CSM Magazine

MARCH 28, 2025

Companies from other industries can take a page out of casinos books and begin segmenting their customer base so they can create tailored experiences to meet the needs of different groups.

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Win the Customer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Even long-established businesses can embrace change and revolutionize their customer interactions. In this blog post, we’ll explore strategies that traditional businesses can adopt to innovate in customer experience. Embracing Technology: A Gateway to Innovation 1. Personalization: The Cornerstone of Modern CX 1.

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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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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This presentation is about driving customer engagement, and how the loyalty industry is transforming in order to engage with the mid-tail and long-tail customer. Loyalty programs must evolve to keep customers engaged. It just won’t grow with stand-alone loyalty programs.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

Customer engagement has become one of the most critical success factors for retailers looking to drive sales, loyalty, and overall business growth. However, with the increasing complexity and diversity of today’s retail environment, engaging with customers has become a more challenging task.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

So, with competition across nearly every category, all companies now need a loyalty strategy. Not every company needs a loyalty program with points, gift cards, or other incentives, but very few businesses can survive without a base of loyal customers that makes up 30-50% of recurring total sales.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

These new perks revolutionize how all Hilton Honors members can use their Points, senior vice president and global head of customer engagement, loyalty and partnerships Mark Weinstein said in a press release. But rewards programs alone – no matter how good – aren’t going to create customer loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

So, while the major loyalty trends for 2023 will be oriented around cost control, this will be accompanied by refocusing investment where it’s most profitable. This article shares the lowest hanging fruit for keeping customers engaged and delivering more profit to the bottom line. embedding loyalty mechanics across the business.

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ProProfs Chat

APRIL 30, 2020

So hold on to your customers and have a look at some expert tips to engage customers during COVID-19. Tips for Customer Engagement in COVID-19 Outbreak. Opt for Innovative Ways to Reach out to Your Customers. Your customers want to talk to you.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Ambience isn’t just ‘nice to have’; it’s part of what keeps customers engaged – without them even realizing it. Customers are more likely to linger when they sense an environment is well-managed, but subtle. A great rewards program is intuitive, easy to join, and worth the effort. in a wellness shop).

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

While travel and retail brands have made a lot of progress in the last 24 months, the bulk of innovation has come from other consumer sectors – including media businesses, entertainment, and telecoms providers, which in recent years appeared to regard loyalty as a lost cause. Hybrid points programs. A disloyal generation?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The author shares a few ideas and examples on how to deliver on all four of these foundational loyalty strategies. The ‘invisible’ Future of Customer Experiences by Elliot Maras. 6 Types of Customer Loyalty Programs to Help Grow Your Small Business by Social Media Today. The list goes on.

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Optimove

JULY 24, 2024

Optimove’s CRM Marketing Platform delivered powerful results With Optimove and Meta integration, Scientific Games created innovative segments that fueled targeted advertising precision, customized messages that resonated with players, and impressive campaign results. Manager, Digital Growth Marketing at Scientific Games.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 23, 2024

Rewarding That Loyalty Is Mandatory. by Joe Procopio (Built In) In the age of AI, the relationship strands between a business and its customers are becoming thinner and thinner, opening up that relationship to various new and more complicated threats. My Comment: This is an interesting article on customer loyalty programs.

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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?

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SurveySparrow

JANUARY 7, 2021

Whatever situation your customer faced, the value of providing a great customer experience hasn’t changed a bit for businesses. In fact, brands started to put more attention on improving their customer engagement. Customer Engagement in Pre-Covid World. So, what’s the wait?

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 2, 2019

What does co-creation with customers really mean? Co-creation means letting your customers in on the ground floor of innovation and creating new products, services, and customer journeys in sometimes real time with them. Customers become partners and advisors, not just end users.

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ClearAction

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Everyone acknowledges that customer retention is more cost-effective than acquisition, yet Marketing tends to put the majority of its resources in awareness-building and sales conversion. Resources dedicated to post-purchase customer experience management tend to be repurchase campaigns and loyalty programs.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In this rapidly evolving landscape, businesses must adopt advanced and innovative strategies to not only capture the attention of customers but also foster enduring loyalty. In this article, we’ll explore a few next-level approaches that are shaping the future of e-commerce engagement.

