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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

When one in five of your customers speak something other than English as their first language, providing bilingual customer support is critical. But what mix of live agents versus AI is best for your business? Without it, you risk taking a hit to your CSat scores, your brand loyalty, and your bottom line.

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BPO Call Centers: 8 Features To Look For

Global Response

Many offshoring companies offer multilingual support, but their agents are more likely to be fluent in languages that are less common in the US and Canada. Feature #2: Experienced Agents Similarly, the overall experience and expertise of your BPO call center’s agents will make or break your call center outsourcing experience.

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Onshore, offshore, nearshore call centers

Global Response

For countries like Canada and Puerto Rico, English is one of the official languages, so there will be a deeper level of native understanding of English, while still offering the benefit of bilingual agents to provide support in Spanish or French as well. while also hiring customer call agents who are located in your country.