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Loyalty programs: should you issue your own points or miles?

Currency Alliance

Many people assume that operating a loyalty program necessarily implies issuing your own loyalty points or miles. Points and miles are a dominant and popular form of loyalty value. The golden benchmark is about $25 USD per year in loyalty value. This actually is not true.

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Consumer banking: money can’t buy loyalty

Currency Alliance

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]. People are more likely to leave their spouse than their bank[ii], so it might seem that banks have no case to answer. Extra what?

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Referral marketing software for the win: Our top 20 picks

BirdEye

When looking for the best referral marketing software, there’re a few key qualities to keep in mind: Seamless integration: The software should easily work with your existing tools, like your CRM or email platform. Valuable analytics: The software should provide data on how your referral program is performing.

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Loyalty rules, and the loyalty rules engine

Currency Alliance

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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Loyalty partners: co-creating customer value

Currency Alliance

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. I’m a case in point.

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Precision loyalty: data-led investment yields greater ROI

Currency Alliance

A common method to enhance customer understanding is partnering with other companies through loyalty programs. Let’s look at common spots where loyalty investments are most vulnerable to loss, the benefits of collaboration models and the three best opportunities for loyalty spending. It may, or may not be yours.

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Recognizing the Invisible Customer

ENGAGE.cx

Your retail store, restaurant, hotel, bank, etc…. Are they in my loyalty program? Modern enterprise marketing platforms from Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce and others are great at engaging with web and app customers. But what about all the customers that are in your physical locations? CMOs want to know: Who is in my store?