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70 Customer Care RFP Questions (An Updated List + RFP Template)

BlueOcean

With every evolution in technology, workforce trends, and consumer expectations, the questions shift—which is testament to why generic, boilerplate RFPs never work for outsourcing customer care. Agent Training Describe your training structure (team, facilities, Learning Management Systems, remote platforms, etc.)

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The State of B2C Complex Customer Care

BlueOcean

When it comes to complex B2C customer care, the customer is anything but a faceless number in a sea of consumers. B2C brands had their worlds turned upside down by the pandemic, but what does complex customer care look like now things are leveling out? But that’s shifting—and fast.

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The Google Local Guide Program: How It Impacts Your Reputation Management Strategy

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The Google Local Guide program features a global community of users that companies can engage with to support their marketing activities, build brand reputation, manage online reviews and ratings, and improve online search visibility and exposure. Local Guides (and, in general, all of your customers) care about being responded to.

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Flat Customer Care Budget? Outsourcing May Be the Answer

BlueOcean

Today we look at how this last consideration applies to the way companies are investing in customer care. From consumers to small businesses to enterprise organizations, there’s no denying that wallets were squeezed in 2020 as the height of the pandemic took its toll. Read on to discover our perspective and insights.

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

BlueOcean

For clients with complex care scenarios – whether that is enterprise customer success management or providing critical support direct to consumers – change is never taken lightly. Total Value Returned Rate is a key metric that also has to be tied to customer retention. Are Your Customers Happy?

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Up Where Expectations Soar: Customer Care in the Age of Entitlement

BlueOcean

Finally, in the rare case that we interact with a customer whose expectations go beyond the realm of possibility, we flag the contact for review with our client. Side-by-side coaching, opportunities for self-evaluation, and regular scorecards are all ways to help agents prepare for difficult interactions with entitled customers.

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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

We would wager, that even with the evolution of AI, brands serving consumers in the Americas will continue to benefit from providing support in French, Spanish, and, for some organizations, Portuguese through a live agent model. The impact of bilingual support on the customer experience cannot be understated. It’s our thing.