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Contact center workforce 101: IVR vs. chatbots vs. agents

Think Customers

A quick live chat with a bot, for instance, can rapidly escalate to an emergency call with an agent, which we refer to as an associate, and vice versa. What is a chatbot? Chatbots are primarily text-based and scripted to answer only specific questions. The best fit. What is a contact center associate? The best fit.

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Guest Blog: Digitalizing Customer Service for 2018

ShepHyken

Human vs Bot. Gartner also reported that by 2020, 72% of customer interactions will involve an emerging technology such as machine-learning applications, chatbots or mobile messaging, up from 11% in 2017. The post Guest Blog: Digitalizing Customer Service for 2018 appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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Utilizing AI for effective customer communications with Birdeye Webchat & Inbox

BirdEye

Genesis Counseling Center faced this challenge head-on and embraced the power of AI for reputation management to manage its customer communications. This blog delves deeper into a candid conversation between Rebecca Colwell, VP of Product & Customer Marketing at Birdeye, and special guest Steven Greer, COO of Genesis Counseling Center.

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[NEW RESEARCH] Can your Contact Center Keep Up with Changing Consumer Demands?

NICE inContact

The second annual NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark includes consumers from three countries – United States, United Kingdom and Australia – with year-over-year results for US (2018 vs 2017), and new benchmark data for UK and Australia. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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Kustomer’s Look Back at 2020

Kustomer

In fact, according to recent consumer research conducted by Kustomer, live chat continues to grow in popularity with consumers, now ranking as the second most popular channel to get customer service problems solved. There’s no need to waste the customer’s or agent’s time by asking for repeat information. Customers Are People Too.

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5 Customer Service Solutions to Implement Before the Year Ends

transcosmos Information Systems

Most people are too busy nowadays to deliberately call customer service agents if they have some concerns they need to address. Studies show that millennials prefer live chat over any other medium of customer support. Follow through with a help desk ticketing system, 24/7 instant messaging support, and programmed chatbots.

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It’s All About The $$$ – How Much Money Can Chatbots Actually Save You?

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It’s hard to remember a time when Chatbots weren’t a hot (albeit, polarizing) topic in the customer service and tech industries. From customized Chatbots on major brand websites to Siri and Alexa in our own homes, it seems like Chatbots have entered the discussion (and our lives) for good. Why Chatbots?

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