eGain, the leading provider of customer engagement solutions, announced that chatbots ranked at the bottom among digital touchpoints in customer satisfaction during the initial outbreak of COVID-19. Conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of eGain and fielded in June 2020, the survey was administered to thousands of consumers, who had used a digital channel for customer service across six industries in April and May 2020. Here are key findings: Marketing Technology News: Bright Pattern Contact Center Chosen by…

Smart Answers on Lucidworks Fusion Uses Deep Learning to Understand Natural Language Questions and Provide Users with Immediate and Contextual Answers Lucidworks, leader in AI-powered search, announces Smart Answers on Lucidworks Fusion. Smart Answers enhances the intelligence of chatbots and virtual assistants by using deep learning to understand natural language questions and quickly return the right answers. Customers and employees can now locate critical insights to help them move to their next best action, avoiding…

A pioneering solution transforms Bots into Omnichannel Virtual Agents Interactive Media , a global developer of telecommunications software, Conversational AI and customer experience applications, is announcing the immediate availability of PhoneMyBot, a cloud solution to provide voice and telephony access to chatbots everywhere. Chatbots are revolutionizing the customer experience, greeting customers on web pages, social networks and messaging channels. The best chatbots provide a first class experience as they field most…

For realtors, taking time out to ascertain the overall seriousness of a lead from scratch is time-consuming. But, it is a no-brainer that if you wish to be successful when it comes to real estate, you need to capture as many leads as possible to make sure that you have a specific number of clients on a monthly basis. Whether you’re a real estate agent, broker or property consultant, buying or selling a property is a harrowing process that involves tons of calls, emails, and a lot of follow-ups. With a WhatsApp Chatbot for…

Chatbots are already transforming industries across the board—and they’re only going to become more impactful as technology evolves. A chatbot is a piece of software that can communicate with users in a back-and-forth, conversational way. All kinds of different businesses and organizations are starting to use them because they can: Automate and scale routine support functions Provide education and information in a friendly, digestible style Guide shoppers to boost e-commerce sales Generate and qualify leads…

Japanese startup ChatBook has raised a $1 million funding round led by from Monex Ventures Co., Ltd., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, VOYAGE VENTURES Co., Ltd., and East Ventures Co., Ltd.,  The startup has managed to attract key partnerships with Facebook, Salesforce and Marketo and has fully integrated ChatBook’s chatbots into the fast-growing B2B enterprise landscape and with processed more than 1 million data points of customer information, since their start in 2018. Prior funding has included: Salesforce Ventures, East…

A Study by Aivo Explores the Current Use Companies Are Making of This Solution and the Impact It Has on Both Consumers and Businesses Consumers want information instantly and chatbots have become the perfect partner for companies of any size to answer inquiries immediately. As a result, more and more brands have been adopting this technology, but how are they implementing it and what results are they seen? Aivo, technology company specialized in helping enterprises boost their customer service and sales growth through…

Agent Productivity Enhanced in the Digital Contact Center Through Ability to Seamlessly Blend Live and Virtual Contact Center Agents  Sparkcentral announced the rollout of its Virtual Agent Framework, a solution complementing the Sparkcentral Messaging Customer Service Platform to create a complete digital customer care solution that lets companies bring together the optimum blend of live and virtual agents in the contact center. The Virtual Agent Framework not only allows the deployment of virtual agents (chatbots) on…

MadCap Flare Expands Features for Delivering Modern Web and Print-Based Content with Micro Content Authoring—an Industry First—Plus Zendesk Plugin, CSS Variables, Chinese UI, and More; MadCap Central Offers Completely Redesigned UI MadCap Software, Inc., the leader in multi-channel content authoring and a showcase company for Microsoft Visual Studio, announced that MadCap Flare 2019 and MadCap Central April 2019 Release are now available. Together, the latest versions provide more comprehensive functionality than ever for…

Tech Treats LLC Launches a DIY Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Chatbot Platform for Businesses on a Budget Tech Treats LLC is proud to announce it has added an extremely economical, do-it-yourself artificial intelligence chatbot (AKA bot) platform to its high-tech offerings for low-tech businesses operating on a modest (or even a very small) budget. To celebrate its launch, now through March 15, 2019, Tech Treats is giving away a free business marketing/branding package worth far more than the price of the…

