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Top Customer Care Trends to Consider as You Plan for the New Year

BlueOcean

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.

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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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Telephone Still Preferred Channel for Customer Service Interaction

Interactions

The telephone is still a popular customer service and support channel, but unstructured voice communications present security risks and compliance challenges, particularly in a work-from-home (WFH) environment. But so are the reasons why it presents such security risks in a WFH setting.

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The Customer Care Difference for Healthcare Products

CSM Magazine

Customers of health-related products—such as over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, medical devices, wearables, and animal health products—typically have higher expectations of manufacturers than do users of other types of consumer products. Proactive outreach. Product recall support. Training and certification.

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Interactions IVA: taking the dread out of contacting customer service

Interactions

Getting stuck in a loop or being misunderstood by an automated customer care system brings out the worst in humanity. Thankfully, customer service tools have advanced in recent years, and AI is accelerating the change. Interactions IVA works with your existing technology stack instead of forcing you into another ecosystem.

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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

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. But what mix of live agents versus AI is best for your business? It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.