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AI and Customer Care: The Future is Here

BlueOcean

We want intelligent interactions that are personalized to our own situations and we want them on demand – not after we waste our precious time sitting on hold. Long gone are the days when customers almost expected to experience IVR hell and would pretty much tolerate jaw-dropping wait times. AI is the now of the contact center.

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Beyond the AI Customer Service Hype: Practical Applications for Real Results

UJET

A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. So your agentstime is spent resolving issues, and your customers get resolutions faster. Automation Reduces Repetitive Tasks for Agents.

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Streamline the Customer Journey for a Better Mobile-First Customer Experience

UJET

We’re long past the days where customer experience is an afterthought and the contact center is viewed as a cost center. Unsurprisingly, mobile usage skyrocketed during the pandemic, and the percentage of mobile interactions with the contact center is now estimated to be 80% or higher globally. Unify the Data.

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Beyond the AI Customer Service Hype: Practical Applications for Real Results

UJET

A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. So your agentstime is spent resolving issues, and your customers get resolutions faster. Automation Reduces Repetitive Tasks for Agents.

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Conversational AI and Banking

Interactions

Once only powered by human agents, the first automated technology that was introduced in the contact center acted mainly as a way to redirect calls to the right department. If the Conversational AI application is able to reach this level of human communication, then virtual agents will equate to a better experience.

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Consumer Behavior is Changing, and it’s AI’s time to Shine

Interactions

Contact Center Challenges. The pandemic has caused an interesting conflict within contact centers. Combined with the increase of call volume, it means long wait times for customers and a negative customer experience. . Often, this results in a decrease in available workforce. The Golden Opportunity.

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What makes a successful CX conversation?

Interactions

You could call a brand, speak with a very friendly agent and still have a bad experience. Or, you could call a brand, have zero wait time, and still have a bad experience. It’s what takes communication from transactional to personal. In fact, even human agents can deliver unnatural and complicated conversations.