BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Great companies are regularly assessing the ongoing value of their partnerships – but how do you measure the true value your contact center outsourcer is delivering? What Service Level Metrics Are Most Relevant to Your Business Now? Measuring your current contact center outsourcer’s performance must go deeper than default metrics.

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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.

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BlueOcean

APRIL 15, 2019

How outsourcers build that connection between agent/customer/client brand is the secret sauce – and if you are going to RFP for a new customer care provider, that’s where you should be probing for specific examples and process details. Empowering Your Team to Deliver Kick-Ass Customer Experience. Read this next!

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BlueOcean

MAY 5, 2023

We’ve said it before and we’re not afraid to repeat it until the cows come home: using a boilerplate RFP in the process to find a new customer care outsourcer is a quick road to failure. You’re looking for a strategic partner who will interface with your customers day in and day out. That requires a custom RFP.

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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.

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 27, 2020

And, of course, your company’s plan to launch a new outsourced customer care program. Your customers are already struggling with the times, and now you’re thinking about overhauling the customer care process? Check out these articles: 60 Customer Care RFP Questions for the Contact Center of 2020.

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Customer Care Contact Center Sports Case Study 156

TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Once upon a time, measuring customer service success was straightforward. Hire some agents, train them, and use standard contact center KPIs to measure how well they perform. Customer care center metrics in the era of self-service clearly require a different approach. New Self Service KPI Metrics.

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BlueOcean

JULY 5, 2016

If the call to customer care is a dreaded and distasteful last resort, how do we adapt and improve the experience? With social networks evolving at a breakneck pace, that leads us to the question at the root of this post: what is the state of social customer care in 2016 and beyond? The Facts About Social Customer Care.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I am surprised daily about how many organizations can’t articulate how their improvement in various experience measures, like Net Promoter Score® , will benefit the organization. This connection is essential to understand to create a winning customer strategy. . The same is true for customer data.

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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. Your agents need to know what’s going on so they feel empowered to make decisions that wow the customer.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Finding Bilingual Support That Suits Your Customers Best We’re an onshore Canadian contact center outsourcer and pride ourselves on delivering sophisticated (bilingual) customer care through strategic partnership. The value of that improved metric plays a big role in the client’s bottom line. It’s our thing.

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Chattermill

JUNE 3, 2019

Customer Experience Measurement: Which Metrics Should You Focus On? customer experience. In this article, we'll guide you through the various customer experience metrics and how best to measure and optimise your customer experience. customer experience metrics. by Sam Frampton.

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Kustomer

AUGUST 6, 2020

Unless you want to potentially lose about 80% of your business, you need to stay on top of your customer service performance. If you’re not exactly sure how to measure customer service performance, consider the following methods and metrics. Top Benefits of Monitoring Customer Service Satisfaction.

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BlueOcean

MAY 5, 2016

But how do you go about creating a customer experience strategy that emulates these retail giants in a way that works for your own customers? At Blue Ocean, we’re all about metrics. The customer experience is built on highly intangible factors; namely, emotion and human interaction.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

AI can be a powerful tool, but it is just one cog in the customer care engine. AI should enhance the customer experience through seamless, elegant integration with live agent support – allowing agents to focus on higher value or higher complexity scenarios requiring human intelligence and decision-making. MEASURING SUCCESS.

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Inbenta

MARCH 6, 2020

We have seen the trends and uses evolve and while user expectations in terms of interactions and conversation have changed significantly, performance metrics have remained quite constant. Therefore, we have gathered the top 10 key metrics to monitor when measuring your chatbot’s performance. User experience metrics.

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Lumoa

AUGUST 3, 2021

Research shows that, generally, if a customer can help themselves, they will opt for that before choosing to reach out because it’s quicker. Continued measurement To cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, set clear aspirations and metrics to track performance and impact.

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ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Are Your Customer Care Metrics Customer-Centric? Customer care metrics are a barometer of performance across a variety of customer interactions such as chat, text messages, email, social media and communities. Both of these orientations tend to be company-serving rather than customer-focused.

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GetFeedback

MAY 2, 2019

And yet, whilst many organizations measure their CX in some form or another, the majority still have no idea about the actual value their CX initiatives bring. The following sections come from Kapiche’s eBook: “ What’s the Real Value of Customer Experience? Why your leadership should care about CX.

