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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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Innovators break the mould, at the 2020 Loyalty Magazine Awards

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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. A disloyal generation?

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of May 13, 2024

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Magazine) With the advent of the internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. Our customer service and CX research found that 43% of US consumers would rather clean a toilet than contact customer support. Ease of use.

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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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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 26, 2024

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Our customer service research sponsored by RingCentral (brand new 2024 report is now out) includes a humorous stat/finding: 79% of US consumers have called customer support and been caught in the automated menu system and repeatedly screamed, “Agent” or “Representative,” and eventually hung up out of frustration. Louis Magazine (St.

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Loyalty Magazine Awards 2018: Tales of the (Mostly) Expected?

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That’s been my feeling as I mull over this year’s Loyalty Magazine Awards, where Currency Alliance was proud to be Prime Sponsor. So in the context of the gongs now having been handed down, here’s a look out over loyalty marketing landscape: what makes a winning program now, and what new surprises might be in store for 2019.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 4-25-2022

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Consumers Prefer Traffic Jams Over a Bad Customer Experience by Retail Customer Experience. Retail Customer Experience) More than half, 60%, of consumers would rather sit in a traffic jam than have a poor customer experience, according to a Telus International survey. Top 10 Signs Your Loyalty Program Needs Rehab by Dan Jurek.

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