As chatbots become increasingly more developed, and the demand for instant online customer service continues to rise, the debate about whether we should be using chatbots in business is creating divided opinions. The truth is, there is a strong case for both sides. There is no doubt chatbots can be beneficial to both businesses and their consumers, but they can also be a nuisance for customers who have a more serious problem and just want human assistance. Improving Online Experience In the on-demand world we now live in,…

How many clicks does it take to find the right information on a website? Tons of clicks equals tons of friction, and we all know friction is bad for business. Users give up pretty quickly if they have to search for answers, which is causing a resurgence of chatbots. These pre-programmed helpers operate like friendly little genies — delivering the content a user wishes at their command. A chatbot provides a direct portal to the desired information instead. Read More: Chatbots Are the New HR Managers Not all chatbots…

Bright Pattern to Present "How to Leverage Bots for Human Interaction Optimization" at Customer Contact Week (CCW) Nashville 2019 Bright Pattern, leading provider of omnichannel cloud contact center software, announces its sponsorship of Customer Contact Week (CCW) Nashville 2019 and presentation of the Chabot Session with Ashley Welch, Director of Service at leading corporate travel company, Lola. Welch will be accompanied by Bright Pattern Senior Vice President of Marketing, Ted Hunting, as they discuss tips for…

When It Comes to Getting the Best Customer Service, New Genesys Study Shows 75% of Consumers Say a Human Is Needed While 76% Turn to Digital Self-Service Channels A nationwide survey conducted in August finds that 94% of US respondents considered their last customer experience positive – although they note there is still room for improvement on the margins. While high-profile customer service blunders by major companies gobble media attention, new research from Genesys  challenges the notion that companies aren't in touch…

CX Transformation Benchmark Finds Consumers Expect Seamless Omnichannel Experiences and Are Willing to Buy More from Companies That Deliver It NICE inContact, a NICE business, announced findings from the breakthrough global research study that measures real-world consumer experiences including most recent service interaction, satisfaction, loyalty and advocacy – including Net Promoter Score (NPS) – across communication channels. The second annual NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark includes…

Survey Finds Most Automated Bots Only Smart Enough for Quick, Simple Queries Pegasystems Inc., the software company empowering customer engagement at the world’s leading enterprises, announced survey results from 3,500 global consumers that find most chatbots still aren’t smart enough to meet their high expectations. While most agree chatbots can be fast and convenient in certain situations, consumers cite a lack of intelligence as their top complaint against automated bots, and 65 percent still prefer a human agent on…

Leader in AI-Powered Conversational Interfaces Extends Capabilities to Natively Support Multi-Language Chatbots Passage AI, a leader in AI-powered conversational interfaces, announced it has extended its natural language understanding/processing (NLU/P) capabilities to support over 150 languages natively, including simplified and traditional Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese and Spanish. Companies can now offer near instant responses to customers around the globe in their native tongue. “Passage AI-powered…

Chatbots will continue to transform virtually every business function from marketing to sales to customer support. One of the other areas that we'll see a major transformation is HR. HR teams have a very challenging job with seemingly conflicting objectives: keeping employees focused and working hard while also keeping them happy and satisfied. HR teams are often held accountable for employee retention and churn without the ability to manage them directly. HR is expected to have a finger on the pulse of a very large…

Acobot Invents an Artificial Intelligence That Learns from the Web by Itself and Builds Conversational AI Chatbots Autonomously Acobot LLC, an artificial intelligence startup, announced a new release of its artificial intelligence Aco, featuring the capability of self-learning from free-form text such as web pages and creating conversational AI chatbots, which are ready to work as virtual agents for customer support automation, without any further training by a human. Conversational AI and chatbots are often mentioned…

Chatbots Are A Contact Center Industry Buzzword. In Fact, If This Was A Bingo Game, Chatbot Would Be The Winning Ball. But Who Would Win In A Fight, Chatbots Or Live Chat? IBM has identified chatbots as a key trend for enterprise call centers in 2018. They go as far as to call this technology a game changer. According to a McKinsey Global Institute discussion paper on artificial intelligence, the technology is accelerating digital transformation. Tech giants spent approximately $30 billion on AI in 2016, with machine…