BlueOcean

JUNE 17, 2021

For many organizations, in-house customer care feels like the right choice. It keeps you close to your customers and ready to serve them with your exhaustive knowledge of your products or services. Customer care is often a 24/7/365 job, and the slightest disruption has the potential to impact your reputation and brand loyalty.

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Contact Center Customer Care Measurement Report 177

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

When the world turned upside down in February and March of 2020, no one could have guessed what was ahead. For companies who outsource (or are thinking about outsourcing) their customer care, there is simultaneously a large degree of uncertainty and urgency. Get your copy now. Just fill out the form.

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eBook Customer Care Resources Customers 266

BlueOcean

JULY 12, 2018

The only constant in the customer care world is change, and if you don’t keep up, you’ll be left behind. That’s why we’ve compiled these must-read articles to keep you updated and give you some food for thought as you think about the future of your outsourced customer care. Strategic Partnerships with Contact Centers. “

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Customer Care Trends Contact Center Chatbots 185

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 16, 2019

While so many of us are off celebrating the festive season for days at a time, there are scores of people on the frontlines working to keep everything running smoothly in industries ranging from health care, to transportation, to broadcasting to, yes, customer care. at Blue Ocean. Constant and Effective Communication.

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 27, 2020

And, of course, your company’s plan to launch a new outsourced customer care program. Your customers are already struggling with the times, and now you’re thinking about overhauling the customer care process? Check out these articles: 60 Customer Care RFP Questions for the Contact Center of 2020.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 9, 2018

IBM reports that by 2020 – that’s just two years away – 85% of all customer service interactions will occur without a human agent. Instead, in addition to self-serve customer service , the majority of interactions will be driven by AI technology. Forget AI being the future of the contact center.

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Omni-Channel Customer Care Contact Center Case Study 191

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Three primary trends are driving the customer care industry: diversified cloud-based solutions. By actively harnessing a set of cloud-based AI-powered technologies, contact centers are infusing intelligence across the entire customer contact landscape. Key 2020 Trends: Cloud Contact Centers.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Great companies are regularly assessing the ongoing value of their partnerships – but how do you measure the true value your contact center outsourcer is delivering? Whether it’s your own culture that shifts over time or that of your outsourcer, keeping a pulse on cultural alignment in your outsourced contact center is essential.

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Customer Care Contact Center Effort Score Net Promoter Score 156

TechSee

DECEMBER 31, 2019

To help you plan, we’ve highlighted nine of the biggest customer service trends for 2020. Customer Service will become increasingly AI-driven. In 2020, automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are expected to have an even greater impact on contact center operations. Voice will be king.

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Trends Customer Service Self Service Contact Center 136

NICE inContact

MAY 12, 2017

2017 was arguably the biggest and best year ever at Enterprise Connect 2017 for those who care about contact centers. For ten years, I have attended virtually every contact center session held at the show, the past few years as the Contact Center Track Chair. Is Cloud Contact Center the New Normal?

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Contact Center Connections Conference Case Study 120

BlueOcean

MAY 11, 2020

It’s late February, 2020. Situation: You’re tasked with choosing a new outsourced partner for your organization’s customer care program. Three months later – May, 2020. It’s clear that the contact center industry has felt the entire spectrum of effects. Place: Your office. Place: Your living room couch.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 7, 2024

Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a Finalist today in the “Contact Center Outsourcing Provider of the Year” category in the 18 th annual Stevie ® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. About Blue Ocean Blue Ocean is an award-winning provider of innovative customer care solutions.

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BlueOcean

MAY 11, 2020

It’s late February, 2020. Situation: You’re tasked with choosing a new outsourced partner for your organization’s customer care program. Three months later – May, 2020. It’s clear that the contact center industry has felt the entire spectrum of effects. Place: Your office. Place: Your living room couch.

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Customer Care Travel Contact Center Effort Score 156

BlueOcean

MARCH 7, 2024

Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a Finalist today in the “Contact Center Outsourcing Provider of the Year” category in the 18 th annual Stevie ® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. About Blue Ocean Blue Ocean is an award-winning provider of innovative customer care solutions.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 3, 2020

Blue Ocean, a world-leader in customer care solutions, was awarded a Silver Stevie® Award in the “Customer Service Team of the Year” category at the 14th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. The post Blue Ocean Wins 2020 Silver Stevie® Award appeared first on Blue Ocean. About Blue Ocean.

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Contact Center Insurance Conference Customer Care 156

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When the world hit the pause button in the face of COVID-19, putting our client’s customer care programs on hold wasn’t an option. For most of us, the success measure for the big 2020 pivot was simply staying operational. The post The Pivot to 100% Remote Training in the Contact Center appeared first on Blue Ocean.

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Comm100

JUNE 5, 2018

It’s therefore essential to analyze ‘what’s out there’ in customer service AI and adjust our expectations accordingly. How AI can be Used in the Contact Center. AI has some viable uses in the contact center sphere that managers can employ to improve their CX and the efficiency of call centers.

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GlowTouch

JANUARY 28, 2020

Contact Center Account Manager. GlowTouch Technologies provides customer care services and custom IT services to mid-market and enterprise companies. Our portfolio of services includes customer and technical support, cloud application and software development, mobile development, and quality assurance testing.

