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Adding a Chatbot: Trust a Pro or Build it Yourself?

SmartAction

Conversational chatbots are one of the top market disruptors in call center automation. However, in recent years their use has declined as businesses have learned how difficult it is to properly maintain a chatbot that actually helps customers to accomplish their goals. Why is it So Hard to Implement and Maintain a Chatbot?

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What is Live Chat? 5 Big Ways It Can Help Your Business

bold360 Blog

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. CX + EX Success: Blending Chatbots + Live Chat.

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Call Deflection strategies in the age of self-service

TechSee

For that reason, successful call deflection strategies allow enquiries to be deflected to self-service channels such as FAQs, live chat, community forums, knowledge center databases and virtual agents. He navigates to the Contact Us page of the supplier’s website and easily finds the Customer Support phone number.

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Shape Customer Service in 2022 and Beyond

CSM Magazine

Rather than waiting for a customer service representative to answer the phone or react to an email, AI-enabled chatbots and virtual agents are constantly accessible and can respond to consumer enquiries in minutes, if not seconds. All of this constitutes what is referred to as agile customer care.

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A Successful Self-Service Strategy Requires Looking at the Bigger Picture

Creative Virtual

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. The Inner Circle Guide to AI-Enabled Self-Service.

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Delivering Self-Service During the COVID-19 Uncertainty, Part 1: Supporting Customers

Creative Virtual

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. There are lots of published statistics and success stories that prove the business value of this technology.

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New KPI Metrics in the Era of Self Service

TechSee

Modern contact centers are made up of a complex combination of humans and virtual assistants – using both natural and artificial intelligence – operating over multiple channels and using a wide range of tools to solve customers’ issues. Customer care center metrics in the era of self-service clearly require a different approach.