Kayako

APRIL 11, 2017

She will guide you through why customer care is so important and how teams can feel empowered to help their customers. You love doing everything that you can for your customers. But, it’s the first step in helping your customer. How do you train your employees to offer the same level of care?

Customer Care 192

Customer Care Culture Customer Service Representative Customers 192

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

No social customer care program can be successful without the right people interacting with your customers and prospects. The hiring of the front-line social care staff should be thoughtful, strategic and intentional, as it will set up the rest of the program to be able to scale in the future.

Customer Care 174

Customer Care Omni-Channel Social Media How To 174

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As customer care teams start planning for 2024, we’ve seen how easy it can be to get stuck in a rut. The quickest way to get re-inspired is by getting a finger on the pulse of current news and customer service trends in the industry. The modern customer journey is complex and constantly evolving.

Customer Care 177

Customer Care Trends Multi-Channel Contact Center 177

BlueOcean

JANUARY 6, 2020

The good news, according to Gartner insight, is that channel switching isn’t actually hurting customer loyalty. As long as there’s responsive feedback (more on this below) and eventual resolution, they’re happy no matter which channels they interact with. Interaction and care. Speed and flexibility. Got 15 minutes?

Omni-Channel 177

Omni-Channel Customer Care Self Service Wait Times 177

Vonage

OCTOBER 2, 2017

No social customer care program can be successful without the right people interacting with your customers and prospects. The hiring of the front-line social care staff should be thoughtful, strategic and intentional, as it will set up the rest of the program to be able to scale in the future.

Customer Care 174

Customer Care Omni-Channel Social Media How To 174

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here are a few green flag markers that help indicate that you’ve found the best-fit outsourced customer care partner. If you’ve taken part in an outsourced customer care procurement process, either as a bidder or as a buyer, we’d lay money on the fact that you’ve got some horror stories to tell.

Customer Care 177

Customer Care Entertainment Government Contact Center 177

eglobalis

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The customer experience (CX) landscape is undergoing a seismic transformation , with 2025-6 poised to be a defining year. Outdated metrics and strategies will be replaced by AI-driven innovations that promise to reshape how businesses interact with and anticipate the needs of their customers.

Net Promoter Score 304

Net Promoter Score Effort Score B2B NPS 304

BlueOcean

APRIL 30, 2021

A couple of years ago, we explored the state of omnichannel customer care , recognizing the fact that consumers have more channel options available to them than ever before. With more than a year of pandemic impacts under our belts, let’s dig into the far-reaching impacts of COVID-19 on omnichannel customer care.

Omni-Channel 156

Omni-Channel Customer Care Self Service eBook 156

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As a result, for most companies, any relationship with an outsourced customer care partner is going to have to come with stringent PCI DSS standards well-established, as well as robust data security systems solidly in place. Let’s dig into the state of PCI as it relates to customer care today. PCI Compliance Background.

Customer Care 31

Customer Care Contact Center Call Recording Software 31

Vonage

MARCH 26, 2018

But in a world seeing rapid advances in artificial intelligence, what price should we put on human interaction? Technology has altered customer service expectations forever. Added together, this means, by delivering poor customer service, US businesses are directly responsible for putting $62 billion per year into competitors’ pockets.

Interaction 159

Interaction Self Service Poor Customer Service Hotels 159

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Is communication still going strong and do you feel comfortable in those interactions? Are you still in regular contact with your partner’s leadership team and do you still trust them to deliver excellence for your customers? This is what relevant service level metrics look like in today’s customer care center.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Contact Center Effort Score Net Promoter Score 156

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here are a few green flag markers that help indicate that you’ve found the best-fit outsourced customer care partner. If you’ve taken part in an outsourced customer care procurement process, either as a bidder or as a buyer, we’d lay money on the fact that you’ve got some horror stories to tell.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Entertainment Government Contact Center 156

BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But you’re ready to implement and transition into your new outsourced customer care program so you’ve got to buckle up and buckle down. Here are the milestones you can expect along the way of implementing your outsourced customer care program. Building Your Outsourced Customer Care Team. You deserve it.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Roadmap Training Call Recording 156

eglobalis

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Companies must consider the manpower needed to ensure thoughtful, consistent responses—especially for those with a global presence, where language barriers and cultural nuances can further complicate interactions. Best practices often emphasize transparency and honesty in customer interactions.

Social Media 471

Social Media Feedback Engagement Company 471

Vonage

APRIL 25, 2019

Customer experience and social media are part of a “continuous cycle” whereby they each feed the other. Offline experiences are shared online, and then a brand’s response – and the learnings it takes from customer interactions – are incorporated back into the experience.

Social Media 321

Social Media Rewards Programs Feedback Call Center 321

Bill Quiseng

JANUARY 11, 2023

And don’t just serve to satisfy customers. Serve to CARE. COMMUNICATE with each customer with a smile, eye contact, and polite interaction. Inform each customer transparently and interactively of the product’s or service’s function, liabilities, and advantages to them. Instead, serve to WOW them.

Customer Care 88

Customer Care Marketing Social Media Advertising 88

BlueOcean

JANUARY 8, 2019

One negative customer experience may seem like a drop in the ocean of all your customer interactions, but it’s never that simple. It’s worth mentioning that many customer relationships can be saved even after a bad experience with the actual product or service, particularly if they choose to contact a customer service rep.

Lifetime Customer 299

Lifetime Customer Contact Center Poor Customer Service eBook 299

BlueOcean

AUGUST 30, 2018

More and more customer interactions are happening without any human interaction at all. Thanks to advancements in AI and machine learning, chatbots and other Tier Zero customer service solutions are a great way to handle basic, high-volume customer care interactions on a 24/7/365 basis.

