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Preparing Your Contact Center for the Age of Virtual Agents

Taylor Reach Group

Tip-toeing into the technological advancements will not be sufficient if you are looking to reduce exposure to the whims of nature or government. It’s time to take a deeper dive into the word of virtual agents. So how can organizations begin to take advantage of virtual agents today?

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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

Government departments and businesses operate contact centers to connect with their communities, enabling citizens and customers to call to make appointments, request services, and sometimes just ask a question. per contact—a virtual agent can potentially save $7.91 (98%) for every call it successfully handles.

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Virtual Agent Usage Spikes as Self-Service Rescues the Customer Experience

Creative Virtual

These organisations can ‘rescue’ the customer experience by guiding customers to the information they need online while at the same time relieving some of the pressure from their contact centre so agents can better serve customers with questions that need human support. It’s also interesting to break down the virtual agent traffic by region.

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Virtual Agents in 2020: Usage Spikes and the Banking Sector

Creative Virtual

Back in April I took a look at the impressive spike in virtual agent traffic starting in late February and early March that surpassed anything Creative Virtual had seen in over 16 years of being in the industry. Plus, there was the added support needed for various government schemes and programmes. Only time will tell.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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Purchasing Power’s AI-Powered Virtual Agent Wins Top Honor for Excellence in Self-Service

SmartAction

Frost & Sullivan awards Purchasing Power ® for their AI-Powered Virtual Agent created in partnership with SmartAction ® to enable conversational self-service for their customers. SmartAction uses proprietary conversational AI to automate conversations that used to be handled by call center agents over phone, chat, and text.

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How AI Can Help Overcome Hurdles and Help Brand Reputation in Collections

Interactions

The technology allows consumers to communicate on their terms, in their words, without the fear and apprehension associated with talking with a live agent. And in a recent survey conducted by Interactions, 64% of consumers said that they felt uncomfortable when contacted by a live agent regarding an overdue debt.