If you answered the headline with a yes – give yourself a major pat on the back. You are out there setting the standard for others to follow (And please, get in touch so we can get you signed on for a guest blog spot). If you answered “no, our social customer care is most […]
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Remember when social media was the young upstart of the customer care channels and voice was still king? Way back in the good old days of the early 2010s… It seems like a lifetime ago that we were asking ourselves how to handle customers in such a public forum. And asking who really owned the […]
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In our world, it’s a little bit soul crushing to know that one third of people in the US would choose to clean a toilet over talking with customer service. But it is also a call to action. If the call to customer care is a dreaded and distasteful last resort, how do we adapt […]
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Ever try to predict the outcome of anything? It’s no easy feat. Sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke said predictions about the future can be a “discouraging, hazardous occupation.” Either you sound believable, but are proved pitifully shortsighted or you sound loony, and are proven right too late. For prediction-makers, it’s often lose-lose. But we’ve been […]
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In today’s highly connected world, businesses everywhere are facing the reality that more and more consumers are turning to social media to voice their questions and concerns regarding a company’s services and products. So this raises the obvious questions: What exactly is the current state of social media customer support? Who should be responsible […]
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Blue Ocean Contact Centers, a recognized leader in providing outsourced customer service solutions for global brands, received contact center awards for Best Outsourced Customer Service, Best Use of Social Media in the Contact Center, and Best Recruitment Campaign. The awards were announced at the 2014 ContactCenterWorld Top Ranking Performers of the Americas Conference in Orlando, […]
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When organizations look at social media as a communication channel with outbound elements (engagement related to brand building, marketing, and PR) and inbound elements (customer-generated support requests, information requests, and service issues), it is clear that your customer care team has a role to play in managing the channel. Can you leverage your outsourced call […]
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