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Retently

APRIL 5, 2024

Innovative retailers are leveraging technology to enhance the in-store experience and boost brand awareness. The aim is to create an environment that motivates customers to return, not just for products but for the experience itself. Lush stores provide a sensory experience where customers can touch, smell, and try products.

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Optimove

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Enhance your customer segmentation with our advanced guide Download Now Why it Matters: From responsible AI use to journey orchestration, these are the places you should put your focus to elevate your CRM Marketing in the new year. Explore how these innovations can enhance your marketing strategies and customer engagement.

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SurveySparrow

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Innovation. Innovation. Innovation. Take Apple’s watch and AirPods — they are very innovative because they solve common problems that people face. This commitment to innovation and design has helped them stand out from the competition and build a loyal following among consumers. Loyalty Programs.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 11, 2016

Mobile technology has reached unprecedented levels on innovation. Products like Google Cardboard are revolutionizing virtual reality, and yearly location-based innovations are creating astounding utility. Two: Mobile Loyalty Programs Work. Buyers love feeling like “part of the program.”

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Clarabridge

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Personalization isn’t just a buzz word for customer experience teams—it’s an integral part of any customer engagement strategy. Personalizing the customer experience shows your customers that you are listening to their feedback, that you understand and empathize with their needs , and that you value their opinions.

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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.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

There are numerous ways that customers engage with your business. Each one is a chance for you to nurture their interactions towards a sale, referred to as customer touchpoints. Optimizing your customer touchpoints can lead to stronger brand loyalty, more revenue, and improved sales. Customer loyalty programs.

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Strativity

MAY 25, 2023

Understand the experience your customers are hungry for. Sample new channels to reach new customers. As direct customer engagement begins to yield real customer data, restaurant brands have an opportunity to refine insights and optimize channel planning, media investments, creative, and content.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Within one year, over 100 bank-sponsored loyalty programs in Europe disappeared. Shutting down the loyalty programs was a huge strategic mistake by the banks. Next, we explain how to increase the perceived value of your loyalty currency, so that your loyalty program is more effective, and the ROI increases.

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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.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recognizing loyalty program members at the Point of Sale (POS) has been challenging for over 30 years. The result is that it can be difficult for a retailer to deliver a smooth customer experience when identifying their own loyalty program members, or customers in partner loyalty programs, at the POS.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2019

This article describes why a Loyalty Strategy will become the only long-term, sustainable point of differentiation in the mobility portal wars, because sufficient capital will find innovative growth companies and legacy players will eventually learn how to become more agile. The massive potential of loyalty marketing in mobility.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For this reason, only very large partners end up collaborating even though the loyalty program members engage with thousands of medium or smaller potential partners on a daily basis. This is a major opportunity cost for every loyalty program. This workload can now be greatly reduced.

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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. ING Direct is one of those brands. Kudos to them.

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SurveySparrow

JULY 23, 2023

Augmented Reality: The Future of CX Augmented Reality (AR) provides businesses with new and exciting ways to engage with their customers1. From virtual fitting rooms to interactive product demonstrations, AR provides an immersive, interactive experience that’s taking customer engagement to new heights.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 30, 2022

The ability to innovate with scant resources – and constantly leaning on others for help. The ability to bring together complementary fields of experience to create profitable solutions based on innovative business models and modern technology. Innovating with scant resources.

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ClearAction

APRIL 18, 2020

Customer cycle time delays for payments and purchase decisions reduces productivity of your accounts receivable and sales teams, among others. Customers’ share of budget reductions and churn require costly incentives , loyalty programs, and customer success investments to maintain market share.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Another example of how brands can generate additional revenue from embracing metaverse innovation is by attracting sponsors and investors via virtual events or concerts and charging attendance fees. Again, businesses can offer metaverse consultation services to others intending to embrace the innovation.

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