Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is the blog version of our Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. For a more engaging read, click here to Currency Alliance Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. There was a mix of good and bad, for loyalty in 2019. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Apart from adapting to mobile apps and ditching plastic cards, the typical loyalty programs in 2020 still operate pretty much the same as they did at the turn of the century. And there are many, many more of these lookalike programs. Why hasn’t loyalty? Winning loyalty programs in 2025.

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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.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Did you hear the term ‘Big Data’ during 2021 (or 2020 for that matter)? I heard it once, two weeks ago at a loyalty conference in London. Loyalty trends were being discussed, as well as what had been hot topics in prior years – some of which just faded away as fads. Loyalty programs are no different.

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Qualtrics

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

As you plan out your days at X4, here’s a look at some of the sessions we recommend to help you come away from the event with all the inspiration and practical tips you need to take your XM program to new heights in 2020. Create an unmatched connected customer experience. Jump straight to: Morning mainstage inspiration.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

If 2020 has taught us anything it is that diversification (or luck from being in the right sector) can be a lifeline. In November 2019 when we published the Top Trends for 2020 , we could not have known about the Covid-19 pandemic. The gap between winners and losers will widen significantly in 2021.

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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

MARCH 30, 2022

Such a simple program quickly revealed invaluable insight into the customer and opened a whole new channel of communication across email, SMS and good old post! but within a few years it had become South Africa’s leading loyalty program. Loyalty departments have not always had easy relationships with CFOs and CEOs.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 19, 2021

Less-technical businesspeople may only care about loyalty technology to the degree that it serves two key objectives: Delivering a consistently good brand experience across all customer touchpoints. If you don’t recognize your customer across every channel and touchpoint, they will feel you don’t care.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Customer retention is very challenging for businesses especially in 2020. Here’s what Rand Fishkin shares when asked : Hubspot has a great resource: [link] — Rand Fishkin (@randfish) June 11, 2020. To stay connected to your audience seamlessly through the synchronicity of e-mails and connect so easily anytime is amazing.”.

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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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SurveySparrow

APRIL 17, 2020

trillion in 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan. For example, using live chat software on your customer touchpoints can reduce the response time significantly, enabling you to connect with users in real-time. B2B eCommerce is growing at a fast pace and is expected to touch $6.6

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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

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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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. referring friends.

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