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What’s the True Cost of Your In-House Contact Center? (And How Does It Compare to Outsourcing?)

BlueOcean

So, we’ll take a comprehensive look at the cost of ownership of your in-house contact center – both intangible and tangible expenses – and how it compares to the cost of outsourcing. And that beginning is this – PayScale cites an average $16/hour for a customer service rep. Yes, you can.

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On-Site vs Virtual Procurement: The Best Way to Find Your Contact Center Outsourcer

BlueOcean

In our world of outsourced customer care solutions, one of the big challenges we continue to wrestle with on the sales side of things is the significant change in the contact center RFP process. With this in mind, it can be helpful to assess how organized, prepared, and engaged a vendor is in a virtual setting.

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

BlueOcean

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. Describe your employee engagement strategies and measurement processes. Hourly staff?

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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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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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Total Experience Strategy: Everything in the Contact Center Altogether, All At Once

BlueOcean

At Blue Ocean, we have long held the position that the customer experience and the employee experience are inextricably linked. We’ve said it so often it’s become cliché, but we stand by the concept that happy employees make for happy customers, and in outsourcing, happy customers make happy clients.