BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. We’ve long been proponents of making transactional customer service low effort, for both customer and contact center. So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Chatbots 156

Comm100

MARCH 19, 2020

In the past few weeks, I’ve been reaching out to contact center managers to find out what key problems have been brought on by the coronavirus pandemic , and how they are dealing with them. By taking advantage of these tools, you too can keep customer communication (and your sanity!) Skyrocketing chat volume.

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Contact Center Chatbots ROI Knowledge Base 131

Comm100

MARCH 19, 2020

In the past few weeks, I’ve been reaching out to contact center managers to find out what key problems have been brought on by the coronavirus pandemic , and how they are dealing with them. By taking advantage of these tools, you too can keep customer communication (and your sanity!) Skyrocketing chat volume.

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Contact Center Chatbots ROI Knowledge Base 130

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the contact center. To some, AI in the Contact Center , conjures up images of chat bots or AI call center agents. While many contact centers are experimenting with chat bots, many also see the vision of infusing their entire call center with AI.

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Contact Center Chatbots Call Center Roadmap 136

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

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Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Effort Score 74

TechSee

JUNE 29, 2023

AI is rapidly becoming a critical tool in customer service. While initial conversations now focus on improving chatbots with large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, this is just the start of what AI can and will offer. Deploying this AI will require more than simply upgrading a chatbot.

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Chatbots Customer Service Customer Service Representative Wait Times 202

Blake Morgan

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

                             What’s the future of contact centers in shaping customer experience and brand loyalty? Companies are increasingly recognizing the critical role that contact centers play in shaping customer perceptions and driving brand loyalty.

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Contact Center Metrics Chatbots Customer Centricity 98

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. When companies implement specific tools and best practices, they can significantly improve their customer experience (CX), increase agent performance, and ensure high-quality service.

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Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 105

NobelBiz

APRIL 23, 2024

This is why automation is especially transformative in contact centers. Call centers are equipped with tools that allow agents to quickly access a debtor’s full account information, ensuring that every interaction is informed and constructive.

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Omni-Channel Contact Center Customer Centricity Technology 94

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

And you’re ready for your outsourced customer service RFP to hit the road and bring you some stellar options for a new contact center partner. Here’s the short list of the best questions to ask about AI in the contact center. Looking for more contact center RFP questions? We want to make it easy for you.

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Contact Center Self Service Chatbots Case Study 195

Playvox

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

From driving assistance to data analysis to chatbots, generative AI (GenAI) is finding its usefulness in a host of ways across all industries. How Quality Management Processes Have Shifted It could be called the perfect storm for contact centers. One of the most impactful uses is how AI is transforming customer experience (CX).

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Contact Center Management Effort Score Call Center 75

Think Customers

JANUARY 18, 2022

Customer service interactions can quickly evolve, requiring different channels and tools. A quick live chat with a bot, for instance, can rapidly escalate to an emergency call with an agent, which we refer to as an associate, and vice versa. What is a chatbot? What is a contact center associate?

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Contact Center Chatbots Self Service Average Handle Time 52

Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

The contact center was even more complicated. It did too much, it provided too many complex tools, and it had too many processes to follow. The contact center agent’s life was not easy, and we saw it just getting more and more complicated. And in many, many cases, those people did not have a good life.

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Contact Center Call Center Virtual Agent Omni-Channel 157

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Bots, and the underlying AI that drives them, have become increasingly popular in many Customer Experience and contact center circles, and for good reason. Bots offer extended functionality and enable customers to find answers or support without the involvement of a live agent. Be realistic. Develop integrations.

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Chatbots Strategy Customer Experience Roadmap 87

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Contact centers are a powerhouse to deliver that exceptional experience across the entire customer journey starting from awareness, interest to purchase, service and advocacy. Contact Center Customer Experience can be enhanced every step of the way as customers interact with the brand.

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Contact Center Tips Self Service Customer Experience 120

AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots. We end by explaining how contact centers can keep AI models up to date using Talkdesk AI Trainer.

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Self Service Contact Center Virtual Agent Chatbots 71

Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Contact center success is heavily dependent on the agents working the frontlines to service customers every single day. Contact center agent happiness and engagement go hand-in-hand with customer happiness and satisfaction. According to ICMI , contact centers have a fairly high turnover rate of 33%.

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Contact Center Engagement Self Service Omni-Channel 148

Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers. Utilizing Messaging Platforms and Chatbots Live chat can be a great choice for conversational commerce. Of course, chatbots can’t answer every query.

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Customer Experience Chatbots How To Net Promoter Score 208

Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

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Contact Center Gamification Training Chatbots 84

NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mobility, flexibility, automation… the development of chatbots is the inevitable result of a ten-year technological convergence that has swept across all companies and contact centers. The chatbot, as a conversational robot embedded into a messaging app, enables the creation of a new communication experience with users.

