Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

Many people assume that operating a loyalty program necessarily implies issuing your own loyalty points or miles. The optimal points to offer mostly depends on the frequency of engagement your brand has with target customers. Points and miles are a dominant and popular form of loyalty value.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Banking 52

ShepHyken

JUNE 21, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Do Your Rewards Rock? The Wise Marketer) Too many reward programs solely focus on the points, rather than on the rewards their points or miles make possible. Is Simpler Better For Rewards Programs?

Rewards Programs 79

Rewards Programs Customer Service Loyalty Programs Loyalty 79

Joe Rawlinson

JULY 24, 2019

Did you know that research by Bain & Company found out that increasing customer retention rate by just 5% can increase profits by 25-95% ? If there’s one thing that always bears on the mind of businesses, it is this: What drives a customer to come back for more? Real-Time Customer Support. Customer Reward Programs.

Loyalty 107

Loyalty Sales First Call Resolution Rewards Programs 107

Interactions

DECEMBER 12, 2019

How are you delighting your customers? A delighted customer is loyal. Increased loyalty often translates into those customers making more purchases, more often. The reason is clear: better customer experience translates into increased loyalty. Retailers are investing in improving CX.

Retail 62

Retail Loyalty Rewards Programs Self Service 62

SurveySparrow

JUNE 22, 2023

In today’s business world, customers’ expectations are higher than ever, with each interaction playing a vital role in shaping their overall perception of your brand. Delivering a standout customer experience (CX) is the key to outpacing your competition and fostering customer loyalty.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Examples Customer Experience e-support 52

SurveySparrow

JUNE 19, 2023

“Did you know that 86% of consumers are willing to pay more for a better customer service experience?” Good customer service fulfills basic expectations, but great customer service ? It goes above and beyond, leaving a lasting impression and fostering loyalty. What is Customer Service Experience?

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Exceptional Customer Service 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Loyalty partnerships with complementary brands are the best way to create additional value, for customers and for your business. Depending on the maturity of your loyalty program, you may already have some program partners, or be a partner in somebody else’s program.

Loyalty 59

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Travel 59

SurveySensum

JULY 19, 2023

According to a new Forbes Insights and Arm Treasure Data survey of more than 1000 customers worldwide, 74% of customers said they are likely to buy from brands based on experience alone. This statistic emphasizes the critical role that retail customer experience plays in customer loyalty, brand advocacy, and business growth.

Retail 40

Retail Examples Customer Experience Social Media 40

SurveySensum

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is where many businesses drop the ball: post-purchase customer experience. Ready to level up that customer love? Here are 7 Small but Impactful Ways to Improve Customer Experience Immediately After Making a Sale 1. So, let’s talk about that sweet spot right after sealing the deal. Let’s do this!

Sales 52

Sales Customer Experience Social Media Tips 52

delighted

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Retail customer experience was predicated around these physical elements and touchpoints: Are the employees helpful? Does the store carry the products customers are looking for? Does their return policy make it easy for customers to easily exchange the product if it doesn’t match expectations? What is retail?

Retail 70

Retail Customer Experience Omni-Channel Effort Score 70

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. Greater investment to meet consumers’ insatiable appetite for experiences.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 45

PK

JULY 15, 2019

in The Forrester Wave : Loyalty Service Providers, Q3 2019 report. Whereas past Wave reports have focused on loyalty platform technology providers, this is the first time a Wave report focused exclusively on leading loyalty firms offering services, from visioning and strategy through design, development, and launch of new member experiences.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Roadmap Rewards Programs 45

Retently

MARCH 18, 2024

Through carefully crafted service survey questions, businesses can glean insights into customer sentiment, measure the impact of their customer service team, and understand the shades of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Count on actionable insight to elevate your customer interactions. So, why do they matter?

Survey 139

Survey Customer Service Strategy Effort Score 139

CX University

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Customer Experience has been a buzz word amongst C-Level executives for some time now and for good reason too. Customer-facing teams in sales and service-orientated environments embrace the concept. Customer-facing teams in sales and service-orientated environments embrace the concept. This list goes on.

Net Promoter Score 98

Net Promoter Score Brands Effort Score Loyalty Programs 98

Currency Alliance

JANUARY 22, 2020

The top loyalty jobs are tough. Every CEO waxes lyrical about the importance of loyalty. Every CFO knows a loyal customer is many times more profitable than others. Rewards programs have not, historically, earned consistent loyalty across all customer segments. Points alone don’t earn much loyalty.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Brands Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 40

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. What really stood out is which brands were pulling off these feats.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

Customer engagement has become one of the most critical success factors for retailers looking to drive sales, loyalty, and overall business growth. However, with the increasing complexity and diversity of today’s retail environment, engaging with customers has become a more challenging task.

Retail 52

Retail Customer Engagement Engagement Social Media 52

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.

