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

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. This year, a continuing key theme in loyalty will be the ability to drive even greater customer value at lower direct cost.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Countless articles have been written about enhancing the hotel customer experience (CX) with technology. The hotel market is becoming more competitive, with a larger share of wallet being spent on a greater variety of services. On the contrary, the hotel remains a highly valued experience offering.

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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

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Until a few years ago, brands would have reacted to an uncertain economy by cutting services that deliver customer value. Some brands will do this in 2023, but actually, the loyalty & marketing industries have learned from recent experience that this costs you money in the long run. embedding loyalty mechanics across the business.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. Rewards that are interesting for less-frequent customers, as well as to frequent customers, motivate every customer to engage more, and increase the share of wallet that they allocate to your brand.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. Rewards that are interesting for less-frequent customers, as well as to frequent customers, motivate every customer to engage more, and increase the share of wallet that they allocate to your brand.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is the blog version of our Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. For a more engaging read, click here to Currency Alliance Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. There was a mix of good and bad, for loyalty in 2019. The widespread devaluation of loyalty currencies during the past few years brings this into sharp focus.

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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. It’s not unusual for the very best programs to comprise 15%-30% of a business’s enterprise value.

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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. The functionality in loyalty systems is being broken up.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Escalating competition across sectors – not a purported “death of loyalty” – is making loyalty harder earned. As a result, major loyalty trends for 2019 will see a wave of innovation as established brands trial new ways to retain share of mind. Loyalty marketing breaking ground in new sectors. Smarter budgeting.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In December 2018, we published what we consider will be the Top 10 Trends in loyalty marketing during 2019. Businesses, their markets, and customer behavior have evolved dramatically in the past 10 years, yet most loyalty programs have only made incremental changes (in some cases to the detriment of customers).

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

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. Brilliantly, Voxi has spun this very feature into a loyalty driver.

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Currency Alliance

AUGUST 16, 2019

Loyalty programs once enabled relatively personalized marketing. From a standing start of zero customer data some 20 years ago, brands became able to incentivize desired behaviors in highly-predictable customer segments. Value, that is, to a minority of highly-frequent, high-spending customers.

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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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Retently

JUNE 28, 2022

Net Promoter Score® lets you measure and analyze customer satisfaction to learn more about what people like (and dislike) about your product or business. It’s a valuable metric – for most companies and it’s the most valuable metric available for measuring customer loyalty and satisfaction. Actually, 58.7%

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. Really, for those relatively few brands achieving impressive levels of customer engagement, it’s breath-taking how fast the industry has progressed in such a short time. 1. Looking beyond transactional rewards.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

“Extra” was a 4% interest rate which earned the average working family £100-200 a year – the kind of value you can earn from a supermarket loyalty card. This led many banks in Europe to close their rewards program over the past three years. Customers appreciate the free money, but it simply doesn’t make them loyal.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We have seen tremendous change across many industries during the past 40-50 years, and these changes can help predict the next evolution in the loyalty sector. Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. Most loyalty programs still retain largely the same design as 20 years ago.

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SurveySparrow

JUNE 28, 2023

It offers a unique, tailored experience that goes beyond a transaction, making customers feel valued and understood. By tapping into individual preferences and needs, personalization enhances customer satisfaction and boosts loyalty, influencing repeat business. Thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2023

13 ways to retain existing loyal clients—no matter what the market climate by Fast Company Executive Board (Fast Company) Reassuring your customer base that you value their business and want them to succeed—whether they’re up or down—is what really matters and builds better partnerships. It’s a win-win.

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Totango

JUNE 4, 2021

We’ll show you how to multiply opportunities for engagement through strategies such as personalization, in-app messaging, customized promotions and loyalty programs. By combining technology with best practices, you can maximize interaction with your clients and build brand loyalty. Reward Customer Loyalty.

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SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Brand Example: Apple is renowned for its exceptional customer service, exemplified by its Genius Bar at Apple Stores. Highly trained and knowledgeable staff provide personalized assistance, troubleshooting, and support to customers, fostering a strong sense of trust and loyalty.

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SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Brand Example: Apple is renowned for its exceptional customer service, exemplified by its Genius Bar at Apple Stores. Highly trained and knowledgeable staff provide personalized assistance, troubleshooting, and support to customers, fostering a strong sense of trust and loyalty.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 21, 2020

A lot of business owners want to reduce customer churn and retain as many as possible. Stable customer base results in higher referrals, improved upsell revenue and increased lifetime value (LTV) which further results in improved customer acquisition in future. If anything, loyalty programs are soaring.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2023

13 ways to retain existing loyal clients—no matter what the market climate by Fast Company Executive Board (Fast Company) Reassuring your customer base that you value their business and want them to succeed—whether they’re up or down—is what really matters and builds better partnerships. It’s a win-win.

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OpinionLab

MARCH 12, 2015

But if your approach is to merely review what people are saying on your site, you’ll most likely fall into one of the following mindsets: We don’t get enough feedback on the site to be representative of our customer base. Empower your store managers, hotel managers, etc.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Whatever be the case, it is only a good customer experience that can make you recommend it to your loved ones. . How do you make your company customer-centric? . Research is the only way on which you can base the foundation for a strong and loyal customer base. . Customer Loyalty & Customer Service Quotes.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Customer loyalty. It is a direct culmination of efforts- a loyal customer base. To keep customers invested and involved, you need to send direct communication and involve them in a loyalty program. Real-life customer success strategy examples of reputed brands. Hyatt Hotels.

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Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

Real-time personalization is a way to automatically deliver tailored content to each customer based on demographic, firmographic and behavioral data. A recent McKinsey survey, for example, indicates customer satisfaction with health insurance is 73% more likely when journeys work well than when only touchpoints do.

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