Calabrio

APRIL 24, 2025

Chatbots & Voicebots for AI-Driven Self-Service Leveraging conversational AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP), intelligent chatbots and voicebots are transforming self-service. Top Contact Center AI Trends & Use Cases Of course, with all this optimism comes an important question: How will AI achieve all this?

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

When a single call, text, or even chatbot message is charged with so much potential impact, the task of effective contact center management has taken on a new level importance. At the same time, contact center operations have also taken on a new level complexity. And if you can measure it, you can improve it.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 17, 2022

However, it is obvious that insufficient training, incompatible interfaces and other factors might result in an increase of Average Handling Time. But, how is the Average Handling Time (AHT) calculated? What is the Average Handling Time (AHT) for Contact Centers?

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TechSee

AUGUST 26, 2024

Similarly, call center agents are measured on their average handle times. These two metrics are closely related, as longer handle times will naturally result in longer wait times for customers. This can result in multiple follow-up calls and longer average handle times, exacerbating customer frustration.

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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. Now, we’re going to dive into the different stakeholders within and outside of the contact center who will benefit from this evolution of the traditional knowledge base, and how you can use it to transform your customer experience. .

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2025

Common Signs of Inefficiencies in Your Contact Center Here are a few red flags to look out for in your contact center operations: High Average Handle Time (AHT): Repeatedly long conversations could indicate unclear processes or agents lacking access to the necessary tools and information.

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Comm100

APRIL 28, 2021

Average resolution time, or average handle time, tells you how long it takes on average for your agents to resolve your customer queries. A low average handle time can indicate that your team is doing a good job of handling live chat inquiries quickly and efficiently.

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Oracle

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A chatbot can fill that void, helping a retailer reach customers 24/7 and enhancing customer experience by answering commonly asked questions quickly and accurately. In addition, chatbots offer companies new ways to improve the customer engagement process while aiming to drive down the typical cost of customer service.

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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Conversational analytics software can be applied across a variety of channels where these interactions take place, such as social media, contact centers, online forums, email, messaging apps, or virtual assistants and chatbots. Why is Conversational Analytics Important?

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InMoment XI

JULY 25, 2024

Similarly, your contact center experience could be improved by offering robust self-service options like FAQs, chatbots, and online knowledge bases, which enable customers to resolve issues independently when possible. These solutions can be transferred to an agent if the severity of the issue calls for it.

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SurveySensum

OCTOBER 29, 2024

According to McKinsey , effective use of analytics in contact center operations can help you reduce the average handle time by up to 40%, increase self-service usage by 20%, cut employee costs by $5 million, and improve conversion rates on service-to-sales costs by 50%. However, what are the benefits of contact center analytics?

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Provide access to knowledge Agents need to have access to the right knowledge, not just for the top inquiries, but for any issue they might encounter. A well-organized knowledge base with easy findability and searchability helps agents access the right information at the right time for accurate and timely resolutions.

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Bold360

OCTOBER 2, 2020

For example, If a customer is trying to decide between two products on your website, a sales agent will likely be the best resource for the chat. For example, a customer may interact with an AI-powered chatbot before, or even instead of, speaking to a live agent. Decreased Average Handle Time (AHT). More Sales.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Many brands are still hamstrung by the old ways of organizing information – they typically have answers hidden four, five, or six clicks deep into a knowledge base or scattered across different departments in the organization. This takes time and is frustrating for support agents. Why is a knowledge base important?

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eGain Blogs

APRIL 15, 2025

However, traditional knowledge management tools and processes face significant limitations when supporting generative AI: Fragmentation : Most enterprise knowledge exists in disconnected silosdocument management systems, intranets, wikis, training materials, support tickets, email threads, and collaboration platforms.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

By establishing metrics for factors like “time spent in the knowledge base,” “screens to resolution,” or “questions to authentication,” you will learn what agents experience when supporting customers. This knowledge will, in turn, allow you to optimize backend tools and technologies. Goal: Adopt Chatbots.

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Inbenta

DECEMBER 14, 2021

And chatbots that harness artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) present a huge opportunity. In a market where policies, coverage, and pricing are increasingly similar, AI chatbots give insurers a tool to offer great customer experience (CX) and differentiate themselves from their competitors.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. This is likely one reason why Oracle found that 80% of sales and marketing leaders say they currently use or plan to deploy chatbots in the near future. Biometrics.

