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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 loyaltyprograms relate to operating more efficiently to reduce cost, and improving personalization. Using AI to improve profitability of pricing and promotions.
Independent of market positioning, unique customerinsight will become the primary competitive advantage. We discovered 6 years ago that during the customer’s trip, the most value we could provide after selling the airline ticket was to show alternative mobility options in the traveler’s destination.
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, we were excited to have our colleague, Principal Analyst Emily Collins join us to talk about loyaltyprograms, and their influence on customer experience. Here are 5 things I learned during our conversation: Airlines started it. Without strict […].
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The sea-change in marketing technology is evident in the Gartner CMO survey, which tracked spending across all marketing disciplines: …most of which are rooted in martech solutions, younger than loyaltyprogram management technologies, but all united by the common need to share customer data and use it to drive results.
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Session topics include the state of the Internet of Things, CX ROI, data analytics and personalization, customer and employee adoption, virtual and augmented reality, and customerloyaltyprograms. Forrester CXNYC. When: June 20 to 21, 2017. Where: New York City, NY.
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