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Seeking a True Strategic Partner: Green Flags in the Outsourced Customer Care RFP Process

BlueOcean

It’s human nature to focus on the red flags that pop up when you’re deep into the customer support RFP process. Here are a few green flag markers that help indicate that you’ve found the best-fit outsourced customer care partner. But knowing what a green flag looks like is just as critical. That’s where the magic happens.

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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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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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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. What Does AI Customer Service Look Like?

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Drive Employee and Customer Satisfaction with SLAs

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

Technology has elevated every aspect of the customer journey. All aspects that is, but one: customer complaints. Too often, CSRs use technology as a crutch rather than a tool, and it's starting to show--57% of customer rage results are technology-based. and master customer rage for an insightful webinar on September 23rd.

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Custom Service in the Auto Transport Industry: Strategies to Improve Quality and Customer Satisfaction

CSM Magazine

Improving customer service in the auto transport industry involves offering custom solutions tailored to each client’s unique needs. Utilizing customer portals and GPS tracking for better communication with customers also plays a crucial role in improving overall satisfaction. But it doesn’t stop there.

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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. Are you still in regular contact with your partner’s leadership team and do you still trust them to deliver excellence for your customers?