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. appeared first on The Blend: A West Monroe Partners Blog.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The title of this blog post is an important question that many executives are asking. In the past 50 years, the underlying technology powering voice self-service solutions has been transformed but, unfortunately, many of the uses of these solutions have not. Let’s be real. But now the world is very different.

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GetFeedback

APRIL 17, 2019

Others consider their situation to be too difficult, sensitive or nontrivial for your service reps to help. Creating a self-service customer portal helps to avoid such situations. Before thinking about contacting your customer service, people will have an opportunity to look through knowledge articles on your portal.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In turn, the virtual agent may respond with talk-back capability, allowing seamless B2C interaction. Beyond this, you should provide multiple language options so that your customers can use the service no matter where they are in the world. This allows customers to track their inquiries on a self-service platform.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 24, 2020

In my previous blog , I took you through the key characteristics of a true AI-powered knowledge base. As mentioned in my previous blog, the way customers prefer to interact with the companies they do business with has drastically changed. A true AI-powered knowledge base benefits: Customers.

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UJET

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The title of this blog post is an important question that many executives are asking. In the past 50 years, the underlying technology powering voice self-service solutions has been transformed but, unfortunately, many of the uses of these solutions have not. Let’s be real. But now the world is very different.

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Uniphore

JULY 21, 2021

These can be established through the following: Observing: Look for patterns in how customers interact with your current solution Engaging: Seek customer feedback and stories Watching and listening: Gartner suggests having a person run through a task while you watch and ask questions about their experience. List your CX goals beforehand.

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Avaya

JUNE 24, 2019

Effortless self-service, agent augmentation, interaction insights, smart pairing…nowhere close to what one vendor alone offers today. These human-like automated bots can seamlessly interact with customers, assisting them with simpler inquiries while offloading agents until they are needed.

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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

This blog is authored by Robin Gareiss, President and Founder, of Nemertes Research. She also is a widely recognized expert in the communications field, with specialty areas of VOIP/UC, collaboration, and managed/hosted/cloud communications services. 80% increase in transactions handled by self-service apps. Today, 44.6%

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NICE inContact

MAY 21, 2019

In a way, self-service in the contact centre is kind of like a buffet: You need a strategy, or you might overeat or miss all the best dishes. It seems like self-service options are everywhere these days. And I know I am not the only fan of faster self-service. What’s your strategy? Many Options.

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Magellan Solutions

JULY 29, 2021

Your platform can take the initiative on outbound calls, helping your team sort through hundreds of prospects to find the people most likely to want your services or products. Through friendly interactions, your virtual agent can ensure that your live agents speak with the most qualified leads.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Today, customers have—and demand—choices when it comes to engaging with service and care centers. However your customers choose to interact with your organization, contact center leaders must ensure that all agents can meet customers where they are, understand each individual’s unique context and enable them to reach their goal.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

One of our most popular blog posts focuses on which contact center predictions from the past few years have come true in the world of outsourced customer service.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Use Technology for Self Service. For instance, IVRs and artificial intelligence enabled Chatbots can make the customer service easier and efficient. Chatbots which work like virtual agents can solve basic query and transfer a call to ‘live agents’ in case of escalation. It’s Called A Complaint.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It is no surprise that the usage of chatbots in customer service is taking a notch up. In the coming future, chatbots will be able to communicate across different channels and morph into intelligent virtual agents (IVA). This enables the customers to interact via multiple devices. Face to Face interactions will increase.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

In part one of the blog series, we looked at a framework for building a strong business case to invest in customer experience technologies. In this blog, we will take a deeper look at some of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that drive enhanced customer experience and true financial benefits.

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ProProfs Chat

JUNE 14, 2019

Customer Service Stats for Social Media. Rise of the Automation Industry & Self-Service. Build a Delightful Customer Experience With These Customer Service Statistics. With this blog, we aim to help you do just that. Feeling unappreciated is the #1 reason customers switch away from products and services.

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Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

Spanning multiple channels, across both brick-and-click locations, customers want immediate answers to product questions, swift resolution to their problems, and personalized brand interactions. Selecting customer service software can feel overwhelming and the software market is teeming with options, information and opinions.

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SaleMove

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The proliferation of digital-first technologies combined with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and self-service options has created fundamental changes in the contact center. Customers today are empowered with more service choices and higher expectations than ever. This is both a challenge and also an opportunity.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Upstream Works desktop tracks contact reasons, details, and customer interactions across all contact channels to provide a comprehensive view of how your contact center is performing and provides the information you need to directly improve FCR and eliminate repeat contacts.

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SaleMove

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The proliferation of digital-first technologies combined with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and self-service options has created fundamental changes in the contact center. Customers today are empowered with more service choices and higher expectations than ever. This is both a challenge and also an opportunity.

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Contact Center Customer Centricity Self Service Customer Experience 52

Calabrio

JANUARY 6, 2016

It’s a relatively new model, equipped with sophisticated sensors that automatically alert the manufacturer if the appliance needs service. A virtual agent initiates a service call by accessing your Outlook or iCal calendar to set up an appointment. Prediction #3: Self-service is the key to success.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 18, 2023

Amazon Lex is a service that allows you to quickly and easily build conversational bots (“chatbots”), virtual agents, and interactive voice response (IVR) systems for applications such as Amazon Connect. Today, a bot developer can improve self-service experiences without utilizing LLMs in a couple of ways.

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Uniphore

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This empowers contact center agents to deliver highly effective, personalized and empathetic interactions. Digital transformation is key to contact centers providing the ultimate modern day customer service experience and how conversations are handled during the entire customer journey — pre, during and post interaction.

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