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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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5 Tough Customer Care RFP Questions in Today’s Hybrid World

BlueOcean

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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Flat Customer Care Budget? Outsourcing May Be the Answer

BlueOcean

Today we look at how this last consideration applies to the way companies are investing in customer care. We’re well into 2021, and the good news is that, so far, just over half (52%) of companies around the world are expecting and experiencing a moderate or sharp increase in their customer care budgets.

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The 3 Hottest Trends Impacting Outsourced Customer Care

BlueOcean

The only constant in the customer care world is change, and if you don’t keep up, you’ll be left behind. That’s why we’ve compiled these must-read articles to keep you updated and give you some food for thought as you think about the future of your outsourced customer care. The Role of Chatbots in Customer Care. “

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Increase revenue through utilizing existing customer base

Magellan Solutions

Most businesses spend the majority of their resources on getting new customers that they tend to ignore their most prized asset: their existing customer base or network. “It It is cheaper to retain than acquire a customer,” says 70% of respondents from Econsultancy/Responsys Cross-Channel Marketing Report 2013.

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Do Your Employees Need A Customer Care Management Degree?

Joe Rawlinson

Fierce competition, rapidly changing technologies, and a customer base that is exposed to an omnipresent barrage of marketing campaigns are making it increasingly difficult to stay the course. Navigating today’s consumer marketplace is rather like walking a tightrope on a windy day. Hire the right people.