Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It’s always a challenge to decide which posts to include, but my goal is to select ones on a variety of customer service topics that deliver expert insights, actionable tips, and/or thought-provoking questions. The Generic ‘Chat Now’: Virtual Agent or Live Chat?

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With our conversational AI platform and our proprietary intent-building process, we’ve cut virtual agent design and deployment time by 85%, offering our clients not just speed, but unparalleled efficiency and effectiveness. Faster deployment times, tailored AI solutions, and proactive monitoring are just the tip of the iceberg.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I don’t need to tell you that not everything went as planned, but there were still some bright spots for us and the chatbot, virtual agent and live chat industry. Creative Virtual started 2020 celebrating the company’s Sweet Sixteen. 2020 was a record-breaking year for use of our virtual agent and chatbot implementations.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The global pandemic has put digital transformation projects on the fast-track for many organisations, including digital customer service initiatives. This three-part blog series explores the business value of using a chatbot or virtual agent to provide easy-to-use self-service, starting with supporting customers.

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aircall

DECEMBER 30, 2016

It’s important to understand that even if your call center doesn’t bring in revenue in of itself (if it provides customer support, for instance), it will hopefully improve your customer’s experience, boost customer retention, and inflate your bottom line in an indirect manner. Establish goals and define KPIs.

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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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aircall

DECEMBER 30, 2016

It’s important to understand that even if your call center doesn’t bring in revenue in of itself (if it provides customer support, for instance), it will hopefully improve your customer’s experience, boost customer retention, and inflate your bottom line in an indirect manner. Establish goals and define KPIs.

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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 2, 2020

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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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 24, 2019

My session, titled Smart Self-Help for a Seamless, Omnichannel Customer Experience , will take a look at the top trends impacting APAC CX practitioners and the challenge of delivering the right information on the right channel at the right time for customers.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

You might expect this digital sales agent to provide links to useful resources on your website. Customer support. For starters, your virtual sales agent should be a) visible and b) obvious as to its purpose. Another great idea to explore is offering a digital sales agent that is voice-enabled.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Is Your Inexperienced Approach to Self-Service Driving Customers Away? Trial-and-error is important in life but taking that approach to customer support can have a devastating effect on your business. This post outlines three important tips for companies looking to get started with their own voicebot project.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Chatbots and virtual agents have become essential tools for providing 24/7 self-service to digital customers. Contact centers looking to implement a chatbot need to be aware that not all chatbot and virtual agent technology is created equal, and not all solutions on the market have been designed for the contact center.

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Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

They often lead to an escalation to a live chat session or a call to the contact centre for resolution, meaning your support agents are left to deal with the immediate impacts of that poor experience. The best conversational AI technology for customer support chatbots uses a blend of machine learning and natural language rules.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 27, 2021

Rachel F Freeman, a conversational AI expert, started working with chatbots and virtual agents in 2000. This applies to everything from possible use cases to suggestions for conversational flows to UI design tips. This is sage advice for companies as they make conversational AI a part of their customer service strategy.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 18, 2018

My presentation, titled ‘Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience & the Contact Centre’, will provide practical advice and best practices for integrating chatbots, virtual agents and live chat with the contact centre to create successful digital transformation strategies.

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Call Experts

MAY 8, 2019

AI offers support for functions like: Natural language processing to understand conversations and interpret vital statistics with actionable recommendations. Chatbots or virtual agents can address a wide range of features and questions to provide relevant analysis and efficient protocol. Tips for getting new customers.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

In this article, we will decode everything you need to know about customer service and what it takes to drive customer service success. What is Customer Service? Better reputation: Companies with a reputation for excellent customer service are more likely to attract new customers and retain existing ones.

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Fonolo

APRIL 27, 2020

But the pandemic has forced a transition to remote working virtually overnight. And for many customer support departments, that has been whilst under a relentless onslaught of customer inquiries. It’s never been more important for call center managers to support their agents.

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SmartAction

AUGUST 10, 2018

Imagine only having to train an agent once, then never having to worry about replacing him/her or training anyone else again. That’s the AI agent. These “perfectly trained” agents are consistent in behavior and programming, which eliminates human errors that may occur during the customer support process.

