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Pay with points: unlocking loyalty program value

Currency Alliance

It also implies that the customer can do this quite easily and freely, across a large proportion of a brand’s inventory, in its primary commerce channels. Pay with points is trending upward in loyalty marketing for three main reasons.

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The benefits of a SaaS Loyalty Points Bank

Currency Alliance

The Points Bank in a loyalty program is the module of software that keeps track of all transactions related to issuing, redeeming, or exchanging points among loyalty program members, partners and other stakeholders. The most important difference is in the flexibility that a SaaS points bank confers.

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Characteristics of a Winning Loyalty Program in 2025

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Apart from adapting to mobile apps and ditching plastic cards, the typical loyalty programs in 2020 still operate pretty much the same as they did at the turn of the century. And there are many, many more of these lookalike programs. Why hasn’t loyalty? Winning loyalty programs in 2025. Multi-serviced.

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Loyalty for CEOs: how to add enterprise value to your loyalty program

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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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Supermarkets: How to Build a Winning Loyalty Program

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One of the earliest loyalty programs came out of the grocery sector. Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app.

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Referral marketing software for the win: Our top 20 picks

BirdEye

Benefits of doing referral marketing A whopping 83% of individuals trust referrals or recommendations from friends and family more than any other marketing channel. Ambassador Ambassador is a versatile platform that manages referral, affiliate, and influencer marketing programs all in one place.

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How to use AI to Improve Customer Experience?

BirdEye

This is especially true for multi-location businesses catering to local customers. Apple) High-quality customer experience helps businesses grow loyalty programs and referral campaigns, lowering customer acquisition and retention spending. This is irrespective of the interaction channel they are currently using.