Overview of Smith.ai Virtual Receptionists

When conversing with clients, live chat software gives agents capabilities that make it easier to help one another. If they require assistance from a more experienced agent, they can use transfers and supervision. As a result, there's no need to put clients on hold when in doubt. With a few clicks, agents can move talks to another agent or group. The recipient can then follow up on the case right away and respond in a matter of seconds. The configuration is simple and allows you to choose which Live chat group the chat will be migrated to and set up a message if all of the agents are unavailable.

You can use shortcuts to make commands that extend to pre-defined greetings, messages, or URLs. As an agent, shortcuts save time, but they should be used sparingly to maintain a balance between efficiency and personal tone. Visitors respond best when they feel like they're having a discussion rather than being given canned responses, in our experience. In live chat software, administrators can establish and change Team Shortcuts. All agents on the account have access to these. Any agent can create and alter Personal Shortcuts that only they have access to. When a team and a personal Shortcut have the same name, the personal Shortcut is used.

Some agents call in ill, while others are simply not working to their full potential. As a result, supervisors must be able to make quick decisions. Agent scheduling is the term for this. Agent scheduling aids in generating reports that compare schedules to agent performance and identifies schedule anomalies for agent evaluation and coaching. Unscheduling an agent from a shift in the schedule, evaluating a score function for each of a plurality of possible schedules that have the agent scheduled for different possible shifts, and selecting an improved schedule from among the plurality of possible schedules are all examples of methods for improving an agent schedule. The enhanced schedule is distinguished by a higher score function value.