Upstream Works

DECEMBER 20, 2022

AI applications will access the relevant pieces from a customer’s history – chat threads, previous orders, unresolved issues – and pull them up on the virtual agent desktop so everything is in one place. Virtual Agent. This is another form of automation.

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kommunicate

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Google Dialogflow recently introduced Dialogflow CX (Customer Experience) – a powerful tool for creating advanced virtual agents. Dialogflow CX provides a new way of designing virtual agents, taking a state machine approach to agent design.

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kommunicate

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Google Dialogflow recently introduced Dialogflow CX (Customer Experience) – a powerful tool for creating advanced virtual agents. The post Dialogflow CX vs ES: A Complete Overview appeared first on Kommunicate Blog. The older version of Dialogflow has been renamed to Dialogflow ES (Essentials).

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Other Approaches to Bilingual Customer Care Support But, as the title of this blog implies, a live agent model might not be the best option for all of your language requirements. The quality of non-English interactions with virtual agents in a conversational manner in their primary language improves with machine learning.

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SaleMove

AUGUST 20, 2020

Common assets include: FAQs to enable customer self-service canned and suggested responses for agents full-on scripts that guide agents step-by-step through a call knowledge bases for agents to search. With the rise of big data analytics and virtual agents, the knowledge manager’s job is in for big changes.

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kommunicate

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Google Dialogflow recently introduced Dialogflow CX (Customer Experience) – a powerful tool for creating advanced virtual agents. Dialogflow CX provides a new way of designing virtual agents, taking a state machine approach to agent design.

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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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Provide Support

JANUARY 10, 2018

Are chatbots and virtual agents likely to replace humans any time soon? 2017 has seen a proliferation of innovations in customer service featuring AI-powered chatbots and virtual agents for a wide range of purposes from engaging at a pre-sales point to assisting with billing transactions and making post-sales service appointments.

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VDS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). Intelligent Virtual Agents have matured significantly and are able to handle the increased demand for self-service. Intelligent Virtual Agents can help you meet that expectation. However, once you create the virtual agent skill, you can deploy it on every other channel.

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Bold360

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

All context from the chatbot interaction gets passed on to the (live chat) agent, bringing her up to speed immediately. Virtual agents or agent-facing AI chatbots can then work behind the scenes to assist human agents as they interact with customers. 5 Ways Live Chat Helps Your Business.

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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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Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

They can simplify the agent’s life even more and allow them to provide real value add to the customer experience that only a human can provide. AI applications come in many flavors – conversational AI for chatbots, robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent virtual agent assistants, and email auto responders.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The title of this blog post is an important question that many executives are asking. The current generation of self-service solutions, intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), are smart, omni-channel systems that automate many types of inquiries. This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. Let’s be real.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Chatbots which work like virtual agents can solve basic query and transfer a call to ‘live agents’ in case of escalation. The post Guest Blog: Want to Excel at Customer Service? Adopt a contact center technology which empowers the customers. A good CRM tool can also be put in place. It’s Called A Complaint.

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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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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Some have turned to AI to power virtual agents, chatbots and other self-service channels. The strategic and practical value of the virtual agent is its ability to address calls when there are wait times. Decreased average handle time by 10 percent. Improved average speed of answer by over 50 percent at peak times.

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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. Can technology help?

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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

This blog is authored by Robin Gareiss, President and Founder, of Nemertes Research. Virtual agents/chatbots – Computer-aided, virtual robots that address basic questions and functions to free human agents to handle more complex ones. Gareiss leads Nemertes Digital Transformation research.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The title of this blog post is an important question that many executives are asking. The current generation of self-service solutions, intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), are smart, omni-channel systems that automate many types of inquiries. This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. Let’s be real.

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Uniphore

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The State of Virtual Agents. There’s no denying that virtual agents – or “chat bots” (or simply, bots) – are experiencing a tremendous resurgence in interest, and along with that, a rapid advance in innovation and technology.

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Bold360

JANUARY 2, 2020

Chatbots and virtual agents used to be kind of a standalone discussion. A virtual agent could sit in a contact center, for example. You call the center, and the virtual agent may be able to tell you a tracking number or route you to the right person, but they were often siloed experiences just like on a website.

