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.

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ProProfs Chat

MAY 6, 2020

36% of organizations aim to improve agent, desktop, and CRM experiences in 2019. To create an awesome experience for their customers, 36% of companies are investing in their services and actively working towards improving operator performance. Improving Customer Experience Statistics. But this was in 2019.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is the blog version of our Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. For a more engaging read, click here to Currency Alliance Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. There was a mix of good and bad, for loyalty in 2019. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

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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. In November 2019 when we published the Top Trends for 2020 , we could not have known about the Covid-19 pandemic. Rebalancing loyalty program economics.

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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.

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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.

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SurveySparrow

DECEMBER 15, 2019

A report by PWC states that the number of companies that invest in creating an omnichannel experience for its customers has increased from 20% to 80%. Still not convinced about creating an omnichannel customer service strategy? It is wise to keep your current customers happy. The customer feedback should be scrutinized.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The following quote baffles my mind: According to IRI Worldwide, 74% of consumers globally choose a store based on its effective loyalty programme.[i]. 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?

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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.

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Currency Alliance

AUGUST 16, 2019

Loyalty programs once enabled relatively personalized marketing. From a standing start of zero customer data some 20 years ago, brands became able to incentivize desired behaviors in highly-predictable customer segments. Value, that is, to a minority of highly-frequent, high-spending customers.

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