Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

It was 2006 and it was way ahead of its time – providing omnichannel agent desktop capabilities long before the concept of “omnichannel” was formed. UpStart was designed with one thing in mind – to simplify the life of the contact center agent. ” Then, an application called UpStart was born.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2016

There’s no point in simply having a chat function on your site that either isn’t integrated into your overall contact strategy or doesn’t deliver the intelligence or analytics needed to track how successful it is in supporting the customer service function. which can be used to assess and adapt how future interactions are handled.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Waterfield Tech, a leading global customer engagement solutions provider, today announced research findings detailing a significant lag in the adoption of conversational AI in the contact center. When asked, “What is the most important task a virtual agent can accomplish for your business?” About Waterfield Tech.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The integration of Spitch’s voice technologies and Creative Virtual’s V-Person natural language chatbots and virtual agents brings an industry-leading voicebot offering to the market. The partnership is already creating interest in the marketplace, with the companies currently collaborating on several projects. About Spitch.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The integration of Spitch’s voice technologies and Creative Virtual’s V-Person natural language chatbots and virtual agents brings an industry-leading voicebot offering to the market. The partnership is already creating interest in the marketplace, with the companies currently collaborating on several projects. About Spitch.

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Bold360

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Live chat has become a popular engagement channel for time-strapped customers to get issues resolved. In fact, 42% of frequent online shoppers prefer live chat over all other engagement channels. Whether customer interaction happens via live chat or chatbot, the user experience is much the same.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 18, 2022

Rob leads the strategic vision and operations of the company with a continued focus on omnichannel innovation and a passion for exceeding partner and customer expectations. Artificial intelligence is still an important initiative, but efforts should be focused primarily on augmenting the agent’s capabilities.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

But it is important to understand the root cause of longer AHTs – did the customer get routed to an agent who has no expertise in the specific area, or was the agent not trained enough or were there multiple, siloed systems causing longer time for an agent to look up information about the customer and problem at hand?

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 29, 2024

With Amazon Lex, you can implement an omnichannel strategy where customers engage via phone, websites, and messaging platforms. The bots can answer FAQs, provide self-service experiences, or triage customer requests before transferring to a human agent. This is the second post of a two-part series.

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Verint

MAY 1, 2018

Today Verint announces a line-up of conferences and digital events taking place in May that focus on digital and omnichannel customer service, GDPR compliance, automation and artificial intelligence, as well as the upcoming Engage TM global customer conference. Omnichannel Service: How do YOU Rate? ET on May 2.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2021

A chatbot, also known as an intelligent virtual agent, is a program that can do activities independently while communicating with humans over a communication channel. Typically, contact centers would use a chatbot to increase sales or improve customer service via messaging services or boost their communication channel presence.

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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. Customer service has the power to make or break a company. Contact Customers on their Preferred Channel.

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Interactions

JULY 29, 2020

Power Utilities expert Andrew Heath believes senior utility execs are fast realizing focusing on customer engagement is no longer a “nice-to-have” but is instead a must-have, especially across digital channels. Virtual agents can support an omnichannel approach to customer service.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Let’s dive into four reasons contact center leaders struggle to minimize costs while improving customer satisfaction at the same time. Omnichannel Interaction Data is Siloed or Nonexistent. The COVID-19 pandemic forced customers and enterprises alike to rely on digital channels more than ever before. Credit: Flore Maquin.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Buyer demand for greater value from insights and technology such as RPA, data science, machine learning, and advanced analytics are forcing both classical BPO and omnichannel BPO vendors to retool themselves into insights-driven BPO's.

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Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

These features can include, but are not limited to: Improve response times Personalize customer engagement Track employee performance Scale smartly Streamline self-service Enhance the agent experience. Types of Customer Support Software.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Already, customer engagement software providers like Comm100 are beginning to integrate social media messaging with their existing interfaces to give businesses easy access to this important channel. Like Amazon, where can you create additional speed and convenience for your customer? Source: Activate.

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