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5 Cost-Effective Reasons to Outsource Your Contact Center [Slideshare]

by Andrew O'Brien in Andrew O'Brien, Blog, Contact Center Budgeting

Your contact center goals are to achieve cost-effectiveness and efficiency while also delivering exceptional service experience to your customers. The challenge is, how does that translate into numbers? Calculating call center costs in order to build a business case for outsourcing depends upon a complex array of factors and considerations. We want to make it […]

 

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“We Choose You. Now What?” Navigating The First 90 Days with Your Contact Center Partner

by Kim Campbell in Blog, Contact Center Outsourcing, Kim Campbell

Outsourcing. It’s basically the corporate equivalent of walking down the aisle. You’re making a decision to trust someone else completely and you’re inviting them to build a future with you. Not a decision to be taken lightly. And it can induce more than a little anxiety in even the toughest executive. We’ve heard stories from […]

 

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4 Ways To Preserve Customer Loyalty When Call Volume Spikes [SlideShare]

by Abby Saranchuk in Blog, Customer Service Outsourcing, Lifetime Customer Value

As experts in forecasting, we know call volume spikes are inevitable and not always predictable. From extreme weather to product recalls, there’s an infinite number of scenarios that will flood your contact center in an instant, resulting in increased average handle times, wait times, and customer frustration. To preserve customer loyalty and sustain healthy CSAT […]

 

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Did You Give Up on Your Resolutions Yet?

by Patty Isnor in Agent Insights, Blog, Patty Isnor

Let’s just be real here. The majority of us set New Year’s resolutions, knowing all along that we will more than likely quit just weeks, if not days, after January 1st. We do it year after year, and we watch the people around us do the same thing. So what is it about human nature […]

 

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Happy Holidays from Blue Ocean

by Blue Ocean News in Blog, Blue Ocean News

Before you head out of the office for the holidays to grab your mug of eggnog, we want to take a minute to reflect on some of the hottest talking points of the year in the contact center world. We’ve looked at the data and compiled our five most popular articles of 2015. 1. The […]

 

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Be Like Sue: Break Free from Bad Jobs

by Blue Ocean News in Blog, Videos

You want a job that doesn’t suck. Your hard work should matter and your career growth shouldn’t be squashed. Is that too much to ask? Not long ago, Sue felt the same way. Fast food and retail jobs left her feeling in the dumps. But a tip from a friend helped break the cycle.

 

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Be Like Amir: End Your Boredom

by Blue Ocean News in Blog, Videos

Your job is soooo dull. You want meaningful challenges, but all you get is boredom by the truckload. You’re not sure what else to do, but your brain is screaming for something different. Not long ago, Amir felt the same way. His job was about as exciting as watching a tortoise cross an empty stadium. That is, […]

 

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