Creative Virtual

MAY 28, 2020

Do you have a chatbot or virtual agent on your roadmap? Are you curious about successful use cases for AI-enhanced virtual agents? If so, you’ll want to reserve your spot now to join Creative Virtual and Engage Customer for their upcoming webinar, Tips for Deploying AI Chatbots & Virtual Agents.

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 7, 2022

Virtual agents. Some of you may remember the days when companies wanting to implement customer support on their website believed they had to make a decision: either a virtual agent or live chat; either automated self-service or human-assisted web chat. Adding a virtual agent to an existing live chat deployment.

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SmartAction

APRIL 24, 2019

This is the second of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Best Practice #2: Virtual agents need “guardrails”.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Electrolux, the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world who sells under a variety of brand names worldwide like Frigidaire and AEG, made the transformation to AI-powered virtual agents six months ago to automate more in their contact center. 14% of callers request a live agent transfer. 9% of callers hang up.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Frictionless experiences with conversational AI are not created by accident, but meticulously crafted by expert designers who know exactly how humans interact best with machines. Fabletics leverages a Virtual Agent to interact with their customers every time you call them. Keep it Conversational. But many should be.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

Automatic forecasting takes the huge volumes of data collected daily by contact centers and analyzes it all to reveal trends and draw conclusions about emerging best practices. Why agents are embracing the change. Machine supervisors: virtual agents learn as they process more information, but someone must train them.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

But there are dozens of other processes in which agents collect information from a customer over the phone, and these calls aren’t just long, they’re expensive. Many companies have been able to significantly reduce live agent minutes and the average handle time for calls by using virtual agents to take over the drudgery of data gathering.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This tool directs cases to the most suitable agent based on factors like the agent’s expertise, current workload, and availability. As a result, customers connect with the right agents without long waits, improving both speed and satisfaction. This saves time for agents and gives customers quick answers to common questions.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The following is an excerpt from Frost & Sullivan’s white paper, “The AI-Powered Virtual Agent: Actionable Strategies for Contact Center Leaders.”. Read the full paper to find out how leading companies are using cloud-based virtual agents to automate more in their contact centers.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

Automatic forecasting takes the huge volumes of data collected daily by contact centers and analyzes it all to reveal trends and draw conclusions about emerging best practices. A Forrester report discusses how AI trends will transform agents’ roles by giving them the tools they need to succeed. Smarter Agents.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As a contact center leader, you work extremely hard to mitigate these challenges, but because you are pulled in many different directions, it is tough to keep your best agents. Not to mention, technology constraints can sometimes make it difficult to improve the agent experience.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Every industry has best practices – guidelines, methods or techniques accepted as the most efficient and effective way to accomplish a desired result. Sometimes when something new comes along or starts to get industry attention, the hype can make it easy to confuse jumping on the bandwagon with following proven best practice.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 8, 2019

The post Fifteen Years & Counting: Navigating the chatbot, virtual agent and AI revolution appeared first on Creative Virtual. And being a five-year award, we celebrate our fifteen year anniversary in its continuing glow. Here’s to the next fifteen years and the new challenges that lie ahead!

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JivoChat

JUNE 7, 2021

However, the methods above are a solid foundation for your business or brand’s customer interaction management process and can help engage all kinds of consumers, especially when following a few best practices. Best Practices for Customer Interactions. Source: JivoChat. Why Customer Interaction Software is Important.

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Uniphore

JULY 21, 2021

According to Gartner, customer service leaders should focus on these seven knowledge management best practices for improved customer service. While many companies just assume customers can find a solution by “Googling it,” the truth is that pages need to follow search engine optimization (SEO) best practices to be easily discovered.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2025

The following are a few areas where AI and innovation, along with industry best practices, are aligning to deliver to the market the tools and knowledge to enhance the customer and employee experience while improving productivity (reducing cost or increasing revenue).

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SmartAction

JUNE 27, 2023

Let’s address the common objections and show you how to overcome them with conversational AI and virtual agents. By deploying virtual agents, you can reduce the need for a large workforce to handle routine inquiries. Today’s virtual agents are far from the robotic voices of the past. No worries!

