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Validating Your Outsourced Customer Care Partnership: Is Your Incumbent “Still the One”?

BlueOcean

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. Is communication still going strong and do you feel comfortable in those interactions? Just as important – has their culture evolved with the times?

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The 3 Principles of Brand Loyalty After COVID-19 Rocked Our World

BlueOcean

Where Does Customer Care Sit in All of This? Despite the introduction of these three new motivators of brand loyalty after COVID-19 reshaped the market, customer experience still reigns supreme. For more insights, grab a copy of our latest eBook: Customer Care Outsourcing Amidst Uncertainty: A Pandemic Resource.

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Contact center workforce 101: IVR vs. chatbots vs. agents

Think Customers

Customer service interactions can quickly evolve, requiring different channels and tools. The same is true for a call that begins with an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Contact center associates are the people that make customer service human. What is a contact center associate? The best fit. Learn more.

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Guest Blog: Are You Setting the Right Customer Experience Goals?

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Tim Houlne who writes about the importance of integrating technology into your business to provide the optimum customer experience. – Shep Hyken. This post is an excerpt from Humach’s latest eBook, The Guide to CX Success , which can be found here. It’s that time of year again.

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Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care?

BlueOcean

Instead, we live in a customer-centric world, where metrics like Average Speed of Answer (ASA), Average Handle Time (AHT), and First Call Resolution (FCR) are, by themselves, short-sighted and more focused on controlling costs instead of enhancing the experience.

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Top Call Center Efficiency Metrics And How To Improve Them

Playvox

Ultimately delivering outstanding customer experiences should be a strategic business priority for organizations if it isn’t already. For customer support leaders, metrics tied to the goal of delivering and improving upon outstanding customer care and experiences should matter the most and be top priorities.

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Why A Digital Contact Center Is Essential for Meeting Today’s Customer Expectations

Playvox

It’s simple: fantastic customer service. My interactions with the fruit seller were authentic and friendly, and he answered all my questions. It’s no secret that stellar customer service is the first step to customer loyalty, but you’re not dealing with a couple of people meandering through a fruit store.