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Contact Center Management Travel Customer Care 52

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Results: Despite the pandemic and related lockdown orders, we launched this new customer care program on time, in April 2020 (cue the fireworks!). The post How a Major US-Based Sports Association Launched a New Customer Care Program in the Middle of a Pandemic appeared first on Blue Ocean.

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Sports Customer Care Case Study Study 156

COPC

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These changes were highlighted during the Optimizing Pandemic Contact Center Outsourcing Relationships pre-event workshop that COPC Inc. hosted as part of this fall’s Execs In The Know’s Customer Response Summit. The outsourcing contact center market is becoming more competitive. WFH Insights.

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Integrity Solutions

MARCH 3, 2020

The most persistent contact center challenges can be overcome by making coaching a part of the culture and developing your agents’ listening and problem-solving skills. For several years we’ve been participating in Customer Contact Week (CCW), the world’s largest customer contact event series.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 21, 2020

Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a Finalist today in the “Customer Service Success – Technology Industries” category in the 14 th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Blue Ocean is an award-winning provider of innovative customer care solutions.

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Customer Service Insurance Conference Customer Satisfaction 156

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Customer Service & Experience USA 2020 (November 17-18th) brings together an unrivalled list of senior customer service leaders from the world’s most powerful and innovative brands. Bring customer experience to the center : Gain senior management buy-in, prove ROI, and move from reactive support to proactive success.

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Self Service Customer Service Customer Experience Case Study 52

BlueOcean

JULY 20, 2023

In our world of outsourced customer care solutions, one of the big challenges we continue to wrestle with on the sales side of things is the significant change in the contact center RFP process. In the olden days (pre-2020,) vendor meetings frequently involved calling into a conference line.

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BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Call volume forecasts are inarguably an essential tool in the successful delivery of customer care excellence. With it, you’re one significant step closer to delivering an exceptional customer experience. But customer care volume forecasting typically relies heavily on historic trends.

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Travel Trends Customer Care Retail 156

Qualtrics

MARCH 13, 2020

Frustrating contact center experiences like explaining your issue over and over again, or being handed from agent to agent are usually caused by data silos. Find out how a few simple changes to your set-up can deliver better experiences to customers and agents. First, there was the call center.

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Interactions

JANUARY 26, 2023

Telephone Channel Popularity Statistics Among the communication channels customers use to resolve service issues in the United States, 42% of respondents to a 2020 survey stated that they prefer phone calls over other channels. To learn more about how Interactions Trustera keeps sensitive customer data safe, check out our webinar.

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Interaction Customer Service Contact Center Social Media 62

Thematic

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Welcome to 2020! By listening to customer feedback, companies can monitor what works and what doesn’t, iterate and improve as they keep innovating. Customer feedback also helps create more scalable operations. For example, it has insights into why customers might be contacting your costly contact center.

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Feedback Travel Voice of Customer Hospitality 126

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Remember when social media was the young upstart of the customer care channels and voice was still king? Way back in the good old days of the early 2010s… It seems like a lifetime ago that we were asking ourselves how to handle customers in such a public forum. Or was it customer service?

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Omni-Channel Social Media Contact Center Self Service 149

Playvox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The company’s contact center team shifted to a remote workplace just as Sweaty Betty – and the entire athleisure industry – started to see significant market growth. In 2019, the lifestyle brand had 12 customer care agents. But by the end of 2020, there were 150 team members on the Sweaty Betty contact center team.

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Management Contact Center Gamification Retail 78

Interactions

JUNE 17, 2021

But, we’re halfway through 2021 and it only feels right to do a check-in on where we stand with the evolution of contact centers and changes to customer experience. . I’m going to spend some time reflecting on a few of these predictions and the effect, if they prove to be true, that they will have on customers long term. .

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GlowTouch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Did you know… that one of the fastest-growing career fields is Customer Success Manager? This reflects the increased emphasis on the user experience and personalization across virtually every industry for whom customer care is a vital function. 7 Questions to Ask Your Customer Support Vendor. About GlowTouch.

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Trends Customer Service Self Service Contact Center 52

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The age of conversation, why customers will prioritise chat and messaging as preferred support channels and how to service them effectively. Servicing 2020s customer: Contact Center: How will changing customer demands affect the structure and make up of your support centers.

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Self Service Customer Service Trends Knowledge Base 52

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. AI customer service technologies have given rise to a wide range of customer-facing platforms, all of which help companies provide a level of service beyond human capacity. Agent decision support.

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Technology Customer Service Contact Center Gamification 122

GlowTouch

JANUARY 28, 2020

Customer Service Specialist. GlowTouch Technologies provides customer care services and custom IT services to mid-market and enterprise companies. Our portfolio of services includes customer and technical support, cloud application and software development, mobile development, and quality assurance testing.

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Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

Efficiency is the name of the game in customer service, and AI is a true force multiplier, enabling customer service teams to work more efficiently and focus on the customers who need the most help. Omnichannel Customer Experience. Realizing the Intelligent Customer Experience. Check out more details here.

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GlowTouch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Customer service demands always increase during the holiday buying season, and the way this year has played out presents an even bigger challenge. Demand for customer care skyrocketed during the first two quarters of the year when eCommerce is relatively tame. 7 Questions to Ask Your Customer Support Vendor. Tonya Morgan.

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