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Balto

MARCH 3, 2025

The most effective automation tools include: Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems AI-powered chatbots Automated email responses Virtual agents for basic troubleshooting Call center automation refers to the strategic use of technology to handle repetitive and time-consuming tasks within a call center.

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SmartAction

APRIL 15, 2019

This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handled by live agents. This is the first of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Automate More with Virtual Agents.

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Talkdesk

OCTOBER 8, 2020

So which best practices should banks embrace in their pursuit of seamless client experiences (CX) in the age of digital banking? However, face-to-face banking is still a vital component of banking and one that must be preserved. Even in the digital sphere, clients value a personal touch. Embrace the cloud.

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Interactions

APRIL 14, 2021

Constantly evolving regulations and best practices can make it challenging for companies to decide on the best solutions to improve their businesses. The agent on the other side of the communication should understand that the debtor is going through a hard time and they want to figure out how to get out of the mess.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This allows Sophie AI’s applications to naturally and organically assist agents, engineers, and customers in their context, using your best practices and operating procedures to guide them to full resolution. Agents or engineers can chat with the AI Assistant, asking for clear guidance for this particular model.

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Expivia

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Key Features: Advanced data analysis for real-time insights Predictive modeling to anticipate customer needs Customizable dashboards for a holistic view of service performance Autopilot: The Next-Gen Virtual Agent Autopilot introduces a level of automation and learning capability that redefines the role of virtual agents in customer service.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 17, 2017

Bots and the more advanced intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), enabled by AI and machine learning, are rightfully attracting a great deal of attention. The success of speech analytics demonstrates how good technology accompanied by best practices is a winning formula for companies that can afford the investment.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

It’s time for businesses to prepare for this future, and the way to get there is by replacing their old and outdated IVRs with newer intelligent virtual agent (IVA) solutions. The Business Opportunity.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Our virtual agents consistently outperform live agents on CSAT scores simply because they just need to be trained once to deliver a perfectly trained agent experience. What are the types of applications/calls that make the best use of AI self-service? There are often good reasons for live agent transfers.

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Kayako

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Think of it this way: let’s say your FAQ titles are using some basic best practices. It’s considered a best practice. This scenario also affected virtual agents, devaluing their ROI). Your title keywords and the length of the titles are at a trim 65 characters or less (SEO standard stuff).

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SmartAction

MAY 6, 2019

This is the third of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Read Part 1 and Part 2 first!

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DMG Consulting

MAY 3, 2019

Question: We’re considering the addition of intelligent virtual agent capabilities to provide 24/7 customer service. How can we confirm they will provide the same information as our contact center agents? human agent or IVA). It may also include industry-specific regulations or compliance requirements.

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Creative Virtual

JUNE 22, 2020

Today I’m proud to be sharing Creative Virtual’s introduction of the Neutrino release of V-Person , our innovative virtual agent and chatbot technology. When I first founded Creative Virtual in late 2003, chatbot and virtual agent technology was still very new in the customer service space.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 25, 2024

Agent Evaluation unlocks a new level of confidence in your conversational AI agents’ performance by streamlining your development workflows, accelerating time-to-market, and delivering exceptional user experiences.

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bold360 Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

All context from the chatbot interaction gets passed on to the (live chat) agent, bringing her up to speed immediately. Virtual agents or agent-facing AI chatbots can then work behind the scenes to assist human agents as they interact with customers. 5 Ways Live Chat Helps Your Business.

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DMG Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Below a list of some of innovation and distinguishing features among the leading KM solutions in the market: A KM methodology like knowledge-centered support (KCS) and other best practices are being embedded within the applications, which help organizations succeed with the solution.

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SmartAction

JUNE 9, 2023

Some notable examples include: Chatbots : Chatbots are AI-powered virtual agents, built in-house or by third-party vendors , that engage in text-based conversations with users. Chatbots and virtual agents may provide irrelevant or inaccurate responses. They are widely used in customer support, providing 24/7 assistance.

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