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Contact Center Chatbots Virtual Agent Call Center 52

Vonage

DECEMBER 18, 2018

As scores of attendees packed the impressive all-glass venue in Midtown New York a small group of thought leaders kicked it off with an early morning breakfast to discuss AI, chatbots, omni-channel, and analytics for contact centers. We see sales being closed over a text, through chat bots. Challenges.

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Omni-Channel Chatbots Self Service Customer Experience 254

Comm100

JUNE 5, 2018

How AI can be Used in the Contact Center. AI has some viable uses in the contact center sphere that managers can employ to improve their CX and the efficiency of call centers. Out of these benefits, two concrete benefits of AI in the contact center stand out. Capturing Customer Data.

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Contact Center Call Center Self Service Chatbots 124

NobelBiz

APRIL 11, 2023

As customer service demands continue to grow, contact centers are constantly on the lookout for innovative solutions to enhance their operations. ChatGPT, the advanced AI language model developed by OpenAI, has emerged as a promising tool for contact centers to improve customer interactions and streamline processes.

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Contact Center Chatbots Omni-Channel Contact Center Software 52

NobelBiz

JANUARY 3, 2022

Many contact centers must develop methods and use their resources to manage client expectations and create a pleasant customer experience. However, for contact centers increasing the usage of digital channels presents a business opportunity. SMS, e-mail, live chat, chatbot, there are many suitable alternate channels.

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Contact Center Tools Strategy Omni-Channel 52

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Too often, efforts to improve contact center performance are based business goals like increasing labor efficiency, or lower operating cost. But contact centers are not built to serve managers, they are built to serve customers. Here are five key takeaways, in no specific order, to improve contact center performance.

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Contact Center Contact Center Software Self Service Chatbots 122

Upstream Works

MAY 13, 2021

Bring flexible cloud omnichannel solutions to your contact center to accelerate innovation, transform the customer experience and increase efficiency. Upstream Works for Amazon (UWA) is a solution that is designed to help the entire enterprise, from IT to the contact center and back office.

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Contact Center Connections Self Service Chatbots 78

Upstream Works

APRIL 28, 2022

Technology is undeniably important for contact centers to deliver great customer experience (CX), but nothing matters more than your agents. Some forms of customer service are purely transactional, and chatbots are playing a growing role for that. Click here to learn more.

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Contact Center Call Center Chatbots Technology 78

TechSee

APRIL 26, 2021

The Age of Contact Center Transformation . Like many industries these days, contact centers are at a crossroads. Vision: A key element for transforming contact centers . The use of vision delivers practical help, builds relationships with customers, and enables the contact center to generate more revenue. .

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Contact Center Self Service Call Center Multi-Channel 109

Comm100

JULY 11, 2019

Closer to home and much more practically, let’s take a look at how AI is changing the contact center and customer experience, and where the impact is most significant. Specifically, we’ll focus on three applications of AI that will forever change how we build and run contact centers: Chatbots, analytics, and the agent experience.

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Contact Center Chatbots Analytics Effort Score 124

SurveySparrow

JUNE 7, 2024

In fact, Gartner had predicted that by 2026, conversational AI within contact centers will reduce agent labor costs by $80 billion. To help you out, we have shortlisted seven tools that can drastically improve the quality of your sales conversations and customer interactions. It’s not hard to see why.

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Analytics Software Tools Analysis 52

Talkdesk

JULY 1, 2020

Contact centers are experiencing a spike in inbound and outbound interaction volume that staff may not be equipped to handle over the phone. Here are seven main capabilities to look for in an omnichannel contact center solution: 1. add voice to chat) as needed to solve customers’ issues.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Social Media 118

Talkdesk

JANUARY 13, 2020

Ensure the Bot Is a Reflection of Your Brand. Most will agree that chatbots should not be used at the expense of a delightful user experience. Therefore, your designers play an important role in defining how each conversation is scripted and the resulting bot behaviors. This platform helps your bot be — well — a better bot.

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Contact Center Chatbots Metrics eBook 67

TechSee

MARCH 6, 2018

Take a peek into the latest issue of Super-Agent and see how he is using Artificial Intelligence to save the contact center: There is pandemonium at the Contact Center. This contact center needs help fast! With conversational platforms, he enables customers to speak with chatbots and IVR.

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Contact Center Chatbots Customer Care Financial 117

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Dead air time refers to the period of inactivity during customer interaction in a contact center; the time between when an agent finishes speaking and when the customer begins speaking or vice versa. Use call recording and analysis tools to obtain data on disquiet time. Identify instances of dead airtime during the interactions.

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Contact Center Call Flow Call Recording How To 52

ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2022

This week we feature an article by Shruti Bansal, Digital Marketing Expert at Ameyo , an AI-powered contact center solution. She shares how contact centers can use voice bots to capture, interpret, and analyze verbal input from the speaker and reply in a similar natural language.?. What is Voice bot?

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Contact Center Self Service Call Center Chatbots 73

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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Chatbots Customer Experience Contact Center Ecommerce 117