It is an exciting time in the customer contact industry. When you think about where contact center technology started, it can be traced back to the invention of the telephone. For decades, the voice channel was the only channel available for customers to receive speedy resolutions and attention to their needs. Boy, has that changed. […]
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It’s the middle of summer – time for vacations, barbeques and trips to the beach. But it’s also the perfect time to start contact center budgeting and planning 2015. I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “Don’t wait until you’re thirsty to start digging the well.” This is especially true when it comes to your […]
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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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If you live anywhere in the Northern United States or Canada, one phrase you would love to have stricken from your vocabulary this past winter is “Polar Vortex.” In addition to being the coldest, bone-chilling temperatures ever recorded across hundreds of cities in North America, Mother Nature supplied multiple blizzards that crippled transit and travel […]
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The Client When you make millions of grocery deliveries a year, some eggs are going to break. Our client succeeds in a difficult business by being responsive and nimble, and making it right when things go wrong. Our client has carved out a niche in its area of operations, offering clients quality service on par […]
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To outside eyes, hiring customer service agents might seem like a straightforward order: hire people who are good at customer service… In fact, careful, nuanced hiring is the foundation of any successful customer support program. If you are engaged with an outsourced contact center partner, you want to have confidence that they are hiring the […]
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In the contact center industry, workforce management is both an art and a science – kind of like baseball. Statistics matter and so does the human ability to “read the play.” Collaboration between client and outsourcer (like an owner and team manager in Major League Baseball) is key to setting your team up for success. […]
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Too tired to read? Listen to the audio via our podcast here: “There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.” – Bill James, Author, Statistician, Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations – Boston Red Sox What do baseball and call […]
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“My goal is that our reporting is concise, honest, accurate, and actionable.” – Reporting Coordinator, Blue Ocean Contact Centers Many company leaders share that same goal. However, aligning your contact center reporting strategy to your goals is no simple stroll in the park. It starts by questioning everything. Is the data valuable? Is the data […]
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What’s driving your Contact Center RFP timeline? Is your current outsourcing contract expiring soon? Are you switching vendors? Have you reached maximum capacity with an in-house solution? As you prepare to launch an RFP process to find the right partner for your customer care program, understanding the vendor side of the process can help you […]
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