Babelforce

JULY 15, 2021

Most of the time you can set up knowledge bases and chatbots in a matter of days or weeks. What are contact centers using for self-service right now? You’ll need to create in-depth documentation about how to use your product. Consider linking to it in your chat widgets, your contact page, and even within your product.

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Self service Contact Center Chatbots Interactive Voice Response 98

CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Budgets are getting tighter, and executive teams are asking contact center leadership to do more with a lower headcount. But after exhausting the FAQ on the website and the chatbot that only answers the easiest questions, the customer will try other channels, like email and chat. Customer phone calls cost the company more money.

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Management Average Handle Time Self service First call resolution 195

JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

This is how important customer experience is, especially in the context of contact centers. While your call agents strive for favorable first-call resolution metrics, your business should focus on providing them with the right customer contact center software that lets them do their job well.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots. We end by explaining how contact centers can keep AI models up to date using Talkdesk AI Trainer.

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Cloud contact Self service Contact Center Virtual Agent 68

Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

I recently attended Jeff Pulver’s 2017 MoNage conference to get the latest views on chatbot usage and expectations for serving customers. Jeff says that “as chatbots get better and better, there may be less of a need to visit a business website.” Chatbots enable a customer to answer questions via text. He probably is right.

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Chatbots Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Self service 62

TMP Direct

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of customer service, contact centers have undergone a remarkable metamorphosis. This exploration delves into the captivating journey of contact centers, examining how they have revolutionized customer interactions, and how TMP Direct is pioneering this evolution.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center contact center solutions Analytics Technology 52

Cisco - Contact Center

MAY 14, 2019

AI is shaping the future of customer experiences and the contact center. This week I will be speaking at UC Expo about the role that artificial intelligence is playing in advancing contact center productivity and efficiency, and in particular how this is benefiting the agent and customer experience. AI = chatbots.

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Contact Center Self service contact center solutions Chatbots 108

Balto

JANUARY 17, 2023

When it comes to healthcare contact centers, automation is far from new. So, why is automation — a technology that formed the foundation of basic call center operations — still slated to become a top trend in healthcare in 2023? How a Contact Center Staple Became a ‘New’ Trend.

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Healthcare Contact Center CRM Coaching 52

Fonolo

APRIL 6, 2020

Whether it’s on social media, chatbot or other AI technology features, it’s important to know what your customers want and use tools that will help you increase your ROI. You may think that call centers are for big companies but the truth is, they have a lot of value for small and medium-sized businesses as well.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center Multichannel 108

CX Global Media

JUNE 26, 2018

I met with Justin Robbins at the Contact Center Expo and we shared some observations with each other on what is going on in the industry. Of course, we were unable to avoid discussing what’s going on with Artificial Intelligence in Contact Centers and what affect it is having – and may have on our industry.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Designing Sophie: Generative AI for Service & CX We began working on Generative AI for service about seven years ago, as the shortcomings of chatbots and virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa became clear. These chatbots demanded a lot of effort from users and administrators.

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Engineering Enterprise Chatbots Self service 109

Balto

MAY 22, 2023

Guest post by Jeremy Watkin If you are a contact center or customer service leader and are reading this article, I have a hypothetical question for you. Full disclosure, $100,000 is a lot for my small contact center. I’m sure you’ve heard things like “We’re sorry to see that person leave your contact center.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center outsourcing Metrics Chatbots 52

The Northridge Group

APRIL 22, 2024

To say the contact center world is ecstatic over AI may be an understatement. AI can synthesize knowledge from in the agent-facing knowledgebase, the customer-facing FAQs, documentation, a dashboard, and an online ordering system, so the rep doesn’t have to look everywhere to find anything. Can AI fix customer service?

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Technology Coaching outsourcing Customer centricity 76

NobelBiz

MARCH 14, 2023

Debt collection agencies and contact centers are subject to strict regulations and laws governing their operations. One of the major issues faced by debt collection agencies and contact centers when it comes to compliance is the lack of the right solutions to be compliant. And pay extra attention to it.

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Contact Center Scripts Call Center Government 52

TMP Direct

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of customer service, contact centers have undergone a remarkable metamorphosis. This exploration delves into the captivating journey of contact centers, examining how they have revolutionized customer interactions, and how TMP Direct is pioneering this evolution.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center contact center solutions Analytics Technology 40

Fonolo

DECEMBER 15, 2022

That all depends on the goals your contact center sets. It’s up to you to set those standards and provide the right support and motivation for your call center team to achieve them. And that can be an undertaking, considering all the areas of the contact center that can affect performance.

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Call Center Contact center software Abandon rate Self service 138

NICE inContact

JUNE 20, 2019

Traditionally quality management in the contact center has been focused on evaluating agent-assisted interactions — mainly phone. We already discussed the gap between the number of digital channels for CX that are supported in the contact center and the number of channels that are evaluated as part of a business’ QM programs.

