ProProfs Blog

JUNE 26, 2020

That means being consistent at learning and acquiring knowledge can help you shape a customer’s journey better. Learn the commonly used customer service and support lingo. To help you get started, we’ve prepared a small customer support glossary below. An Assignee is a person who is assigned a customer service ticket.

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Global Response

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Healthcare comes with specialized needs, increased security concerns, and high expectations for empathetic, personalized care. Our team has over 40 years of experience managing customer service outsourcing in healthcare and similarly high-touch industries—here’s what you need to consider before you start outsourcing.

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Real Blue Sky

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Navigating the Complexities of Customer Service Outsourcing to Boost Efficiency, Customer Satisfaction, and Profitability Introduction Navigating the intricate maze of customer service is no small feat. That’s why it can pay to use a customer service vendor management expert. The challenges are many.

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BlueOcean

APRIL 16, 2024

Blue Ocean, a world-leader in customer care solutions, was awarded a Silver Stevie® Award in the “Contact Center Outsourcing Provider of the Year” category at the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. About Blue Ocean Blue Ocean is an award-winning provider of innovative customer care solutions.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since I assumed the chief executive role, we have targeted our efforts on continuing to grow our service footprint, but doing so in tandem with delivering excellent customer care. This is often a tough act to balance: rapidly scaling up business while still providing personalized customer service.

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Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

Clients met all of their customer care goals, even on the busiest shopping days of the year. It is a challenge for retailers, both online and brick-and-mortar, to make sure that their customer service levels are maintained throughout the holiday season, when customer support volume can increase by more than 10 fold.

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TechSee

APRIL 17, 2018

With all the AI hype in 2017, the customer service industry expected smart machines to truly transform the customer experience. Today’s AI-based customer service chatbots still require human intervention to help provide that context, enabling a better understanding of the bigger picture. Enhance human capacity.

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Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

It is a challenge for retailers, both online and brick-and-mortar, to make sure that their customer service levels are maintained throughout the holiday season, when customer support volume can increase by a whopping 10x! Clients met all of their customer care goals, even on the busiest shopping days of the year.

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Real Blue Sky

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Navigating the Complexities of Customer Service Outsourcing to Boost Efficiency, Customer Satisfaction, and Profitability Introduction Navigating the intricate maze of customer service is no small feat. That’s why it can pay to use a customer service vendor management expert. The challenges are many.

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Real Blue Sky

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Navigating the Complexities of Customer Service Outsourcing to Boost Efficiency, Customer Satisfaction, and Profitability Introduction Navigating the intricate maze of customer service is no small feat. That’s why it can pay to use a customer service vendor management expert. The challenges are many.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2020

With customers better informed and more aware than ever, businesses need to pay special attention to the service they provide. Outstanding customer service is the key to ensuring your company leads the way. Here are ten ways to help you provide outstanding customer service. Empower your employees.

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SharpenCX

JANUARY 26, 2021

Let’s dive in on five of the best practices FedEx uses to deliver top-notch customer service. The 5 Customer Service Best Practices FedEx Uses to Score the Highest Satisfaction Ratings in Their Industry. Use data to personalize the customer experience. Offer proactive customer service notifications.

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Global Response

MARCH 13, 2024

It distinguishes you from competitors, fosters customer loyalty, and, ultimately, determines business success. Yet, with limited time and resources, it is challenging for businesses to achieve excellent customer care. Businesses reduce overhead costs by not having to hire, train, and maintain an in-house customer service team.

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Expivia

APRIL 1, 2021

Why is USA customer service is so terrible? Why is it done poorly in so many service centers? We would like to focus on 7 core reasons that we have seen in many different companies and have helped correct: Who Has the Say in your Customer Service Call Center? Who is running your USA customer service call center?

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CSM Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

Significant resource planning efficiencies help European customer service outsourcer release valuable time back into customer care. This equates to 22,500 minutes (375 hours) saved per week, extra time that agents can devote to improving customer service. Agents handle on average 170,000 contacts every week.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? Can AI Handle Complex Customer Care? So let’s get into it.

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Monet Software

JANUARY 20, 2021

Smaller businesses have the same, if not greater, needs for WFO technology because superior customer care is their most important differentiator when up against competitors with greater financial resources and pricing power. Smaller businesses do not have enough staff to maintain acceptable service levels in the event of absences.

