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According to Bond , “the power of loyalty programs often trains an organization to optimize the program instead of optimizing loyalty.” Part of the issue lies in the CRM and communications strategies–they simply aren’t always aligned, which allows inconsistent messaging to customers.
Insight sharing via loyalty programs is the best option, because customers have opted-in to share their data in exchange for points. With an affordable system such as this in place, organizations can measure ROI and issue the kinds of personalized messaging that motivates customers to engage and propel that virtuous cycle.
The Temkin Group, ROI of Customer Experience report implies that ‘loyal customers are 5x as likely to repurchase, 5x as likely to forgive, 4x as likely to refer, and 7x as likely to try a new offering.’ One good strategy to boost customer loyalty is – the REWARDSprogram. How do they do it? But that’s not all.
Rewardprograms still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. YouGov data from the UK shows that even the youth demographic – supposedly disloyal – thinks that points programs “are a good way for brands to reward customers and 59% think all brands should offer one.”. [iii].
The most important priorities are: Align with corporate goals: update loyalty program design to support current business objectives. Customer data: maximize ROI. You can see this in the Gartner CMO survey: Loyalty marketing has traditionally suffered from the difficulty in measuring ROI (especially in the short-term).
Create a referral program: A referral from a satisfied patient is a powerful endorsement of your services and trustworthiness. Refer to our detailed blog on how to start a successful referral rewardsprogram. Encourage your existing patients to refer others by offering incentives.
Many loyalty program members will now be accustomed to similar liquidity enhancements, such as exchanging your American Express Membership Rewards Points into Avios or Bonvoy. Remember, your loyalty goal is not to issue the maximum number of points, but for the maximum number of customers to see joining your program as worthwhile.
Retaining your customers can bring in a huge ROI for your business. 5 Set up a loyalty rewardprogram. Don’t you think that your most loyal customers should be rewarded? In fact, a report by BRP consulting says that 68% of customers say that they would shop at a brand which has a loyalty program. 13 Keep a record.
Such ‘loyalty’ programs today are actually just rewardsprograms: ‘you do this and I will do that.’ This is normally in the form of static rules which apply a flat 1%+/- reward across the board. Steps to a smarter reward pricing strategy. It’s the emotional value which creates real stickiness.
Banks have been in and out of rewardsprograms for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework. Compounded in Europe by the slashing of interchange fees, banks have been left with reduced margins from which to carve out rewards value[v]. References. [i] ii] [link].
Voxi is the ‘youth brand’ of Vodafone, whose highly successful VeryMe rewardsprogram has previously been praised by Currency Alliance. Incumbent travel and retail loyalty programs should take note, and be prepared for upstart programs in their own markets taking them by surprise. A disloyal generation?
At the Loyalty Surgery this year, IBM’s Greg Land said that their modern martech trial at Malaysia Airlines performed extremely well, delivering a 43% improvement in ROI. To support digital transformation, your customer data needs to be in a single CRM that actions data using a single campaign management system.
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