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Lumoa

MAY 7, 2018

Lesson #3 Measure customer experience. You should constantly measure customer experience. Constantly ask if you’re doing a good job for your customers. Are you not only deliver a value and a good product, but also looking after your customers properly? Lesson #5 Metrics help to understand the bigger picture.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We also published loads of content to share our insights and experiences in the world of customer care. The True Cost of Losing a Customer. Did you know it can cost five times as much to acquire new customers versus retaining existing ones? Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care?

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BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Customer experience is pretty much the hottest topic in the contact center and customer care space these days. Read more > The Monster Task of Measuring Customer Experience. different methods to accurately measure customer experience. Read more > Data: The Backbone of Customer Experience.

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 27, 2020

ROI: If VoC results aren’t tied to clear financial metrics or business goals, you can’t validate the impact of your program. Step 2: Set clear goals and success metrics. Once you’ve gathered insights from your customer journey mapping, the next step is to set clear business goals and success metrics for your VoC program.

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CX Accelerator

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Beth Gauthier-Jenkin, The Vice President of Customer Care at Gopher Sport recently generated a wonderful culture dialog via email. Are there too many, are they too “strict”, and in what way is it measured/are they held accountable? They feel the pressure of meeting metrics but don’t know how and when to strike a balance.

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Pointillist

MAY 19, 2020

By Stephanie Ventura Customer experience is more important than ever in 2020. But what makes some organizations more effective than others at managing customer journeys, measuring outcomes and improving experiences? On average, high-performing teams apply this approach to 6.4 different ways.

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Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2017

By that I mean – don’t let your numbers lead the design of your customer experiences. Numbers are just measures of things that we know how to measure, but they don’t typically tell the full story. Not everything that matters to customers can be measured and not everything we measure matters to them!

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ClearAction

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

8 Customer Experience Metric Silos Mask Momentum Lynn Hunsaker. Metrics selection can be the most pivotal decision you make in your customer experience management strategy. That’s because what gets measured gets managed. The trick to successful metrics selection is to connect the dots between cause-and-effect.

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NICE inContact

MAY 17, 2019

Every company wants to build personalized and differentiated experiences that win new customers and build a loyal customer base. A lot of it is because CX is not a one-and-done metric that you can hit and forget. Is there an organizational structure that supports building and measuring CX?

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Comm100

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Some of the business objectives you can use include customer retention, customer satisfaction, product purchases, purchase volume, purchase frequency, products returned, the number of dissatisfied customers and revenue. They should be quantifiable and measurable. Customer experience objectives.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Well, the customer experience is a key ingredient to getting new business and maintaining customer loyalty. But delivering excellent customer experiences isn’t something that you can measure one time and not look to improve. Clearly defined metrics need to be selected upfront to ensure that the measurement is relevant.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 12, 2018

to your customer care partner not knowing you expected a zero percent abandon rate (let’s get realistic, folks), successful relationships are founded on clear expectations. Understanding with complete clarity which measures of success are most important to your organization is the most important aspect of the contact center transition.

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SurveySparrow

MARCH 14, 2020

Customer engagement is the measurement of your customer’s engagement with your content or product. You can measure it by using various customer engagement metrics into consideration. Benefits of Measuring Customer Engagement. 10 Key Customer Engagement Metrics .

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NICE inContact

MAY 17, 2019

Is there an organizational structure to support building and measuring CX? 2) People — Is there a culture of customer service and customer care that is imparted to every single employee? 4) Metrics and Measurement — Do you have clear goals for CX? Do you have the right metrics in place to measure success?

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Likewise, many organizations have established their own ESG guidelines and metrics—or been certified by third party validations—to hold themselves and their chosen vendors accountable. And inconsistent criteria are only half the challenge, because some companies struggle with the availability and quality of measurable data in the first place.

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Storyminers

JUNE 3, 2022

By that I mean – don’t let your numbers lead the design of your customer experiences. Numbers are just measures of things that we know how to measure, but they don’t typically tell the full story. Not everything that matters to customers can be measured and not everything we measure matters to them!

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Trends Customer Experience Wireless Entertainment 147

Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

By Swati Sahai Call centers are an operationally-complex element of your business, but they play a big role in your customers’ experience with your company. So how can you balance the need for operational efficiency with meeting customer expectations?

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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.

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