BirdEye

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s an organic way that leverages the power of word-of-mouth — the most credible form of advertising — to grow your customer base. When it comes to B2B companies, the conversion rate for referrals stands at 11%, surpassing the average across all industries.

Software 64

Software Marketing Multi-Channel e-support 64

SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Before customer success was introduced, companies used to spend massive funds in acquiring the customers only to see them finally go. But as customer retention became a major goal for these companies, customer success ROI started paying off. Importance of measuring customer success ROI.

ROI 10

ROI Measurement Customer Success Return on Investment 10

Confirmit

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Preventing customer churn is also in essence the main objective of most customer experience programs, and often the most tangible one as linking customer loyalty to revenue from repeat business and positive word of mouth is a well-established way to fund CX improvement efforts, like the development of a new customer loyalty program.

Customer Retention 45

Customer Retention Multi-Channel Net Promoter Score Return on Investment 45

Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

While travel and retail brands have made a lot of progress in the last 24 months, the bulk of innovation has come from other consumer sectors – including media businesses, entertainment, and telecoms providers, which in recent years appeared to regard loyalty as a lost cause. Hybrid points programs. Engaging employees.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

DCX

AUGUST 6, 2024

But as you scroll through the angry email from a customer trapped in a recommendation loop, you wonder: Are we serving our customers or just keeping them trapped in a digital cage of our making? Loyalty Programs: Your team just celebrated a milestone - loyalty members now spend three times more than non-members.

Self Service 52

Self Service e-support Chatbots Customer Centricity 52

ClearAction

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Collaboration, teamwork, and involvement of multiple functional areas in taking action on customer insights must be well-thought-out and institutionalized across your company for long-lasting results. Here are highlights to accelerate and maintain your success: Customer Experience Strategy. “Why do companies succeed?

Strategy 48

Strategy Customer Experience ROI Sports 48

BirdEye

MARCH 24, 2023

It can also involve identifying and pursuing potential mergers and acquisitions or strategic partnerships to expand a company’s reach and capabilities. The goal is to create long-term value for the company by increasing its market share, revenue, and profitability.

Return on Investment 78

Return on Investment Social Media Sales Metrics 78

SurveySparrow

JANUARY 14, 2020

Your customers are your most valuable asset, especially if you are a small company. Growing your customer base will always be one of the most important objectives in every stand-up meeting. Businesses spend thousands of dollars on lead generation so that they can welcome new customers into their fold.

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention Gamification Feedback Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

The smart ones kept a loyalty strategy even if they eliminated the points, but some foolishly acted as though their rewards program was their loyalty strategy – and threw the baby out with the bath water. Economic cycles aside, though, the real problem is that it attracts entirely the wrong sort of customer.

Banking 40

Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

ProProfs Chat

MAY 6, 2020

Retail Customer Experience Statistics. Mobile Customer Experience Statistics. Customer Experience Drives Sales Statistics. Digital Customer Experience Statistics. Customer Experience ROI Statistics. Customer Experience Through Social Media. Customer Experience & Engagement Statistics.

Customer Experience 66

Customer Experience Social Media e-support Comparison 66

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Loyalty trends, as we’ve said in our previous years’ trends articles, are interesting to think about – but they are not necessarily reflective of what your own brand should be focusing on in the next year. The article covers the various brands which have joined the Scene+ loyalty coalition.

Loyalty 59

Loyalty Trends Data Marketing 59

OpinionLab

MARCH 12, 2015

But if your approach is to merely review what people are saying on your site, you’ll most likely fall into one of the following mindsets: We don’t get enough feedback on the site to be representative of our customer base. At Stratigent, we have an entire practice dedicated to Customer Experience.

Voice of Customer 68

Voice of Customer Multi-Channel Feedback Hotels 68

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It has the potential to address a lot of business challenges, and enable many forms of elusive innovation in loyalty marketing. The biggest opportunities for loyalty programs relate to operating more efficiently to reduce cost, and improving personalization. As the saying goes, ‘garbage in, garbage out’.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Marketing Airlines Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This is caused by many factors beyond the scope of this article, but the result is that customers are more conscious about value, and companies are focusing more on cost control. Until a few years ago, brands would have reacted to an uncertain economy by cutting services that deliver customer value.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Trends Innovation Loyalty Programs 52

BirdEye

AUGUST 20, 2024

But with so many HVAC businesses vying for attention, how can you ensure that your company is the one they call when the temperature rises or falls? Share valuable content, industry insights, and company news to establish your brand as a trusted authority. The key lies in effective HVAC marketing.

Strategy 59

Strategy Marketing Social Media Chatbots 59

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A profitable customer is someone who generates a revenue stream greater than the cost of their acquisition, selling, and serving. Companies calculate the CPA on a customer level or for the entire customer group. CPA allows companies to evaluate their customers and know how beneficial it is for them to keep the customers.

Analysis 10

Analysis Groups Resources Loyalty Programs 10

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Commercetools partners with Currency Alliance to enable loyalty marketing in the age of composable commerce. Every company strives to build loyalty among its customers, but the methods to achieve the never-ending pursuit of loyal customers can vary widely. Furthermore, 91% of consumers want to be recognized.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel Banking 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This has mostly been via low-investment, tactical approaches that increase ROI, and educate the C-suite regarding long-term strategic value. Faced by this looming ‘perfect storm’ of change, the sheltered existence, that many leading loyalty programs have enjoyed for three decades, is coming to an end. MASTER YOUR CUSTOMER DATA.