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Skybridge

AUGUST 24, 2023

“Outsourcing helps companies maintain service levels and provide a consistent customer experience across all channels and hours of operation.” Deloitte Digital 2023 Report on New Realities for Contact Center Transformation Have your customers been looking for a better experience at your contact center?

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 17, 2019

Overlooking the importance of exceptional customer service is a grave mistake to make in the business world. Unfortunately, it takes just one bad experience for consumers to double down on efforts and quickly spread the word of the bad service they have received. 3 Reasons & Ways Good Customer Services are Top Priority #1.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You’re considering using an outsourced call center to handle customer care. Defining “shared” and “dedicated” customer support In the shared model, Brand Specialists working on your call center account are “shared” among several brands, businesses or accounts. Customer service calls? Order-taking?

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Playvox

APRIL 21, 2023

Customer service has gone digital — and your contact center needs to evolve with the times. As younger customers make up more and more of the marketplace, they’re shifting service preferences toward digital channels. What Is Omnichannel Customer Experience?

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Playvox

AUGUST 25, 2022

All these singular actions can negatively impact service level metrics and the customer experience. There are a couple of different ways to help customer service agents understand the ways each of them can positively or negatively impact service levels. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? Tennis Ball Activity.

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Global Response

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Why small businesses need call center services Outsourcing customer service to a call center allows businesses to offer professional, efficient, and round-the-clock customer support without significantly increasing staff or infrastructure. As your business grows, the need for customer support will also increase.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. The result is the customer service call center was seen largely as a cost center; it was part of the cost of delivering goods or services.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2023

The cloud-based system is used by across the company to provide end-to-end automated workflows from initial enquiry through to job completion reporting, invoicing, and customer care follow ups. “During the last few years, we have had to diversify our product and service offering and BigChange has continued to deliver.

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Fonolo

APRIL 20, 2021

Often staffed with savvy, trained agents, these overflow handling services are skilled in interacting with consumers on voice calls. They can help reduce wait times while maintaining the standard of customer service that your organization has worked hard to level-set. SAS: Specialty Answering Service.

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BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Call volume forecasts are inarguably an essential tool in the successful delivery of customer care excellence. With it, you’re one significant step closer to delivering an exceptional customer experience. But customer care volume forecasting typically relies heavily on historic trends.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Start measuring performance by creating a dashboard Metrics are used by customer care teams to measure performance and signal when changes are needed to make improvements. Basic KPIs There are many KPIs, but some of the most commonly used customer service metrics follow. Cumulative service level.

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CX Global Media

JULY 12, 2019

You can never give agents schedules that they like and still meet service level!” Bill White Executive Director – Customer Care, ???Stuller, Bill’s current assignment is heading up the Customer Care team for the leading US manufacturer of fine jewelry, Stuller. Stuller, Inc.

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Help Scout

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Delivering 24-hour customer service is an exciting challenge to solve. It typically means your business is expanding or you are taking on larger customers. Scaling a team to this level comes with some unique considerations that range from cost and location to language and local customer demands.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

That includes our experience as customers. Modern consumers are no longer willing to accept poor customer service. More than 80% of customers now say the experience a company provides is as important as its products. . More than two-thirds of service providers will move their contact centers to the cloud in 2020.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The system is also improving communication between field-based teams and back-office staff, raising customer service levels and boosting feedback with real-time updates, ETAs and reporting. “BigChange has freed up my time to run the business rather than it running me,” concluded Saunders. ” About BigChange.

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CX Accelerator

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Beth Gauthier-Jenkin, The Vice President of Customer Care at Gopher Sport recently generated a wonderful culture dialog via email. Yes, it is an extremely difficult thing to achieve…but putting the effort to develop this type of culture is the greatest thing we can do to enhance both the Employee Experience and the Customer Experience.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. The result is the customer service call center was seen largely as a cost center; it was part of the cost of delivering goods or services.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. The result is the customer service call center was seen largely as a cost center; it was part of the cost of delivering goods or services.

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Blueship Call Center

APRIL 12, 2023

What type of customer service do you require? Define service level agreements (SLAs): Define SLAs that outline the level of service you expect from the outsourcing partner. This includes response times, call volume, customer satisfaction levels, and other metrics. do you need support for?

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

Providing superior customer service must be at the forefront of your company policy. If your in-house staff is already overburdened with work, there’s a risk of poor customer experience leading to brand switching. That’s when customer care outsourcing comes in handy.

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