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.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 21, 2018

That’s been my feeling as I mull over this year’s Loyalty Magazine Awards, where Currency Alliance was proud to be Prime Sponsor. But I hadn’t quite foreseen how fast, slick, imaginative and engaging some programs had become. The loyalty tech stack used to amount to a loyalty management platform and not much else.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Multi-Channel Gamification Loyalty Programs 45

CSM Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

A recent study from LoyaltyLion has found that if retailers can create emotional connections with their customers, they will see a greater ROI from their marketing investment. Customers want to feel aligned to brands. Shoppers want to be able to connect with the brand and other customers.

ROI 52

ROI Connections Marketing Ecommerce 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

A 2018 Collinson study reported that 66% of financial services professionals say their bank “does not understand why customers are loyal or have a strategy to strengthen customer relationships”[i]. Bribing customers is easy and, as with most easy initiatives, not very profitable. Actually, they do. Extra what? in 2017[vii].

Banking 40

Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. This conversation originally appeared in Opentalk magazine. You meet with customers all the time. I think the scope of what customers were looking to change back then was much different. It’s all about the customer.

Innovation 42

Innovation Omni-Channel Average Handle Time Contact Center 42

Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. This conversation originally appeared in Opentalk magazine. You meet with customers all the time. I think the scope of what customers were looking to change back then was much different. It’s all about the customer.

Innovation 40

Innovation Omni-Channel Average Handle Time Contact Center 40

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Much of the bad has derived from a lack of belief or understanding from CEOs, who constrain budgets, and prop up short-term earnings with value that ought to flow to customers. The widespread devaluation of loyalty currencies during the past few years brings this into sharp focus. Customers are now in control.

Loyalty 64

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Travel 64