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Loyalty partners: co-creating customer value

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The best-known loyalty programs are made up of many partnerships – such as United Airlines and Hilton Hotels, or Emirates and Marriott. The majority of existing partnerships at big loyalty programs are brokered with one goal in mind: creating more value for the most frequent customers.

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Loyalty programs: should you issue your own points or miles?

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Many loyalty program members will now be accustomed to similar liquidity enhancements, such as exchanging your American Express Membership Rewards Points into Avios or Bonvoy. Remember, your loyalty goal is not to issue the maximum number of points, but for the maximum number of customers to see joining your program as worthwhile.

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Consumer banking: money can’t buy loyalty

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In retail banking, this manifested in various ways: relatively high interest rates and ‘free’ account services in the UK, or card-linked offers (CLOs) which found a degree of appeal in the US and have been expanding worldwide. Bribing customers is easy and, as with most easy initiatives, not very profitable. More money, fewer monies.

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Innovators break the mould, at the 2020 Loyalty Magazine Awards

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Loyalty had evolved into a fairly segregated marketing function, but many of this years’ entries were more comprehensive, loyalty-enabled marketing programs. As more holistic marketing initiatives, loyalty mechanics were harnessed to drive and measure engagement across channels, and across many more customer touchpoints.

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Loyalty Strategy 2019: How to Win in the Next Decade

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Partners: optimize the mix to appeal to a broader array of customers. Emotional loyalty: add incentives along many touchpoints in customer journeys. For example, maximizing customer Lifetime Value (LTV) might be the primary objective. altering customer behaviour to support corporate objectives, without upsetting people.

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10 Outstanding Customer Experience Examples Under Diverse Sectors

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Zappos Sector: Retail Zappos, an online shoe and clothing retailer, has built its brand on a foundation of exceptional customer service. Zappos provides 24/7 customer support and a 365-day return policy, setting a high standard for customer service in the retail industry.

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Reconsidering Loyalty: Top Loyalty Trends for 2019

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Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. YouGov data from the UK shows that even the youth demographic – supposedly disloyal – thinks that points programs “are a good way for brands to reward customers and 59% think all brands should offer one.”. [iii].

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