Joe Rawlinson

JULY 24, 2019

In this day and age, where cut-throat competition is rife, brand loyalty is as elusive as a dream. According to the American Express, nearly 50% of consumers expect a response on social media questions or complaints within an hour, with 18% expecting an immediate response. Customer Reward Programs.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 16, 2011

Most retail organizations use discounts to entice customers to buy their merchandise at the end of each season, but that doesn’t do much to guarantee a shopper will ever return to a store or even garner customer loyalty. Retailers spend billions of dollars on loyalty programs and hope that it brings customers back.

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ProProfs Chat

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

If you find yourself sharing the same concern frequently, then you need to build a customer loyalty program. But with the awesome customer loyalty programs in place, they’ve successfully ensured that customers return to their store to make a purchase and earn more points. What is a Customer Loyalty Program?

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Some of the benefits of improving customer experience include: Increased Customer Loyalty When you have a consistently positive customer experience, you will create loyal customers. But, by improving customer experience, you will have no problem achieving these customer milestones and increasing customer loyalty.

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Retently

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Typically, most brands focus on surveying just a couple of key touchpoints, like post-purchase NPS to measure customer loyalty, or post-helpdesk interaction CSAT to gauge service satisfaction. This insight enables brands to develop a customer-centric strategy that enhances engagement and builds loyalty.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Improve Your Customer Outcomes With 5 Customer Service Best Practices from Leading Consumer Shipping Brand FedEx by Veronica Krieg. Deep Dive: How Rewards Programs Can Fuel Customer Spending by PYMNTS. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too.

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Optimove

MARCH 20, 2025

By tapping into human desires for achievement and recognition, brands can create highly engaging experiences that drive loyalty, increase conversions, and build emotional connections with customers. Greater precision in customer engagement, improved personalization, and scalable CRM execution across markets.

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Service Untitled

MAY 6, 2014

No matter how great our products or how efficient our service, fate somehow finds its fickle finger sooner or later and just goes awry; it’s how we handle all of this and how our customers are made a priority that maintains customer loyalty.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

Why Customer Experience Matters in E-Commerce Did you know that 54% of consumers stop buying from a brand after one bad experience? Step 6: Build a Strong Customer Community Shopifys suite of tools enables you to nurture a sense of belonging and brand loyalty among your customers.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This week we feature an article by Jess Mizerak discussing the future of brand loyalty and how to continue to be successful in the world of E-commerce. That’s what your loyalty program should do. – Shep Hyken. It’s all just a part of consumer demand, and customers still demand the in-store experience.

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Oracle

APRIL 6, 2021

From the way consumers buy groceries to how they’re rewarded for their loyalty, the impact of shopping for essentials in a pandemic has permanently changed the grocery market. Leading supermarkets and grocery stores are leveraging their loyalty programs to incentivize repeat purchases and compete in a booming market.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 30, 2015

Customer loyalty and retention are goals for most organizations as a result. In the past, some companies’ modus operandi to build their loyalty involved a loyalty card with additional benefits. However, these loyalty card benefits just became part of the offer over time. So now what do we do to build Customer Loyalty?

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Alida

MARCH 27, 2018

“Customer loyalty comes from the heart, as opposed to the mind… you have an emotional bond with the customer.” With great presence, Michael spoke about the Mandarin’s relationship-driven approach to loyalty that has guided the brand for decades: an enduring passion for excellence and exceptional service.

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ProProfs Chat

MAY 28, 2020

People think of loyalty as a customer for a lifetime, but it is really much simpler than that. However, brand loyalty has become just another ‘buzz-phrase’. What Is Brand Loyalty. What is brand loyalty? How to build brand loyalty? There is an out and out need to rethink what brand loyalty really means.

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Interactions

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Increased loyalty often translates into those customers making more purchases, more often. To successfully engender loyalty in this day and age of endless choice and equally endless holiday sales, retailers are turning back the clock and focusing on improving service as a first step in improving customer experience (CX).

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

User-Friendly Loyalty Programs Nobody needs another loyalty card that sits gathering dust at the bottom of a wallet. A great rewards program is intuitive, easy to join, and worth the effort. And that trust builds loyalty. A little unexpected acknowledgment can go a long way.

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Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A spike in recent news around loyalty coalitions – both good and bad – signals the dawn of a new, vastly more profitable iteration of the coalition model. Even though Plenti failed[i], Amex’s effort showed belief in the coalition model by one of the biggest names in reward programs. In summary: V1.0 In summary: V1.0

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PK

MAY 12, 2020

Having a robust digital presence is unquestionably critical for any consumer brand. As digital technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, consumer expectations of brands’ digital experiences evolve along with it. Its loyalty-building aspects don’t end there, though. Think beyond discounts and cashback. Focus on convenience.

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Second to None

APRIL 3, 2018

2] Fast-casual brands need to make sure they are churning out positive customers via these interactions, because it is an easy source of establishing loyalty. By establishing this loyalty via online interactions, your brand will be cementing its place as a significant player in the industry, especially as these avenues become more pervasive.

