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.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Self-service in customer support is not just a trend anymore, it’s here to stay. This tendency, coupled with increasingly mature artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, has raised attention to the role and impact of virtual agents in contact centers and customer experience (CX). What is a virtual agent?

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SmartAction

MARCH 7, 2023

Let’s take a closer look at the top CAI trends to follow – both in 2023 and beyond. Trend #1: IVAs and Automation Intelligent voice assistants (IVAs) process the words a user speaks and converts them into digital data that software can reliably analyze. What are the key drivers of this explosive growth in the CAI market?

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Inbenta

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Virtual agents and chatbots Thanks to NLP technology, chatbots have become more human-like.  Virtual agents and chatbots allow for human-like customer service that provides 24/7 support. It can extract data for sentiment analysis and trend detection to optimize marketing efforts. Schedule a demo 3.

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Connect

MARCH 5, 2025

CX innovation In response, contact centre operators are leveraging AI to craft conversational experiences with basic chatbots and more advanced virtual agents , driving the rise of immersive digital customer experiences (CX). By analysing sentiment and intent, AI-powered virtual agents can field more complex tasks and requests.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

Management benefits from automated scheduling, which simplifies this time-consuming task by using AI to calculate agent availability, business hours, and other rule-based parameters to ensure there are no gaps in service coverage. Why agents are embracing the change. This positive agent outlook is backed up by research.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I’ll help myself, thanks: Called the Do-It-Yourself Generation, Millennials love self-service. Support the DIY culture: Focus on consumer enablement and empowerment through self-service. Self-service platforms. AI-powered virtual agents. Personalization. Know your customer.

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Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

This frees agents to concentrate on complex, high-value interactions, accelerating resolution times and driving down operational costs. Smarter customer experiences, more personalized self-service: Intuitive self-service options can at last become a consistent reality, allowing customers to find solutions quickly and independently.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

Management benefits from automated scheduling, which simplifies this time-consuming task by using AI to calculate agent availability, business hours, and other rule-based parameters to ensure there are no gaps in service coverage. This positive agent outlook is backed up by research. Computer-Vision Powered Self-Service.

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Upstream Works

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This use case can take many forms, with self-service automation often coming to mind right away. AI applications will access the relevant pieces from a customer’s history – chat threads, previous orders, unresolved issues – and pull them up on the virtual agent desktop so everything is in one place.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 10, 2020

Back in April I took a look at the impressive spike in virtual agent traffic starting in late February and early March that surpassed anything Creative Virtual had seen in over 16 years of being in the industry. I’m curious to continue to watch how virtual agent traffic fluctuates as coronavirus-related restrictions change.

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TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

With many call centers adopting the remote working model, the common practice of one agent asking a question over his cubicle wall has come to an end. Intelligent collaboration tools are trending in the call center to meet this need of connecting agents with their colleagues and supervisors in order to better serve their customers.

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REVE Chat Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Hence realigning the customer service experience has become a top priority for businesses. Contact center trends provide businesses a futuristic view of how digital transformation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) would help their call centers to deliver an optimal customer service experience. Frank Sherlock.

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 12, 2021

History is littered with brands that resisted change and failed to keep up with new trends and preferences in the marketplace – like Blockbuster – which ultimately resulted in their demise. Conversational self-service tools have progressively become more mainstream in the nearly two decades of Creative Virtual’s history.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2025

Customer-facing self-service conversational AI (CAI) systems, which are generative AI (GenAI)-enabled intelligent virtual agents, have reached a maturity level at which they can and should increase self-service (voice and digital channel) automation rates while improving the CX.

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Creative Virtual

APRIL 22, 2020

In the recently published report The Inner Circle Guide to AI-Enabled Self-Service (available for download in a UK version and in a US version ), ContactBabel takes a deep dive into the current status of CX self-service technologies, use cases and customer preferences.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To help you keep that Customer Service Week momentum going, destinationCRM is hosting a roundtable webinar next week: Conversational AI: The Future of Customer Service? He will also be delving into ways you can use back-end integrations to take your digital self-service from basic FAQ tool to a personalized, conversational interaction.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. State of the art self-service and compelling benefits that transcend verticals. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services.