Loyalty 64

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Travel 64

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Management.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Ecommerce Touchpoint 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Management.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Ecommerce Touchpoint 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Some are simply getting accumulated by active loyalty program members and will soon be redeemed, but probably half of this balance is held by less frequent customers; and, they are unlikely to be able to put the points to much use – which will eventually lead to frustration when the points expire.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Loyalty Programs ROI Brands 45

Thematic

MARCH 27, 2024

A focus on customer acquisition often overshadows the vital task of retention. A shocking 66% of consumers end relationships with companies due to poor customer service. This highlights a disconnect: Customers crave positive experiences, yet businesses sometimes must listen proactively. What is customer churn?

Effort Score 62

Effort Score Analysis Feedback Net Promoter Score 62

BirdEye

APRIL 7, 2023

Also, so many marketing campaigns run continuously in many companies. Return on Marketing Investment ROI is a pretty standard marketing KPI that every business tracks. In such cases, we recommend that larger businesses track their ROI separately for each location, campaign, and business vertical for an accurate picture.

Marketing 52

Marketing Social Media Return on Investment Touchpoint 52

Lumoa

JUNE 26, 2023

In fact, several companies, ranging from media to finance, are already investing in an omnichannel customer experience to boost their sales and revenue. Most omnichannel customer experience challenges can be solved by continually measuring customer satisfaction metrics and taking quick actions based on the insights.

Omni-Channel 208

Omni-Channel Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score 208

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Having benchmarked and talked to hundreds of loyalty programs in the past few months, what we think program leaders ought to be doing during the next 3-6 months is preparing a plan to realign their loyalty program design with the broader business strategy and core value propositions. Customer data: maximize ROI.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The conversation gave me pause to reflect on what exactly is a trend, how applicable are trends in Southeast Asia to brands in Europe, and whether embracing the hype around the latest trends could actually distract companies from a clear focus on their fundamental priorities. Most programs do a fairly good job focusing on frequent customers.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Touchpoint 52

ClearAction

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The future is urgently calling for us to shift to company-wide alignment with CX. A loud warning siren can be heard in study after study showing customers’ and managers’ perceptions to be static over time and lower than desired overall. Only 22% of companies now are operationalizing, aligning or embedding CX.

Customer Experience 63

Customer Experience Effort Score ROI Study 63

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

“the biggest 25 food-and-beverage companies…generated 45% of sales in the category in America but drove only 3% of the total growth” [i]. Escalating competition across sectors – not a purported “death of loyalty” – is making loyalty harder earned. Loyalty program management’ was reported as CMO’s lowest priority, with 4.8%

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 45

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If a new CEO replaced you tomorrow, and had no previous connection to the current loyalty program, what changes do you think she would make? We hear loyalty leaders state all the time that they have embraced ‘best practices’. That’s right, loyalty programs should be a profit center.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Touchpoint 52

Retently

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

survey data helps identify effective marketing channels, adapt campaigns for better ROI, and build stronger customer relationships through informed strategy adjustments. The information you glean from these surveys is especially valuable for cloud-based or SaaS businesses. Analyzing “How Did You Hear About Us?”

Survey 78

Survey Social Media Advertising Analysis 78

BirdEye

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Did you know you can reduce customer acquisition costs (CAC) with business text messaging? Why is customer acquisition important? Customer acquisition is important because your business must increase its customer base and pool of repeat buyers for the following reasons: Easy word-of-mouth marketing to spread the word about your brand.

Strategy 59

Strategy Social Media Multi-Channel Advertising 59

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

I also anticipate that 2020 will not only be remembered as the year Covid-19 hit, but as the pivotal year, in which companies that are not leaders in their category recognized just how far they were falling behind in terms of customer engagement. Continued evolution to being truly customer-centric.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Travel 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We have seen tremendous change across many industries during the past 40-50 years, and these changes can help predict the next evolution in the loyalty sector. Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. Most loyalty programs still retain largely the same design as 20 years ago.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement Loyalty Programs 45

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The following quote baffles my mind: According to IRI Worldwide, 74% of consumers globally choose a store based on its effective loyalty programme.[i]. If 74% of consumers choose a store based on their loyalty program, then why do few loyalty programs have more than 25% of their customers participating?

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Loyalty Programs How To Hotels 40

Pointillist

JUNE 15, 2018

Much of the marketing world is still focused on customer acquisition, but to improve customer retention will yield f ar better ROI and cost about 5-25X less than customer acquisition. What is Customer Retention? Why Customer Retention Matters. 10 Steps to Improve Customer Retention with Journey Analytics.

Customer Retention 110

Customer Retention Analytics Loyalty Programs Customer Journeys 110

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the earliest loyalty programs came out of the grocery sector. Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Hotels 52

SurveySparrow

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

It is one of the most important customer experience metrics because it shows the probability of a customer recommending your product to their friends and family. It is a simple metric to judge for both the customer and the company. The answers are given based on a scale of 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest.

Metrics 52

Metrics Customer Experience Effort Score Net Promoter Score 52