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Fonolo

APRIL 4, 2023

Source: Qualtrics XM Institute Only 1 in 26 customers will tell a business about their negative experience; the other 25 will simply leave without explaining or complaining. Source: Esteban Kolsky Feeling unappreciated by a company is the #1 reason customers switch brands. Source: Ameyo 30% of U.S.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 4, 2022

Only 1 in 26 customers will tell a business about their negative experience; the other 25 will simply leave without explaining or complaining. Feeling unappreciated by a company is the #1 reason customers switch brands. 10 Tips for Reducing Customer Complaints. The State of Customer Service in Statistics.

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JustCall

APRIL 5, 2023

That is because they help the customer support department of these businesses, which are responsible for keeping their customers happy. Powerful Virtual Agent When we talk about Talkdesk’s virtual agent, we are not referencing the multi-level attendant or the IVR.

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aircall

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Your agents’ only tool is their desktop computer, and even that isn’t written in stone. For instance, a VOIP business phone system matches a session to every agent, so they can work from different computers, even remotely or from home. Here are tips on choosing the best solution for your business. Consider your needs.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 13, 2021

Customers expect a connected and more sophisticated digital service experience. It’s not unusual for companies, especially large enterprises, to struggle with delivering an integrated customer support experience. Often, they have many of the pieces they need but aren’t sure how to link those pieces – or silos – together.

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aircall

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Your agents’ only tool is their desktop computer, and even that isn’t written in stone. For instance, a VOIP business phone system matches a session to every agent, so they can work from different computers, even remotely or from home. Here are tips on choosing the best solution for your business. Consider your needs.

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JustCall

JANUARY 18, 2023

Do you believe that 24/7 customer support operations can significantly increase investment money? 4 Tips to Strengthen Your Inbound Call Strategy. Here are a few tips that can help you. . Talk to the customers who need attention the most. Focus on customer experience. Virtual Agents.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 18, 2019

Conversational AI is increasingly an important piece of these initiatives with chatbots and virtual agents becoming essential tools for providing 24/7 self-service to digital customers. Chatbots and virtual agents can only give accurate responses if they are backed by a knowledgebase with accurate content.

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NICE inContact

MAY 21, 2019

According to research by Microsoft, 90% of consumers now expect a brand or organisation to offer a self-service portal for customer support. Self-service isn’t just about giving customers what they want; it is also about substantial cost savings. And businesses are listening.

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JustCall

APRIL 5, 2023

That said, the pricing is steep and the customer support doesn’t always come out at the top. It is less cumbersome and easier to set up Customer support is available and helpful Voicemails during a call and automated text messages make it time-saving JustCall has a G2 rating of 4.3/5 5 stars on G2.

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Solvvy

JULY 5, 2018

Whereas most companies this size would have hundreds or thousands of employees to provide customer service, they’ve scaled customer support through AI and machine learning. In order to help customers engage with their products, answer their questions, and upsell them on paid features, Atlassian uses in-product automation.

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JustCall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

JustCall Is Best-suited for: JustCall can be used by enterprises of all sizes (small, mid, and large) and is perfect for a business looking to implement an all-in-one customer communication platform. It is a cloud-based call center software designed for customer support and sales teams.

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JustCall

JANUARY 31, 2023

I love the quick response with customer service and the wonderful customer support agents. Top Features of Nextiva Intelligent virtual agents (IVA) – Self-services IVR that is capable of handling huge call volumes and routing calls to the right agents.

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

As people switch from phones to other channels, companies need to work on integrating human approach to their CX robotics: Companies start focusing on channels that provide robotic customer support with a human touch, according to the Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report, Dimension Data 2017. Teresa Cottam. Self-service.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 18, 2023

Amazon Lex is a service that allows you to quickly and easily build conversational bots (“chatbots”), virtual agents, and interactive voice response (IVR) systems for applications such as Amazon Connect. They can also use enterprise search services such as Amazon Kendra , which is natively integrated with Amazon Lex.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Often customers will look up the answer to a question online before contacting customer support. Keep your queue clear and your customers informed by making sure that your knowledge base is up to date and easy to navigate. Create a community space on your website where customers can help one another troubleshoot issues.

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