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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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SmartAction Wins New World Report’s 2023 Best Intelligent Virtual Agent Developer Award

SmartAction

FORT WORTH, Texas, November 14 , 2023 SmartAction, a leading provider of AI-powered virtual agents for customer-obsessed brands, is thrilled to announce its recent recognition as the “Best Intelligent Virtual Agent Developer 2023 – USA” by New World Report in their prestigious Software and Technology Awards.

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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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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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Preparing Your Contact Center for the Age of Virtual Agents

Taylor Reach Group

It’s time to take a deeper dive into the word of virtual agents. That said, I acknowledge that virtual agents today aren’t as effective as live representatives and can be expensive during the implementation phase; not to mention the technology does not always match up to the marketing pitch.

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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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How to Build ROI for Conversational AI

Speaker: Sofia Burton & Tiffany O'Malley from SmartAction

Agent attrition has always been a huge problem, but now the difficulties of the worker shortage make securing live agents for call centers highly competitive. Virtual agents are an expansion of your best live agent — and they can cut operating costs on average of 66%. Demonstrating those best use cases.

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Start Every Conversation with AI: The Front Door for Intelligent Customer Service

Speaker: Brian Morin & Helena Chen from SmartAction

AI virtual agents can help resolve a lot of routine and repetitive interactions, but not all are created equal. Some customer service interactions require a human —but just because some calls must be transferred to a live agent doesn’t mean they can’t all begin with AI. Self-service is on the rise.

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The Insider Secret to Designing Virtual Agents that Surpass Your Competition

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO & Mark Landry, VP of Product at SmartAction

In a world where top businesses are always battling for the best technology, you have to ensure that your virtual agent's design is the best in the competition. How data + business logic keeps virtual agents in their "swim lane". But how do you do this? Schematics of successful interactions.

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4 Ways AI-powered Virtual Agents Automate the Contact Center

Speaker: Tom Lewis, CEO of SmartAction

Register now to hear Tom Lewis, CEO of SmartAction, discuss how leading contact centers are leveraging the power of conversational AI through cloud-based virtual agents that automate the call types and chats traditionally handled by live agents. Examples from CX leaders on how and where they deployed virtual agents.

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The 5 Categories That Rule Virtual Agents

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, Mark Landry, VP Product, Marilyn Cassedy, Director of Customer Success, SmartAction

It just so happens that whenever we design and deploy a new AI-powered virtual agent over voice, the self-service application invariably falls into one of 5 distinct categories. This has been true for more than a hundred clients encompassing hundreds of use cases across 12 industries.

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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

Why the performance of TechStyle's virtual agents rivals that of live agents. You will learn: What factors went into TechStyle's first decision between tackling internally or outsourcing to a partner. How TechStyle saved $1.1M in their first year afterwards.

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How a Top 25 Most Trusted Brand Handed Their CX to AI

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Patty Kleinfeldt, Director of Q&E, AAA

One of the most trusted brands in the world, AAA, took the most critical aspect of their Customer Experience and handed it over to an AI-powered virtual agent for omnichannel self-service. The secret of data + business logic to keep virtual agents in their "swim lane".

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The Conversational AI Journey: What to Expect from Start to Finish

Speaker: Gary Davis, SmartAction CEO

Understanding the work involved before and after you deploy a virtual agent makes all the difference between a poor customer experience and one that’s on par with your best live agent. What happens after go-live, and how to monitor, fine-tune, and train your virtual agent.