BlueOcean

MARCH 19, 2024

On the Blue Ocean blog, we talk a lot about the process of sourcing a strategic partner for your outsourced customer care program. Build your process and your plan with transparency and communication as the cornerstones on which all success will be built. Long Story Short: Outsourcing is a business of wins and losses.

Customer Care 177

Customer Care Document Sports Communication 177

BlueOcean

JANUARY 6, 2020

This concept that the customer care experience should go beyond demographics and preferences and be completely tailored to any customer’s unique current circumstances pushes the limits of the traditional customer journey and relies on cutting-edge data technologies. Got 15 minutes?

Omnichannel 177

Omnichannel Customer Care Customer Journey Consumers 177

BlueOcean

APRIL 30, 2021

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. With more than a year of pandemic impacts under our belts, let’s dig into the far-reaching impacts of COVID-19 on omnichannel customer care.

Omnichannel 156

Omnichannel Customer Care Consumers Customer Journey 156

BlueOcean

MARCH 19, 2024

On the Blue Ocean blog, we talk a lot about the process of sourcing a strategic partner for your outsourced customer care program. Build your process and your plan with transparency and communication as the cornerstones on which all success will be built. Long Story Short: Outsourcing is a business of wins and losses.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Document Sports Communication 156

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Is communication still going strong and do you feel comfortable in those interactions? Are you still in regular contact with your partner’s leadership team and do you still trust them to deliver excellence for your customers? This is what relevant service level metrics look like in today’s customer care center.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Contact Center Net Promoter Score Metrics 156

BlueOcean

JANUARY 20, 2023

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. What is your average tenure of salaried staff?

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Care Culture Technology 156

BlueOcean

AUGUST 6, 2020

For months, we’ve been settling into new patterns of working and communicating, and we’re finally beginning to see a return to some semblance of “normal.” You may have pushed pause on your decision to find a new customer care outsourcer, but now’s the time to dive back in. What is your average tenure of salaried staff?

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Care 2020 Culture 156

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 11, 2020

H e explains how and why expanding customer care operations to include online chat and brand communities can elevate both self-service and customer care. “Hi, That little chat box in the bottom right corner of the screen promises to answer every customer question — but will it? Hi, how can I help you?”

Customer Care 115

Customer Care E-support Consumers Customer Satisfaction 115

BlueOcean

MARCH 24, 2025

Your customer care partner is going to focus their time and resources on meeting these targets. Accurate call volume forecasting informs the strategy around staffing, the allocation of skills and human resources, and the strategy around deploying channels and AI for customer care.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Automotive Metrics Roadmap 156

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It’s a trend that has a significant impact on the customer care sector. There are very real service expectation differences between providing customer service to a one-off consumer versus a loyal member. For Carol, empowering contact center agents depends upon three key factors: engagement, communication, and feedback.

Customer Experience 290

Customer Experience Contact Center 2019 Customer Care 290

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Now, I’d like to dive deeper into customer experience and the role everyone in your organization plays in delivering that experience. You heard me right: not one department owns the customer experience—it’s every department! And of course, Customer Care is the safety net if something goes wrong along the way.

Airlines 370

Airlines Government Webinar ROI 370

BlueOcean

AUGUST 27, 2020

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.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care 2020 Contact Center Sports 156

BlueOcean

MAY 5, 2023

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.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Contact Center Government Culture 156

Bill Quiseng

JANUARY 11, 2023

And satisfied customers won’t come back when they find something better or less expensive. So don’t just serve to sell your products or services to customers. And don’t just serve to satisfy customers. Serve to CARE. COMMUNICATE with each customer with a smile, eye contact, and polite interaction.

Customer Care 88

Customer Care Marketing Social Media Advertising 88

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 30, 2022

In the end, training instructs students on how to TAKE CARE of the customer. Instead, enroll in Customer CARE University. Our education is the “how” and “why” of Customer CARE excellence. As mentors, we educate you with customer CARE actions to practice your interpersonal skills.

Customer Care 78

Customer Care Customer Service Training Customers Interaction 78

Bill Quiseng

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Even if the traditionalists could hear, they would wear noise-canceling headphones, oblivious to the employees’ concerns and customer complaints. These traditionalists cared more about profits and didn’t care much about employees or customers. Let’s be revolutionary to improve the customer experience.

Customer Care 97

Customer Care Culture Employee Experience Customers 97

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 20, 2015

Customer-centric Culture & Communications. That’s a lot of misery and it certainly ripples out to the customer experience and the bottom line. It’s HR and communications executives who understand they have a culture that ignores the customer. And much of that culture starts with communication.

Customer Journey Mapping 306

Customer Journey Mapping Customer Experience Workshop Customer Journey 306

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Every company executive will agree that having loyal customers is a key to business success. But what are executives really doing to encourage customer loyalty? Most businesses will point to their customer care training or customer relationship management (CRM) system and count on these tools to build loyalty.

Loyalty 389

Loyalty Feedback Advertising Customer Relationship Management 389

Russel Lolacher

APRIL 5, 2021

Ten years of leading a provincial government team in web services and social customer care has been a challenging and rewarding experience. Listening will serve you and your customers better – really listening to what your customers and stakeholders want and need can be a super power. Oh, it’s been amazing.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Government Communication Engagement 98

BirdEye

JUNE 29, 2023

Effective customer communication is vital for the success of any business. Companies also communicate with customers to share product updates, resolve complaints, gather feedback, and provide customer service. Table of contents What does customer communication mean?

