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

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This fee is commonly how financial services brands have funded their loyalty rewards for at least the past decade. Within one year, over 100 bank-sponsored loyalty programs in Europe disappeared. Shutting down the loyalty programs was a huge strategic mistake by the banks. Rationalizing loyalty ROI vs other marketing channels.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 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? 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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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

MARCH 30, 2022

As I reflected on the presentation footage, I decided I wanted to share these principles with the many loyalty professionals I’ve met building Currency Alliance over the last seven years. In recent years, brands have invested more in loyalty. but within a few years it had become South Africa’s leading loyalty program.

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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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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

In the rush to amaze and delight, a la Zappos , organizations often overlook ways to truly provide experiences meaningful to that customer. A gentleman who travels extensively and is a top-tier member of a hotel loyalty program was telling me he just wished they’d ask him a few questions. A great experience, but for whom?

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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

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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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It allows us to keep customers engaged when business plans fly out the window, due to marketplace calamities, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Layering customer-centricity on top implies a single view of the customer – augmented with data from outside your business, and having the tools to make customer insight actionable.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2019

Few brands have yet appreciated that, as this blossoming mobility marketplace becomes highly competitive, strategies and tools will be needed to capture this insight, maximize customer retention, and minimize CPA – not just in their existing spheres of control, but across every channel that funnels customers to their service and keeps them engaged.

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Optimove

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

By delivering consistent, personalized messaging and content across multiple channels, brands create a, and by default, elevate engagement, cultivate trust and loyalty, and ultimately boost the bottom line. Delighted customers with no interest in playing the field regarding loyalty.

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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

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

MARCH 21, 2019

Loyalty systems were some of the first marketing technology, dating back 35 years. Making the same progress in loyalty has been much more difficult. The typical incumbent loyalty technology platform comprises five core modules: CRM/Analytics Platform. Loyalty Rules Engine. Now, these legacy systems are showing the strain.

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Oracle

JANUARY 17, 2019

So what is customer experience? Unlike customer service, its similar-sounding counterpart, customer experience doesn’t focus on one particular touchpoint. Their conversation discussed fan loyalty and the emotional bond fans form with their favorite teams. Can your organization do the same?”

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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

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

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 11, 2017

Loyalty program announcements so far this year indicate a major sea change. To get customers re-engaged, brands are making it easier to participate in their loyalty programs and are offering enhanced ways to redeem – so customers can make use of even small amounts of points/miles.

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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

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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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I plug in my flight, hotel and other trip information, and TripIt helps me by sending me reminders and alerting me to issues. Schedule a Touchpoint Discovery Workshop or let our Customer Experience Investigation™ team micromap the journey. Off the top of my head, here are just a few SaaS products I use on a regular basis.

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Qualtrics

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In the case of a hotel for example, guests are involved from the booking stage, right through to check out, before (hopefully) re-booking for next time. Businesses that have designed new experiences for customers inside of the current trends have a better chance at adapting to customer need and increasing customer loyalty in the long-run.

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Hallmark Business Connections

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With just a few tweaks of your customer experience processes, you can make a difference in people’s lives while simultaneously building brand reputation and loyalty. It all starts with equipping your employees with customer engagement tool kits. Does this mean you have to overhaul your customer experiences?

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ENGAGE.cx

OCTOBER 13, 2016

It starts with you jumping online to check out the availability with your favorite hotel company at your targeted destination. Before booking the room, you want to check a few details about the property, so you make a call to the company’s customer service department. Engagement Score Defines VIPs. Sound too good to be true?

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Optimove

JANUARY 16, 2024

In addition, we are honored by our partners, employees, and investors who have been instrumental in helping Optimove create the first Customer-Led Marketing Platform to uphold our promise: to unleash brands’ full potential so they can gain their customer’s loyalty for life. Pancras Hotel on March 20 th to 21 st.

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NetBase

MAY 23, 2019

Hertz is one brand we’ve seen taking this idea of maximizing customer touchpoints to heart – with great success. Instead of staying in their “corner,” the rental car company has engaged their customers and encouraged them to include their rental experience as part of their overall travel journey. Why the inconsistency?

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SurveySparrow

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It’s a way to provide instant responses and support to a large number of customers simultaneously. Online Booking Platforms : When you book a flight or reserve a hotel room online, you’re using a low touch service. This approach is ideal for customers who value the convenience of making bookings independently.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

It’s not the ROI, the seamless journey between touchpoints, or even the capacity to personalize the product or service we offer. I was standing outside our hotel restaurant one evening and noticed a middle-aged couple walking out of the restaurant. My mission was to win back an upset customer. Here is a case in point.

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Kitewheel

MARCH 25, 2019

How you can identify customer pain points more quickly this spring is by bringing journey analytics in house. Filling these gaps will have quick value and drive customer loyalty. One great way to start quickly is to implement a suppression campaign when customers are facing a service resolution issue.

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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. Internet of Things (IoT) & Blockchain.

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Smith+co CX

APRIL 17, 2014

They expect to be communicated with as an individual - and organisations that fall short of this are missing a key component of their customer engagement.”. Empower your people with the information and authority to make decisions, and take action, for customers – and support them when they do. Image: Bryan Cook.

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SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here’s a roadmap to help you get there: Gather Feedback : Gather feedback on a regular basis from your customers on different aspects of your business, but don’t limit yourself to traditional CSAT or NPS surveys. Take advantage of different types of surveys at different touchpoints of the customer journey.

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SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here’s a roadmap to help you get there: Gather Feedback : Gather feedback on a regular basis from your customers on different aspects of your business, but don’t limit yourself to traditional CSAT or NPS surveys. Take advantage of different types of surveys at different touchpoints of the customer journey.

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