SmartAction

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Beginning of a Transformation Alex’s journey began with a simple yet powerful idea: automating routine tasks with conversational AI virtual agents. The once overburdened agents found themselves focusing on more complex, engaging tasks. It was a game-changer.

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Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This year, one of the customer experience (CX) predictions for 2023 falling into that category is that ‘Personalization will get More Personal’. I like customer service expert Shep Hyken’s take on this in his blog post, Don’t Just Personalize the Customer’s Experience – Individualize It.

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Personalization Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service 105

SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We’re talking elite customer service solutions here: Omnichannel self-service via voice , chat , and SMS Integration not only with your contact center but also with your business apps Deliver 24/7 personalized customer support An average of 66% operational savings How It Works Conversational AI works with voice, SMS, and 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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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, customer self-service has become a pivotal aspect of delivering exceptional customer experiences. As we look towards 2024, the world of customer self-service is at a crossroads, with new challenges and opportunities on the horizon. Or is it something else?”

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kommunicate

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Google Dialogflow recently introduced Dialogflow CX (Customer Experience) – a powerful tool for creating advanced virtual agents. Dialogflow CX provides a new way of designing virtual agents, taking a state machine approach to agent design.

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Virtual Agent Customer Experience Customer Support 98

Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This week we are showing love for the efforts of everyone involved with delivering customer service – employees helping customers face-to-face in brick-and-mortar locations; contact centre agents delivering support over the phone, live chat, and social media; team members working behind the scenes to build and maintain customer service tools.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Today is the annual global celebration of the professionals and companies that make great customer experiences happen. In a world of growing expectations for on-demand service and highly connected, always-on customers, creating and delivering a great customer experience (CX) is no easy task.

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3CLogic

JANUARY 24, 2024

It can further assist supervisors with AI Coaching and sentiment analysis to generate intelligent insights and reporting at scale, ultimately creating high-performing agents and improving the customer experience (CX). Privacy Concerns Enhancing your customer experience with AI requires access to your system of record.

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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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Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service Feedback 74

Call Experts

MAY 8, 2019

Customer success analytics tools are essential for growing businesses. As technology advances and improves, experienced business experts are discovering that AI is the best tool for transforming the Digital Customer Experience. 45% enhancements in customer ratings. 95% growth in the numbers of new customers.

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aircall

MAY 16, 2017

As a field and as a department, customer support is no longer relegated to the kids’ table. Customers are afforded more options than ever, and as a result, their expectations in terms of service and support are soaring. In order to satisfy them, your business requires a crack support team. Experience.

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bold360 Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The distinction involves who is answering the questions – a human agent for live chat and artificial intelligence (AI) for the chatbot, which provides 24/7, automated customer support. Whether customer interaction happens via live chat or chatbot, the user experience is much the same.

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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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IdeasUnlimited

JULY 28, 2022

Inbound Calling and Customer Experience. Using a nice blend of call-centers and remote support agents allows businesses to provide 24/7 support as various people are located in different regions and time zones addressing customers in their locale. Increasing Revenue Using Customer’s Buying Journey.

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kommunicate

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Google Dialogflow recently introduced Dialogflow CX (Customer Experience) – a powerful tool for creating advanced virtual agents. Dialogflow CX provides a new way of designing virtual agents, taking a state machine approach to agent design.

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Virtual Agent Customer Experience Customer Support 52

Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Getting that coveted stamp of approval from customers and employees that comes from a successful customer service strategy has been harder than ever. This is my sixth year creating a blog post roundup to kick off Creative Virtual’s celebration of Customer Service Week.

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aircall

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

This article will explore the various beneficial effects that computer-telephone integration can have on your call center installation, and on your customer experience. Your agents’ only tool is their desktop computer, and even that isn’t written in stone. Features which enhance the customer experience.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The voice channel has the potential to provide rich data on customer sentiments, pain points, and preferences, which, if harnessed effectively, can drive strategic decision-making and enhance overall customer experience. Leveraging Telephony for Enhanced Customer Engagement So, what do customers truly desire?

