Natural Language Processing

Artificial intelligence and the rise of augmented agents in customer experience

Published on: May 31, 2017
Author: Pascal Gauvrit - CTO

Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently the hottest topic in customer experience, with brands exploring how they can use digital technology such as chatbots to deliver the fast, accurate and personalized service that consumers demand. AI will radically change how customer service teams operate, with Gartner predicting that it will disrupt the jobs of 1 million phone-based customer support agents...

Shaping the future of customer experience

Published on: April 12, 2017
Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder

Given its importance to the bottom line, customer experience is high on the priority list of CEOs, CMOs and CIOs alike. Research from Gartner found that nearly a third (31%) of CEOs had customer projects as their number one strategic priority for this year, and 37% said that customer experience management was their most important area of technology investment over the next 5 years.

Why customer experience is central to digital transformation in insurance

Published on: April 05, 2017
Author: Angus Prentice - Senior Sales Manager

The insurance industry is facing enormous pressures. Customer expectations are rising, regulation is increasing and digital transformation is fundamentally changing how insurers operate, while lowering the barriers to entry for new competitors. No wonder that a new article from McKinsey is headlined “Time for insurance companies to face digital reality.”

4 more artificial intelligence concepts you need to know to deliver improved CX

Published on: March 24, 2017
Author: Pascal Gauvrit - CTO

So far in this three part series covering artificial intelligence (AI) in customer experience I’ve explained the difference between bots and chatbots and some of the key concepts that you need to know about. In this third part I’ll finish my list of terms and describe how they can deliver an improved customer experience

4 artificial intelligence concepts you need to know if you work in customer experience

Published on: March 22, 2017
Author: Pascal Gauvrit - CTO

Following last week’s blog introducing artificial intelligence (AI) and explaining the difference between bots and chatbots, in my next two posts I want to explore the types of AI and how they can be applied in customer experience. Firstly, here are four key terms that you need to know

Chatbots and bots - what they mean for customer experience

Published on: March 15, 2017
Author: Pascal Gauvrit - CTO

Talk of artificial intelligence and chatbots is currently everywhere in the customer experience market, with analysts, commentators and vendors all discussing the benefits that this type of technology can provide to brands and their customers. But what do the terms bot, chatbot and artificial intelligence actually mean – and how can they improve your customer experience?

37 billion reasons to improve customer experience

Published on: March 01, 2017
Author: Angus Prentice - Senior Sales Manager

Ahead of next week's Institute of Customer Service (ICS) annual conference, new research spells out the enormous cost of poor service to brands. Figures from the UK’s Ombudsman Service found that it registered 55 million complaints over the last 12 months - costing UK businesses £37 billion as customers vote with their feet and move to alternative suppliers.

5 ways to successfully deal with angry customers

Published on: February 16, 2016
Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager

Given the complexity of business today and the rising expectations of consumers, most organizations will be on the receiving end of customer complaints. It could be down to a problem with an order, overcharging, or a complete failure to provide services, such as when a telco’s network goes down.What all of these examples have in common is that it will be the customer service team.

Transforming the financial services customer experience with linguistics

Published on: February 14, 2014
Author: Lloyd Buxton - Business Development

Whatever part of the financial services sector you operate in, delivering an excellent customer experience is becoming a vital part of differentiating, increasing sales and retaining customers. However consumers are growing ever more demanding and less and less loyal. They want an excellent experience, whichever channel they chose – and they want it delivered quickly. Fail to deliver and the...

Three ways of using linguistics to deliver a superior customer experience

Published on: December 02, 2013
Author: Eptica

In today’s competitive environment, organisations need to deliver consistent, rapid and personalised responses to consumers, based on understanding the tone and style of the language they use. And they need to do this faster and across more channels and interactions than ever before.Linguistics, the scientific study of language, provides the answer to this growing challenge. It enables compa...

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