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Shared value is the customer experience of the future: 5 key takeaways from the 2017 Asia Pacific Customer Intelligence Summit

Alida

On July 13 2017, over two hundred Vision Critical customers, insights, marketing and CX professionals gathered in Sydney for the Asia Pacific Customer Intelligence Summit, Vision Critical’s 7th annual customer summit. As predicted by Gartner , 89% of businesses will compete primarily on customer experience by 2017.

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Supermarkets: How to Build a Winning Loyalty Program

Currency Alliance

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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Let’s shape the future of loyalty programs

Currency Alliance

Every industry now has to be conscious of the heightened, personalized demands of the modern consumer, including the loyalty industry. We have the opportunity to shape the future of loyalty programs so they fit seamlessly with other liquid, flexible markets in which people interact every day. Making data actionable.

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Next-Generation Loyalty Marketing (for experts)

Currency Alliance

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. Every business needs a loyalty strategy, but not every business needs a loyalty points program.

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Referral marketing software for the win: Our top 20 picks

BirdEye

We’re living in an era of customer engagement, where every delighted client can become your best marketer. For businesses today, referral marketing is revolutionizing growth. In fact, 64% of marketing executives believe that word-of-mouth referrals are the most effective form of marketing. Let’s dive in.

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Implications of interchange fees for loyalty marketing

Currency Alliance

In 2017, legislation in the European Union reduced the interchange fee from 2-2.5% 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. Rationalizing loyalty ROI vs other marketing channels.

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Bank loyalty: stay top-of-wallet through the next decade

Currency Alliance

Back in 2017, when interchange fees were slashed by the European Union, most banks’ response was to simply to give up on their loyalty program; this was lazy and a huge strategic mistake. Every bank needs a loyalty strategy – even if they don’t have a points-based loyalty program.

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