Oracle

APRIL 8, 2021

Episode 9 explored the role of loyalty marketing programs with my special guest, Clay Walton-House, Managing Director, Integrated Loyalty Solutions at PK. Loyalty programs are more popular than ever. As brands in every industry face more competition, customer loyalty is becoming harder to earn.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 10, 2017

If you’re like me, you have loyalty cards for three different supermarkets, a half dozen airlines, several hotels, a dozen or so assorted retailers and the local frozen yogurt shop. No of course not, and that’s the problem with calling these pieces of plastic “loyalty cards.” As I’ll discuss later, most consumers are a lot like me.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Loyalty schemes have been around a lot longer than you think, going back even further than the frequent flyer programmes that took off in the late 1970s. Hamish Sherlock of Applause , explains how to build a next-generation loyalty scheme. Do your customers value the rewards the scheme provides?

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

Many consumers now ‘multibank’[iii], keeping their traditional provider on-hand for the same reasons they always did, but branching out in search of enhanced value. In 2000, UK consumer bank Halifax launched a fairly successful marketing slogan: the people that give you extra [iv]. Actually, they do. Extra what?

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This week we feature an article by Jess Mizerak discussing the future of brand loyalty and how to continue to be successful in the world of E-commerce. That’s what your loyalty program should do. – Shep Hyken. It’s all just a part of consumer demand, and customers still demand the in-store experience.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 16, 2011

Most retail organizations use discounts to entice customers to buy their merchandise at the end of each season, but that doesn’t do much to guarantee a shopper will ever return to a store or even garner customer loyalty. Retailers spend billions of dollars on loyalty programs and hope that it brings customers back.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Improve Your Customer Outcomes With 5 Customer Service Best Practices from Leading Consumer Shipping Brand FedEx by Veronica Krieg. Deep Dive: How Rewards Programs Can Fuel Customer Spending by PYMNTS. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too.

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Grade.us

MAY 9, 2017

Loyalty deserves to be rewarded. Especially when that loyalty is what keeps a business afloat. There are plenty of ways to offer value to customers beyond the sale of products or services, but one of the most popular methods that business owners use is the loyalty program. Win-win situation.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 30, 2015

Customer loyalty and retention are goals for most organizations as a result. In the past, some companies’ modus operandi to build their loyalty involved a loyalty card with additional benefits. However, these loyalty card benefits just became part of the offer over time. So now what do we do to build Customer Loyalty?

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

For most of the last decade, loyalty marketing seemed to be on autopilot for many brands – but the tide is turning. Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Brilliantly, Voxi has spun this very feature into a loyalty driver.

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Strativity

MAY 25, 2023

With rising interest rates, inflation, and softening consumer spending, restaurateurs are facing challenges like those experienced during peak pandemic levels, but food delivery apps are no longer the boon they once were. But the success of these programs has as much to do with insights as technology.

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BirdEye

JULY 5, 2023

Relationship marketing is the strategy of cultivating meaningful relationships with customers to ensure long-term satisfaction and brand loyalty. Relationship marketing focuses on growing a business by building brand loyalty, improving customer retention, and, ultimately, increasing customer referrals.

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SurveySensum

JULY 26, 2023

According to the research study conducted by Harvard Business School, The Economics of E-Loyalty , increasing customer retention rates by 5% increases profits by 25% to 95%. These programs will help you foster a long-lasting and meaningful relationship with your customers. But why is that a big issue?

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2017

Loyalty program announcements so far this year indicate a major sea change. To get customers re-engaged, brands are making it easier to participate in their loyalty programs and are offering enhanced ways to redeem – so customers can make use of even small amounts of points/miles.

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SurveySparrow

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Moreover, responsive customer support ensures that customers have a positive experience whenever they need assistance, further cementing their loyalty. Eventually, it can foster loyalty and encourage repeat business. As a result, the satisfaction levels tend to increase, fostering loyalty as well.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Are Hotel Loyalty and Rewards Programs Enough to Keep Customers Loyal to the Brand? Hospitality Net) The best demonstration of brand loyalty in hospitality and travel, in general, is the share of repeat business. There are some interesting stats and facts that prove how important some of these programs are.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 20, 2020

Loyalty programs boost businesses’ ability to keep customers by Jill Young Miller. Louis) In business, simple loyalty programs can strongly increase customer retention, Washington University in St. 7 Ways to Add More Value to Your Loyalty Program by Emily Rudin. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

And, a well-designed loyalty program can act as a profitable investment and reduce the likelihood of customers going to your competitors. Take the example of Victoria’s Secret loyalty program PINK Nation. This is the highest level of brand loyalty, which brings an unusual value to brand equity.