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Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Contact Center Quality management 70

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. There are creative measures every call center can take to address agent staffing shortages. unemployment rate was 5.4% Don’t despair.

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Contact Center Management Agent burnout Interactive Voice Response 73

ShepHyken

MARCH 5, 2018

The Secret Lives Of Contact Center Agents by Sally Mellinger. Sharpen) Tucked away in a hidden corner of the internet, exists a forum that exposes what it’s really like to be a contact center agent. Customer Service Chatbots Help Reduce Product Returns by Lisa Kosan. This year, chatbots helped address that issue.

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Customer Service Chatbots Contact Center Marketing 202

Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

Still, I frequently hear customers say: “AI is all hype,” to which I respond with documented ways companies are using AI today and finding huge success. Virtual agents/chatbots – Computer-aided, virtual robots that address basic questions and functions to free human agents to handle more complex ones. 39% growth in digital sales.

Contact Center 71

Contact Center Analytics voip Virtual Agent 71

AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 30, 2023

Powered by Amazon Lex , the QnABot on AWS solution is an open-source, multi-channel, multi-language conversational chatbot. This includes automatically generating accurate answers from existing company documents and knowledge bases, and making their self-service chatbots more conversational.

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Self service APIs Transportation Contact Center 103

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

The strain to balance taking care of employees to protect them from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. As contact volume, customer anxiety and agent stress all still soar, what you once managed can now feel overwhelmingly un-manageable. Every time.

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Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 84

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

For most contact centers, surviving the first months of COVID-19 required swift operational reboots that began with major work-from-home (WFH) transitions. The strain of balancing the need to protect employees from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. The Cloud.

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Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 83

Solvvy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I’m pleased to share the first result of our shared vision, which centers around rapid innovation and a total focus on delivering happiness. Zoom Virtual Agent , an intelligent conversational AI chatbot solution, uses natural language processing and machine learning to accurately understand and painlessly resolve issues for customers.

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Virtual Agent Chatbots Contact Center Healthcare 62

Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we noted that in 2019 the overarching trend indicates a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate contact center goal of fostering meaningful connections with consumers. Self-service tools include FAQs, virtual assistants, and chatbots and video tutorials. Move to the Cloud.

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Contact Center Journey mapping Self service Cloud contact 75

Cisco - Contact Center

MAY 23, 2019

AI is shaping the future of customer experiences and the contact center. This week I will be speaking at UC Expo about the role that artificial intelligence is playing in advancing contact center productivity and efficiency, and in particular how this is benefiting the agent and customer experience. AI = chatbots.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Self service contact center solutions Chatbots 40

Enghouse Interactive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

chatbots) are becoming more widely accepted by customers because simple, recurring requests that deal with very limited options can be best handled by automated tools, and customers actually prefer their use as their basic issues are very quickly resolved with minimal errors. Automated tools such as Virtual Assistants (i.e.

Self service 79

Self service Contact Center Chatbots First call resolution 79

Taylor Reach Group

MAY 30, 2017

It seems there is no shortage of experts and pundits weighing in on what they see as the trends that will impact the Call Center/ Contact Center industry. In this post, I want to focus on trends that are already starting to ‘bite’ in Call and Contact Centers. . . . AI continues this evolution.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Journey mapping Banking 71

DMG Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The 3 Contact Center Applications That Pay for Themselves. View this document on the publisher’s website. Almost every year, contact center leaders are asked to reduce operating costs and improve productivity while enhancing the customer experience. I would like to receive the monthly DMG Newsletter.

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Contact Center Virtual Agent Self service Chatbots 48

Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we noted that in 2019 the overarching trend indicates a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate contact center goal of fostering meaningful connections with consumers. Self-service tools include FAQs, virtual assistants, and chatbots and video tutorials. Move to the Cloud.

Contact Center 51

Contact Center Journey mapping Self service Cloud contact 51

Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. To this end, we have grouped the top contact center trends for 2019 into these three categories: human, effortless and transformative.

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Contact Center Gamification Analytics Average Handle Time 59

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 23, 2022

It has the potential to revolutionize certain aspects of business, specifically when it comes to content marketing and contact center communications. It can also improve the chatbot experience on websites and provide personalized content to customers based on their history.

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Babelforce

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Whatever your solution, the first step is integrating WhatsApp with your contact center. With babelforce, that means installing the babelconnect app and linking your contact center infrastructure with WhatsApp. (If 1 Send and receive WhatsApp messages within your contact center software. . #2

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Customer Support Contact center software Contact Center Self service 98

NobelBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

a leading provider of outsourced contact center services, caters to diverse industries with a comprehensive suite of solutions including Sales, Customer Service, Back Office, and Technology Transformation services. Begin by mapping out the customer journey, documenting every touch point and interaction across various channels.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. Companies can use biometrics to verify warranties, ensuring that customers receive service for their devices without requiring them to save receipts or warranty documentation.

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