Creative Virtual

APRIL 22, 2020

While it may not be the right time to book your next beach getaway or send out invitations for your extended family reunion, smart companies should be looking towards the future impacts of customer experience (CX) developments and consumer expectations.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 10, 2020

Back in April I took a look at the impressive spike in virtual agent traffic starting in late February and early March that surpassed anything Creative Virtual had seen in over 16 years of being in the industry. I’m curious to continue to watch how virtual agent traffic fluctuates as coronavirus-related restrictions change.

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Upstream Works

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are many areas where emerging applications are poised to make a big impact during 2023, both for improving the agent experience (AX) and for making the customer experience (CX) smarter. This use case can take many forms, with self-service automation often coming to mind right away. Virtual Agent.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 28, 2020

Do you have a chatbot or virtual agent on your roadmap? Do you need to upgrade a poor performing self-service tool? Are you curious about successful use cases for AI-enhanced virtual agents? Questions to ask when selecting a chatbot or virtual agent solution. Can’t attend the live event?

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 10, 2020

Chatbots, smart help, virtual assistants, virtual agents, conversational AI – there are lots of names for this automated, self-service technology being used today. You want to ask: How can I ensure my chatbot or virtual agent is: Providing accurate and personalised information?

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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

JANUARY 12, 2021

Having innovation at the heart of our company culture at Creative Virtual has served the company well, but only because we innovate with the objective of delivering products and services that genuinely help our customers meet their goals in increasingly better ways.

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AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 30, 2023

QnABot allows you to quickly deploy self-service conversational AI into your contact center, websites, and social media channels, reducing costs, shortening hold times, and improving customer experience and brand sentiment. The LLM-powered QnABot can also play a pivotal role as an automated real-time agent assistant.

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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

MAY 14, 2020

Just as customers are increasingly adopting self-service channels, employees are also increasingly open to using self-help options. Depending on the size of your workforce and nature of your business, it’s likely that your company could benefit from implementing self-service options in multiple areas.

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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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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Purchasing Power ® , a large eCommerce company that enables employers to offer employee purchase programs, recently won the “Excellence in Self-service” award from Frost & Sullivan. Can you share your origin story as to what put you on the path to consider conversational AI self-service?

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Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

His session was titled Smart Self-Help for a Seamless, Omnichannel Customer Experience and focused on delivering the right information on the right channel at the right time for customers. This hit right at the heart of the challenges faced by customer experience (CX) practitioners across the APAC region.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As we venture further into the digital age, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and voice automation are becoming key players in enhancing customer experiences and streamlining banking operations. Let’s explore the pivotal role of automation in financial services, focusing on its impact on customer service and the future of banking.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We’re not talking about the time-consuming interactive voice response (IVR) of the past that provided a less-than-optimal customer experience. The AI-powered voice assistants of today offer a seamless experience, reaching a virtual assistant, in seconds, that can answer customer intentions with just a few words.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Businesses who thrive at building robust, complete customer journeys harness the power of automation to build self-service solutions in their order management strategy. Personalization and Relevance Creating a personal touch in your order management virtual agent can significantly enhance customer experience and engagement.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When it comes to customer service, businesses have a variety of tools at their disposal to make the process as smooth and efficient as possible. Two popular options are Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). Can be a frustrating customer experience. Limited capabilities.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 7, 2020

In Part 1 of this series , I talked about the immense pressure organisations are under to deliver quality service and support over digital channels during this period of coronavirus-related quarantines, lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. Agents have access to a virtual agent that understands questions asked in natural language.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Frictionless experiences with conversational AI are not created by accident, but meticulously crafted by expert designers who know exactly how humans interact best with machines. Fabletics leverages a Virtual Agent to interact with their customers every time you call them. Keep it Conversational. But many should be.

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Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Chatbots and virtual agents have proven themselves to be quality self-service solutions, being increasingly implemented by smart organisations to provide support and being increasingly preferred by customers and employees for quick, easy access to information. By Mandy Reed, Marketing Manager (Global).

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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

JANUARY 25, 2019

AI Self-Service Solutions Demonstrate Their Impact. This is no less true in the pursuit of an improved CX, where advanced speech recognition capabilities have finally allowed contact centers to access the vast cognitive abilities that Artificial Intelligence (AI) self-service has to offer. 5% fewer calls to live agents.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Not only are online retailers enjoying massive revenue from their customers (expected to be over $6 trillion in 2022 ), but the platforms themselves are also becoming increasingly sophisticated. Now, technologies such as AI and machine learning are driving highly personalized customer experiences.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2020

A new survey conducted by Econsultancy and Marketing Week with marketers around the world found that, among customer-facing organisations with £50 million or more in annual revenue, 63% of respondents said they observed a “strong trend” of consumers adopting digital features more quickly as a result of COVID-19.

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SmartAction

APRIL 30, 2021

While there are many different facets to conversational AI, virtual agents, and the technology as a whole, one aspect to recognize when considering and implementing a solution is customer experience. Customer experience (CX) is the impression a customer has of your brand or company.

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SmartAction

JUNE 29, 2021

Customers also expect their needs to be dealt with immediately as they arise. 75% of customers say the most critical part of customer experience is fast response time. So, it’s no shock that many customers have been open to methods in recent years that improve their experience.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When used in business, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) supports overall call center operations by providing self-service options, 24/7 availability, and real-time data and analytics – while lowering costs and increasing profits. Our virtual agents can solve 80% to 90% of customer problems.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 11, 2019

AI-powered virtual agents present significant potential to improve the customer experience (CX) via call center automation. These solutions can replace menu-based routing that leads to long hold time and frustrates customers. Cloud-based AI automation can also gather data upfront and pass it to live agents (i.e.

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Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

From selecting coverage and understanding benefits to confirming payments and filing claims, both policyholders and agents need information that is customized to them. The technology has the capability to both provide the best self-service options to customers and improve insurers’ interactions with agents.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 6, 2020

CX Day and Customer Service Week this year, like everything else, is held with the dark cloud of the pandemic hanging over us. Customer experience has always been a key competitive differentiator, and this has never been more apparent than this year. By Chris Ezekiel, Founder & CEO.

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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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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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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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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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