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A Human-Centric Approach to Virtual Agents Changes the Game For Customer Satisfaction

SmartAction

In the audio below, you’ll hear a supposed “smart” virtual agent take an entire minute just to ask him what the problem is as a robotic voice interrogates Alex. He’s trying to answer questions while rapidly fumbling through his wallet for a membership ID because this virtual agent has no personalization. Personalization.

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Human-Centered Design Is the Heart of Intelligent Virtual Agents

SmartAction

In the audio below, you’ll hear a supposed “smart” virtual agent take an entire minute just to ask him what the problem is as a robotic voice interrogates Alex. He’s trying to answer questions while rapidly fumbling through his wallet for a membership ID because this virtual agent has no personalization. Personalization.

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Contact Centers Stream Past Virtual Agents to Virtual Presence

CX Global Media

For many contact centers taking the leap to implement virtual agents to handle the simple and repetitive tasks is somewhat an easy decision to make. But for one contact center that implemented virtual agents, their call handle times quadrupled! What about your live agents leveraging some virtual power of their own?

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Preparing Your Contact Center for the Age of Virtual Agents

Taylor Reach Group

COVID-19 is making clear to US companies and other firms around the world the need for better cost management in the midst of uncertainty. These past few months, we’ve watched contact centers turn to backup plans C and D as work schedules were impacted by stay-at-home orders or their agents’ refusal to go in because of the pandemic.

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Implementing Virtual Agents: Where to Start, and How to Finish

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Aarde Cosseboom, Director of GMS Technology and Product, TechStyle Fashion Group

The answer may surprise you - 75% of customers think that calling is the most effective way to get a response from you, which means your agents are spending potential 30 hours/week on repetitive calls instead of more complex issues that do require human judgment and critical thinking. Unsurprised? How TechStyle saved $1.1M

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AI adoption in contact centers – virtual agents

Spearline

AI adoption in contact centers – virtual agents The voice-bot is emerging as an attractive conversational-user-interface which offers accessible and comfortable user interaction. Contact center teams are enthusiastically rolling out virtual agents. In the U.S. The idea of voice-assistants, surprisingly, is not new.

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Optimizing Order Management: Best Practices for Automating Order Management

SmartAction

Having a strong order management strategy can be a key differentiator for businesses. 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 feedback will be instrumental in refining your automation system.

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5 Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise

Speaker: Tom Lewis, CEO of SmartAction

This means more and more companies are implementing cloud-based virtual agents that automate conversations traditionally handled by live agents, all of which can be done across several different channels. How to design “lanes” for virtual agents to outperform live agents. Tune in to discover: Where to start.

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The Post-Covid CX Powered by AI

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Aarde Cosseboom, Director of GMS Technology and Product, TechStyle Fashion Group

Adapting to a post-COVID world means recession-proofing your contact center with AI that reduces reliance on live agents with virtual agents that are always on, perfectly trained, and at a fraction of the cost. Also joining is SmartAction, who manages the AI-powered CX for more than 100 brands.

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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.