Connect

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Technology-enabled transformation is a growing trend as operators look to access the latest technologies shaping the contact centre of the future , with artificial intelligence (AI) a key strategic focus. Innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) presents an unprecedented opportunity to disrupt this prevailing norm.

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Cisco - Contact Center

AUGUST 3, 2020

Cisco Webex Contact Center CCaaS honored for improving customer service technology and customer experience. I’m excited to announce that Webex Contact Center was among the 2020 Contact Center Technology Award winners, presented by CUSTOMER Magazine this month. Award Winner Second Year in a Row. Award Info.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Personalization and Relevance Creating a personal touch in your order management virtual agent can significantly enhance customer experience and engagement. Utilizing the Right Technologies Selecting the right platform for your automated order updates is crucial for effective communication.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 11, 2019

AI-powered virtual agents present significant potential to improve the customer experience (CX) via call center automation. Difficulty implementing and deploying new contact center technologies. Agent turnover. Focus on Solutions, Not Technology. Practical Solutions at a Time of Rapid Change. Collections).

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Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Back in 2013, V-Person technology became the first virtual agent offering to implement personalization – a recognition acknowledged both by the Patricia Seybold Group in their 2014 technology review and by the analysts at Gartner when they named Creative Virtual a 2015 Cool Vendor in Smart Machines.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With the advent of the internet, AI, and technological advancements, it has transformed into a multifaceted solution that empowers customers to find answers and solutions on their own. The evolution of self-service reflects the ever-changing landscape of technology and consumer expectations. Key Trends in Customer Self-Service 1.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 30, 2024

An AI-based call center utilizes artificial intelligence technologies to manage and improve customer interactions. AI technologies not only streamline operations but also elevate the customer experience by offering quicker, more accurate responses and personalized service, setting new standards in customer satisfaction.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 30, 2024

An AI-based call center utilizes artificial intelligence technologies to manage and improve customer interactions. AI technologies not only streamline operations but also elevate the customer experience by offering quicker, more accurate responses and personalized service, setting new standards in customer satisfaction.

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Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Many organizations are now 100% work-from-home or have a workforce divided between brick-and-mortar and virtual agents (82% are WFH since July 2020—Gartner). This presents entirely new challenges and opportunity for workforce managers. Our workforce management (WFM) landscape is changing at breakneck speed.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The key to reaching this powerful demographic is by understanding that technology is central to their being. This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. 5 Enabling technologies to reach Millennials.

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Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

On 31 October I joined my colleague Liam Ryan at the 2019 CXtech Conference & Technology Showcase, which was co-located with the AI & Robotics Conference, in London. Even though it was the fourth year Creative Virtual sponsored the joint events, it was my first opportunity to represent the company, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Technology is changing many aspects of our lives, and customer experience is no exception. The CXtech Conference and Showcase , returning to London for a second year, will explore the technologies changing today’s customer experience (CX) landscape, from design to delivery to analysis. By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s impossible to talk about customer experience without also talking about technology. All of those goals involve not only implementing, but also integrating the right customer experience (CX) technologies. It was a day of great presentations and insightful discussions, and I especially enjoyed the salmon at lunch!

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Luckily for businesses, new technologies are making it easier for them to offer multilingual customer service on digital channels than it was in 2014. One of these technologies is machine translation which has seen huge improvement in recent years. Here’s how it works: The customer enters their question in German in the virtual agent.

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Interactions

JANUARY 25, 2023

for a new technology that extracts natural language semantics from speech without the use of speech recognition. With this technology, we continue to differentiate ourselves in the conversational AI marketplace by delivering cutting-edge innovation designed to enhance the customer experience for hundreds of millions of customers.

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Interactions

JANUARY 25, 2023

for a new technology that extracts natural language semantics from speech without the use of speech recognition. With this technology, we continue to differentiate ourselves in the conversational AI marketplace by delivering cutting-edge innovation designed to enhance the customer experience for hundreds of millions of customers.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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. Dustin Hubbard, Chief Technology Officer at WaFd Bank.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Employment Situation: Present & Past. While this is happening economically, we’re seeing another macro trend: more outstanding technological capabilities and applications for conversational AI. The price to invest and utilize this technology is dropping bringing conversational AI automation to the perfect point of adoption.

