Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

After five years of providing what amounted to call center plumbing, we had really zeroed in on what call centers did and realized that the heart of a call center was and always will be the people that operate the phones. The contact center was even more complicated.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

The global drive toward digital transformation has made its mark on contact center processes and operations, with Salesforce predicting last year that the use of AI by customer service teams would see a 143% increase by 2020. Post-call analysis also benefits from AI. Why agents are embracing the change.

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TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

Call centers are busier than ever. These growing call volumes – coupled with the continuous need for cost optimizations – have driven the demand and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in call centers. AI Call Center Solutions that Drive Value. According to a 2021 survey, 65% of U.S.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Here are the steps to get started: Build the virtual agent around a single strategic objective. Focus on the business priorities and develop the virtual agent’s capabilities to support this objective. Prioritize high-volume, common customer questions. Is it cost reduction?

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 22, 2020

By creating that feeling through mock calls, the trainee has the chance to work through their nerves without exposing a “real” customer to their first anxious efforts. Making Virtual Agent Training Work for You. The post The Pivot to 100% Remote Training in the Contact Center appeared first on Blue Ocean.

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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

We also learned just how important contact centers are to our everyday lives. When the whole world went remote, people started calling in in record numbers, forcing businesses to reassess their customer service game. At Jacada, we recognized the challenges of overwhelmed—and often understaffed—contact centers early on.

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TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2018

This article underlines the value of DSS in customer service and focuses on the potential computer vision brings to call/chat centers, where providing a positive customer experience (CX) at scale is critical to success in the current competitive business climate. Current state of DSS in contact centers.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

The global drive toward digital transformation has made its mark on contact center processes and operations, with Salesforce predicting last year that the use of AI by customer service teams would see a 143% increase by 2020. Post-call analysis also benefits from AI. Redefining Contact Center Agents’ Careers.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Navigating poorly designed DTMF touch-tone systems and single word command menus can cause issues with proper routing and ultimately result in internal transfers, which is a large expense for contact centers.

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Hire some agents, train them, and use standard contact center KPIs to measure how well they perform. When a virtual agent fields a customer’s enquiry, collects all relevant details and passes it to a human agent for final approval, how should average handling time ( AHT ) be measured?

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Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The biggest challenge facing every contact center is agent churn. Many agents are bored, unengaged, and generally unhappy, and they churn at a rate of 33% across all industries. Not to mention, technology constraints can sometimes make it difficult to improve the agent experience.

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Uniphore

JULY 10, 2021

How to Cut Call Center Agent Onboarding Time in Half. and Make Every Agent Your Best Agent. Brian Cantor Leading CX Industry Analyst Contact Center Week. Live Demo Featuring 10 Ways to Simplify Agent Onboarding With AI & RPA. Brian Cantor Leading CX Industry Analyst Contact Center Week.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

When it comes to reducing expenses within contact center operations, one of the best ways to do so is to reduce the amount of time that live agents spend on the phone. With that being said, one of the biggest time-consumers of live agent minutes comes from repetitive and tedious data gathering.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 23, 2020

However, many companies have not yet addressed the most basic weaknesses in their contact centers. The scalability and flexibility of a cloud contact center presents itself as the best solution, allowing companies to better align investment according to their growth.

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8x8

MARCH 12, 2019

Have you heard about 8x8 X Series’ new integration with Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI? This integration makes solutions powered with artificial intelligence accessible to any company with 8x8’s Contact Center, without having to invest in a home-grown artificial intelligence program. Use Agent Assist.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Conversational AI (aka intelligent chatbots or virtual agents) combines artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to streamline customer interactions across channels. Simplifying the creation and maintenance of virtual agents across the enterprise is critical. Essentially, it is what makes a Virtual Agent smart.

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Upstream Works

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Over the course of 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream for contact centers. As with cloud adoption, the promise of AI has become compelling enough that contact center leaders are no longer wondering if it has a place in their plans. Workflow automation is an important contact center use case for AI.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

AI-powered virtual agents. Chatbots have been hyped up for the last two years, and while they are certainly not perfect, they constantly improve as their powering technologies continue to evolve Other types of bots are also emerging, such as audio-based personal assistants and innovative virtual agents with visual capabilities.

