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Building a Better Loyalty Program (and the Reward for Getting It Right)

BlueOcean

According to Bond , “the power of loyalty programs often trains an organization to optimize the program instead of optimizing loyalty.” Part of the issue lies in the CRM and communications strategies–they simply aren’t always aligned, which allows inconsistent messaging to customers.

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Why Customer Experience Is The Real Driver Of Brand Success?

SurveySensum

It’s not just about the product or service; it’s about every interaction and touchpoint a customer has with a brand. Consistency Across All Touchpoints Yes, the secret sauce that ties everything together is – CONSISTENCY. One good strategy to boost customer loyalty is – the REWARDS program.

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

Currency Alliance

Many loyalty program members will now be accustomed to similar liquidity enhancements, such as exchanging your American Express Membership Rewards Points into Avios or Bonvoy. Remember, your loyalty goal is not to issue the maximum number of points, but for the maximum number of customers to see joining your program as worthwhile.

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Consumer banking: money can’t buy loyalty

Currency Alliance

Banks have been in and out of rewards programs for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework. Compounded in Europe by the slashing of interchange fees, banks have been left with reduced margins from which to carve out rewards value[v]. More money, fewer monies.

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Innovators break the mould, at the 2020 Loyalty Magazine Awards

Currency Alliance

Loyalty had evolved into a fairly segregated marketing function, but many of this years’ entries were more comprehensive, loyalty-enabled marketing programs. As more holistic marketing initiatives, loyalty mechanics were harnessed to drive and measure engagement across channels, and across many more customer touchpoints.

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Loyalty Strategy 2019: How to Win in the Next Decade

Currency Alliance

The most important priorities are: Align with corporate goals: update loyalty program design to support current business objectives. Customer data: maximize ROI. Emotional loyalty: add incentives along many touchpoints in customer journeys. Partners: optimize the mix to appeal to a broader array of customers.

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Reconsidering Loyalty: Top Loyalty Trends for 2019

Currency Alliance

Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. YouGov data from the UK shows that even the youth demographic – supposedly disloyal – thinks that points programs “are a good way for brands to reward customers and 59% think all brands should offer one.”. [iii].

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