Currency Alliance

MARCH 28, 2023

The term ‘pay with points’ implies that a customer can burn loyalty points or miles at a point of sale as the method of payment. It also implies that the customer can do this quite easily and freely, across a large proportion of a brand’s inventory, in its primary commerce channels.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Airlines 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recognizing loyalty program members at the Point of Sale (POS) has been challenging for over 30 years. Large brands with their own loyalty program typically invest heavily to integrate the loyalty platform into one or more POSs, but for smaller and medium-sized companies, this is often out of reach in terms of cost and technical complexity.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Retail Banking 59

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That type of simple recognition goes a great way in building loyalty with customers. 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.

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Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking 98

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As everyone knows in the loyalty industry, entering into new commercial agreements with partners can be a very time-consuming effort. Unless the volume of business is high, there is never a positive return on investment (ROI). This is a major opportunity cost for every loyalty program. This workload can now be greatly reduced.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Brands Course 52

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

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Commercetools partners with Currency Alliance to enable loyalty marketing in the age of composable commerce. Every company strives to build loyalty among its customers, but the methods to achieve the never-ending pursuit of loyal customers can vary widely. Furthermore, 91% of consumers want to be recognized.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel Banking 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Until a few years ago, brands would have reacted to an uncertain economy by cutting services that deliver customer value. Some brands will do this in 2023, but actually, the loyalty & marketing industries have learned from recent experience that this costs you money in the long run. embedding loyalty mechanics across the business.

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Loyalty Trends Innovation Loyalty Programs 52

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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Loyalty Marketing Airlines Loyalty Programs 52

SmartMessage Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Banks had to transform their customer approach as branches have been or are still closed down. We saw a necessity to be able to serve customers from distance with the help of technology. From onboarding to loyalty, customer journeys have been re-designed with the use of Digital Channels.

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Banking Engagement Omni-Channel Chatbots 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We have seen tremendous change across many industries during the past 40-50 years, and these changes can help predict the next evolution in the loyalty sector. Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. Most loyalty programs still retain largely the same design as 20 years ago.

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Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement Loyalty Programs 45

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Touchpoint 52

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. The widespread devaluation of loyalty currencies during the past few years brings this into sharp focus.

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Travel 64

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 7, 2021

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. Most companies need to stay focused on what we call Loyalty Imperatives for this decade. The Loyalty Imperatives answer that question.

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Lumoa

JUNE 26, 2023

Most omnichannel customer experience challenges can be solved by continually measuring customer satisfaction metrics and taking quick actions based on the insights. Key Metrics to Track Omnichannel Strategy Success Customer satisfaction drives omnichannel strategies and influences the sales, revenue, and ROI of marketing campaigns.

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Omni-Channel Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score 208

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

So instead of writing philosophically about the importance of optimizing your Customer Experience to creating an emotional engagement that creates loyalty between your Customers and your organization like I usually do, I will limit this post to facts and figures.

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Net Promoter Score ROI Customer Experience Insurance 164

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. The reason I’m writing this article is that many loyalty teams have, historically, not executed brilliantly.

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Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Touchpoint 52

CX University

MARCH 18, 2024

The company leverages AI and machine learning to create custom and targeted experiences for customers based on their unique preferences, browsing history, and purchase behavior Benefits of Hyper-Personalization The shift towards hyper-personalization offers benefits for both businesses and customers. Customer Retention.

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Customer Experience Retail Customer Retention Loyalty 52

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. Layering customer-centricity on top implies a single view of the customer – augmented with data from outside your business, and having the tools to make customer insight actionable.