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Currency Alliance

JANUARY 22, 2020

The top loyalty jobs are tough. Every CEO waxes lyrical about the importance of loyalty. And yet, many loyalty programs are run like barnacles on the side of a business: battling for budget, rather than being nurtured as the core way to engage customers via every channel and touchpoint. That ought to make your job easier.

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Alida

MARCH 27, 2018

“Customer loyalty comes from the heart, as opposed to the mind… you have an emotional bond with the customer.” With great presence, Michael spoke about the Mandarin’s relationship-driven approach to loyalty that has guided the brand for decades: an enduring passion for excellence and exceptional service.

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CX University

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Marketing teams use it to get to know their customers, to personalise their brand reach and encourage brand loyalty. Legal divisions have had to adapt their speech to be more understandable and much like the IT industry, consumer and data protection laws have completely disrupted their space.

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SuiteCX

JUNE 15, 2017

Investments in customer loyalty are booming. Marketing teams are spending big on rewards, partnerships, agencies, data capabilities and marketing technology. Loyalty has become table stakes in most consumer facing sectors. Having a loyalty program is becoming a cost of doing business, a hygiene factor.

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SuiteCX

JUNE 15, 2017

Investments in customer loyalty are booming. Marketing teams are spending big on rewards, partnerships, agencies, data capabilities and marketing technology. Loyalty has become table stakes in most consumer facing sectors. Having a loyalty program is becoming a cost of doing business, a hygiene factor.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 24, 2014

In fact, according to Brand Key, a loyalty consulting agency, Amazon’s ratings dropped from 93% to 83% two days following the hike. For anyone not familiar with the Amazon loyalty program, there are estimated to be about 20 million Prime members in the United States. And why does this happen?

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delighted

JUNE 1, 2022

Total consumer value has a direct impact on profitability. Most importantly, a high lifetime value shows a degree of brand loyalty. Finding the average purchase frequency rate tells you how often your customers are making a purchase, giving you some insight into consumer buying behavior and how you might be able to influence it.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

It’s already challenging enough for businesses to keep afloat when consumers are predictable—and it’s even considerably more cumbersome to do so when the pandemic is changing the way people shop, dine, and live. With most consumers staying at home almost all the time, they’re likely to spend hours on their phones. Keep Your Lines Open.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 13, 2012

Stabucks UK has a lot of unhappy customers today after the company decided to change the terms of their loyalty program. The previous rewards card offered a free drink for every 15 transactions and a discount on filter coffee. Now when I need something from a drug store, I use whichever one is closest to me.

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Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Power reported higher consumer satisfaction than ever – largely due to increased seat sizes and cheaper fares. Personalize Based On Past Behavior to Drive Loyalty. Too often, when interacting with travel brands and hotels, they don’t seem to know who you are unless you’re a member of their rewards program.

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Service Untitled

JULY 30, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Advantages of using customer loyalty programs Cheryl July 30, 2010 Customer Service , Proactive No Comments I was just at Petco to buy dog food, and the cashier asked me if I wanted to join their customer loyalty program.

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Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

Read on… Customer loyalty is a powerful marketing force that travel and hospitality businesses are always chasing. Turning loyalty members into evangelists. In its 2017 travel and hospitality outlook, Deloitte predicts that customer experience will make a much bigger impact than loyalty programs on customer retention.

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Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Life as we knew it before COVID-19 will take time to return, and even when it does we’re likely to be in a ‘new normal’, as the crisis impacts consumer behaviors going forward. Even as restrictions are gradually lifted, there’s likely to be longer term impacts on how consumers interact with the hospitality industry.

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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. Greater investment to meet consumers’ insatiable appetite for experiences.

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ProProfs Chat

MAY 28, 2020

People think of loyalty as a customer for a lifetime, but it is really much simpler than that. However, brand loyalty has become just another ‘buzz-phrase’. What Is Brand Loyalty. What is brand loyalty? How to build brand loyalty? There is an out and out need to rethink what brand loyalty really means.

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SurveySparrow

JANUARY 14, 2020

5 Set up a loyalty reward program. Don’t you think that your most loyal customers should be rewarded? In fact, a report by BRP consulting says that 68% of customers say that they would shop at a brand which has a loyalty program. State the information clearly so that they aren’t confused about the rewards.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Granted, there is a rewards program, but my usual discount is $1.50, and I have to use it within a few weeks otherwise the offer expires. Incentives for new customers are commonly very aggressively marketed; more than “rewards&# or “discounts&# for current customers. I want to be recognized as special too.

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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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PK

MAY 12, 2020

Having a robust digital presence is unquestionably critical for any consumer brand. As digital technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, consumer expectations of brands’ digital experiences evolve along with it. Its loyalty-building aspects don’t end there, though. Think beyond discounts and cashback. Focus on convenience.

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