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Thematic

JANUARY 29, 2025

Collecting Customer Feedback In 2023, the world created, captured, and consumed a staggering 123 zettabytes of data —that’s like watching 250 million copies of every movie ever made. Enhancing Customer Loyalty and NPS Scores Keeping customers happy is one thing, but turning them into loyal advocates for your business?

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Kitewheel

JULY 27, 2020

Why Customer Loyalty Programs Matter. Customer loyalty programs influence the likelihood that a customer will continue purchasing from a given company rather than their competition. This brand loyalty is reinforced by an ongoing positive relationship between a customer and a business and damaged by poor experiences.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

Many consumers now ‘multibank’[iii], keeping their traditional provider on-hand for the same reasons they always did, but branching out in search of enhanced value. In 2000, UK consumer bank Halifax launched a fairly successful marketing slogan: the people that give you extra [iv]. Actually, they do. Extra what?

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ReviewTrackers

MARCH 24, 2021

A few more statistics reveal how customer experience — more so than digital strengths, rewards program, or coverage options — could be the key for banks that prioritize customer retention. 80 percent of consumers would switch financial institutions for a better experience. Evaluate loyalty and satisfaction.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 16, 2011

Entrepreneur magazine writer Micah Solomon stated there are several important elements retailers need to concentrate on in order to gain customer loyalty. Many retailers have recognition and reward programs. Those become the retailers who win my customer loyalty. Can we increase customer loyalty?

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 8, 2021

According to the research studies, there are numerous people who utilize loyalty coupons when shopping or purchasing goods and commodities in the market. Loyalty coupons are both beneficial to the sellers and buyers. On the other hand, sellers also gain benefits from these loyalty coupons.

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ReviewTrackers

APRIL 20, 2021

How can companies achieve a better understanding of consumers’ new path to purchase? Today’s banking consumers typically begin their investigation online. Like in other sectors, consumers may switch from one channel to another on their way to making a purchase decision. 6 Banking Customer Acquisition Strategies.

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Hero Digital

JUNE 30, 2020

Consumer behavior and spending habits have changed significantly since the start of the pandemic — because of circumstance, necessity, or by choice. As states lift stay-at-home orders and businesses begin to re-open, the big question is: will consumer spending follow? Some key insights from the latest findings….

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Loyalty schemes have been around a lot longer than you think, going back even further than the frequent flyer programmes that took off in the late 1970s. Hamish Sherlock of Applause , explains how to build a next-generation loyalty scheme. Do your customers value the rewards the scheme provides?

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Service Untitled

MARCH 24, 2014

In fact, according to Brand Key, a loyalty consulting agency, Amazon’s ratings dropped from 93% to 83% two days following the hike. For anyone not familiar with the Amazon loyalty program, there are estimated to be about 20 million Prime members in the United States. And why does this happen?

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ModSquad

MAY 13, 2021

Every interaction with your customer is an opportunity to build your connection and inspire a sense of loyalty with them. Keeping customers is a company-wide effort; here are five ways to build your customer’s loyalty. Instill a sense of kinship and loyalty in your customers, and you’ll have a fan for life. Reward their loyalty.

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Retently

MARCH 18, 2019

Well, by far the most effective way to measure customer satisfaction and loyalty is via the Net Promoter Score. Even today, Amazon is actually boasting amazing customer loyalty, at least according to Forbes ; however, the company isn’t quite ready to share exact customer numbers. Starbucks Customer Retention.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Escalating competition across sectors – not a purported “death of loyalty” – is making loyalty harder earned. As a result, major loyalty trends for 2019 will see a wave of innovation as established brands trial new ways to retain share of mind. Greater investment to meet consumers’ insatiable appetite for experiences.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 6, 2024

7 Ways to Boost Customers’ Emotional Connection and Loyalty with Your Brand by Annette Franz (MarTech) Loyalty. That emotional connection to a brand is extremely important to customer loyalty. It’s often been thought to be a key driver of loyalty. Brand Loyalty Is Lagging. What’s emotion got to do with it?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 14, 2024

Lessons from the Field: 3 Easy Ways to Customize Customer Experiences & Increase Brand Loyalty by Anand Subbaraj (Fast Company) Personalization encourages customers to both return for more service and recommend that service to others. My Comment: This week’s TOP FIVE roundup has a theme: Customer Loyalty.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2015

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Amy Jackson, Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Consumer Marketing for TripIt from Concur while I was at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas back in March. I am a huge fan since it has saved me more than once.

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ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

And, a well-designed loyalty program can act as a profitable investment and reduce the likelihood of customers going to your competitors. Take the example of Victoria’s Secret loyalty program PINK Nation. This is the highest level of brand loyalty, which brings an unusual value to brand equity.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Repeat customers will be responsible for most of your profits and, as such, it’s especially important to take steps to increase customer loyalty for your business. Having a high level of customer loyalty won’t just boost your sales and enhance your profits. Reward Your Customers For Their Loyalty.

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