Business is booming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with year-on-year growth expected at 3.1 percent in 2019. As companies in various verticals scale their businesses, customer service should at the top of their lists of priorities. Otherwise, these businesses won't be able to survive.
Chatbots can help solve customer service issues across the MENA region. This technology automates many of the tasks associated with customer service, providing consumers with real-time answers to their queries. As a result, companies can engage with customers about shipping delays, stock problems, store closures, refunds, complaints, and various other customer service-related topics.
A chatbot is a piece of AI software that lets companies connect with customers using natural language programming (NLP) on mobile apps, websites, and mobile apps. Unlike email and phone communications, there are no response delays with chatbots, and customers will receive instant help with problems and queries. This because chatbots simulate human conversations.
Chatbots provide customers in MENA with support 24 hours a day, seven days a week across various channels and devices. Research shows that customers don't like to wait too long to receive a response from a customer service agent, so chatbots provide customers (and businesses) with real value.
Chatbots emulate human conversations so customers receive a similar level of service. Businesses can communicate with customers and solve problems in real-time, which can increase brand loyalty and customer satisfaction. In the UAE, 20 percent of consumers said they were not satisfied with their online shopping experience. Chat bots can change this.
There are even more benefits. A recent study from Juniper Research discovered that:
It's no wonder, then, that 85 percent of all customer interactions in the Middle East will be processed without a human agent by the year 2025.
Despite all these benefits, few companies in the MENA region offer live chat to customers. Live chat adoption is higher in the UAE than any other MENA country, but it still only stands at 53 percent.
However, things are about to change. The potential for chatbots in MENA is endless. Here are just some of the sectors that can benefit from chatbots:
Various companies in MENA now use chatbots, including the following:
Not all chatbots are the same. A good Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider will create a bot based on your business requirements. As a result, you can streamline customer communications and improve service.
A good chatbot will bring your communications to life and let you personalize interactions with customers, wherever they are in the world. Think of your chatbot like a member of your customer service team, who goes above and beyond to solve problems and improve the customer experience.
If you have customers around the world, you should choose a multi-language chatbot that targets different customer segments. More than 60 languages are spoken in the Middle East alone.
There's a growing demand for next-generation and integrated technologies in the MENA region, and chatbots certainly fit the bill. These software applications bridge the gap between companies and customers with real-time chat solutions that save costs, improve engagement, and move more people through customer service pipelines.
Here at CEQUENS, we create powerful customer-centric communication solutions. As a leading CPaaS provider in the MENA region, we provide chatbot capabilities based on your business budget and requirements. Click here to find out more.
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