CSM Magazine

MARCH 22, 2022

Did you try to go though a chatbot to quickly find an answer to your question only to be directed to the FAQs, articles, or a customer forum? We are taught and encouraged to make the customer experience as smooth as possible, yet some brands are struggling with the simplest of things.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 30, 2020

You know that the best AI chatbots reduce operational costs and provide cost effective 24/7 availability. You’ve seen chatbot examples. Maybe you even calculated the ROI your specific company can generate by using chatbots. Best Chatbots 2020: Chatbot Providers that Stood Out of the Crowd.

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Comm100

APRIL 11, 2022

Advancements in technology are providing higher education with effective ways to improve student support across every stage of the student lifecycle, and chatbots are becoming key to this. This article will showcase how universities and colleges are using chatbots today, highlighting a higher ed chatbot use case for three key departments.

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Comm100

JANUARY 29, 2021

You know that the best AI chatbots reduce operational costs and provide cost effective 24/7 availability. You’ve seen chatbot examples. Maybe you even calculated the ROI your specific company can generate by using chatbots. Best Chatbots in 2021: Chatbot providers that stand out from the crowd.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 12, 2022

With so much riding on each interaction with your brand, you can’t afford to leave a negative customer experience unresolved. In fact, a study by Lee Resources reveals that 91% of unhappy customers won’t return to your brand at all. That’s where a closed-loop system comes in! Increase Organizational Agility.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 25, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: We kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with an excellent article on the most popular topic of the day (probably the year), AI.

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Comm100

JULY 20, 2021

Nowadays, though, a good customer service experience can be the deciding factor between two competing brands. That is why both chatbots and live chats have been on a steep incline of adoption by online businesses since they both offer unique benefits that email and phone support don’t. What is a chatbot? For customers.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. No Jitter) Many customers still prefer email and voice channels for customer service requests over chatbots. by Eric Krapf. (No by Pam Hughes.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Enter chatbots – the tireless, automated assistants revolutionizing customer service. But not all bots are created equal. The difference between a bot that enhances customer experience and one that frustrates users often lies in its features. Continuous Learning With machine learning , chatbots get better over time.

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InMoment XI

JANUARY 9, 2024

Great customer experiences help your brand achieve differentiation. Great customer experiences improve brand reputation. If you consistently deliver positive experiences, your brand is more likely to be seen as reliable, trustworthy, and customer-centric. Loyal customers are also more likely to recommend the business to others.

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Comm100

APRIL 10, 2024

In this article, we will discuss how the combination of AI and human intuition can be applied to a range of sectors to help solve problems preemptively. An uptick in brand loyalty, something that makes the $323 billion spent yearly on loyalty management worth it. The result?

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This has led retail brands to investigate new forms of communicating with and serving customers, notably chatbots. Specifically, retailers are using chatbots to: 1. Provide a platform for two-way communication: once, brands communicated to customers, with little opportunity for traffic to come back the other way.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

This article will explore ways to leverage conversational commerce to improve customers’ experiences with your brand. In This Article: What is Conversational Commerce? Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers.

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Bold360

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

If you’ve spent any time on the web reading the latest insights on customer service and marketing, you’ve likely heard a lot of chatter about chat bots. If you realize the value chat bots could offer your business but aren’t sure how to go about developing a strategy, this guide is for you. More on those features later.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If you’re here because you’re trying to figure out what a customer service chatbot is capable of and how it can help your customers and company grow, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s explore the top 6 chatbot examples of 2020. A Chatbot to Help Mortgage Applications . Industry: Banking and finance.

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ShepHyken

MAY 31, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 5 Ways to Drive Brand Loyalty and Customer Lifetime Value by Ian Simons. (Ad This article looks at the ways that the CES can be improved.

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Comm100

JULY 20, 2020

5,000 experiential branding organization whose clients include Samsung, Time Warner, Netflix, and Sony. Mobile Marketer research found out that nearly 40% of millennials interact with chatbots regularly. Brands that invest in social media optimization are always going to be ahead of those who don’t. You can find her on LinkedIn.

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ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: I’m always quick to pick up an article that covers how to handle customer complaints. My Comment: This is a fun article.

