In Netomi’s latest “Support Superheroes” webinar, Netomi’s Can Ozdoruk sat down for a virtual chat with Alexandra da Silva Rodrigues, Radisson Hotel Group’s Strategical Advisor for Global Contact Centers. The two discussed emerging customer service trends in the travel & hospitality industry, managing the ticket surge during COVID-19, and the ‘human’ touch in digital support.
For the modern customer service representative, a day in the life can be pretty rough. Nonprofit newsroom ProPublica interviewed numerous customer service reps, uncovering some shocking insights into the day in the life. For instance, afraid to call in sick after being warned of getting in trouble for doing so, one worker paused her calls to throw up.
Business adoption of AI has accelerated tenfold as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a handful of conversational AI platforms have emerged as the leaders in the space. We set out to see how Netomi’s Natural Language Understanding (NLU) performs against the most prominent conversational AI platforms: Google Dialogflow, IBM Watson, Microsoft LUIS and RASA.
Not all chatbots are created equal. In this post, we’ll cover a step-by-step chatbot demo guide of what to look for, including the key questions to ask, to make sure that you adopt the best AI for your business. Before we get into the questions you should ask during your chatbot demo, let’s quickly cover why now is a good time to explore chatbots.
In a recent webinar, Nick Mehta sat down to talk with Netomi Founder / CEO Puneet Mehta to discuss how customer experience has evolved over the past few years, and what’s to come in 2022 . Here’s a recap of the discussion, featuring some of its top takeaways.
As with any large project or undertaking, metrics are key in order to gauge performance. Are your current processes adequate enough, or is there room for improvement? Metrics are important to track for all aspects of a business, from sales, marketing and financial performance, to overall customer service. When it comes to improving the automation processes of customer service, chatbot evaluation metrics are also critical to track.
A virtual contact center is one in which agents respond to incoming phone calls, emails, social media requests and other customer service tickets remotely, not from a centralized location. This is a change from more traditional, brick-and-mortar call centers in which agents work from the same location. While traditional, brick-and-mortar call centers used to be prevalent, increasingly companies are turning to virtual contact centers.
The art of conversation evolved early in human evolution. As a species, we’ve been perfecting our verbal and nonverbal communication skills over hundreds of thousands of years, and it still is something that takes us years to learn. We’re at one of the most pivotal periods since the beginning of human dialogue. With artificial intelligence (AI) powering chatbots and voice assistants, we’re now teaching human brains how to communicate with artificial brains.
Service desk platforms – also called agent desks – help companies enhance the customer experience, scale conversations across multiple channels and reduce customer service costs. Zendesk and Freshdesk are two of the most established ticket management software platforms in the space and are used by hundreds of thousands of companies around the world.
“Call centers have never been more important — or more strapped1.” Imagine having a 100-year old parent who has a panic button for emergency situations. When you try it out, it takes an agent five minutes to call to check in. Why the delay in what could have been a life-or-death situation? A shortage of agents. A problem brought about by the pandemic2. This medical alert company is not alone.
