Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It is the most powerful, yet under appreciated module (or tool) in a loyalty marketing stack of software. The loyalty rules engine is the module that enables the types of promotions that are familiar from every major loyalty program. This would not require much of a rules engine – since your program has no variation.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Social Media ROI 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

The smart ones kept a loyalty strategy even if they eliminated the points, but some foolishly acted as though their rewards program was their loyalty strategy – and threw the baby out with the bath water. Merchants across retail, travel, utilities, healthcare, etc. Revenues also increased by 10.4% equates to $76m USD.

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Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

ERDM

JANUARY 8, 2018

While not at work, Rosenfeld serves as a board member for charity and academic institutions, is an instructor for the SMU CAPE Digital Analytics and Insights Certificate Program, and enjoys traveling with his family. Rosenfeld recently participated in our “ 4 Questions for Marketing Innovators ” series. Why is this so important?

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Travel ROI 40

BirdEye

MARCH 24, 2023

A sound strategy will allow you to identify, incubate, and execute new business development concepts that lead to innovation, new partnerships, and better relationships with new and existing customers. Offers help prospects feel engaged and inspired by their interaction with your product or service. An astonishing 99.9%

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2023 Return on Investment Social Media Sales 98

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. As the saying goes, ‘garbage in, garbage out’.

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Loyalty Marketing Airlines Loyalty Programs 52

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. The article covers the various brands which have joined the Scene+ loyalty coalition.

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Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

People are changing the way they shop, how they can travel, where they eat, how they work, and how they stay in contact with loved ones. Even as restrictions are gradually lifted, there’s likely to be longer term impacts on how consumers interact with the hospitality industry.

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Hospitality Retail Rewards Programs ROI 29

SurveySparrow

JANUARY 7, 2021

Whether your customers shop for their own need or on behalf of their organization, they simply expect a memorable interaction with the brand. 52% of customers are changing their purchasing behavior, and 65% are postponing travel and purchases. According to Salesforce, 80% of consumers said, the experience is as important as products.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

So, with competition across nearly every category, all companies now need a loyalty strategy. Not every company needs a loyalty program with points, gift cards, or other incentives, but very few businesses can survive without a base of loyal customers that makes up 30-50% of recurring total sales.

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Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement Airlines 59

CSM Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

Each one is a chance for you to nurture their interactions towards a sale, referred to as customer touchpoints. Optimizing your customer touchpoints can lead to stronger brand loyalty, more revenue, and improved sales. A customer touchpoint is any interaction a customer has with a business, from first learnings to repeat sales.

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Touchpoint Customer Journey Loyalty Programs Social Media 69

SmartKarrot

JULY 6, 2022

Although technology makes engagement simpler, it is somewhat less likely to nurture long-lasting relationships than face-to-face interactions. It’s crucial to consider your organization’s travel requirements for the workforce. Additionally, travel expenses were virtually eliminated from budgets due to the pandemic.

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Chief Customer Officer Roadmap Customer Success Travel 10

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recognizing loyalty program members at the Point of Sale (POS) has been challenging for over 30 years. The result is that it can be difficult for a retailer to deliver a smooth customer experience when identifying their own loyalty program members, or customers in partner loyalty programs, at the POS.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Retail Banking 59

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But there remain some fundamental things that loyalty programs need to achieve to weather the looming storm that open banking, mobile payments, aggregation models, and other marketplace dynamics will bring. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

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Loyalty 2020 Loyalty Programs Travel 64

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Having benchmarked and talked to hundreds of loyalty programs in the past few months, what we think program leaders ought to be doing during the next 3-6 months is preparing a plan to realign their loyalty program design with the broader business strategy and core value propositions. Customer data: maximize ROI.

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Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

SurveySensum

AUGUST 24, 2023

This feature allows you to purchase items in a single click while remaining on the same page as compared to the ‘Add to cart ’ option where you need to interact with multiple pages to place an order. This innovation aligns perfectly with the modern consumer’s desire for efficiency and convenience.

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Brands Airlines Effort Score Banking 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Second, if you’re already familiar with the economics, it provides a narrative framework for upskilling your own teams, to help everyone you work with understand what will drive success and failure in loyalty marketing. The souk , the shopping mall, Online Travel Agencies, and Amazon.com are all testament to this reality.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Travel Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Loyalty marketing, however, has been restrained (or, arguably, sheltered) by monolithic tech, and probably a lack of interest, as other, sexier marketing innovations stole center-stage. 2020, however, seems likely to be the year in which stars align for a more profitable, productive and open future for loyalty. This is so true.

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Loyalty 2020 Hotels Loyalty Programs 40

Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2022

Behind the scenes, ‘API-enabled’ (or ideally ‘API-first’) implies a technical architecture that allows computer systems to interact with each other – allowing each to perform those tasks for which it was optimized – and that most of the systems are relatively independent in how they operate. Device agnostic.

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Loyalty Technology Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

Independent of individual program achievements, the most important development across the industry has not been in individual technological triumphs, but a hastening structural shift in how brands understand and approach the purpose of their loyalty programs. ING Direct is one of those brands. Kudos to them.

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Magazine Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs 49

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Touchpoint ROI 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. Most loyalty programs still retain largely the same design as 20 years ago. The key to getting customers once again actively involved in loyalty program participation is through providing greater liquidity.

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Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement Loyalty Programs 45

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Multi-Channel 52

BirdEye

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Leverage social media platforms Social media management builds brand awareness and customer loyalty. By regularly sharing content and promotions and interacting with your audience, you stay top-of-mind when customers need carpet cleaning services. Share reviews on your website Use reviews to improve Google ad performance 3.

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Marketing Social Media Advertising B2B 57

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

Forrester defines customer journey analytics is “an analytics practice that combines quantitative and qualitative data to analyze customer behaviors and motivations across touchpoints and over time to optimize customer interactions and predict future behavior.”. Visualize a “future-state” customer experience to spur innovation.

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Retently

MARCH 18, 2019

Here are just some ways these companies achieve that goal: They Make Customer Interactions with Their Brands Effortless. Unique, Innovative Products and Offers. Most of the brands we’re discussing in this article have an innovative value proposition. High Customer Loyalty and Word of Mouth Advertising.

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Net Promoter Score NPS Customer Retention Loyalty 133

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. Most loyalty programs report how many members they have.

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Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Touchpoint 52