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This Doesn’t Have to Keep You Up at Night: How to Seamlessly Transition Your Outsourced Customer Care Program

BlueOcean

On the Blue Ocean blog, we talk a lot about the process of sourcing a strategic partner for your outsourced customer care program. We know a seamless outsourcing transition is essential for maintaining operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, and you need to go on the transition journey with a team of people you barely know.

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5 Tough Customer Care RFP Questions in Today’s Hybrid World

BlueOcean

We’ve said it before and we’re not afraid to repeat it until the cows come home: using a boilerplate RFP in the process to find a new customer care outsourcer is a quick road to failure. You’re looking for a strategic partner who will interface with your customers day in and day out. That requires a custom RFP.

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It’s time for a Customer Service Culture Transformation to Customer CARE

Bill Quiseng

Is customer service the frontline? Are we called to duty on the frontline battling customers? So shouldn’t customer service be customer care? We are the Customer CARE team. We CARE for each member of our team: We COMMUNICATE with each other. We ENRICH the lives of every customer.

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60 Customer Care RFP Questions for the Contact Center of Today

BlueOcean

For more than two years, everyone worked to settle into new patterns of working and communicating, and we’re finally seeing a return to “normal.” If you’re faced with the decision to find a new customer care outsourcer in the post-pandemic era, now’s the time to dive in. Provide examples of standard and custom reporting.

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When Good Isn’t Enough: Developing Customer Care that Exceeds Expectations

Interactions

How Can the Bar be Raised to Surpass Customer Expectations? A dedication to understanding your customers ensures that every interaction is personalized and purposeful, alleviating the pain of lengthy wait times and ensuring each conversation is met with effective, personalized assistance.

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Customer CARE is the New Marketing

Bill Quiseng

Customers who are dissatisfied with your service rant about their no class experience to others. Customers who are satisfied with your service feel that their experience is good, not better, just average. And satisfied customers won’t come back when they find something better or less expensive. Serve to CARE.

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Crisis Reveals Character: Launching an Outsourced Customer Care Program in a Pandemic

BlueOcean

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? They should be able to clearly communicate their plans and transparently share their biggest hurdles.