Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Loyalty had evolved into a fairly segregated marketing function, but many of this years’ entries were more comprehensive, loyalty-enabled marketing programs. Hybrid points programs.

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Magazine Loyalty Innovation 2020 52

Currency Alliance

JANUARY 22, 2020

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.

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Loyalty Brands Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 40

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. What is great about The Loyalty Magazine Awards is the willingness to share why each brand won their award or received special recognition – which allows us, as practitioners, to learn, and not just enjoy the gin fizz. Mastering customer data (finally).

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Magazine Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs 49

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

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. Compounded in Europe by the slashing of interchange fees, banks have been left with reduced margins from which to carve out rewards value[v]. More money, fewer monies.

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Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These personas can serve as guidelines when designing new experiences and touchpoints along the customer journey. Identify Touchpoints : Carefully consider every single interaction point between the customer and your brand – including website visits, emails, social media posts, phone calls etc.

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Customer Experience Rewards Programs Omnichannel Touchpoint 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

But a customer’s values have a great deal to do with where they allocate their loyalty, and every business must now start sharing their emissions reduction plans and results, so that customers can feel that they are aligned with a brand that cares enough to measure their impact. Brands reward more touchpoints to grow emotional loyalty.

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Loyalty 2020 Hotels Loyalty Programs 40

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Emotional loyalty: add incentives along many touchpoints in customer journeys. The reality is that there are a lot of people slapping each other’s backs about incremental gains, while most brands still have less than 1/3 rd of customers active in their loyalty programs. Of equal importance are the resources to measure results.

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Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs Hotels 45