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GetFeedback

APRIL 17, 2019

Various text templates, suggested replies, customer surveys, the ability to use virtual agents (chatbots) + strong analytics. The post 4 Reasons Your Customers Won’t Reach Out to Customer Service appeared first on GetFeedback Blog. Convenient tools for designing self-service customer portals (without writing any code).

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Another great idea to explore is offering a digital sales agent that is voice-enabled. In turn, the virtual agent may respond with talk-back capability, allowing seamless B2C interaction. Additional tips include showing a human avatar next to the virtual agent to give the impression they are speaking with a real person.

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Uniphore

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

There’s no denying that virtual agents – or “chat bots” (or simply, bots) – are experiencing a tremendous resurgence in interest, and along with that, a rapid advance in innovation and technology.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 24, 2020

In my previous blog , I took you through the key characteristics of a true AI-powered knowledge base. As mentioned in my previous blog, the way customers prefer to interact with the companies they do business with has drastically changed. A true AI-powered knowledge base benefits: Customers.

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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

One industry blog recommends, “treating borrowers like individuals; get them to pay what they can by appealing to their personalities. For their part, Collection agencies and organizations contacting those in arrears seeking payment of late bills will undoubtedly need to remain respectful of consumers’ rights. . What Can be Done?

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2019

And if your bot is built correctly, you create a seamless transition to an agent with full visibility into information collected, at which time the bot itself converts from virtual agent to agent assistant. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog. The post Most AI Chatbots will Fail, and That’s Okay!

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kommunicate

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Last Updated on November 3, 2023 We all know how chatbots are powerful virtual agents that can help you in a myriad of tasks, including automating customer support, answering FAQs, etc. The post Convert your Salesforce FAQ into a Chatbot appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.

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Interactions

OCTOBER 15, 2021

But in this blog, we are going to shift the conversation to, well, conversation. . By knowing a customer’s past purchases, preferences, and conversation topics, human and virtual agents can tailor the conversation as if they remember them. We talk a lot about the importance of a holistic solution. This can also save time.

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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. More Blogs Menu. AI offers support for functions like: Natural language processing to understand conversations and interpret vital statistics with actionable recommendations.

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Comm100

AUGUST 17, 2022

This blog recaps the best bits from this conversation. Virtual agent, meaning technology, AI, infused agent, not a virtual working from home agent, not a live agent.”.

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Uniphore

AUGUST 12, 2021

Multimodal Virtual Agents allow customers to tap, text and talk to get more done , with little effort. Offering variety can help create more successful outcomes for customers with a lower AHT for agents — a win on both sides of the phone line. Multimodal Virtual Agent Implementation and Best Practices.

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West Monroe

JULY 27, 2017

Not only is the pricing plan an enticing variable for contact centers, but the cloud-based technology also allows for virtual agents, which minimizes facility costs. appeared first on The Blend: A West Monroe Partners Blog. But is this truly a game changer for the contact center space? What do you think?

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Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 28, 2015

They also give assisted service agents key insights into what the customer has already tried through self-service (for example, self-service articles viewed) so that the customer does not have to convey or repeat their previous experience to achieve resolution. Using IVR, video, crowdservice and virtual agents for self-service. •

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Innovative CX

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In a previous blog post I mentioned that I was presenting to a group of 200 service executives and asked a simple question – how many had checked their IVR in the last 24 hours? So, I started a chat – or should I say a chat with a bot (or virtual agent) which didn’t recognize my issue. Last month? A couple of hands were raised.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

But there are dozens of other processes in which agents collect information from a customer over the phone, and these calls aren’t just long, they’re expensive. Many companies have been able to significantly reduce live agent minutes and the average handle time for calls by using virtual agents to take over the drudgery of data gathering.

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Magellan Solutions

JULY 29, 2021

Through friendly interactions, your virtual agent can ensure that your live agents speak with the most qualified leads. By pre-qualifying leads with call center AI, you increase the number of conversations for your live agents. Intelligent virtual agents work to increase contact rates.

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