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Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Travel 52

CloudCherry

OCTOBER 25, 2018

On September 27th, I had the great pleasure of moderating a panel at CEM Asia attempting to answer the question: How do business leaders quantify the ROI of CX? Raju Nair – MD & Regional Head Customer Journey Experience – DBS Bank. Aylwin Tan – Chief Customer Solutions Officer – Ascendas-Singbridge.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. Rewards that are interesting for less-frequent customers, as well as to frequent customers, motivate every customer to engage more, and increase the share of wallet that they allocate to your brand.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Ecommerce Touchpoint 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. Rewards that are interesting for less-frequent customers, as well as to frequent customers, motivate every customer to engage more, and increase the share of wallet that they allocate to your brand.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Ecommerce Touchpoint 52

CloudCherry

DECEMBER 1, 2018

On September 27th, I had the great pleasure of moderating a panel at CEM Asia attempting to answer the question: How do business leaders quantify the ROI of CX? Raju Nair – MD & Regional Head Customer Journey Experience – DBS Bank. Aylwin Tan – Chief Customer Solutions Officer – Ascendas-Singbridge.

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CEM ROI Metrics Call Center 150

Comm100

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Imagine you’ve purchased what seems like the perfect customer engagement software for your company — the one that will take your customer relationships and revenue to the next level. Relying on a Single Customer Engagement Tool or Touchpoint Makes You Less Competitive. It happens to many businesses.

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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. Loyalty marketing breaking ground in new sectors. Smarter budgeting.

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Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 45

West Monroe

MAY 31, 2019

While these technologies can make a significant impact when combined together, there are quite a few “low-hanging fruit” use cases where conversational technologies alone can drive significant ROI for financial services firms. One emerging area for chatbots within financial services is assisting customers with their personal finance matters.

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Banking Financial Self Service Chatbots 40

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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Loyalty Loyalty Programs How To Hotels 40

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. Yotpo Yotpo leverages customer reviews to boost referral efforts.

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Software Marketing Multi-Channel e-support 62

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).

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Hotels 52

CSM Magazine

JUNE 17, 2020

The New Platform Raises the Bar for Live Digital Customer Engagement. Vee24 , the leader in intelligent, conversational, multi-experience solutions, today announced the launch of its latest release, raising the bar for live online customer engagement.

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ENGAGE.cx

JULY 18, 2018

Your retail store, restaurant, hotel, bank, etc…. Marketing platforms have a giant blind spot – they totally miss the in-venue customers. And because of that, brands struggle to drive full ROI from both their marketing efforts and physical venues. Are they a return customer or a new customer? Why did they come in?

Loyalty Programs 40

Loyalty Programs Hotels Banking ROI 40

CloudCherry

AUGUST 9, 2018

Since there is no magical moment that defines the whole experience with a brand, brands must look at customer experience as a sum of interactions and understand that customers’ loyalty is a direct result of all of these interactions combined. What about how accurate their help and advice is?

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Customer Experience Management Customer Journeys Customer Experience Management 150

Solvvy

JULY 8, 2022

Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) and Net Promoter Score (NPS) are two of the most common tools businesses use to track how happy customers are. They measure how successfully companies deliver the delightful experiences that build loyalty. Or a bank may ask how much difficulty customers had completing a loan application.

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NPS Metrics Customer Success Net Promoter Score 106

CCO Council

JUNE 24, 2014

Recommendation : CEOs and Boards must commit from the outset to support and invest in the CCO and his/her initiatives for a minimum of two years to ensure the highest ROI. Recommendation : The CCO must "bank" customer trust and loyalty to protect customers against hard times. However, this can only be temporary.

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Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Competitive Advantage Policies 85

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

Customer experience (CX) — defined as “the cumulative impact of all interactions and experiences between your business and the customer, at every touchpoint across the entire customer journey, and viewed entirely from your customer’s perspective” — has become one of today’s most important business benchmarks.

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Conference Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Customer Experience 50

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

She leads the XM Institute’s research into CX and EX best practices and the broader organizational capabilities required for building loyalty by improving customer and employee experiences. His Customer Insight work is focused on developing innovative segmentation, targeting, analysis, and measurement solutions. Flavio Martins.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

She leads the XM Institute’s research into CX and EX best practices and the broader organizational capabilities required for building loyalty by improving customer and employee experiences. His Customer Insight work is focused on developing innovative segmentation, targeting, analysis, and measurement solutions. Flavio Martins.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130