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Reduce call hold time and improve customer experience with self-service virtual agents using Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex

AWS Machine Learning

Government departments and businesses operate contact centers to connect with their communities, enabling citizens and customers to call to make appointments, request services, and sometimes just ask a question. per contact—a virtual agent can potentially save $7.91 (98%) for every call it successfully handles.

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Multimodal User Experience Design Best Practices

Uniphore

Unsurprisingly, sales of these multimodal assistants grew 30% in 2020, while voice-only assistants saw a 3% decline. Multimodal Virtual Agents allow customers to tap, text and talk to get more done , with little effort. Multimodal Virtual Agent Implementation and Best Practices. View Webinar.

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Millennial Generation Customer Service – The Ultimate Guide

TechSee

trillion in spending — in the United States by 2020. This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. They demand highly convenient and fast service. But they don’t stop there. On average, Millennials own 7.7

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of October 5, 2020

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Forever-Changed Buying Patterns Mean Rethinking Customer Loyalty by Mary Jo Yafchak. Time to pay attention and meet your customers where they are. Sharpen Technologies) 2020 didn’t cancel National Customer Service Week.

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The 5 Categories That Rule Virtual Agents

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, Mark Landry, VP Product, Marilyn Cassedy, Director of Customer Success, SmartAction

It just so happens that whenever we design and deploy a new AI-powered virtual agent over voice, the self-service application invariably falls into one of 5 distinct categories. Join Brian Morin, Mark Landry, and Marilyn Cassedy of SmartAction, and learn how to streamline your customer service.

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Call Center Automation Depends on Collaborative AI

TechSee

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. Why Computer Vision AI is central to call center automation.

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THREE TECH SOLUTIONS TO HELP WITH THE NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE LANDSCAPE

VDS

As companies scrambled to drive efficiencies and cut costs, they adopted new ways to improve the experience for both the employee and the customer. There are many innovative ways to improve the experience for both your employees and customers. Agents need accurate, accessible information from reliable and efficient systems.

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Implementing Virtual Agents: Where to Start, and How to Finish

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

How many hours do you think your call center agents spend answering repetitive, transactional calls that don’t require human assistance? Why the performance of TechStyle's virtual agents rivals that of live agents. April 15th, 2020 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EDT, 7:00 PM GMT How TechStyle saved $1.1M

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How a Top 25 Most Trusted Brand Handed Their CX to AI

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Patty Kleinfeldt, Director of Q&E, AAA

One of the most trusted brands in the world, AAA, took the most critical aspect of their Customer Experience and handed it over to an AI-powered virtual agent for omnichannel self-service. The secret of data + business logic to keep virtual agents in their "swim lane".

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IVA is the New IVR Masterclass

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO & Phillip Fisher, CX Consultant at SmartAction

2020 was the year that customer call centers and customer experience were pushed to their limit. With the influx of calls replacing in-person interactions, it is up to our virtual agents to not only evolve to the new demands but also to help alleviate the current stressors on live agents. Where to start?

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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. Thursday July 16, 2020 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 6PM GMT Sketch a back-of-the-napkin ROI in minutes.