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TechSee

MARCH 13, 2018

In 2017, all eyes were on chatbots and virtual agents – the assumption being that they would take over a significant part of the customer interaction and deliver real value in communicating with customers. The bot learns from the agent’s feedback and improves the automated responses over time. Virtual Agents.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 18, 2022

No area of business has been impacted by the great resignation more than the contact center. Many organizations were focused on improving customer experience and digitizing the contact center just two years ago. Today, the urgent problem experienced by a contact center is simply not being able to get enough bums in seats.

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Cyara

DECEMBER 3, 2018

It is being discussed throughout companies, from the contact center to the board room. For customer service and sales, AI is being implemented in chatbots, robotic process automation, virtual agents, and many more technologies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage.

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Call Experts

MAY 8, 2019

Chatbots or virtual agents can address a wide range of features and questions to provide relevant analysis and efficient protocol. Develop sophisticated performance analytics that evaluates contact center metrics. Understand top tier contact center operations and benefits. One call can change your business!

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Interactions

JULY 29, 2020

While digital channels are increasingly a growing means for consumers to reach their utility when service is required, the majority of customer care issues are still handled by contact center agents. Virtual agents can support an omnichannel approach to customer service.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 16, 2019

Another cost-effective alternative exists – and it simply involves supplementing existing IVRs with AI-powered virtual agents with natural language capabilities. Instead of relying on agents to make a few calls at a time, hundreds of thousands of calls can be placed in minutes.

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TechSee

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Take a peek into the latest issue of Super-Agent: The contact center is at its wits end. The customers are getting frustrated and the contact center is in trouble! But Super-Agent’s biggest feat is introducing visual technology, giving Boti the ultimate gift – the gift of vision.

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VDS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The idea is to let technology handle mundane tasks, nuisance calls, and authentication, so your agents can focus on everything else. The beauty of these technologies is they typically work across all contact center solutions with API integration. Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). Virtual Hold.

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UJET

JUNE 25, 2021

We’re long past the days where customer experience is an afterthought and the contact center is viewed as a cost center. Unsurprisingly, mobile usage skyrocketed during the pandemic, and the percentage of mobile interactions with the contact center is now estimated to be 80% or higher globally. Unify the Data.

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Cyara

JULY 21, 2021

According to this recent Qualtrics study that examined more than 2,000 consumers, 100 contact center agents, and thousands of customer journeys, it only takes one interaction with a contact center to change how 78% of consumers feel about a company… permanently. That’s it. A single interaction.

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TechSee

MAY 28, 2019

For that reason, successful call deflection strategies allow enquiries to be deflected to self-service channels such as FAQs, live chat, community forums, knowledge center databases and virtual agents. He navigates to the Contact Us page of the supplier’s website and easily finds the Customer Support phone number.

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SaleMove

JANUARY 6, 2020

In our second part of this blog series, we continue our examination of how to staff the contact center of tomorrow. Just as a sports team consists of players and coaches working in concert, the contact center’s backbone is comprised of agents and supervisors. Human Touch – Role of the Agent.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Chatbots Magazine , businesses can reduce customer service costs by as much as 30% with virtual agents and chatbots. Over the last few years, the industry has turned toward conversational AI platforms – known as chatbots – to automate and scale one-on-one conversations.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Contact centers are now considered more than just service centers. Omnichannel Interaction Data is Siloed or Nonexistent.

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Advantage Communications

AUGUST 14, 2019

In this blog we often talk about the innovative omnichannel technology that a modern outsourced call center will bring to your organization, and how those technologies will help your company realize significant benefits to your customer service strategy.

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Interactions

JUNE 18, 2020

Therefore, it should be a big focus in the contact center. But with an increasing focus on technology, it can seem like live agents are getting left behind. . It’s not about replacing live agents, but rather about diverting their attention to more stimulating and interesting tasks, which increases their productivity and value.

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