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A Lofty Goal: Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company

ShepHyken

She answered a few questions, and once the technology identified her problem, a chatbot popped up. After interacting with the chatbot briefly, the bot wrote, “Let me transfer you to an agent,” moving from a chatbot to live chat. She was digitally “hand-held” through the process, which included the chatbot.

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Self-Service for Contact Center: The Definitive Guide

NobelBiz

As we will see, the main goal of a self-service system is to reduce the time the agents spend on simple, repetitive tasks or transactions such as paying a bill or getting account balance information. A functioning self-service system generally empowers clients with the tools and resources necessary for their inquiries.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of January 22, 2024

ShepHyken

My Comment: We open this week’s Top Five roundup with four experts from Gartner who share their thoughts about the top three customer service and support trends for 2024. Zendesk shares ten trends to help you make informed decisions about where and how to invest in your customer service and CX strategies.

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Tips for Deploying AI Chatbots & Virtual Agents

Creative Virtual

Chatbots, smart help, virtual assistants, virtual agents, conversational AI – there are lots of names for this automated, self-service technology being used today. Regardless of what you call it, the objective for including it as part of your customer service strategy is to deliver quick, easy access to information.

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We’re Coming to Rescue Your Failing Chatbot Project!

Creative Virtual

Everywhere I go, I hear stories from organisations that have started on chatbot projects which is exciting for the industry. Failing chatbot projects have also garnered negative press coverage for companies. million AUD on an IBM Watson chatbot project that never even reached the testing stage.

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Customer Experience Digitization: 7 Strategies to Get The Best Results

Lumoa

Keeping the human touch One of the drivers of digital transformation that can positively impact digital cx is the implementation of artificial intelligence solutions, such as chatbots, into businesses. However, in order for the implementation of a chatbot not to backfire, you cannot forget about the human experience.

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Redefining Contact Center Productivity for the Modern Associate

The Northridge Group

What these metrics fail to take into account, however, is a deeper understanding of the overall customer service environment. With self-service and chatbot options available to handle shorter tasks, associates are finding themselves called on more and more to handle increasingly complex issues.