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When to Outsource Customer Support: Is Now the Time for a Pilot Program?

BlueOcean

As your business grows and scales to meet the increasing weight of customer demands, decisions must be made – especially when it comes to your customer support operation. You may also be outsourcing some portion of your customer support today, but you need more help, or you need a niche partner to support a new product or initiative.

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The Gig Economy is Paving the Way for Agile Customer Service

TechSee

Economic and logistical challenges have resulted in businesses turning to the gig economy to support and scale their customer service and sales efforts while lowering their fixed costs and in-house overhead. The Concept of GigCX: Freelance customer service agents. Why Customer Service is adopting the Gig Model.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of March 24, 2025

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Should AI Be Used To Respond to Customer Reviews? The pressures are high, the stakes are even higher, and balancing both customer needs and agent performance can sometimes feel like an impossible task.

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Guest Blog: Empathy – What Your Customer Service Strategy Is Missing

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Tim Fujita-Yuhas that discusses the importance of empathy when using new technology for customer service. He looks at the next generation of texting, known as RCS (Rich Communication Services), which I think will become a very valuable tool. – Shep Hyken.

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Guest Post: 4 Ways to Generate Revenue From Your Contact Center This Holiday Season

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article from Gladly, a customer service platform. Learn how to best prepare your contact center for the holiday season. As the holidays fast approach, many companies are starting to think about how to maximize efficiency within their contact centers. 4) Make Processing Payments Easy.

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Does Your Company Culture Align With Your Outsourced Contact Center?

Advantage Communications

In a lot of our blogs, we talk about just how important the customer experience is to a successful customer service strategy.

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Your Call Is Very Important to Us

ShepHyken

Recently, I wrote an article about the customer service farce. One of several examples I shared was the line we often hear when calling customer support: Your call is very important to us. Your customers deserve attention and respect. When we hear it, we hope its true. The answers will make you smile maybe even laugh.