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SmartAction

JUNE 9, 2023

Let’s explore this growing technology by understanding what it truly is, reviewing some examples of its applications, diving into its inner workings, and highlighting the associated benefits and challenges businesses and contact centers should consider. Chatbots and virtual agents may provide irrelevant or inaccurate responses.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 3, 2022

And so, without further ado, here are some of the best customer service posts shared on the Creative Virtual Blog over the past year: Solving Common Conversational AI Project Issues – Conversational AI is widely recognised as an important technology in digital customer service and employee support strategies.

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EPIC Connections

OCTOBER 20, 2017

The shared award was presented to both EPIC Connections and SmartAction recognizing a collaborative effort to serve inContact customers and share their omnichannel insight. The award was presented during inContact’s DEVone Conference last week in Salt Lake City, Utah. About EPIC Connections.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 1, 2022

The Report provides an in-depth analysis of the capabilities and versatility of AI-based intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) and virtual assistants (VAs) and their contributions to enterprises, agents and other employees, and to customers.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Join me as we dive into why leveraging conversational AI in the voice channel cannot be ignored or underestimated and why businesses should seize the opportunity to invest in this transformative technology. Customers calling in were greeted with a menu of options, often presented in a robotic and monotonous voice.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2021

It is an artificial intelligence tool that can be described as a virtual agent. As a result, a Chatbot is presented as a real solution for improving customer experience in a call center. This is why it offers concrete answers to real problems for both agents and customers. Rule N° 2: Data is Everything!

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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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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2022

What’s more, consumers believe they have the right to interact with an organization in multiple channels and, when appropriate, to pivot between channels, such as when an intelligent virtual agent (IVA) needs to send information to a consumer’s cell phone via SMS during a phone conversation. Like what you’re reading?

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Long wait times have been fuelled by a sharp rise in calls combined with the unpredictability of available agents due to office closures and quarantines. She advocates for letting self-help tools, such as virtual agents and chatbots, share the burden being felt by contact centres. Her conclusion?

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Boosting agent engagement? Increasing agent productivity? Which AI technologies should be used? Interaction analytics technology has been in the commercial market for more than 20 years and AQM for more than 12 of them. What goals can AI help them achieve: Enhancing self-service? Reducing operating expenses?

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Interactions

APRIL 14, 2021

Given the emotional energy required, it’s not surprising to hear statistics that report 50% of new collection agents resign in under three months. The agent on the other side of the communication should understand that the debtor is going through a hard time and they want to figure out how to get out of the mess.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This honour means even more as we prepare for the upcoming launch of the next innovative release of our V-Person technology. The analysts at Celent conducted their own evaluation of intelligent virtual assistant platforms as well, focusing in on the technology within the retail banking space.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 7, 2021

They also discussed the findings of ISG’s research and current successful virtual agent implementations. Here’s a recording of their full discussion: When ISG held their awards ceremony in October, Chris and Liam Ryan, Sales Director, were able to accept Creative Virtual’s trophy in person from Jan Erik.

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Balto

JULY 5, 2023

Here’s the truth: The march of progress means at some point, human agents will likely be mostly replaced and automated by AI. You can prepare your contact center for an AI-powered future by implementing new strategies in the present. When customers got on calls and heard a robotic voice say “Hello, I am an AI agent, how can I help you?”

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SmartAction

APRIL 30, 2021

While there are many different facets to conversational AI, virtual agents, and the technology as a whole, one aspect to recognize when considering and implementing a solution is customer experience. When it comes to intelligent virtual agents (IVA) , this ideology is ever-present.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The jump from traditional “press zero” to cutting-edge AI solutions presents both a thrilling opportunity and a daunting challenge in the customer service world. This vision is at the heart of SmartAction’s mission, where we’re not just about technology; we’re about transforming customer experiences.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As a member of the Creative Virtual team for over 13 years now, I find compiling this roundup makes me contemplate how much has changed in the world of customer service over that time – evolving customer expectations, new contact channels, technological advancements. But it also reminds me that some things haven’t changed.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This specific application of AI technology stands to redefine customer service experiences in auto dealerships. This oversight is more than a missed technological opportunity; it’s a gap in providing comprehensive customer service and operational efficiency.

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Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Like many industry events this year, the annual HKCCA (Hong Kong Customer Contact Association) Symposium went virtual on 5 November. Our partner Continuous Technologies (CTINT) was once again an event sponsor and graciously invited me to present on the Symposium theme of Future Fit.

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