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Bold360

APRIL 28, 2021

After that was set up, the bank saw a jump in the number of chats as more customers stayed with the channel. Add a Chatbot. Pressure on the more labor-intensive live chat dropped almost immediately as the chatbot handled more volume. Connect the Knowledge Base. The Result: CSAT Jumps from 67% to 90%.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2021

A knowledge management system is crucial to solving these challenges, improving today’s picky customers’ stickiness, and improving overall C-SAT scores. The need for Knowledge Management. A knowledge base is a single repository offering comprehensive information about a product or a service.

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Eptica

AUGUST 1, 2018

To read the first post, on reducing Average Handling Time and improving quality, click here. Knowledge to empower agents Eptica’s platform is built around a centralized, AI-powered knowledge base. This ensures that agents have access to the latest information, whatever channel they are working on.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

When I was working in a contact center, having access to knowledge bases and FAQs was invaluable in helping me quickly answer customer queries and provide effective solutions to their problems. Empower support center agents by providing them with the training and resources they need to handle a wide range of customer issues.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Consider implementing a user-friendly knowledge base and other self-service tools, such as AI-powered chatbots. Operational metrics, such as average handle time (AHT), abandon rate, customer satisfaction (CSAT) and other SLAs are important leading indicators that should be supplemented with business-focused metrics.

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West Monroe

OCTOBER 20, 2017

As we look to more advanced technologies such as chatbots, cognitive conversation engines, and ever-improving natural language speech recognition, we see a projected red line creeping up the scale of difficulty. When agents are only handling issues more complex than a 6, a robust knowledge base becomes a requirement.

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Pointillist

MARCH 1, 2019

Using customer journey analytics, you can integrate your structured data (website, CRM system) with your unstructured data (transcripts from web chat, audio call recordings, chatbot transcripts). When a single agent handles the call from start to finish, the resolution is faster and the customer satisfaction is much higher.

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Myra Golden

APRIL 11, 2023

This could include a knowledge base that provides quick access to answers and solutions and a customer relationship management (CRM) system that helps agents keep track of customer interactions and preferences. Learn more about Customer Service Master Class.

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LiveChat

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Invest time in building a knowledge base. Your product has much more features and takes a little more time for customers to understand. If this is the case for your business, consider building a knowledge base where you answer the most popular questions. We also created LiveChat’s knowledge base.

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RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

RapportBoost uses artificial Intelligence to optimize chat conversations in order to drive dramatic and sustained improvements in conversion rate, order size, customer satisfaction, renewal rate, average handle time, first contact resolution rate, agent retention and happiness, and other critical contact center metrics.

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Magellan Solutions

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Competent agents are more likely to address clients’ concerns on the first call, which decreases follow-up calls and frees up agents to handle more calls. Provide agents access to AI-powered resources like workflows, knowledge bases, and visual aids to guide them through the resolution process.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses. Also driving this trend is real-time analytics. It has been growing at a CAGR of 20% since 2021!

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses. Also driving this trend is real-time analytics. It has been growing at a CAGR of 20% since 2021!

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Team HGS

AUGUST 22, 2017

After a review of the vast benefits of a bots-brains approach—including improved average handle time (AHT) and response time, lessening of Tier I labor, and improved CSAT, Lauren took on pressing questions from our attendees. Q4: Can you please elaborate on the self-learning aspects of these bots?

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ViiBE Blog

MAY 13, 2021

The software running these centers can vary, but important metrics are Average Handling Time , First Call Resolution Rate, and Net Promoter Score. Text and video chat functionality gives customers the option to pick the mode of communication that is best suited to their needs. Contact Center. Virtual Call Center.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

These metrics should be data-driven, allowing you to identify areas of improvement and track progress over time. Average Handle Time (AHT) The average call handling time (AHT) is frequently used to determine individual agents’ effectiveness and the performance of the customer service organization as a whole.

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Playvox

JUNE 22, 2023

Three Ways To Improve Call Initiation Metrics Increase the number of agents available for inbound calls during peak times to provide faster call center support to customers. Offer omnichannel support options such as an AI-powered chatbot and other self-service options and menu options to reduce the need for some live agent calls.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 5, 2018

ChatBots are being used in every industry vertical—retail, automotive, financial services, even healthcare—to replace humans in contact centres. Text Chat will be the first to be replaced with ChatBots. Video chat consistently gives you 90+% NPS and CSAT ratings. Text chat has less than 60% and ChatBots even less.

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NobelBiz

JULY 18, 2023

This does not rely solely on the technology solution, but also access to a knowledge base, scripts for the recurring interactions, and feedback from supervisors. This measure is strongly connected to AHT: if AHT falls but FCR rises, it indicates that client calls are not being handled satisfactorily.

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