Communication 97

Communication Social Media Customers Touchpoint 97

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 26, 2015

As customers, we don’t see the difference between our corner coffee shop and a multinational corporation. So customers tell me, again and again, that I should really pitch this improvement idea to three industries. Mobile Communications. It is a often a price-based customer battlefield. Cable/Satellite TV.

Customer Experience 274

Customer Experience Social Media Leadership Airlines 274

Bill Quiseng

JULY 3, 2024

With that in mind, we, as customers, proclaim our independence from the tyranny of “Profits over People” retailers who care more about revenue dollars, market share, stock prices, bottom-line profits, and even their competitors, than people – us, the customers. We don’t just serve to satisfy customers.

Customer Care 78

Customer Care Retail Government Customers 78

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 15, 2015

A few words of advice for translating your great intention into actual customer-centric communications : 1. It’s not fair to assume your customers, who don’t live and breathe your brand as you do, know very much about what’s happening. They just were doing it their way instead of the customer’s way.

Customer Centricity 229

Customer Centricity Communication Social Media Consulting 229

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Finding Bilingual Support That Suits Your Customers Best We’re an onshore Canadian contact center outsourcer and pride ourselves on delivering sophisticated (bilingual) customer care through strategic partnership. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

Contact Center 310

Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Russel Lolacher

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A lot goes into providing social customer care during an emergency event considered a “once-in-500 year flood” As the team leading public engagement and digital communication for BC’s provincial transportation, it’s done with a process that prioritizes intentional effort, accessibility and empathy.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Transportation Social Media Government 98

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And it’s one that undeniably impacts our perception of the customer experience. Exploring Customer Care in the Subscription Economy. For those of us in the contact center space, the truly fascinating thing (besides the astounding growth itself) is the impact on customer care and the customer experience.

Customer Experience 194

Customer Experience Magazine 2012 Customer Care 194

BlueOcean

AUGUST 30, 2018

Thanks to advancements in AI and machine learning, chatbots and other Tier Zero customer service solutions are a great way to handle basic, high-volume customer care interactions on a 24/7/365 basis. Knowing how technology fits into the big picture of customer care is critical to the success of your outsourced partnership.

Customer Service 232

Customer Service Contact Center Customer Care Technology 232

InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By identifying specific customer preferences—such as preferred products, content types, or communication channels—you can tailor marketing messages, recommendations, and services to each customer’s needs. Improved Customer Retention It is no secret that retaining customers is more cost-effective than acquiring new ones.

Customer Journey Mapping 195

Customer Journey Mapping Social Media Customer Journey Competitive Advantage 195

BlueOcean

JUNE 12, 2018

to your customer care partner not knowing you expected a zero percent abandon rate (let’s get realistic, folks), successful relationships are founded on clear expectations. Adherence to Communication Plans. Frequent – and transparent – communication is essential to a smooth takeoff. Who should be communicating with whom?

Contact Center 209

Contact Center Communication Culture Customer Care 209

Inbenta

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Social distancing has altered how people purchase goods, communicate and work, and banks have had to reduce their dependence on humans, when possible, to become a lights-out business that meets customer demands for 24/7, omnichannel access to services. Want to build your own banking chatbot? Get our 14-day free trial.

Banking 95

Banking Customer Care Competitive Advantage Omnichannel 95

eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Failure to Close the Loop on Customer Feedback: Instead of using customer feedback to improve services, some dealers in Europe—such as those in Ingolstadt and Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria—ignore or dismiss complaints. After nearly seven months of delays and poor communication, my trust in this dealership has been severely damaged.

Automotive 478

Automotive Loyalty Return on Investment Transportation 478

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This means the onus is on the customer to find the appropriate question which may match closely enough to what they are seeking. The list above jumps from communication updates to enrollment to brand name v. More Posts - Website Follow Me: The post Are Your FAQ’s Driving Customers Mad? generic drugs.

Customer Journey Mapping 255

Customer Journey Mapping Touchpoint Insurance Customer Journey 255

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 1, 2014

This Simple and Coolest Customer Care Idea Will Inspire You - Customer Experience Consulting. Being Deaf, she has super human listening skills and is always on the lookout for ways to leverage social media to improve all around communication online and offline. I asked her, "Mom, what are those?"

2013 274

2013 E-support 2014 Social Media 274

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Our first one, Social Customer Care, is a topic I’ve presented about for organizations like the Word of Mouth Marketing Association and the Online Marketing Institute. Join us later this month and then every month this year to discuss everything from customer communications to micromapping to customer experience leadership.

2015 247

2015 Webinar Entertainment Leadership 247

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And it’s one that undeniably impacts our perception of the customer experience. Exploring Customer Care in the Subscription Economy. For those of us in the contact center space, the truly fascinating thing (besides the astounding growth itself) is the impact on customer care and the customer experience.

Customer Experience 156

Customer Experience Magazine 2012 Customer Care 156

BlueOcean

MARCH 31, 2021

And, finally, remote work and evolving sleep habits have shifted traditional contact center communication spikes from pre/post-work hours to the middle of the day. COVID-19 has significantly impacted customer behaviors and expectations. This inevitably translates to higher contact volume in the customer care realm.

Tourism 156

Tourism Contact Center Customer Care 2020 156

Interactions

APRIL 16, 2024

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. Failing to invest in customer care risks customers seeking it elsewhere.

Customer Care 62

Customer Care Omnichannel Metrics Innovation 62