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

APRIL 22, 2020

In the recently published report The Inner Circle Guide to AI-Enabled Self-Service (available for download in a UK version and in a US version ), ContactBabel takes a deep dive into the current status of CX self-service technologies, use cases and customer preferences.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

To that end, this blog will explore contact center automation and discuss its pros, tools, use cases, and challenges. These virtual agents are built on Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies to offer real-time customer service. Here’s a look at the typical contact center automation use cases and trends: 1.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 22, 2020

As with many other aspects of life and business, customer experience trends and expectations have been greatly impacted by the global health crisis this year. 49% believe there are clear trends in customer segments that prefer certain contact channels. By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 16, 2020

Now that the risks have been taken by the early adopters, this means the early majority will be implementing conversational AI at a rapid pace, moving automated customer service into the mainstream. As one of the participants in this emerging market, we’re seeing a handful of trends from 2019 that are worth sharing…. Conversational UX.

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OctopusTech

AUGUST 10, 2022

Various call center technology trends such as Artificial intelligence, virtual agents, and cloud communications are all part of the future of call centers. Call center outsourcing companies are opting for upgraded technologies that come under the latest call center technology trends. What is call center technology?

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

With all of the new improvements and changes in modern day customer service technology, it’s no surprise that customer expectations have evolved to follow suit as well. This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Now more than ever, customers want fast and efficient service.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 28, 2019

AI-powered virtual agents present significant potential to improve the customer experience (CX) in the contact center. From IVR to chatbot and other self-service automation, none exhibit the cognitive capabilities of today’s purpose-driven, practical AI solutions for the contact center.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To help you keep that Customer Service Week momentum going, destinationCRM is hosting a roundtable webinar next week: Conversational AI: The Future of Customer Service? He will also be delving into ways you can use back-end integrations to take your digital self-service from basic FAQ tool to a personalized, conversational interaction.

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NICE inContact

MAY 21, 2019

In a way, self-service in the contact centre is kind of like a buffet: You need a strategy, or you might overeat or miss all the best dishes. It seems like self-service options are everywhere these days. And I know I am not the only fan of faster self-service. What’s your strategy? Many Options.

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REVE Chat Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Hence realigning the customer service experience has become a top priority for businesses. Contact center trends provide businesses a futuristic view of how digital transformation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) would help their call centers to deliver an optimal customer service experience. Frank Sherlock.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 15, 2021

You’re living in the convergence of two macro trends. This is a macro trend working against those that hire. While this is happening economically, we’re seeing another macro trend: more outstanding technological capabilities and applications for conversational AI. With easily scalable virtual agents, hold times are eliminated.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today we kick off the annual week-long international celebration of the importance of customer service, the people who deliver that service and the impact it has on successful business practices. 2020 has brought new customer service challenges for companies and altered the way customers engage with businesses, perhaps forever.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Use Technology for Self Service. For instance, IVRs and artificial intelligence enabled Chatbots can make the customer service easier and efficient. Chatbots which work like virtual agents can solve basic query and transfer a call to ‘live agents’ in case of escalation. It’s Called A Complaint.

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

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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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Creative Virtual

APRIL 14, 2020

We can always clearly see social patterns and trends being reflected in the usage of our virtual agents. In the last 4 weeks, on average, the traffic of our banking virtual agents has doubled. The increases in virtual agent traffic our customers are seeing isn’t only coming from coronavirus questions, though.

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3CLogic

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore three common red flags indicating your contact center is falling behind, and, more importantly, we share strategies to help you get back on track. Consider self-service — a critical part of the contact center, gaining increased significance among the next generation of customers.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The world always seems to be on the hunt for the next thing that will be bigger and better – the newest tech gadget, the latest fashion trend, the hottest social media challenge, the next break-out Netflix show. She advocates for letting self-help tools, such as virtual agents and chatbots, share the burden being felt by contact centres.

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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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Cisco - Contact Center

AUGUST 3, 2020

This open platform architecture enables our customers to easily add and integrate with advanced cloud applications such as AI-based virtual agents, advanced data analytics, workforce optimization, and other Webex applications, including Webex Experience Management, Webex Calling, and Webex Control Hub.

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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. When it comes to intelligent virtual agents (IVA) , this ideology is ever-present. Collaborative partnership.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 13, 2022

For years automated self-service tools like chatbots and virtual agents have been criticised as being a cold and impersonal way of supporting customers. Many companies have found their virtual agent solutions to be a lifesaver for both their customers and their business over that time.

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Nicereply

JANUARY 4, 2023

Customer service and customer experience continue to be key competitive differentiators for many brands as they are looking to build an efficient service strategy based on top customer service trends of 2023. Get the most out of self-service and AI solutions. year-over-year.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Welcome to Creative Virtual’s annual year in review blog post for 2021! Their conversation covered current industry trends, the impact of the pandemic, and setting conversational AI project goals. They also discussed the findings of ISG’s research and current successful virtual agent implementations.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Natural language intent capture, or intent recognition, is trending in the CX world. The virtual agent can then assist the customer with the utmost accuracy. In the above example, you can: Define “pool” as a designated business rule transfer and pass it to agent with context. How can I help you?". No leading. No caveat.

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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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Creative Virtual

AUGUST 20, 2020

At Creative Virtual, the team has been working hard to help our customers with their challenges related to delivering quality customer and employee self-service as information and needs change quickly. To help relieve pressure from live agents, they began to proactively direct customers to self-serve through their virtual agent.

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SmartAction

MARCH 18, 2021

When they do, chances are more likely than not they’ll be speaking to an AI-powered virtual agent. Your AI-powered virtual agent has the potential to be more. The trend of rich media elements is on the rise; This is where customer engagement transforms from routine support into a curated experience.

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Uniphore

JANUARY 21, 2022

Faced with often counterintuitive and complex processes, members were quick to abandon digital channels and quicker still to score patient service poorly. Reversing the downward trend in healthcare patient service requires leaders to take a hard look at their CX processes—and how members perceive them.

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

We’ve compiled a list of 100+ customer service statistics and trends to help you provide delightful support experience. Latest Customer Experience Trends. Poor Customer Service Experiences. Customer Service Stats for Social Media. Rise of the Automation Industry & Self-Service. Forrester.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 18, 2022

Properly measured FCR tracks cross channel trends and can be used to pinpoint specific training problems as well as to identify broken processes. Artificial intelligence is still an important initiative, but efforts should be focused primarily on augmenting the agent’s capabilities.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 27, 2021

During the first part of the discussion, Mrinal shared why ISG identified Creative Virtual as an industry leader in their report. Jan Erik and I also discussed current conversational AI trends as well as the evolving role of contact centre agents. You can watch Part 1 here.

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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

APRIL 13, 2021

Conversational AI is growing in popularity among businesses and their customers because of the positive self-service experience high-quality virtual agents and chatbots are delivering. However, organisations should never overlook the added benefits they gain by analysing the conversational data these tools can collect.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Businesses in today’s highly competitive industry, looking for the best strategies that they can implement to reduce costs while maintaining the quality of their service. In this blog, we will discuss various practical strategies for reducing operational expenses associated with BPOs. It is equally important to forecast future costs.

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Avaya

JUNE 24, 2019

Effortless self-service, agent augmentation, interaction insights, smart pairing…nowhere close to what one vendor alone offers today. These human-like automated bots can seamlessly interact with customers, assisting them with simpler inquiries while offloading agents until they are needed.

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