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All businesses have big data. Data that is crucially important: A list of employees, when they started and when they left, job specs, lists of customers, details of sales, products, expenses, emails, compliments and complaints, list of suppliers and products. Big data is usually reported on formally each year with audited financials, sustainability reports, HR […]
What if you could make a decision and then take action to increase your turnover and profits by 10%? Some time back I became quite good at Excel. I could do things in 10 minutes that took some people 2 hours. I once came across someone who was typing up a formula for each cell,
Increase Your Yurnover and Profits by 30% Read Post »
I’m your customer. When I say “jump”, I expect you to be in the air already.I’m your most irritating customer. My demands are off the charts. If I call you at 3 in the morning, I expect you to thank me for calling. If I send an email, I expect your reply to come back
In one month, Checkers, Pick n Pay and now Woolworths have launched their AI shopping Agents.See my review of Pick n Pay’s Penny AI here: https://www.et-artificial-intelligence.co.za/first-impressions-of-pick-n-pays-new-ai-system-penny-ai/ AI is now helping their customers to shop faster.They can choose a meal and the AI agent will not only give the recipe, but also preparation instructions and the
Checkers, Pick n Pay and Woolworths have launched their AI shopping Agents. Read Post »
The vast majority of businesses are looking at AI, but an even bigger proportion are not using it in any productive manner. Yes, many people are using ChatGPT to write up articles, often bad articles with lots of these double dashes ‐-.Yes, some IT people are using AI to automate various processes, but the average
AI Agents – the easiest and most profitable way to start your AI journey Read Post »
Me: How important is customer service in your business?CEO: Extremely important — it’s one of the main things that sets us apart from competitors. Me: How many support calls do you get in a typical day?CEO: It really depends — it goes up and down. Me: Do you know exactly how many you’ve received each
Interview – Customer service and support Read Post »
Just yesterday someone was complaining on LinkedIn about poor service he had received from his ISP. It seemed well justified. They had taken ages to respond to him. The thread though was about how bad AI and automation was. In this case the ISP was NOT using AI or automation. They have a LIVE CHAT
LIVE CHAT vs AI Chatbot Read Post »
If you have a query with your supplier they typically implement customer support/customer care as follows:Large corporations use a multi-channel approach: Generally you will phone the call centre, or send an email or WhatsApp or fill in a form on their web site. All queries go to their ERP/call centre system/CRM. Someone will pick up
Customer Call Centres Read Post »
Meta recently commissioned Forrester Consulting to study how consumers experience generative AI.One key finding stood out:👉 “Consumers’ top challenges with genAI are receiving incomplete answers and an inability to answer their questions. Nearly half of the consumer survey respondents who have interacted with a genAI chatbot or automated chat complained that it was unable to
MAXIMIZING AI AGENT POTENTIAL FOR CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT Read Post »
I’m a keen runner. Some years back when I used to run the Comrades Marathon, I learned a thing or two about training. The main point being that if you do not train properly you will not finish the race. It needs planning, dedication and huge amounts of effort. The day of the race is