Loyalty 49

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Gamification Airlines 49

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

A 2018 Collinson study reported that 66% of financial services professionals say their bank “does not understand why customers are loyal or have a strategy to strengthen customer relationships”[i]. Bribing customers is easy and, as with most easy initiatives, not very profitable. Actually, they do. Extra what?

Banking 40

Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

SurveySparrow

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Customer retention is one of the crucial aspects of business. Since it’s plain as sky that it’s harder to acquire a new customer than to retain one, most companies go retention. Let’s start by understanding the key features a customer retention software must have. And for this, customer support and feedback tools are essential.

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention Software Gamification e-support 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The overarching loyalty trend of 2020 will continue to be brands getting to grips with digital transformation. If that sounds like loyalty is late to the party, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. 2020, however, seems likely to be the year in which stars align for a more profitable, productive and open future for loyalty.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Hotels 40

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).

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

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.

Loyalty 58

Loyalty Banking Loyalty Programs CRM 58

ReviewTrackers

MARCH 14, 2019

The Importance of Customer Journey in Banking. Fickle consumer loyalty and ever-changing preferences. This makes it critical for banks to get into the customer journey mindset. Knowing the customer’s process from beginning to end is hugely important. What Does Customer Journey in Banking Mean? . Regulation.

Banking 94

Banking Customer Journeys Touchpoint Rewards Programs 94

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?

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Loyalty Programs How To Hotels 40

delighted

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Retail customer experience was predicated around these physical elements and touchpoints: Are the employees helpful? Does the store carry the products customers are looking for? Does their return policy make it easy for customers to easily exchange the product if it doesn’t match expectations? What is retail?

Retail 40

Retail Customer Experience Omni-Channel Effort Score 40

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.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Hotels 52

SurveySparrow

MARCH 29, 2023

With the increasing number of eCommerce stores, business owners should find ways to streamline the experience of their customers. This is where mapping the ecommerce customer journey becomes important. The typical ecommerce customer journey can take days, and it can involve multiple channels. And that is no longer true.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Ecommerce Touchpoint Social Media 52

Customer Guru

JUNE 26, 2018

What is an omnichannel experience? Omnichannel experience is not just a buzzword. Omnichannel experience is a revolutionary multichannel approach for marketing, selling, and serving customers in order to provide a cohesive customer experience. Why is omnichannel experience important?

Omni-Channel 82

Omni-Channel Retail Loyalty Programs Social Media 82

delighted

DECEMBER 10, 2019

ROX is the new customer experience ROI. Let’s get right into it — how customers perceive your brand can influence the success of your business more than ever before. In light of this, ROX is emerging as a way for companies to measure how improving customer experience drives consumer behavior and yields measurable results.

ROI 40

ROI Measurement Customer Experience Effort Score 40

Think Customers

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Timothy Blank, a vice president at TTEC, recently spoke with Customer Strategist Journal Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Glagowski about the crucial role practice plays in a sales team’s success. Value your customers. Customer loyalty is absolutely critical,” said Blank, referring to both relationship-building and bottom-line benefits. “The

Omni-Channel 52

Omni-Channel Sales Rewards Programs Effort Score 52

delighted

JUNE 1, 2022

Selling to your existing customers is far easier than acquiring new customers. The general rule of thumb is it costs five times as much to generate a new customer than to sell to your existing customers. Your current customers are also more likely to spend more. Why is customer lifetime value important?

Net Promoter Score 71

Net Promoter Score Customer Retention Self Service Loyalty 71

SurveySparrow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Acquiring new customers is harder than ever. Customers are not really looking at the next shiny thing because each entrant into the market showcases themselves like it. Getting feedback directly from your customers has a lot of benefits associated with it. Touchpoints that provide a less-than-ideal experience for your customer.

Sales 59

Sales Survey How To Omni-Channel 59

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 7, 2018

And it’s time you gear up to tackle all customer queries and requests on time. Now, there are many online platforms that advice you on how to improve your customer service this holiday season. They all have some practical tips that contribute to building a better service for your customers. That’s okay. Tweet this.

Tips 96

Tips Customer Service Self Service Chief Customer Officer 96

Kitewheel

MARCH 25, 2019

What changes has your business made this year to improve the experience customers have with your brand? Last year, we saw incredible growth in Customer Experience (CX) investments and for good reason. Unfortunately, many businesses still struggle to deliver great, well-orchestrated experiences.

ROI 76

ROI Hotels Customer Journeys Retail 76

Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Find out how Conjoint/MaxDiff can help you use real-time feedback to develop the products and services your customers need both now, and as you emerge from the other side of the coronavirus crisis. It puts respondents through real-world experiences that are extremely familiar to them to gauge their interest in various product attributes.

Hospitality 29

Hospitality Retail Rewards Programs Analysis 29

Bold360

JULY 13, 2017

Multichannel and omnichannel might be this decade’s buzzwords, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t also essential to success for both your business and customers. Refers to the multiple ways your business and customers can interact with one another. Gives a Collective Content Experience, between all of these channels. .

Omni-Channel 56

Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Advertising Social Media 56