Currency Alliance

MARCH 20, 2020

There are really only four ways to create value for all stakeholders in a loyalty program: maintain low operating costs, and funnel the savings into rewards. add complementary partners in every spending category so the program and the currency are more useful and interesting. Not every loyalty program seems to appreciate this.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Therefore, all types of marketing and sales disciplines started to evolve to incentivize and influence customer choice in order to drive more revenue. So, with competition across nearly every category, all companies now need a loyalty strategy. Incentives must be tailored to the customer’s context.

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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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Lumoa

JUNE 26, 2023

In fact, several companies, ranging from media to finance, are already investing in an omnichannel customer experience to boost their sales and revenue. For example, Target, one of the top US retail chains, improved its pickup sales with an omnichannel campaign. Can you work with the same efficiency?

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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. Next, we explain how to increase the perceived value of your loyalty currency, so that your loyalty program is more effective, and the ROI increases.

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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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BirdEye

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here, the customer may not understand 'TBD' (To Be Determined) and may want the business to take their question seriously. Right approach Customer: "When is the sale ending?" Business: "The sale's end date is TBA! For instance, customers would likely skim through a lengthy text about a sale. Stay tuned!”

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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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Currency Alliance

MARCH 9, 2021

This made it very challenging to present content and products at the same time, so a brand had to optimize for either content (experience) or sales (commerce). It also allows companies the agility to introduce loyalty marketing into every sales channel or customer touchpoint to drive meaningful engagement.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This presentation is about driving customer engagement, and how the loyalty industry is transforming in order to engage with the mid-tail and long-tail customer. Loyalty programs must evolve to keep customers engaged. It just won’t grow with stand-alone loyalty programs.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Customers expect flexibility and convenience from the companies they do business with because people live in a world where almost everything is accessible with a few clicks on their smartphone. Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. How do we define greater liquidity in loyalty programs?

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

So, while the major loyalty trends for 2023 will be oriented around cost control, this will be accompanied by refocusing investment where it’s most profitable. This article shares the lowest hanging fruit for keeping customers engaged and delivering more profit to the bottom line. embedding loyalty mechanics across the business.

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BirdEye

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We’re living in an era of customer engagement, where every delighted client can become your best marketer. This strategy transforms satisfied customers into brand champions who actively refer new business. More sales? Choose appropriate incentives: Find rewards that make customers genuinely excited to participate.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Because each customer segment will respond differently to available loyalty incentives, tailoring the customer experience by segment across channels is essential to maximize ROI. Millions of longstanding loyalty programs are testament to the fact that loyalty marketing can be optimized for the benefit of all stakeholders.

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This has mostly been via low-investment, tactical approaches that increase ROI, and educate the C-suite regarding long-term strategic value. Faced by this looming ‘perfect storm’ of change, the sheltered existence, that many leading loyalty programs have enjoyed for three decades, is coming to an end. An uncertain future.

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SmartMessage Blog

JULY 13, 2023

As far as the costs are concerned, statistics show that it is more expensive to acquire new customers compared to customers in hand. By focusing on retention, companies can decrease lead generation costs and improve their ROI. In some cases, loyal customers act even like fans and support brands with full dedication.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 1, 2020

Loyalty marketing is a mix of science and art, but in its most basic form, loyalty programs are a value exchange. The customer shares information and gives the brand permission to communicate in exchange for better experiences and value. They don’t use the data that customers provide. Ways to build perceived value.

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BirdEye

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Customer acquisition metrics 7 popular customer acquisition channels for businesses Case study: Customer acquisition strategy example of Complete Care FAQs about customer acquisition Boost customer acquisition rates with Birdeye What is customer acquisition? What is a customer acquisition strategy?

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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Some are simply getting accumulated by active loyalty program members and will soon be redeemed, but probably half of this balance is held by less frequent customers; and, they are unlikely to be able to put the points to much use – which will eventually lead to frustration when the points expire.

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Retently

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

survey data helps identify effective marketing channels, adapt campaigns for better ROI, and build stronger customer relationships through informed strategy adjustments. Enhancing customer engagement These surveys do more than just help you understand your marketing channels; they also serve as a bridge between you and your customers.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Motivation.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Motivation.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

While travel and retail brands have made a lot of progress in the last 24 months, the bulk of innovation has come from other consumer sectors – including media businesses, entertainment, and telecoms providers, which in recent years appeared to regard loyalty as a lost cause. Hybrid points programs.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 7, 2021

But make no mistake; failing in the medium-to-long term on these Loyalty Imperatives will put your customer relationships at risk and ultimately damage your brand. Most programs do a fairly good job focusing on frequent customers. The Loyalty Imperatives answer that question. Loyalty programs are no different.

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BirdEye

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Run email marketing campaigns Another form of direct marketing strategy with a high ROI and guaranteed conversion rates is email marketing. The biggest advantage of this roofing marketing strategy is that customers have opted in to hear your messages and are more likely to book your service. How can I improve my roof sales?

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Confirmit

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Increasing customer loyalty is a key goal of any business, and contributes greatly towards sustainable growth. Despite this fact, and irrefutable evidence that existing customers are more valuable than new ones, customer retention has often taken a back seat to driving sales. Learn More. Confirmit can prove it!

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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

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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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. Under the microservices model, customer data is in one enterprise CRM that coordinates with one enterprise Campaign Management System to coordinate touchpoints.

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Storyminers

AUGUST 21, 2018

People of all ages enjoy downloading an app that provides a loyalty program, offers discounts or gives other perks to users. Encourage your customers to download the app and then track their purchases. You can offer pings when an item they’d be interested in comes into the store or goes on sale. Engage Generations.

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Pointillist

JUNE 15, 2018

The answer isn’t acquiring two new customers. Much of the marketing world is still focused on customer acquisition, but to improve customer retention will yield f ar better ROI and cost about 5-25X less than customer acquisition. Is Retention About Churn or Loyalty? Build Effective Loyalty Programs.

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ClearAction

OCTOBER 1, 2018

“Only one in eight Sales and Marketing professionals believe their organization’s ability to deliver connected, personalized, contextual experiences, regardless of channel and across the entire organization, is exceptional.” Another example is Temkin Group’s 2018 Customer Experience Competency and Maturity Assessment.

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Storyminers

AUGUST 21, 2018

People of all ages enjoy downloading an app that provides a loyalty program, offers discounts or gives other perks to users. Encourage your customers to download the app and then track their purchases. You can offer pings when an item they’d be interested in comes into the store or goes on sale. Engage Generations.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 21, 2018

In brief: what we’d fully expected (and set out in our ‘ Top Loyalty Trends ’ blog several months ago) was large scale proliferation and diversification of loyalty marketing, as brands beyond established loyalty sectors discovered how better customer experience could deliver bigger ROI. Currency Alliance can help.

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