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. The reason I’m writing this article is that many loyalty teams have, historically, not executed brilliantly.

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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 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

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

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

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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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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

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. Economic cycles aside, though, the real problem is that it attracts entirely the wrong sort of customer. 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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Opinionator

JULY 10, 2020

Specifically resulting in greater customer loyalty. A point of sale or receipt survey collects customers feedback by requesting it on the receipt of the purchase. Hotels and accommodation providers. We think that the more valuable information would be delivered by these non customers. What are POS Surveys?

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Pointillist

JULY 5, 2019

And before even considering your request for increased resources, your CFO wants you to show the ROI of your customer experience initiatives. How Mature is Your Voice of Customer Program? Unfortunately, the voice of customer program at most companies stalls at this stage. I conveniently ignored the email.

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John Paul

JULY 26, 2018

To stay relevant, concierge and customer loyalty companies must speed up the pace of innovation and adopt new strategies, while also striking the right balance between dedicated human interaction and digital automation. Connected Devices & Smart-Home Assistants. Internet of Things (IoT) & Blockchain.

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Pointillist

MARCH 20, 2020

Customer Journey Analytics Example #2: Measure and Improve CX Customer experience, analytics and marketing professionals across industries report that measuring CX is one of the top five biggest challenges encountered today. Next, the team determines the most effective channels and timing.

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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. On-Premises Feedback (Geolocation).

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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. Customer Journey Orchestration: Accordant on Finding a Path to Purchase. How to Optimize Omnichannel Customer Journeys With Customer Journey Analytics.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He is an author of Moments of Magic®, The Loyal Customer, The Cult of the Customer, The Amazement Revolution, Amaze Every Customer Every Time, Be Amazing or Go Home, and The Convenience Revolution and a creator of a customer service training program, Customer Focus , aiming to help clients build a customer service culture and loyalty mindset.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 23, 2020

Most companies in today’s highly competitive digital economy realize that winning the hearts, minds and wallets of customers hinges on delivering experiences that meet or exceed expectations at all stages of the customer journey. What is your mood as you settle into your hotel, meet the locals, and explore the food and culture?

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