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Creative Virtual

MARCH 25, 2021

However, when it comes to areas like customer support, using a trial-and-error approach can have a devastating effect on your customer experience. And it is no secret that poor experiences can lead directly to customer churn and lost revenue. It drives your customers away.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Cue the virtual agents, chatbots and virtual assistants. Now more than ever, in the spirit of seamless customer experience, let’s let the self-help tools do what they are designed to do. The post Harnessing Human and Machine During the Pandemic appeared first on Creative Virtual.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Here’s our annual blog post roundup of trends, tips and stats to help you consistently deliver a five-star customer service experience: Top Tips for Implementing a Chatbot or Virtual Agent in 2019 – These eight tips address the most important items organisations should consider when evaluating and deploying chatbot or virtual agent technology.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 13, 2021

The same is true for customer service strategies. Those that achieve real success are part of a bigger customer experience (CX) approach that is designed to create an integrated, coordinated strategy. Every piece is important and must be linked together to create a cohesive, seamless experience.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 12, 2021

Organisations already using V-Person solutions from Creative Virtual had a distinct advantage in meeting the challenges of customer support during the pandemic. Many customer experience (CX) predictions for 2021 foresee conversational self-service becoming more integral to customer support strategies.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I’m not sure the tagline ‘treat your customers like a young baby’ is one that will catch on, but it’s the ethos that matters. I’m always studying how other companies treat their customers, and there’s no better way than being a customer yourself. I had such an experience recently. Creating consistency is also key.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Sales Personalization 59

aircall

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

This article will explore the various beneficial effects that computer-telephone integration can have on your call center installation, and on your customer experience. Your agents’ only tool is their desktop computer, and even that isn’t written in stone. Features which enhance the customer experience.

Customer Support 54

Customer Support Interactive Voice Response Call Center Automatic Callback 54

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. Unify to Deliver Immersive Customer Experiences. Some have turned to AI to power virtual agents, chatbots and other self-service channels.

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contact center solutions Cloud contact Contact Center Virtual Agent 48

Nicereply

JANUARY 4, 2023

That will ultimately lead to customer service and support teams being pressured to ‘do more with less’ , as customer support is still seen as a cost center by many organizations. Here’s how your business can deliver and maintain a consistently high level of customer service while also reducing your support costs.

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Squelch

JANUARY 29, 2020

Our Influential Women in CX blog series is back with the conclusion of our feature on Aileen Allkins, Corporate Vice President of Customer Service and Support at Microsoft. She also explained why people are her favorite aspect of her job and why angry customers don’t bother her. We’re so lucky.”.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Chatbots and virtual agents have become essential tools for providing 24/7 self-service to digital customers. Contact centers looking to implement a chatbot need to be aware that not all chatbot and virtual agent technology is created equal, and not all solutions on the market have been designed for the contact center.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Real Conversations with AI Chatbots Imagine, if you will, a world where your every customer support interaction is not just a transaction but a conversation, a moment of connection that leaves your customers feeling understood and valued.

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Chatbots Airlines Self service Technology 90

Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics are two components of customer experience (CX) plans that have the potential to either create noteworthy improvements to customer engagement or undermine efforts to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. By Chris Ezekiel, Founder & CEO.

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Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

They often lead to an escalation to a live chat session or a call to the contact centre for resolution, meaning your support agents are left to deal with the immediate impacts of that poor experience. The best conversational AI technology for customer support chatbots uses a blend of machine learning and natural language rules.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Props to Jeremy Watkin , Director of Customer Experience and Support at NumberBarn, who first posed the question on Twitter and got us thinking about the topic.) They usually offer basic customer support, using simple pre-determined rules and conversation flows to respond to customer’s questions.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It’s more important than ever for organisations in Asia Pacific to connect with digital customers and create a convenient, efficient and seamless customer experience. This will be my fourth year presenting on the symposium theme, which this year is ‘Customer Intimacy Through Artificial Intelligence’.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This puts a lot of pressure on agents and can result in a poor customer experience, unnecessarily long call times, and low customer satisfaction scores. For example, contact centre agents tend to keep notepads or workbooks with their own notes at their desks to ensure they remember the processes.

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Stafford Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It’s likely that within a few years we will see AI enhance many of the current tasks being performed by live agents, helping to streamline processes and reduce costs. Here are some examples of how AI is helping in call centers: Virtual Agents. Customer Convenience.

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