UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2022

They discuss how to use AI and automation to increase efficiency, capacity, and effectiveness within your contact center and ultimately deliver a better customer experience. How can customers move through different modes of communications, including voice and digital channels, seamlessly without having to repeat their stories?

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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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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Mansi Bhatia who looks at ways organizations can transform contact centers into a customer engagement center. I like the idea of a customer engagement center. – Shep Hyken. Earlier, businesses used to see contact centers as cost centers.

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Interactions

APRIL 9, 2020

And when it comes to customer experience, it’s important that especially during times of uncertainty and chaos, communication is still efficient and customers have the ability to ask questions and get answers without frustration. Streamline messaging and communication.

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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

She also is a widely recognized expert in the communications field, with specialty areas of VOIP/UC, collaboration, and managed/hosted/cloud communications services. Virtual agents/chatbots – Computer-aided, virtual robots that address basic questions and functions to free human agents to handle more complex ones.

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TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

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 is moving forward rapidly, with contact center AI software continuously evolving and dramatically improving, and ultimately delivering more value. .

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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

JANUARY 13, 2022

If your contact center is planning for the future, be sure to make employee experience and getting the right technology in place top priorities. We recently participated in a discussion with two industry experts that focused on megatrends that will impact contact centers in 2022. Technology always needs focus.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Key preferences to consider in Millennial generation customer service: Text me, I don’t like to talk: Millennials prefer to communicate over text messaging and rarely make phone calls. Show me, don’t tell me: Millennials prefer visual communications over all other forms of media. AI-powered virtual agents.

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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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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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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

With the COVID-19 crisis causing a significant increase in customer inquiries, more businesses are turning to Conversational AI to sustain and improve customer and employee communications. Simplifying the creation and maintenance of virtual agents across the enterprise is critical. A Platform to Handle Complexity. Accurate NLP.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Claude is the latest addition to the Contact Center team, and he’s already making waves. As an AI assistant, Claude is designed to streamline the customer service experience, making it faster and more efficient for both customers and agents.

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Interactions

JUNE 25, 2020

Naturally, I picked up the phone and dialed their 800 number to schedule my delivery, only to be put on hold for over 25 minutes before speaking to an agent. I tried using the chat on the website and in the app, but every channel of communication gave me the standard ‘delay due to COVID-19 message’. Virtual Agents can help.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. So your agents’ time is spent resolving issues, and your customers get resolutions faster. Automation Reduces Repetitive Tasks for 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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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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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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UJET

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Communications more inclusive of language, culture, and ability. If the speech engine is still having trouble understanding the caller, the auto-attendant may connect them with a human agent or ask the customer if they would prefer to converse in their native language. An example of a personalized greeting using UJET Virtual Agent.

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UJET

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Communications more inclusive of language, culture, and ability. If the speech engine is still having trouble understanding the caller, the auto-attendant may connect them with a human agent or ask the customer if they would prefer to converse in their native language. An example of a personalized greeting using UJET Virtual Agent.

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UJET

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Contact Centers Need a Single Source of Truth in Data. In the most basic enterprise customer service toolset, there’s a contact center platform (or ACD), customer relationship management solution (CRM), and workforce engagement solution ( WEM ). But in practice, these integrations are almost never perfect.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. So your agents’ time is spent resolving issues, and your customers get resolutions faster. Automation Reduces Repetitive Tasks for Agents.

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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. This model is especially effective when the contact center is required to handle large call volumes or highly complex calls.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Companies such as Bosch, Daimler, Henkel, Lufthansa and, more recently, BioNTech are automating their customer communication in a smart way. We call the service center more annoyed. Just like a real employee in the call or contact center. Will they eventually replace people in contact centers? The result?

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

In the past, contact centers could stay ahead of the curve as long as they ensured to utilize the right solutions and tools to service customers. According to a survey, CCaaS will grow to be the favored adoption model by 50% of contact centers by 2022.

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Oracle

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That’s a particularly attractive solution when a chatbot — also called a “virtual agent” — is offered as the initial strategy, with a live agent available as needed. No longer can brands rely on a single channel for customer service; shoppers want to communicate whenever and however they choose.

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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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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. Agents need accurate, accessible information from reliable and efficient systems.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Nordic region’s largest insurance company, If, has adopted innovative artificial intelligence in combination with its existing solution from the contact center supplier Puzzel. The new agreement covers If’s contact centers in four countries. Virtual agents are quickly gaining in importance.

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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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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Waterfield Tech, a leading global customer engagement solutions provider, today announced research findings detailing a significant lag in the adoption of conversational AI in the contact center. Additional findings from Waterfield Tech’s research include: The Value of Investing in the Contact Center. 80% are using voice.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Focused on serving the needs of customers, helping them solve problems, teaching them how to use products, and answering their questions, customer service agents are central to business growth and effective operations. Somewhat surprising, survey results found that Gen Zs prefer both face-to-face communication and text messaging at work.

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Once only powered by human agents, the first automated technology that was introduced in the contact center acted mainly as a way to redirect calls to the right department. If the Conversational AI application is able to reach this level of human communication, then virtual agents will equate to a better experience.

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Interactions

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And therefore, what we consider now to be vital channels of communication between businesses and customers weren’t used in the same way 10 years ago. Facebook had only recently developed their chat function in 2008, which was really only used for communication between friends. AI and Agents: Better Together.

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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. More Blogs Menu.

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UJET

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Contact Centers Need a Single Source of Truth in Data. In the most basic enterprise customer service toolset, there’s a contact center platform (or ACD), customer relationship management solution (CRM), and workforce engagement solution ( WEM ). But in practice, these integrations are almost never perfect.

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