Are you ready for the customer of the future? Today’s 6th graders—who are playing video games on a TV while their laptop shows someone else playing video games on YouTube all while talking with friends through a PlayStation headset—are tomorrow’s customers. And it’ll happen faster than you could ever expect. That’s just one bite […]
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“I love building RFPs!” Said no one ever. We get it. When you’re evaluating new outsourcers for your contact center, you know that a boilerplate RFP isn’t going to cut it. But writing a new RFP is a headache. That’s why, at Blue Ocean, we’ve never been shy about sharing what we believe are […]
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Too tired to read? Listen to the audio via our podcast here: *Big News! This article was a winner in the reader-voted Customer Contact Central MVP Awards 2022!* Picture yourself on the other side of the arduous RFP process (woohoo!) with your chosen contact center outsourcer on your side. Now, you can take a […]
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Too tired to read? Listen to the audio via our podcast here: Just a few short years ago (say, 2014 or 2015) when it came to technology, outsourcers were happily touting the cost benefits of their telephony platforms and on-prem systems, showing prospective clients how, instead of having to invest in and maintain their […]
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If you know me or any of my stellar Blue Ocean colleagues personally, you know we can talk for days about customer experience. And why wouldn’t we be excited to chat? We hold the keys to CX, one of the biggest differentiators brands have at their disposal today. As champions of the call center, it’s […]
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If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. The common thread between what workforce management experts and what the manager of a pro sports team might do when the game is on the line is pretty obvious once you think […]
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When it comes to complex B2C customer care, the customer is anything but a faceless number in a sea of consumers. These are real people with real lives that inform their expectations and define their needs with every shift and change of the world around them. B2C brands had their worlds turned upside down by […]
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The current climate of customer service demands flexibility and adaptability. To put it mildly, we’re living through one of the weirdest periods in modern history. Entire industries have been unceremoniously ushered into remote working conditions they never planned for, and a palpable pandemic-fueled FOMO has led to “The Great Resignation.” Everywhere you look these days, […]
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Too tired to read? Listen to the audio via our podcast here: In the current landscape of customer service, brands must put themselves in the shoes of their end-users to stay competitive and differentiate themselves. The customer experience reigns, and frontline agents must deliver on customer expectations with reliability and consistency. But what about […]
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As the year comes to a close, we hope you find yourself working towards a very restful, well-deserved holiday season. But don’t set that “out of office” notification quite yet. Before you unplug and spend time with the people you care about, let’s look back on some of the most important contact center topics from […]
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