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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?

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Customer Care Versus Gossip – Tip #8

Steve DiGioia

The other day I heard some people complaining about poor customer service. One person complained that the store’s workers spent too much time talking to each other and seemed to not care that she was waiting in line. Talk about “customer care”, huh?

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Customer Care Outsourcing Amidst Uncertainty: A Pandemic Resource [eBook]

BlueOcean

For companies who outsource (or are thinking about outsourcing) their customer care, there is simultaneously a large degree of uncertainty and urgency. Change at an already tumultuous time is risky, but the need to serve your customers well is critical.

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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. So don’t just serve to sell your products or services to customers.

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To Text or To Talk? Understanding Customer Care Preferences for Voice and Digital Channels

As customer care channels continue to evolve and expand, there’s been a lot of debate about which channels customers actually prefer to interact with brands. Based on a recent Harris Poll, learn why consumers choose one channel over another, and how common frustrations with specific channels drive consumers to pick alternatives.

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Social Customer Care: What Every Marketer Needs to Know

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

We get asked a lot about how to help customers in the 24/7 always-connected world we live in. Customers turn to social media to get questions answered quickly, report issues about products, praise great service and much more. It’s easy to “set up” a social media presence for customers and then just sort of forget to maintain it. Social customer care is going to be with us forever. Why not get better at how you’re serving customers there?

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What is the difference between customer care and customer service?

GetFeedback

An overview of customer care the role it plays in the overall customer experience. Articles

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60 Customer Care RFP Questions for the Contact Center of Today

BlueOcean

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. Our updated list of customer care RFP questions keeps these facts top of mind. Provide examples of standard and custom reporting.

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Redundancy: Preparing Customer Care for Crisis Situations

BlueOcean

How do we prepare customer care for crisis situations and ensure our capacity to serve customers? The post Redundancy: Preparing Customer Care for Crisis Situations appeared first on Blue Ocean. Redundancy. Business Continuity.

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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. Regardless of a company’s intent and capability to invest budget in their customer care departments, there are some specific areas they will continue to prioritize.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Customer Experience

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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? They care. So shouldn’t customer service be customer care? We are the Customer CARE team. We ENRICH the lives of every customer.

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How Omnichannel Customer Care Weathered the Storm of COVID-19

BlueOcean

A couple of years ago, we explored the state of omnichannel customer care , recognizing the fact that consumers have more channel options available to them than ever before. Evolving Customer Habits. Kim Campbell Omnichannel Customer Service

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Why you should care about customer care

Customercount

Proper customer care will produce referrals, increase traffic and cause money to flow. The post Why you should care about customer care appeared first on CustomerCount. It minimizes complaints and creates efficiencies.

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Enroll Now in Customer CARE University.

Bill Quiseng

We don’t offer customer service training. And the job of employees is to serve to satisfy the customer. In the end, training instructs students on how to TAKE CARE of the customer. Instead, enroll in Customer CARE University.

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3 Important Things A Chatbot Can’t Do (But an IVA Can)

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Social Customer Care Cannot Be Ignored

ShepHyken

So, what does a social media marketing conference have to do with customer service? It’s been said that customer service is the new marketing. If that is true – and it is – then social media customer service is the updated version of that. And, if you’ve been following my work, you’ve heard me talk or write about how social media is a viable way to deliver amazing customer service. Customer service done right is one of your best marketing strategies.

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Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care?

BlueOcean

Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. off the phone) – upsetting the least number of hurdles, extra points for a graceful gait – was the champion, the most successful, the most likely to win “customer service agent of the year.”. How do we use that data to improve the customer experience? Changing this approach and perspective is the first step in becoming a brand that your customers love.

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Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Customer Care

NICE inContact

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), conversational chatbots , self-service and digital channels all contribute to an improved customer experience – but what kind of risks come with adopting AI? The post Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Customer Care appeared first on NICE inContact Blog. Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) completely transform the consumer experience and bring contact center software out of the dark ages?

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The Customer Care, Success, and Experience Continuum

Andrew Mcfarland

When asked to explain the difference between customer care, success, and experience I explain my perspective in terms of a continuum. Customer care (or service) relates to a company’s ability to respond appropriately to customer inquiries. When a customer raises. Customer Experience What Is Customer Service? Continuum Customer Care Customer Success

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4 Steps to Developing Your Customer Care Strategy

The quality of a customer care strategy can make or break a company, but simply resolving a customer service issue or complaint is no longer enough. Learn the 4 steps that address the major points you need to consider when building a customer care roadmap.

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The State of B2C Complex Customer Care

My Customer

TWhen it comes to complex B2C customer care, the customer is anything but a faceless number in a sea of consumers. These are real people. 24th Mar 2022. By BlueOceanContactCenters

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Unraveling the Tangled Vines of Omnichannel Customer Care

BlueOcean

Competitive pressures, customer expectations, and emerging technologies are some of the key factors pushing leaders to elevate and evolve their customer service approach. We often talk about omnichannel as the ultimate goal for any and every customer service solution.

