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. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport).

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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. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport).

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SaleMove

JANUARY 20, 2021

In our previous blog in The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Series , we discussed how virtual agents, or bots, are transforming the contact center workplace, pushing live human agents to become strategic troubleshooting experts and managers to become agent coaches.

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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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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This tendency, coupled with increasingly mature artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, has raised attention to the role and impact of virtual agents in contact centers and customer experience (CX). What is a virtual agent? The post What is a virtual agent and how does it work?

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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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SaleMove

JUNE 11, 2020

Check out the previous installment of this series: The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 2: Players and Coaches In this third installment of this blog series, we continue to discuss how to staff the contact centers of the future.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Using a countdown clock while agents complete tasks and assessments can encourage efficiency while also mirroring the stress that an agent can experience to meet productivity goals in production. Making Virtual Agent Training Work for You. Request a download here.

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West Monroe

JULY 24, 2017

These intelligent agents are making our lives so easy. Yes, life has changed and so have customer’s expectations. Customer experience comes down to your perception of your interactions with a company. Many of us base our perception on our last amazing, unexpected experience. You’ve got to start somewhere!

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SaleMove

JUNE 11, 2020

In this third installment of this blog series, we continue to discuss how to staff the contact centers of the future. With more and more interactions with customers occurring online, companies are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots to keep up with high online traffic. Stay tuned to find out more!

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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. What is Claude?

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

We would wager, that even with the evolution of AI, brands serving consumers in the Americas will continue to benefit from providing support in French, Spanish, and, for some organizations, Portuguese through a live agent model. The impact of bilingual support on the customer experience cannot be understated. It’s our thing.

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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. A contact center is at the forefront of communication with customers.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This means that companies are disappointing millions of customers and losing out on the opportunity to automate an increasing percentage of the inquiries they receive. The current generation of self-service solutions, intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), are smart, omni-channel systems that automate many types of inquiries.

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Interactions

MAY 26, 2022

Brands shouldn’t gamble when it comes to customer experience. Just one bad experience can affect customer loyalty and your bottom line. In fact, 1 in 3 customers will leave a brand they love after just one bad experience, while 92% would completely abandon a company after two or three negative interactions.

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SaleMove

AUGUST 20, 2020

Similarly, contact centers have playbooks to address customer issues and opportunities. The most common elements of the playbook in the contact center today are the script and the knowledge base , which may be built and maintained by supervisors or by special knowledge managers. Knowledge Managers.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 23, 2020

Customers change their opinion about a brand based on a bad customer experience, which shows that all interactions count. The 21st-century customer is extremely demanding and seeks real-time, personalized, effective and immediate customer service to solve their problems.

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Interactions

MAY 6, 2022

In customer experience, wasting time is one of the biggest pain points for consumers. In a recent survey, we found the top obstacles people experience when contacting customer service have to do with time, such as long wait times or wasted time due to inefficient processes. . 63% were transferred multiple times.

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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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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This means that companies are disappointing millions of customers and losing out on the opportunity to automate an increasing percentage of the inquiries they receive. The current generation of self-service solutions, intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), are smart, omni-channel systems that automate many types of inquiries.

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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

2 technology they expect to transform Digital Customer Experience (DCX), behind customer success analytics tools. In Nemertes’ 2018-19 Digital Customer Experience research study of 697 organizations, we found companies already are relying on AI to transform their customer experience.

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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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SaleMove

JULY 8, 2020

The post The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 4: The Research Team appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Not only are online retailers enjoying massive revenue from their customers (expected to be over $6 trillion in 2022 ), but the platforms themselves are also becoming increasingly sophisticated. Now, technologies such as AI and machine learning are driving highly personalized customer experiences.

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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. Now is the time to reimagine customer experience and take advantage of AI and automation to your benefit.”

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

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Interactions

JULY 7, 2022

The current labor shortage is a big problem, especially for contact centers. Without enough agents in a contact center, customers cannot get the help they need. This eliminates hold times for customers and lets them take care of what they need to, despite staffing shortages. The answer is technology.

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Tricia Morris

MAY 18, 2015

According to the same Forrester survey referenced above, online community, virtual agent, mobile customer service, social media and live chat have also increased in usage. Contact centers are working to address this growing and changing channel use. Customer preferences are changing.

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UJET

JUNE 25, 2021

As the world begins to reopen post-COVID-19, customer experience is more important than it’s ever been, with 80% of companies saying their core business model needs to go and/or stay digital to remain economically viable. This major shift in device utilization means thatmobile customer experience isanessential consideration.

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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.

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Interactions

JUNE 25, 2020

Without automation and self-service, every customer requires an agent’s help to resolve their query. The surge in contact volume stresses the contact center operations. In the last few weeks we’ve already seen brands reallocating sales and other staff to handle customer queries to strengthen the contact centers.

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This allows field service teams to learn from the contact center, the contact center to learn from customer self-service, and management to gain a 360° view of all service interactions. For example, a customer trying to set up their new connected TV can open a video chat session with your AI Agent.

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West Monroe

JULY 27, 2017

Not only did it go from an online bookstore to one of the largest retailers in the world, but Amazon has now tapped contact centers. Amazon Web Services recently announced Amazon Connect – a simple and cost effective, cloud-based contact center technology that has left the contact center industry (and us) buzzing.

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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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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. To truly modernize your customer service, you don’t need to choose between AI or human involvement. You need both.

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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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