Chatbots and AI Will Dominate Future Supply Chains to Improve Crisis Response
Retailers love to burble on about how cool and smart their supply chains are, yet come a crisis like COVID-19, toilet roll and hand sanitizer are suddenly rarer than strong political leadership. The truth is, the weak link remains with the in-store reporting of sales back to local or regional HQ and an inability to…
Does Your Business Need A Phone in 2020?
Phones are a blessing and a curse in modern business. They enable the personal touch, but at the wrong time (and any time can be a wrong one when we’re all busy), they can sap productivity and annoy your customers more than they add value, especially with chatbots and other tools taking up the slack.…
Chatbots: From Customer Support, Advisor to Concierge or Sexbot – Set the Right Tone!
Whatever your chatbot, just because its a robot, doesn’t mean it has to be robotic. Bots need a personality to engage customers and a tone of voice that resonates with the audience. From the voice of reason to a cheeky marketing character, getting the mix and tone right is essential to successful outcomes and keeping…
Keeping AI Real: Find a Great Name for Your Chatbot
You’ve got a great bot, but what are you going to call it? When it comes to personalization, does being a ‘him’ or ‘her’ matter, and what type of chatbot names work well for customers? Computer programs have had names since the dawn of operating systems and compilers. But they had strange monikers like Quattro…
5 Chatbot and AI Trends for 2020
The stats continue to show chatbots on the rise and AI becoming a growing force in how businesses operate. But in 2020, things will accelerate even faster, as the technology becomes more accessible and the benefits clearer across a wider number of markets and uses. Chatbots and AI are advancing so fast, they’ve already ploughed…