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Seeking a True Strategic Partner: Green Flags in the Outsourced Customer Care RFP Process

BlueOcean

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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Seeking a True Strategic Partner: Green Flags in the Outsourced Customer Care RFP Process

BlueOcean

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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70 Customer Care RFP Questions (An Updated List + RFP Template)

BlueOcean

With every evolution in technology, workforce trends, and consumer expectations, the questions shift—which is testament to why generic, boilerplate RFPs never work for outsourcing customer care. Reporting Your customer care program may accumulate more data than any other part of your organization. Hourly staff?

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QUI QUOTE Reminders about Customer Service and Leadership

Bill Quiseng

QUI QUOTES Reminders about Customers and Customer Service 15 QUI QUOTE Reminders about Leadership and Employee Engagement. QUI QUOTES Reminders about Leadership and Employee Engagement. CUSTOMER A customer is a person. Customers are people. CARE BIG for them. Not an online review.

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60 Customer Care RFP Questions for the Contact Center of Today

BlueOcean

If you’re faced with the decision to find a new customer care outsourcer in the post-pandemic era, now’s the time to dive in. And second, there’s no doubt that the pandemic and the social justice movement have evolved what you need from a customer service provider – and your RFP should reflect that. Hourly staff?

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It’s time for a Customer Service Culture Transformation to Customer CARE

Bill Quiseng

Are we called to duty on the frontline battling customers? So shouldn’t customer service be customer care? We are the Customer CARE team. We CARE for each member of our team: We COMMUNICATE with each other. So satisfied customers don’t rave about you to others. Or even better ….

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Validating Your Outsourced Customer Care Partnership: Is Your Incumbent “Still the One”?

BlueOcean

Sometimes the leadership team shifts, with people moving on to other opportunities or new leaders entering the mix and shaking things up. Are you still in regular contact with your partner’s leadership team and do you still trust them to deliver excellence for your customers? Are Your Customers Happy?