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.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This presentation is about driving customer engagement, and how the loyalty industry is transforming in order to engage with the mid-tail and long-tail customer. Loyalty programs must evolve to keep customers engaged. The way brands engage with customers will change dramatically in the next 2-3 years.

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SurveyGizmo

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For an organization that truly wants to become customer-centric, then they need a strategy for building customer loyalty. And building a loyal customer base should be one of their goals when launching a VoC program. Striving for a superior customer experience should go hand-in-hand with your VoC program.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As consumers grow more empowered, with more control and choice than they’ve ever had before, their loyalty to a brand and preference for concentrating their purchasing power becomes even more crucial to merchants. A more useful loyalty program for the customer is one that offers them a loyalty currency that they desire.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Loyalty partnerships with complementary brands are the best way to create additional value, for customers and for your business. Depending on the maturity of your loyalty program, you may already have some program partners, or be a partner in somebody else’s program. The value can be immediate.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But there remain some fundamental things that loyalty programs need to achieve to weather the looming storm that open banking, mobile payments, aggregation models, and other marketplace dynamics will bring. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Of course, the Awards entrants are only a tiny sample from industries that have hundreds or even thousands or loyalty programs. Hybrid points programs.

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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’.

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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.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2021 will be another year in the long-term journey to become customer-centric, balance the economics of loyalty programs to deliver more value to customers, and ensure the right systems are in place to reduce dependencies on the IT department or vendors. Rebalancing loyalty program economics.

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SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This shows the high cost of customer acquisition and how, at times, businesses fail to recoup their initial investment. In contrast, Company B chose to focus on retaining its existing customer base by introducing loyalty programs. ” The loyalty programs reward your customers for their repeat business.

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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.

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Currency Alliance

JULY 16, 2024

But this concept should also apply to the redemption value of loyalty points and miles. The redemption value of a loyalty currency is fixed by most brands. Similarly, the cost of that same point for the business should be engineered to be much less than the customer’s perceived value.

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SurveySensum

JULY 27, 2023

Customized Product Recommendations Nike takes customized in-store experiences to a whole new level by tapping into customer feedback gathered through in-store surveys and its NikePlus loyalty program. The NikePlus loyalty program is a key pillar in delivering personalized experiences.

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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.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2017

However, what isn’t being discussed so much is what GDPR means for customer loyalty. After all, GDPR is all about customers taking control of their data. And a customer signing up to a loyalty program is one of the most common ways for them to hand over their data to the merchant.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Customers expect flexibility and convenience from the companies they do business with because people live in a world where almost everything is accessible with a few clicks on their smartphone. Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. How do we define greater liquidity in loyalty programs?

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Currency Alliance

APRIL 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? As CEO, the time you can dedicate to your loyalty program is probably close to zero. Demand performance-based KPIs. Most loyalty programs report how many members they have.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Mobile check-in can also be deployed to upsell room selection, to offer customized key collection, or can be integrated with a loyalty program to confirm benefits such as lounge-access or free Wi-Fi. But in reality, many customers do not book direct. Restive guests: understanding hospitality loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

At first glance, this year’s Gartner CMO spend survey may not make for happy reading for loyalty marketers. Loyalty program management’ was reported as CMO’s lowest priority, with 4.8% Firstly, loyalty tech isn’t as expensive as it used to be. of budget, down from 6.6% in 2017[ii]. 2018 saw a 14.2%

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

Independent of individual program achievements, the most important development across the industry has not been in individual technological triumphs, but a hastening structural shift in how brands understand and approach the purpose of their loyalty programs. ING Direct is one of those brands. Kudos to them.

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Bold360

DECEMBER 8, 2016

A funny thing happened when researchers asked consumers and marketers associated with the travel industry how they viewed the industry’s well-known loyalty programs. That’s not to say that loyalty programs are not an important element in the retention strategies toolkit. But that doesn’t mean they saw eye to eye.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This article shares the lowest hanging fruit for keeping customers engaged and delivering more profit to the bottom line. During 2023, brands will make it easier for more customers to realize value from loyalty program participation. embedding loyalty mechanics across the business.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

Journey discovery reveals how many customers were converted on a new credit card offer after a personalized email, having ignored the offer at first. Real-time personalization is a way to automatically deliver tailored content to each customer based on demographic, firmographic and behavioral data. Real-time Personalization.

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SurveySparrow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

You should put more efforts into retaining them, they could also be a part of your customer loyalty program, if you have one. Integrate loyalty programs into your surveys: Loyalty programs are a great way to not only increase your retention rate, but also to improve your sales.

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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.

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Currency Alliance

APRIL 23, 2019

Chuck Ehredt sat down with Steve Hoban, who recently returned to the UK after spending 11 years working for Pick n Pay in South Africa, to discuss brand collaboration in loyalty schemes. In such a context, the extra value that a loyalty program can deliver to customers was probably meaningful to many people.

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BirdEye

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Businesses can use this carpet cleaning marketing approach to directly share promotions, discounts, or limited-time offers with their customer base. It’s a direct and efficient way to communicate with your customer base, fostering loyalty and encouraging repeat business.

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SurveySensum

JULY 13, 2023

Understand your customer’s expectations regarding personalized offers, rewards, loyalty programs, and customer service – these are important factors when it comes to customer retention. Touchpoints Post-purchase services, customer support, loyalty programs. But how to make that happen?

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SurveySensum

JULY 13, 2023

Understand your customer’s expectations regarding personalized offers, rewards, loyalty programs, and customer service – these are important factors when it comes to customer retention. Touchpoints Post-purchase services, customer support, loyalty programs. But how to make that happen?

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Retail Survey Tools Customer Experience 52

BirdEye

MARCH 24, 2023

This is a secret weapon that leading businesses use to transform satisfied customers into repeat businesses and zero-cost brand ambassadors. The following are a few tips to encourage referrals: Create a customer loyalty program. Stay in touch with existing customers post-sale to nurture relationships.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 2, 2022

The global loyalty program market stood at approximately $181 Billion in the year 2019. There is an increase in the number of organizations allocating their marketing spending on loyalty programs. There is an increase in the number of organizations increasing their marketing spending on loyalty programs.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 31, 2018

Retail, travel and FMCG brands – the kinds of brands I work with as a loyalty industry supplier – are notoriously less eager for change. In a past life, I spent three years responsible for corporate venturing and innovation for a company selling €7bn worth of travel products. Corporate inertia.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 31, 2018

Retail, travel and FMCG brands – the kinds of brands I work with as a loyalty industry supplier – are notoriously less eager for change. In a past life, I spent three years responsible for corporate venturing and innovation for a company selling €7bn worth of travel products. Corporate inertia.

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