CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hamish Sherlock of Applause , explains how to build a next-generation loyalty scheme. For centuries, merchants have been offering special tokens that repeat customers could redeem for goods. Today, stamps, vouchers and coupons have mostly been replaced by apps and digital methods of tracking customer engagement.

Loyalty 59

Loyalty How To Banking Airlines 59

delighted

JUNE 1, 2022

Selling to your existing customers is far easier than acquiring new customers. The general rule of thumb is it costs five times as much to generate a new customer than to sell to your existing customers. Your current customers are also more likely to spend more. Why is customer lifetime value important?

Net Promoter Score 70

Net Promoter Score Customer Retention Self Service Loyalty 70

SurveySparrow

MARCH 29, 2023

With the increasing number of eCommerce stores, business owners should find ways to streamline the experience of their customers. This is where mapping the ecommerce customer journey becomes important. The typical ecommerce customer journey can take days, and it can involve multiple channels.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Ecommerce Touchpoint Social Media 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?

Banking 40

Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

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

ECXO

JANUARY 30, 2024

The emotions in CX Emotions have a pivotal role in the customer experience and can significantly impact customer loyalty and repeat purchases. This can be better understood by dissecting the customer journey into two main components: the functional and the emotional. This is what the famous NPS attempts to measure.

Rewards Programs 52

Rewards Programs Loyalty Brands Connections 52

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. Looking beyond transactional rewards. Mastering customer data (finally).

Loyalty 49

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Gamification Airlines 49

Qualtrics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

According to Bain and Co , 80% of organizations feel like they are providing a great experience, yet only 8% of customers actually agree. In fact, 80%of customers have opted to switch brands due to poor experiences. Research throughout the customer lifecycle. Failing to bridge the gap can be costly.

Customer Experience 30

Customer Experience Effort Score Rewards Programs NPS 30

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Loyalty marketing, however, has been restrained (or, arguably, sheltered) by monolithic tech, and probably a lack of interest, as other, sexier marketing innovations stole center-stage. 2020, however, seems likely to be the year in which stars align for a more profitable, productive and open future for loyalty. Some stars are sticks.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Hotels 40

Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

Customer-side, the greater control and flexibility around data, enabled by microservices, is experienced as more rapid deployment of features, accurate personalization, greater relevancy, and an improved perception of the brand. This analogy must also be true of software companies that deliver loyalty program management systems.

Loyalty 58

Loyalty Banking Loyalty Programs CRM 58