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. What is my loan balance? When is my loan payment due? How much did I spend at Starbucks last month? (or

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Banking Financial Self Service Chatbots 40

ENGAGE.cx

JULY 18, 2018

Your retail store, restaurant, hotel, bank, etc…. And because of that, brands struggle to drive full ROI from both their marketing efforts and physical venues. Are they in my loyalty program? But what about all the customers that are in your physical locations? CMOs want to know: Who is in my store? Why did they come in?

Loyalty Programs 40

Loyalty Programs Hotels ROI Banking 40

BirdEye

APRIL 20, 2023

Better ROI Localized lead generation can produce a better return on investment (ROI) by streamlining your marketing efforts to target customers who are more likely to convert. Referral programs Have you ever wondered how to get local business leads without breaking the bank?

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Social Media Multi-Channel Metrics Effort Score 98

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This fee is commonly how financial services brands have funded their loyalty rewards for at least the past decade. So how should New Zealand’s banks and brands respond, and how should other brands collaborate with partners to reduce dependency on any single source of funding? Rationalizing loyalty ROI vs other marketing channels.

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Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking 52

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

CX is also a great competitive differentiator, helping companies respond to and exceed customer expectations, improve satisfaction, drive loyalty, reduce churn, and increase revenue. Featured speakers come from companies like USAA, MetLife, Northwestern Mutual, MoneyLion, Hanover Insurance, and Citizens Bank. Where: London, UK.

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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

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.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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. So, while the major loyalty trends for 2023 will be oriented around cost control, this will be accompanied by refocusing investment where it’s most profitable.

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Loyalty Trends Innovation Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recognizing loyalty program members at the Point of Sale (POS) has been challenging for over 30 years. The result is that it can be difficult for a retailer to deliver a smooth customer experience when identifying their own loyalty program members, or customers in partner loyalty programs, at the POS.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Retail Banking 59

Oracle

JANUARY 16, 2018

As executives in the finance office begin to notice a declining correlation between Net Promoter Score (NPS) and ROI on their CX programs, new methods to measure baseline customer satisfaction attributable to added revenue will emerge. Prediction #1: New routes to gain customer intimacy.

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Trends Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Innovation 52

Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Conjoint/MaxDiff is a vital tool to help you understand how consumers’ needs are changing and make decisions going forward that solidify trust in your brand: Customer loyalty — identify what to prioritize in your customer loyalty programs from rewarding customers, to future deals and expanding user credit with additional perks.

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Hospitality Retail Rewards Programs Analysis 29

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

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. This is really important, because the lifetime value of a customer that reaches a reward soon after joining a loyalty program, or if one sees they are making good progress towards something aspirational, is typically dozens of times higher.

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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. This is really important, because the lifetime value of a customer that reaches a reward soon after joining a loyalty program, or if one sees they are making good progress towards something aspirational, is typically dozens of times higher.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Ecommerce 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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Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Touchpoint 52

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

You get a greater return on your investment (ROI) from repeat customers than trying to acquire a first-time customer Even though only 12% to 15% of customers are loyal to a single retailer, they represent between 55% to 70% of the retailer’s sales. Why Is Customer Retention Important?

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Customer Retention How To Customer Journeys Telecommunications 260

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

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

OpinionLab

MARCH 12, 2015

Perhaps you’ve asked them to provide their income level or the purpose of their visit; maybe you are interested in identifying their persona or status level in your loyalty program. Being able to look at Tealeaf data via this lens has resulted in some unbelievable ROI and insights for our customers.

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Voice of Customer Multi-Channel Feedback Hotels 68

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2021 will be another year in the long-term journey to become customer-centric, balance the economics of loyalty programs to deliver more value to customers, and ensure the right systems are in place to reduce dependencies on the IT department or vendors. The functionality in loyalty systems is being broken up.

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Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Travel 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.

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Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Hotels 40

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

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

Lumoa

JUNE 26, 2023

Key Metrics to Track Omnichannel Strategy Success Customer satisfaction drives omnichannel strategies and influences the sales, revenue, and ROI of marketing campaigns. But some purchase processes are complicated, decreasing customer satisfaction and loyalty. This will help you generate a lot of more leads.

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Omni-Channel Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score 208

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

BirdEye

APRIL 7, 2023

Return on Marketing Investment ROI is a pretty standard marketing KPI that every business tracks. ROI = (Sales growth – marketing spend) ÷ Marketing spend Tracking the return on marketing investment may not give you an accurate picture if you have many active marketing campaigns.

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Marketing Social Media Return on Investment Touchpoint 52

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

SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NPS increases customer loyalty: According to the 2017 Temkin research , promoters are 4.2 Engage with them through personalized communication, and exclusive offers to show your appreciation for their loyalty. Create Advocacy Programs: Develop structured advocacy programs that incentivize promoters to spread the word about your brand.

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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. It’s not unusual for the very best programs to comprise 15%-30% of a business’s enterprise value.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Touchpoint 52

Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In this new content series, we show what a world-beating loyalty program would look like in four different sectors, and discuss the brands currently showing the potential to build that ‘world-beating’ program. are now ripe for inclusion in loyalty coalitions. are now ripe for inclusion in loyalty coalitions.

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Loyalty Programs Travel Loyalty Airlines 40

ClearAction

MAY 28, 2015

That usually requires departments to work together to resolve the root causes of issues — that’s harder and takes longer, but it’s what’s needed to build trust that earns loyalty. An example is Suntrust Bank , who saw the financial meltdown in 2008 as an opportunity to see how they could rebuild trust with their customers.

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Company Customer Experience Social Media Customer Journeys 48

SurveySparrow

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If you could keep doing that consistently, you can easily make bank. Ultimately, great service can drive sales and customer loyalty.” . It’s very logical: There is proven ROI in doing whatever you can to turn your customers into advocates for your brand or business. The customer.

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Customer Success Airlines Effort Score Net Promoter Score 52

Currency Alliance

MARCH 9, 2021

Headless loyalty systems are API-first loyalty platforms that enable any customer-facing platform to integrate loyalty marketing functionality into their Customer Experience (CX) via API. The loyalty industry still operates mostly on tightly-integrated legacy technology platforms, in which changes are slow and expensive.

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Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement CRM 59