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How to Manage a Virtual Agent – Fate of the Bots | The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 7

SaleMove

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. But what about the bots?

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How to Manage a Virtual Agent – Fate of the Bots | The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 7

SaleMove

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. But what about the bots?

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Balancing AI and Human Interaction for Optimal Customer Service

VDS

Imagine a world where customer service is both incredibly efficient and deeply empathetic—this is the promise of combining AI technology with human agents. To meet today’s high customer expectations, businesses are increasingly turning to a blend of AI technology and human interaction.

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Transforming Customer Service – What to Look for in a Conversational AI Tool

CSM Magazine

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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How to Build ROI for Conversational AI

Speaker: Sofia Burton & Tiffany O'Malley from SmartAction

Agent attrition has always been a huge problem, but now the difficulties of the worker shortage make securing live agents for call centers highly competitive. Virtual agents are an expansion of your best live agent — and they can cut operating costs on average of 66%. Demonstrating those best use cases.

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Customer Self-Service: Pros, Cons, Examples

TechSee

The role of technology is more important than ever in improving customer service and operational efficiencies. As customers have come to expect and even prefer do-it-yourself, online self-service options, businesses have embraced new technologies and trends to optimize the digital service experience. What is Customer Self Service?

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AI IRL Podcast Episode 46: A Look Back at AI:IRL in 2019

Bold360

So be careful if you’re going to build something yourself and leverage a technology platform to do it. You can spend a lot of time and energy and really not see the ROI. Pointing the Finger at Technology. As more people come in the room, though, a finger will get pointed back to the technology. Ryan Lester.

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The Post-Covid CX Powered by AI

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Aarde Cosseboom, Director of GMS Technology and Product, TechStyle Fashion Group

Adapting to a post-COVID world means recession-proofing your contact center with AI that reduces reliance on live agents with virtual agents that are always on, perfectly trained, and at a fraction of the cost. Sketch a back-of-the-napkin ROI in minutes. Share examples of state-of-the-art conversational AI in action.