Currency Alliance

JULY 16, 2024

‘Dynamic pricing’ is normally discussed in terms of the pricing of inventory – such as the cash price for a given hotel room, airline seat, or commodities, etc. 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.

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Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In this new content series, we show what a world-beating loyalty program would look like in four different sectors, and discuss the brands currently showing the potential to build that ‘world-beating’ program. A world-beating program in travel. Velocity: a leader in modern loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 1, 2020

Loyalty marketing is a mix of science and art, but in its most basic form, loyalty programs are a value exchange. I hate bashing the industry, but a great many loyalty programs still don’t even have this basic equation right. They don’t use the data that customers provide. It is making people more deliberate.

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Currency Alliance

JANUARY 18, 2021

It’s time for hotel operators to re-evaluate how well their ace in the hole – their loyalty program – is enabling every function of their business to deliver more value. Here are three predictions of how loyalty programs must evolve in hospitality. The hotel is a dispensary of experiences.

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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. An uncertain future.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Within one year, over 100 bank-sponsored loyalty programs in Europe disappeared. Shutting down the loyalty programs was a huge strategic mistake by the banks. Next, we explain how to increase the perceived value of your loyalty currency, so that your loyalty program is more effective, and the ROI increases.

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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. Using AI to improve profitability of pricing and promotions.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Second, if you’re already familiar with the economics, it provides a narrative framework for upskilling your own teams, to help everyone you work with understand what will drive success and failure in loyalty marketing. Unfortunately, many loyalty programs still resemble different guys in disparate fields with different cows.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It is the most powerful, yet under appreciated module (or tool) in a loyalty marketing stack of software. The loyalty rules engine is the module that enables the types of promotions that are familiar from every major loyalty program. This would not require much of a rules engine – since your program has no variation.

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ENGAGE.cx

JULY 18, 2018

Your retail store, restaurant, hotel, bank, etc…. And because of that, brands struggle to drive full ROI from both their marketing efforts and physical venues. Are they in my loyalty program? But what about all the customers that are in your physical locations? CMOs want to know: Who is in my store? Why did they come in?

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recognizing loyalty program members at the Point of Sale (POS) has been challenging for over 30 years. The result is that it can be difficult for a retailer to deliver a smooth customer experience when identifying their own loyalty program members, or customers in partner loyalty programs, at the POS.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 20, 2024

Back in 2017, when interchange fees were slashed by the European Union, most banks’ response was to simply to give up on their loyalty program; this was lazy and a huge strategic mistake. Every bank needs a loyalty strategy – even if they don’t have a points-based loyalty program.

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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. Most loyalty programs report how many members they have.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

So, with competition across nearly every category, all companies now need a loyalty strategy. Not every company needs a loyalty program with points, gift cards, or other incentives, but very few businesses can survive without a base of loyal customers that makes up 30-50% of recurring total sales.

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OpinionLab

MARCH 12, 2015

Perhaps you’ve asked them to provide their income level or the purpose of their visit; maybe you are interested in identifying their persona or status level in your loyalty program. Being able to look at Tealeaf data via this lens has resulted in some unbelievable ROI and insights for our customers.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 30, 2022

In recent years, brands have invested more in loyalty. At many businesses, however, loyalty teams still attract relatively few resources compared to the ROI that loyalty can deliver when best-practices are observed. but within a few years it had become South Africa’s leading loyalty program.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

During 2023, brands will make it easier for more customers to realize value from loyalty program participation. This will help them engage many more customers – particularly in the mid-to-long tail: previously not seen as a valuable target for loyalty marketing, but now recognized as a leading source of incremental revenue.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2017

Loyalty program announcements so far this year indicate a major sea change. To get customers re-engaged, brands are making it easier to participate in their loyalty programs and are offering enhanced ways to redeem – so customers can make use of even small amounts of points/miles.

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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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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]. Deeper marketing integrations.

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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. Management.

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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. Management.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Nobody in loyalty could have missed The Times’ headline in October, about the Committee for Climate Change (CCC) proposal to start taxing frequent flyer programs (FFPs), or even to shut them down, under the assumption that they increase flying. Nonetheless, the legacy loyalty points bank kept them from innovating more quickly.

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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.

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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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SurveySparrow

JANUARY 5, 2021

We are quite familiar with the term, ROI or returns on investment. When it comes to measuring the benefits of a particular cost-related investment, there’s no effective metric available then return on investment (ROI). You can use both ROX and ROI to form a more controlled and better experience for your company’s success.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. Most loyalty programs still retain largely the same design as 20 years ago. The key to getting customers once again actively involved in loyalty program participation is through providing greater liquidity.

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Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

How to Maximize Your Journey Analytics ROI. Similarly, customers of hotels that get the journey right may be 61 percent more willing to recommend than customers of hotels that merely focus on touchpoints. Customer Journey Orchestration: Accordant on Finding a Path to Purchase. Journey Insights. One-on-one interviews.

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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. For a time, banks hoped that third-party CLO providers would help banks achieve their loyalty goals.

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Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Customer care – Conjoint/MaxDiff can help improve your support and care operations, with insight into what components of your customer care program are most important to your users, as well as what elements they’d be willing to pay more for. Hospitality. Retail Banking and Financial Services.

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

Another personal story: I arrived in a hotel in Melbourne, Australia. I am a member of their loyalty program, so they greet me, give me a room, and the first thing I do when I get into my room is get on the internet. Well, in this particular hotel, the system just said, “Thank you for being a member.

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

Another personal story: I arrived in a hotel in Melbourne, Australia. I am a member of their loyalty program, so they greet me, give me a room, and the first thing I do when I get into my room is get on the internet. Well, in this particular hotel, the system just said, “Thank you for being a member.

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Thematic

AUGUST 29, 2024

Lastly, some features delight customers because they exceed expectations, such as a surprise upgrade at a hotel. The program leader needs to hold others accountable for executing the changes. Don’t overlook customer retention incentives like loyalty programs, volume discounts, and extended warranties.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It has been my opinion for the past 10 years that creating a network of partners to support almost every type of loyalty program is the key to long-term success and creating value for all stakeholders. The purpose of this article is to discuss what mix of partners might be best for achieving these goals in your loyalty program.

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