How Machine Learning Can Improve Direct Marketing Results

With direct marketing, you likely have a benchmark success rate from previous similar campaigns that you base your goals on, and you try to optimise it through various strategies, whether by trying to offer the best deals or by using behavioural tactics.

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Predicting Customer Behaviour (PART 1)

Propensity modelling attempts to predict the likelihood that visitors, leads and customers will perform certain actions. It’s a statistical approach that accounts for all the independent and confounding variables that affect said behaviour. The propensity score, then, is the actual probability that the visitor, lead, or customer will perform a certain action.

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FAQ’s On Genius Leads

What is Genius Leads?

Principa’s Genius Leads is a POPI compliant provision service of South African consumer leads. We use advanced analytics and Machine Learning to optimise lists of new or existing marketing leads, so you target your most desirable customers and those profiled as most likely to respond to your campaign – improving campaign take-up and long-term customer profitability.

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The Difference Between A Live Chat and A Chatbot

Most websites or apps lately have a chat function, whether that be an AI-powered chatbot or a live chat function. But many people (and some businesses) don’t know the difference between the two and aren’t sure when they are talking to (or have installed) a bot or an agent.

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FAQ On Self-Service AI Chatbot, Atura

What is Atura?

Atura is a powerful artificial intelligence chat solution that uses cloud technology to deliver the right answers to your customers via any device, albeit mobile, desktop or tablet. Built on the Microsoft Azure technology stack, Atura uses its advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques to correctly understand your customer request and then deliver the correct response. In the event that the AI doesn’t understand the customer request, the entire messaging conversation can be seamlessly redirected to a physical agent to further respond to your customer. The result: a fluent and seamless customer experience!

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Amazon Web Services Vs Microsoft Azure: Which Cloud Provider Should You Host Core Business Systems On?

Deciding on which cloud service to host your core business systems on can be a daunting task. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are two of the biggest players around, while Google Cloud and IBM Cloud are also gaining market-share.

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Why Companies Cling To Legacy Systems

Innovative companies know they must embrace digital transformation in their business to stay competitive in the world of the fourth industrial revolution. But legacy systems often get in the way of transformation. In this blog, we look at why companies are reluctant to move away from their legacy systems and how to know when it really is time to modernise.

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Frequently Asked Questions On Agent X, Call Centre Virtual Assistant

What is Agent X?

Agent X is a call centre virtual assistant that not only guides and supports agents during calls but motivates and inspires high performance via an engaging, dynamic and intuitive interface.

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