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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of December 16, 2024

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Loyalty Programs Are GrowingSo Are Customer Expectations by Ed Crouch, Ben Eppler, Lauren Taylor, Christina Mhlenbein, and Elizabeth Hearne (Boston Consulting Group) This article explains that the incentives companies offer in a loyalty program must go beyond points, perks, and cash. What does that mean?

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of March 24, 2025

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Starbucks Raises the Bar on Customer Loyalty with Ad Campaign from Anomaly by Andrea Surnit (DesignRush) Companies that integrate storytelling, sensory marketing, and customer incentives can cultivate long-term relationships that ultimately drive revenue. My Comment: Lets take another lesson from Starbucks.

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The Loyalty Debate, in Association with Loyalty Magazine

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These, and other important questions, were subject of a debate held recently at the Visa Innovation Center in London, and Convened by Annich McIntosh of Loyalty Magazine. Loyalty Coalitions are Morphing into Marketplaces. What’s the Role of Points in Modern Loyalty Marketing? How to Earn Loyalty Through Payments.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of September 16, 2024

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Only 14% of Customer Service Issues Are Fully Resolved in Self-Service by CRM Magazine (CRM Magazine) Customers resolve only 14 percent of their service and support issues fully in self-service, and even for issues that customers describe as very simple, only 36 percent resolve fully in self-service, Gartner found in a new consumer study.

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Breaking down the walls: Loyalty Magazine Awards 2019

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This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. 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.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of May 13, 2019

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Seven Tips For Successful Customer Loyalty Programs In 2019 by Sallie Burnett. Forbes)Boosting customer loyalty is an ongoing challenge for marketers, and below are seven strategic tips for increasing engagement and strengthening customer loyalty. That’s not a bad thing. by Michael Stelzer.

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Innovators break the mould, at the 2020 Loyalty Magazine Awards

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For most of the last decade, loyalty marketing seemed to be on autopilot for many brands – but the tide is turning. Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Hybrid points programs.

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