A Look Back at noHold's Top Stories of the Week: July 21st-25th

Happy Friday! 
Here is a snapshot of noHold's top stories of the week. 

1. Meet Jibo, the first family robot to hit the market. Katie Couric interviews the woman who created this social robot, Cynthia Breazeal. Click here to check out noHold's perspective and the full interview.

Photo Credit: wearethefrontier.com

2. This weeks Virtual Agent tip...sharing coupons, promotions, and hot offers via a Virtual Agent. Offering coupons through the Virtual Agent encourages prospective buyers to make the purchase. 

3. A recent implementation is receiving great feedback from users. This Call Center Virtual Agent is reaching ratings of 91% effectiveness.     

4. [PRESS RELEASE] noHold Joins the LANDESK One Partner Program to Create the Next Generation Help Desk.  

We are very excited to announce our involvement with the LANDESK One Partner Program. Together we are working to bring smarter self-service to the Help Desk. 

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Thanks for sharing another great week with us! I'll leave you with this photo...

Photo Credit: cloudways.com

Enjoy your weekend!

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Virtual Agent Tips and Tricks: Sharing Coupons, Promotions, and Hot Offers for Virtual Agent Users

We’ve mentioned before how Virtual Agents can educate, provide advice and offer opportunities to purchase complimentary products and services (cross-sell). Empowering your audience with self-service via a conversational Virtual Agent has proven to increase sales in stores, online, and in the Call Center.

Other benefits include:

   

Throughout the years, we have learned best practices to get the most out of your Virtual Agent. One of those best practices is to share coupons, promotions, or ‘hot offers’ through your Virtual Agent. The Virtual Agent uses logical reasoning and determines the appropriate promotion or coupon to encourage users to buy the product. Using limited-time coupons entices people to make the purchase right then and there as opposed to waiting for a better deal. This way, the company wins by locking in the sale, and the customer is happy from their great experience.

Here is an example of the Virtual Agent encouraging the user to buy the product with a coupon:

   

If you were on the fence about a product, would offering a limited time coupon sway you to buy it? What other self-service methods encourage online shoppers to make a purchase, instead of abandoning cart?

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