Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Mobile check-in can also be deployed to upsell room selection, to offer customized key collection, or can be integrated with a loyalty program to confirm benefits such as lounge-access or free Wi-Fi. But in reality, many customers do not book direct. Restive guests: understanding hospitality loyalty.

Hotels 40

Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Travel 40

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2017

However, what isn’t being discussed so much is what GDPR means for customer loyalty. After all, GDPR is all about customers taking control of their data. And a customer signing up to a loyalty program is one of the most common ways for them to hand over their data to the merchant.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Travel Customers 40

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.

Banking 40

Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This staggering number indicates the importance of creating an exceptional experience for your customers in the initial stages of their journey. If your customer’s initial interaction is positive then it can build a positive impression, establish trust, and set the stage for continued product adoption.

Strategy 52

Strategy Management User Experience Measurement 52

BirdEye

MARCH 24, 2023

Offers help prospects feel engaged and inspired by their interaction with your product or service. Ask for a sale when the customer is ready to purchase. These events present ample opportunities to meet potential customers up and close and interact with them. Build a strong customer referral program.

Return on Investment 98

Return on Investment Social Media Sales Metrics 98

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. As the saying goes, ‘garbage in, garbage out’.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Marketing Airlines Loyalty Programs 52

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.

Loyalty 59

Loyalty Trends Data Marketing 59

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Apart from adapting to mobile apps and ditching plastic cards, the typical loyalty programs in 2020 still operate pretty much the same as they did at the turn of the century. And there are many, many more of these lookalike programs. The customer experience has evolved. Why hasn’t loyalty? Customer singular.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Multi-Channel Hotels 52

SurveySparrow

JANUARY 7, 2021

Whether your customers shop for their own need or on behalf of their organization, they simply expect a memorable interaction with the brand. After the pandemic, every brand is becoming customer-centric. Building an engaged customer base requires internal effort.

Customer Engagement 52

Customer Engagement Engagement Chatbots Effort Score 52

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.

Loyalty 64

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Travel 64

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.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It’s about creating an experience that leaves your customers feeling like they’ve had the best experience every time they interact with your business. Track key CX metrics such as CSAT score, NPS , and customer retention rates to gauge how well you’re fulfilling customer needs.

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Self Service Strategy Customer Journeys 52

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It’s about creating an experience that leaves your customers feeling like they’ve had the best experience every time they interact with your business. Track key CX metrics such as CSAT score, NPS , and customer retention rates to gauge how well you’re fulfilling customer needs.

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Self Service Strategy Customer Journeys 52

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. Rebalancing loyalty program economics.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Travel 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

Independent of individual program achievements, the most important development across the industry has not been in individual technological triumphs, but a hastening structural shift in how brands understand and approach the purpose of their loyalty programs.

Loyalty 49

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Gamification Airlines 49

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.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Touchpoint 52

BirdEye

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Leverage social media platforms Social media management builds brand awareness and customer loyalty. By regularly sharing content and promotions and interacting with your audience, you stay top-of-mind when customers need carpet cleaning services. How to get carpet cleaning leads for your business?

Tips 57

Tips Strategy Marketing Social Media 57

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Customers expect flexibility and convenience from the companies they do business with because people live in a world where almost everything is accessible with a few clicks on their smartphone. Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. How do we define greater liquidity in loyalty programs?

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement Loyalty Programs 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.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Hotels 52

SurveySparrow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

You should put more efforts into retaining them, they could also be a part of your customer loyalty program, if you have one. Integrate loyalty programs into your surveys: Loyalty programs are a great way to not only increase your retention rate, but also to improve your sales.

Sales 59

Sales Survey How To Omni-Channel 59

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

Forrester defines customer journey analytics is “an analytics practice that combines quantitative and qualitative data to analyze customer behaviors and motivations across touchpoints and over time to optimize customer interactions and predict future behavior.”. How to Improve Customer Experience Using Journey Analytics.

Customer Journeys 90

Customer Journeys Analytics How To Touchpoint 90

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. Demand performance-based KPIs. Most loyalty programs report how many members they have.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Touchpoint 52