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DMG Consulting

JULY 19, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2017 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Well, if you happen to be in customer service, this list is for you. We’ve narrowed down the 5 key customer service technology trends to watch out for in 2018. Virtual Customer Assistants. An increasing number of customers are demanding self-service options. Virtual agent exhibitors at MWC 2018: Nuance.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Well, if you happen to be in customer service, this list is for you. We’ve narrowed down the 5 key customer service technology trends to watch out for in 2018. Virtual Customer Assistants. An increasing number of customers are demanding self-service options. Virtual agent exhibitors at MWC 2018: Nuance.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 16, 2020

Now that the risks have been taken by the early adopters, this means the early majority will be implementing conversational AI at a rapid pace, moving automated customer service into the mainstream. As one of the participants in this emerging market, we’re seeing a handful of trends from 2019 that are worth sharing…. Conversational UX.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 28, 2019

AI-powered virtual agents present significant potential to improve the customer experience (CX) in the contact center. From IVR to chatbot and other self-service automation, none exhibit the cognitive capabilities of today’s purpose-driven, practical AI solutions for the contact center.

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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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Cisco - Contact Center

AUGUST 3, 2020

This open platform architecture enables our customers to easily add and integrate with advanced cloud applications such as AI-based virtual agents, advanced data analytics, workforce optimization, and other Webex applications, including Webex Experience Management, Webex Calling, and Webex Control Hub.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

Here, we will look at the trends that look set to shape the future of CCaaS in the coming years. Advanced Self-Service Tools According to studies, consumers are increasingly becoming self-reliant, preferring to use self-service channels such as live chat (42%) and chatbots (86%) rather than contacting customer support.

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Playvox

JANUARY 13, 2022

The conversation identified several contact center trends that, if addressed effectively, can lead to the transformation of two critical elements of operational success: people and technology. . Let’s take a closer look at these 2022 contact center trends. 2022 just might be The Year of the Contact Center Employee.

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Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

The evolution and future of contact center QA methods: From manual to AI-powered Historically, contact center QA methods have leveraged manual monitoring and review of individual interactions, then relied on selective sampling to extrapolate a picture of overall performance and trends.

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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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InGenius

JANUARY 31, 2020

Being a progressive industry driven by innovation and new technology, we can expect to see several trends emerging this year that propel the industry forward and have a significant impact on customer experience and agent productivity. Live engagement customer service. An increase in self-service automation.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 1, 2022

DMG Consulting Releases 2022 – 2023 AI-Enabled Self-Service for the Enterprise Report. Essential and impactful tools in the AI-based service revolution. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center and back-office market research and consulting services . When: Today, 1 June 2022.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

With all of the new improvements and changes in modern day customer service technology, it’s no surprise that customer expectations have evolved to follow suit as well. This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Now more than ever, customers want fast and efficient service.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 15, 2021

You’re living in the convergence of two macro trends. This is a macro trend working against those that hire. While this is happening economically, we’re seeing another macro trend: more outstanding technological capabilities and applications for conversational AI. With easily scalable virtual agents, hold times are eliminated.

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DMG Consulting

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Contact Center Key Technology Trends for 2025: AI Leads the Charge Based on findings from a recent DMG Consulting survey, 2025 is shaping up to be an excellent year for technology investments in contact centers. The post Contact Center Key Technology Trends for 2025: AI Leads the Charge appeared first on DMG Consulting.

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Creative Virtual

JULY 22, 2020

As with many other aspects of life and business, customer experience trends and expectations have been greatly impacted by the global health crisis this year. 49% believe there are clear trends in customer segments that prefer certain contact channels. By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing.

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HGS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Melissa’s research coverage includes customer experience management services, exploring ties with marketing operations and developing thought leadership around intelligent automation for contact center and vertically-specific customer engagement business processes. Wendy: Can you share the trends you’ve seen in customer service?

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based self-service capabilities – Self-service has become the channel of choice for customers in many countries, as surprising as it seems. However, the key to success remains being able to connect with a live agent, when necessary. .

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