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Cyara

JUNE 23, 2022

This article was originally published on Botium’s blog on October 6, 2021, prior to Cyara’s acquisition of Botium. Chatbots are — lead generators, help desks, customer services, reinforcements for brand recognition, and so on… but what if customers intentionally avoid talking to your bot? Learn more about Cyara + Botium.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Of course, there’s more to this article.

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Help Scout

JUNE 8, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows incredible promise in 2021, but the experience of interacting with an AI chatbot is more like talking to a distracted toddler than it is to Tony Stark’s Jarvis. Still, using AI chatbots for customer service makes plenty of sense. A chatbot could do that before your team even gets notified.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, chatbots have become an invaluable customer engagement and support tool for many businesses. According to Statista, the chatbot market is forecast to reach around 1.25 Moreover, the cost of developing a sophisticated chatbot with local teams can be prohibitively high for many companies. billion U.S.

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Kustomer

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Live chat is no longer a nice-to-have in e-commerce customer service. The pressure to meet the demands of today’s consumer is higher than ever, with companies scrambling to onboard more agents and deploy chatbots in order to provide quality support at scale. What Is the Best Live Chat Strategy? It’s a necessity. Only 51.2%

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is where the chatbot communication system comes forward to help you. Businesses and brands can use it to build a deeper rapport and increase your sale for a better customer’s experience. For instance, if you invest in an Al Chatbot it will allow your clients or customers to interact with your brand through conversations.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 21, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My friend, Chip Bell, has written a great article that aligns with my belief that for the right reasons, it’s okay to fire the customer.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The concept of “artificial intelligence” often gets invoked as a buzzword by enthusiastic tech theorists or marketers, but in this series, I’ll show you how AI chatbots are used right now by real companies with real business objectives. So what could your AI Chatbot do for you? A: Probably not–but does that matter?

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Inbenta

JUNE 2, 2020

Set a goal for your chatbot. As obvious as it may seem, this is the number one chatbot best practice to keep in mind when starting to design a conversational agent. Give your chatbot a personality. Source: Ultan O’Broin from Chatbots Magazine ). What’s the name of your chatbot? Test, Monitor, Tune.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 5, 2019

This week we feature an article by Irina Kirnos who writes about how chatbots are customer experience tools that are changing the way that companies interact with their customers. Chatbots are more than just automated FAQ answer generators. That’s the kind of service that today’s chatbot can offer.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 25, 2017

This week we feature an article by Reuben Yonatan who writes about how using chatbots for customer service properly can be a powerful customer service tool. Chatbots can be great for handling basic customer support functions, communicating with customers when a rep isn’t available and more. – Shep Hyken. Use the message format.

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Comm100

JANUARY 17, 2024

Lean into Automation – Transforming Customer Service with AI & Human-Bot Harmony In a world where immediacy and personalization have become the cornerstones of brand communication, the realm of customer service is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. This bot is designed for ease and speed of deployment.

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Lumoa

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore five innovative and creative ways to leverage AI for sentiment analysis. This information can later be used to assist and train chatbots to provide more human-like experiences. AI-driven sentiment analysis can assess whether a brand’s messaging aligns with customer perceptions.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 21, 2019

This week we feature an article by Jonny Everett who discusses what businesses must do to be successful in the on-demand world in which we live. Those brands leading this wave – the Ubers, Booking.coms and FlyCleaners of the world – used to be disruptors. Chatbots and live chat for the on-demand consumer.

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Lumoa

JULY 17, 2023

If you’re wondering how to get started with your digital transformation and what aspects to prioritize, this article is the perfect starting point! However, in order for the implementation of a chatbot not to backfire, you cannot forget about the human experience. It is no longer a competitive advantage but a necessity.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: This article shows the power of generative AI (ChatGPT-type technologies). Here are my top five picks from last week.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 22, 2022

If your brand isn’t capturing customer feedback, unfortunately it won’t know how to improve—this is where the voice of customer (or “VoC”) comes in. This article is designed to give you InMoment’s take on what voice of customer examples look like. Step #1: Design Your Program. Step #3: Understand Your Customer Data.

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ShepHyken

JULY 17, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. These bots can do more than just answer simple questions; they can also hold a conversation. And that’s why you should read this article.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Most consumers have noticed: there’s a huge gap in capabilities in the Chatbot industry. While one Chatbot may be able to book you a flight or serve you in many languages, another might not even seem capable of completing the single task that it were designed for, like telling you the weather. What is a Chatbot Decision Tree?

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