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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. Culture Describe your corporate culture including how it is differentiated from your competition. 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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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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Building Your Best Culture in 2019

CX Accelerator

When we are honest with ourselves, we all know culture is the linchpin for everything we do in the Contact Center. We have the very best and newest technology, hire the perfect “on-paper” resumes, and have the budget of King Tut, but without a healthy, positive working culture…these things are essentially meaningless.

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

BlueOcean

Is There Still Cultural Alignment? Cultures evolve, that much is clear. Sometimes the leadership team shifts, with people moving on to other opportunities or new leaders entering the mix and shaking things up. As these cornerstones of a business transform themselves, the company’s culture may follow suit.

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60 Customer Care RFP Questions for the Contact Center of 2020

BlueOcean

You may have pushed pause on your decision to find a new customer care outsourcer, but now’s the time to dive back in. And second, there’s no doubt that the pandemic and the social justice movement has evolved what you need from a customer service provider – and your RFP should reflect that. Hourly staff? Agent Profile.

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How to Determine Cultural Alignment in Your Outsourced Contact Center

BlueOcean

We talk a lot about the need to align your corporate culture with your outsourcer’s, but we know it’s a lot easier to say than it is to do – after all, it’s not a particularly quantifiable element. BRB gotta develop an app…) – there are key factors that define a company’s culture and how well they would align with a partner company.