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Innovators break the mould, at the 2020 Loyalty Magazine Awards

Currency Alliance

Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Voxi is the ‘youth brand’ of Vodafone, whose highly successful VeryMe rewards program has previously been praised by Currency Alliance. A disloyal generation? Engaging employees.

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Breaking down the walls: Loyalty Magazine Awards 2019

Currency Alliance

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. Mastering customer data (finally).

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How to Create a Great Value Proposition for Your Customers

CSM Magazine

It should also include expected factors like easy return policies, fast shipping, and reward programs. Step 2 – Focus on underserved markets – including elements of your value proposition that are aimed specifically to underserved markets enable you to broaden your potential customer base.

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Consumer banking: money can’t buy loyalty

Currency Alliance

Bribing customers is easy and, as with most easy initiatives, not very profitable. Banks have been in and out of rewards programs for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework. For starters, it isn’t financially sustainable.

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Leader’s vision: #1 loyalty driver for the modern brand

Currency Alliance

And yet, many loyalty programs are run like barnacles on the side of a business: battling for budget, rather than being nurtured as the core way to engage customers via every channel and touchpoint. Rewards programs have not, historically, earned consistent loyalty across all customer segments. References. [i]

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How To Build A Strong Customer Centric Team

CSM Magazine

A company that values its customer’s business may set up a designated customer support team for complaints and feedback, but a customer centric company will put the needs of customers at the forefront of operations and ensure that all members of the team are on the same page.

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Loyalty Strategy 2019: How to Win in the Next Decade

Currency Alliance

The future represents much more collaboration among brands to serve common customers more effectively. An example of effective alignment of strategy with tactics include Australia’s Coles Supermarket chain and its flybuys reward program. altering customer behaviour to support corporate objectives, without upsetting people.

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