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AI for customer service: answer better, not just faster

Five ideas to be there at any hour without losing the human touch.

An AI assistant raised support agents’ productivity by 14%, and by 34% for the least experienced ones.Source: Brynjolfsson (Stanford), Li and Raymond (MIT), "Generative AI at Work", NBER, 2023.
What happens today

The same questions arrive again and again over WhatsApp, email and social media: hours, prices, order status, how something works. The team answers the repetitive stuff while the important things wait. After hours, nobody replies. And every conversation holds valuable information about what your customers want, which almost nobody uses.

5 things you can already do

Mark the ones you’d like to have in your business. We use them to prepare the conversation if you decide to talk with us.

1

Answers at any hour

TodayAfter hours, nobody replies.
With AIAn assistant that answers frequent questions with your real information, and hands off to a person whatever it shouldn’t handle alone.

Ask yourself: How many messages come in after 6 p.m. or on weekends?

2

New hires who answer like your most experienced person

TodayQuality depends on who picks up.
With AISuggest the best reply to your team based on your policies and tone, so the person reviews it and sends it.

Ask yourself: How long does it take a new hire to answer well without asking around?

3

An inbox that sorts itself

TodayEverything arrives mixed together.
With AILabel each message (urgent, complaint, sale, question) and send it to the right person.

Ask yourself: Has an important complaint ever gone unanswered because it got buried?

4

Turn conversations into business ideas

TodayWhat customers say stays in the chat.
With AIA monthly summary of the most repeated questions, complaints and requests.

Ask yourself: What are the three questions you get asked the most?

5

Automate without losing the human touch

TodayEither everything is manual, or a bot frustrates people.
With AIDecide with good judgment what gets automated and what should stay personal.

Ask yourself: At which moments do your customers value talking to a person?

Try it today

Your FAQ answers in 10 minutes

Gather 10 to 15 real conversations and strip out names, phone numbers and personal data. Replace whatever is in [brackets].

These are the questions customers ask us the most and how we answer them today:
[paste 10 to 15 real examples, without personal data]

1) Group them by topic.
2) For each topic, write a clear, friendly, short reply in my brand’s tone: [describe the tone].
3) Mark with "CONFIRM" any price, deadline or policy that isn’t in what I pasted.
1-minute self-check

Check the statements that describe your business today.

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Check the statements that apply to see your result.

What this guide can’t tell you

Everything above is possible. But what makes sense for your business, where to start and what results to expect depends on your information, your team and the way you work. A generic tool gives generic answers: the difference shows up when AI understands your business. Questions like these can only be answered by looking at your case:

Want to see what’s possible in your case?

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