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Reduce call hold time and improve customer experience with self-service virtual agents using Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex

AWS Machine Learning

The key to making this approach practical is to augment human agents with scalable, AI-powered virtual agents that can address callers’ needs for at least some of the incoming calls. Gartner’s Customer Service and Support Leader poll estimates that live channels such as phone and live chat cost an average of $8.01

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Customer Self-Service: Pros, Cons, Examples

TechSee

Today, digital self-service has become the preference – and the new normal, along with higher expectations and reliance on these channels. The role of technology is more important than ever in improving customer service and operational efficiencies. Download our eBook: What Self Service Will Look Like in 2025 .

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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.

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The Generic ‘Chat Now’: Virtual Agent or Live Chat?

Creative Virtual

This is something that organisations implementing a self-service virtual agent or chatbot should keep in mind, regardless of whether they are integrating it with live chat. Make it obvious that it is a digital, automated tool with wording such as ‘Please ask our Virtual Agent’.

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Create powerful self-service experiences with Amazon Lex on Talkdesk CX Cloud contact center

AWS Machine Learning

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. These virtual agents can automate routine tasks as well as seamlessly elevate complex interactions to a live agent.

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Deploy self-service question answering with the QnABot on AWS solution powered by Amazon Lex with Amazon Kendra and large language models

AWS Machine Learning

QnABot allows you to quickly deploy self-service conversational AI into your contact center, websites, and social media channels, reducing costs, shortening hold times, and improving customer experience and brand sentiment. The LLM-powered QnABot can also play a pivotal role as an automated real-time agent assistant.

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Optimizing Order Management: Best Practices for Automating Order Management

SmartAction

Businesses who thrive at building robust, complete customer journeys harness the power of automation to build self-service solutions in their order management strategy. This involves: Gathering Data : Utilize customer service logs, feedback surveys, and website analytics to understand your most frequent inquiries.