Customer Service 232

Customer Service Contact Center Chatbots Customer Care 232

Bill Quiseng

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Even if the traditionalists could hear, they would wear noise-canceling headphones, oblivious to the employees’ concerns and customer complaints. These traditionalists cared more about profits and didn’t care much about employees or customers. Let’s be revolutionary to improve the customer experience.

Customer Care 97

Customer Care Culture Employee Experience Customers 97

Bill Quiseng

JULY 3, 2024

With that in mind, we, as customers, proclaim our independence from the tyranny of “Profits over People” retailers who care more about revenue dollars, market share, stock prices, bottom-line profits, and even their competitors, than people – us, the customers. We don’t just serve to satisfy customers.

Customer Care 78

Customer Care Retail Government Customers 78

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Websites have been great for this and have replaced a lot of work that customer care agents previously handled. To make matters worse, clients can sometimes be more knowledgeable about the subject than the official customer service representatives. These developments have been a boon to productivity for everyone.

Customer Care 98

Customer Care Call Center Customer Service Representative Chatbots 98

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In my last post, we discussed the difference between interactions, engagement, and customer experience. Now, I’d like to dive deeper into customer experience and the role everyone in your organization plays in delivering that experience. You heard me right: not one department owns the customer experience—it’s every department!

Airlines 370

Airlines CRM Government ROI 370

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It’s a trend that has a significant impact on the customer care sector. There are very real service expectation differences between providing customer service to a one-off consumer versus a loyal member. Empowering Your Agents to Deliver Kick-Ass Customer Experience. Let’s chat today.

Customer Experience 290

Customer Experience Effort Score Contact Center Customer Care 290

Kayako

MAY 13, 2022

Simply put, customer satisfaction measures whether your products and service meet or exceed your buyers’ expectations. Customer satisfaction affects the bottom line because it is a critical predictor of retention and repeat revenue. Fortunately, customers also like to help themselves. What Is Customer Self-Service?

Self Service 275

Self Service Knowledge Base e-support Policies 275

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

If you answered “no, our social customer care is most definitely not kicking ass” – don’t worry, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve curated five thought-provoking blogs that will help you get on the path to best-in-class social customer care. Social Customer Care Cannot Be Ignored.

Omni-Channel 199

Omni-Channel Social Media Customer Service Contact Center 199

NICE inContact

JANUARY 11, 2019

The current decade has brought many changes to quality management, including the increase of treating customer interactions using omnichannel – the ability to handle queries flexibly across self-service and agent-assisted media channels with full context. Change Brought by Omnichannel Interactions.

Omni-Channel 45

Omni-Channel Management Contact Center Self Service 45

GetFeedback

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Customers’ combined interactions with your business or product contribute to their overall brand perception too. Customers make judgment calls about your brand when they read an online review, make a purchase, talk to employees, read a news story, or hear about a friend’s experience. Customers are vocal over social media too.

Measurement 262

Measurement Brands Net Promoter Score Social Media 262

Bill Quiseng

MAY 17, 2023

Customers seek the best emotional value in their experience, not your logically reasonable price, product, or service. The value to your customers is in their personal interactions, not your “cash or credit” business transactions. To earn customer loyalty, don’t get inside their heads.

Metrics 88

Metrics Customer Care NPS Loyalty 88

BlueOcean

JULY 20, 2023

In our world of outsourced customer care solutions, one of the big challenges we continue to wrestle with on the sales side of things is the significant change in the contact center RFP process. But the basics of human interaction have not. Kicking off your own RFP process soon? Grab a copy of our customizable RFP template now.

Contact Center 294

Contact Center Travel Culture Meeting 294

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And it’s one that undeniably impacts our perception of the customer experience. Exploring Customer Care in the Subscription Economy. For those of us in the contact center space, the truly fascinating thing (besides the astounding growth itself) is the impact on customer care and the customer experience.

Customer Experience 194

Customer Experience Customer Care B2C Lifetime Customer 194

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve said it so often it’s become cliché, but we stand by the concept that happy employees make for happy customers, and in outsourcing, happy customers make happy clients. TX strategy is the ultimate integration of customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX), the multi experience (MX), and user experience (UX).

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Multi-Channel Strategy Self Service 156

Interactions

APRIL 16, 2024

A dedication to understanding your customers ensures that every interaction is personalized and purposeful, alleviating the pain of lengthy wait times and ensuring each conversation is met with effective, personalized assistance. Failing to invest in customer care risks customers seeking it elsewhere.

Customer Care 62

Customer Care Self Service Omni-Channel Metrics 62

Interactions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Seizing the Opportunity: Why Interactions is the Future of Conversational AI As the world leader in Conversational AI solutions for customer support, Interactions stands at the forefront of innovation and excellence. This is where Interactions shines. Our commitment to innovation is unwavering.

Interaction 62

Interaction Return on Investment Innovation Social Media 62

Interactions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Seizing the Opportunity: Why Interactions is the Future of Conversational AI As the world leader in Conversational AI solutions for customer support, Interactions stands at the forefront of innovation and excellence. This is where Interactions shines. Our commitment to innovation is unwavering.

Interaction 62

Interaction Return on Investment Innovation Social Media 62

BlueOcean

JULY 9, 2024

Brand loyalty is a reflection of a customer’s commitment to a relationship with a given retailer or service provider. The way we interact with people and brands has changed—and consumer spending priorities have evolved just as fast. But, of course, the current era of disruption is changing everything about all our relationships.

Loyalty 177

Loyalty Brands Ecommerce Average Handle Time 177