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What is Customer Care?

Helpware

Customer care is a lasting method of keeping a client safe. Customer care is one step ahead of traditional customer support by developing a special relationship. The care of a customer reflects the real concern for your client.

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What Is Customers' Care?

Helpware

Customer care is a lasting method of keeping a client safe. Customer care is one step ahead of traditional customer support by developing a special relationship. The care of a customer reflects the real concern for your client.

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Drive Employee and Customer Satisfaction with SLAs

Speaker: John Goodman, Vice Chairman, CCMC, Customer Care Measurement & Consulting

Let's start making tech serve us rather than be a substitute for us. Let's empower our employees and give them the tools and strategies that will make even the angriest customer a loyal customer. Join John Goodman, Vice Chairman of Customer Care Measurement and Consulting and author of Customer Experience 3.0, and master customer rage for an insightful webinar on Wednesday, September 23, 2020.

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The Customer Care Difference for Healthcare Products

CSM Magazine

Customers of health-related products—such as over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, medical devices, wearables, and animal health products—typically have higher expectations of manufacturers than do users of other types of consumer products. Customer Service Article

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The 3 Hottest Trends Impacting Outsourced Customer Care

BlueOcean

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. This is especially the case in the contact center, where your outsourcer handles critical interactions with your customer base. The Role of Chatbots in Customer Care. “

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This is our time for a Customer CARE revolution!

Bill Quiseng

These “Profits over People” traditionalists care about revenue dollars, market share, the stock price, bottom-line profits, even their competitors, more than their people. These traditionalists cared more about profits and didn’t care much about employees or customers.

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2018: New Ways Cloud Will Enhance Customer Care

NICE inContact

Cloud contact center deployments that began in customer care may have been extended to other business areas. Two topics come to mind: participating fully in corporate digital transformation initiatives and investigating uses of artificial intelligence in customer care. A few years ago, the notion of managing customer journeys was an essential theme in customer care. Customer-facing AI is evolving rapidly and often industry or use case specific.

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AI and Customer Care: The Future is Here

BlueOcean

Long gone are the days when customers almost expected to experience IVR hell and would pretty much tolerate jaw-dropping wait times. 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. What Does AI Customer Service Look Like? How Will AI Impact Customer Experience?

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3 Reasons to Take Millennials Customer Care Seriously

Russel Lolacher

Jokes about call centres, humour about customer interactions… and one making a joke about how millennials would be easier to serve if they would just stop starring at their screens. 1) If They aren’t Your Customers Now, They will Be. Millennials aren’t your enemy.

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How to Achieve an Effective Customer Care Plan

Helpware

The benefits of a well-structured customer care plan are essential as they assist in retaining customers and creating loyal brand ambassadors, both of which are essential to the long-term success of your business. Continuous Improvement Customer Success

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How to hire the right social customer care agents

Vonage

No social customer care program can be successful without the right people interacting with your customers and prospects. The hiring of the front-line social care staff should be thoughtful, strategic and intentional, as it will set up the rest of the program to be able to scale in the future. The patience, empathy, compassion and friendliness that a Customer Service agent must possess to be successful are extremely difficult to teach.

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Behind the Scenes of Government Social Media Customer Care

Russel Lolacher

In BC, I’m the public service director responsible for the government social media customer care for our ministry, but my dad still doesn’t understand what I do. Our strategy is about putting the customer first.

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How to hire the right social customer care agents

Vonage

No social customer care program can be successful without the right people interacting with your customers and prospects. The hiring of the front-line social care staff should be thoughtful, strategic and intentional, as it will set up the rest of the program to be able to scale in the future. The patience, empathy, compassion and friendliness that a Customer Service agent must possess to be successful are extremely difficult to teach.

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Why customer care centers are your competitive advantage in 2021

Hello Customer

Organizations have multiple touchpoints which define their level of customer centricity. Since it plays a critical role in defining the level of customer centricity within the organization it can’t be overlooked. Customer Experts.

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Building a Culture of Customer Care Isn’t Easy

Kayako

She will guide you through why customer care is so important and how teams can feel empowered to help their customers. You love doing everything that you can for your customers. However, there are certain times when you cannot accommodate your customers’ requests, and while you absolutely hate to let your customers down… sometimes you have to. Customers can make crazy requests. But, it’s the first step in helping your customer.

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Customer Care Vs. Customer Service Vs. Customer Experience: Explained

Advantage Communications

All businesses want to keep their customers, and prospects, happy. Satisfied customers are the difference between a successful and highly-profitable company, or a business that is struggling to compete with its competitors. Customer Service Trends

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From RFP to Go-Live: A Roadmap for Implementing Your Outsourced Customer Care Program

BlueOcean

But you’re ready to implement and transition into your new outsourced customer care program so you’ve got to buckle up and buckle down. Here are the milestones you can expect along the way of implementing your outsourced customer care program.

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