West Monroe

JULY 24, 2017

These intelligent agents are making our lives so easy. Customer experience comes down to your perception of your interactions with a company. If you are like me, you want to be able to easily and efficiently interact with companies when it’s convenient to you. Yes, life has changed and so have customer’s expectations.

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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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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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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Who is answering calls when your contact center is closed? According to Gartner’s 2018 Best Practices for Implementing Extreme Customer Self-Service Report , by 2022, 85% of customer service interactions will start with self-service, up from 48% today. Gartner’s Four Best Practices for Implementing Extreme Customer Self-Service.

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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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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

In the remote environment, where more factors are outside of your control, trainers need to expect the unexpected – especially regarding potential technology issues. This is much easier to accomplish for in-person training, where you have control over the physical environment and can maintain physical interaction such as eye contact.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But what mix of live agents versus AI is best for your business? We believe that your French-Canadian consumers deserve support from agents who understand not only your brand, but also understand the consumer landscape and consumer support expectations in Canada. And how do offshore solutions, interpreters, and texting play a role?

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Actually, they aren’t just asking, they are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) will allow them to replace live agents, just as they have been since interactive voice response systems (IVRs) were first introduced into the market more than five decades ago. The post Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Contact Center Agents?

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Interactions

MAY 26, 2022

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. So when it comes to technology that automates CX, you should place your bets on Conversational AI for the win. Optimize your labor force.

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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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Interactions

APRIL 9, 2020

The goal of a BCP for a contact center is to minimize the disruption to both agents and customers, so that business can continue as normally as possible. A BCP for a contact center should be aligned with the overall organization’s BCP to ensure a cohesive message and streamlined protocol throughout the enterprise. .

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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. More and more people are talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and there is widespread curiosity about this new technological wave. Agents need context to personalize interactions as much as possible.

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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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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

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

Actually, they aren’t just asking, they are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) will allow them to replace live agents, just as they have been since interactive voice response systems (IVRs) were first introduced into the market more than five decades ago. The post Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Contact Center Agents?

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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. Why agents are embracing the change. Post-call analysis also benefits from AI. Collaboration is key.

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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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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

2 technology they expect to transform Digital Customer Experience (DCX), behind customer success analytics tools. of organizations are using or planning to use AI for customer interactions or analytics. AI is finding a comfortable home in the contact center. In fact, those transformations already have begun. Today, 44.6%

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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. In this episode, Genefa Murphy talks about the Five9’s Intelligent Virtual Agent and how AI can be used to improve communication across all channels.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Similarly, Generative AI must be multisensory, fusing text, voice, and vision to interact with and help users naturally. AI that can interact naturally with users has the potential to augment and automate every service interaction across every channel. This provides invaluable context to your conversation.

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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. The answer is technology. But not just any technology. Virtual agents also scale quickly to handle unpredicted or seasonal volume.

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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. Rejecting doomsday predictions that robots will take their jobs, many agents are embracing AI technology.

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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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Interactions

MAY 6, 2022

When we asked consumers to indicate what they had experienced when contacting customer service in the past two years, we found that: 75% experienced long wait times. 59% interacted with an agent who was not knowledgeable. How can brands make interactions more efficient for their consumers? They don’t have time to waste.

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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. . What is agent experience? Before we get any further, let’s defin agent experience actually entails. It’s not easy being a contact center agent.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The key to reaching this powerful demographic is by understanding that technology is central to their being. This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. 5 Enabling technologies to reach Millennials.

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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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Interactions

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Bank technology is shifting. Specifically, the automated customer service technology. 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.

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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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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

We also learned just how important contact centers are to our everyday lives. Today, as companies look past the pandemic, one thing remains certain: we now expect more from remote support centers than ever before. At Jacada, we recognized the challenges of overwhelmed—and often understaffed—contact centers early on.

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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? Total Cost Per Contact.

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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The most important factor to consider when communicating with customers is to deliver personalized and contextual interactions. So it is important to understand customer needs and adopt technologies to handle their requests through the channels they want to use. Eye contact is powerful and customers generally prefer live agent support.

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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. How does he do it?

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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. Retain the Human Element.

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Interactions

MAY 14, 2020

One interesting shift from pre-pandemic to the new normal will certainly be people’s comfort with using technology in their personal and business lives. Contact Center Challenges. The pandemic has caused an interesting conflict within contact centers. Changing Consumer Behavior. The Golden Opportunity.

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