 2021

This has shown that humans and virtual agents can operate as co-workers helping to make the agents’ job more interesting. How Automation Of The Contact Centre Works: Automation within a contact centre can increase efficiency at the front-end and back-end, allowing managers and agents to make more informed decisions.

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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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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

Cons: While Aircall is one of the best options for enterprise cloud contact center software out there, it doesn’t allow you to customize it to the extent you would prefer. Gladly Gladly Gladly is all about driving customer loyalty by offering tools that enhance personalized interactions between your business and customers.

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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. 5 Ways Live Chat Helps Your Business.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The potential of AI is awe-inspiring, and while these technologies are in their early days, they have already demonstrated their ability to function as a change agent in contact centers, customer service departments, sales organizations and all CX functions.

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Balto

JUNE 20, 2023

Exploring the Benefits of Conversational AI in Contact Centers Some of the benefits of conversational AI in contact centers include: Enhancing Customer Engagement and Satisfaction in Contact Center Operations Today, customers’ service level expectations are much higher than anytime before.

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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. Vendors that offer IVAs now have to figure out how to deliver these solutions cost-effectively and identify best practices.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It is a valuable collection of best practices, innovative technology, agile management practices, work-at-home policies, and much more. This guidebook details how contact centers should address necessary change, expected or sudden, and what they need to do to keep their digital transformation momentum going.

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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. . What Kind of AI is Used in Chatbots?

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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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