Currency Alliance

JANUARY 22, 2020

Every CEO waxes lyrical about the importance of loyalty. Every CFO knows a loyal customer is many times more profitable than others. 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.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 23, 2011

Businesses grow as more customers come aboard, and that constant search for new clients is the life jacket for success. Of course building relationships with new customers are paramount; the hard part is taking the leads and transforming them into customers. photo credit: gwydionwilliams.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

The smart ones kept a loyalty strategy even if they eliminated the points, but some foolishly acted as though their rewards program was their loyalty strategy – and threw the baby out with the bath water. Economic cycles aside, though, the real problem is that it attracts entirely the wrong sort of customer.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Loyalty trends, as we’ve said in our previous years’ trends articles, are interesting to think about – but they are not necessarily reflective of what your own brand should be focusing on in the next year. The article covers the various brands which have joined the Scene+ loyalty coalition.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Because each customer segment will respond differently to available loyalty incentives, tailoring the customer experience by segment across channels is essential to maximize ROI. Millions of longstanding loyalty programs are testament to the fact that loyalty marketing can be optimized for the benefit of all stakeholders.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Motivation.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Motivation.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But there remain some fundamental things that loyalty programs need to achieve to weather the looming storm that open banking, mobile payments, aggregation models, and other marketplace dynamics will bring. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

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SmartKarrot

JULY 6, 2022

To create enduring connections with clients and colleagues in this dynamic environment, put up a few best practice courses on how to make the most of attendees’ time at conferences, dinners, and workplace gatherings. Q 9: What is the best way to manage loyalty programs and customer feedback?

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 7, 2021

But make no mistake; failing in the medium-to-long term on these Loyalty Imperatives will put your customer relationships at risk and ultimately damage your brand. Loyalty programs are no different. Without a brand’s uniqueness, customers don’t really care where they shop.

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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. This can produce conflicting and confusing customer experiences.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 21, 2020

If you calculate the customer churn rate on a regular basis, you’ll get to understand: Why is your customer acquisition cost increasing? Where have your sales and marketing strategies failed to keep customers engaged with the brand? Which loopholes have led to change in customer behavior? Online Training Course.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. Really, for those relatively few brands achieving impressive levels of customer engagement, it’s breath-taking how fast the industry has progressed in such a short time. ING Direct is one of those brands. Kudos to them.

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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. But those brands pursuing each of the trends predicted for 2020 probably suffered less as the course of this year evolved. Rebalancing loyalty program economics.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

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? Customers are interested in earning a meaningful amount of value, but the value they receive does not meet minimum expectations – so people quit.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 19, 2021

If you’re responsible for budgets, you’ll also have the added objective of keeping down development and maintenance costs which, for brands operating legacy loyalty systems, are becoming painfully high. Any brand can embrace headless loyalty services quickly and easily – even if you already have millions invested in an aging loyalty program.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

Making the same progress in loyalty has been much more difficult. The typical incumbent loyalty technology platform comprises five core modules: CRM/Analytics Platform. Loyalty Rules Engine. This analogy must also be true of software companies that deliver loyalty program management systems. CRM/Analytics.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2019

…when the automotive and mobility industries shifted from a driver- or owner-focused value proposition to a customer-centered one; and when micromobility started to scale up.” [i]. Of course, until a few years ago, there was no “mobility sector”. Building such habits is precisely what loyalty programs do. .

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ClearAction

OCTOBER 1, 2018

. “Only 13% of marketers feel they are fully implementing customer revenue-producing strategies and engaging differently, including driving deeper relationships, collaborating across stakeholders and leveraging data to uncover new opportunities and options for engagement.” Faulty CXM Trajectory.

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SurveySparrow

APRIL 17, 2020

Besides, live chat also saves you money by enabling your customer support staff to handle more than one customer at a time, saving almost 50% of costs as compared to handling phone calls. With a proper feedback system in place, you can measure customer satisfaction , retain customers and of course improve customer experience.

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Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

Journey discovery is the best approach to reveal the numerous paths your customers actually take, as they engage with your company across channels and over time. Companies have traditionally looked to improve customer experience by focusing on particular touch points. Sungevity Designs a Compelling Customer Journey.

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