Marketers have leveraged influencers for a long time, from athletes on the Wheaties box to celebrity chefs endorsing cookware. With the advent of social media, influencer marketing has quickly trended toward helping brands expand their reach and connect with new customers. Influencers can be highly effective when they’re knowledgeable and enthusiastic about your industry and products, especially when attracting a Read more…
Are you looking to implement a new customer loyalty program within your business or improve your existing customer loyalty program? You may be scratching your head at how industry-leading companies like Costco, Verizon and Sephora can maintain outrageously high customer retention rates while simultaneously keeping customer satisfaction high. There may seem to be a great mystery behind these organizations’ successes. Read more…
It is becoming increasingly difficult to reach customers through ecommerce. Consumers are being bombarded by messaging across every conceivable channel. Even the smallest and most distant competitors can challenge your business with fewer barriers to enter the marketplace. To make matters worse, consumer trust in brands and institutions is at an all-time low. In such a difficult landscape, it is Read more…
In this age of information overload, 82% of customers are making purchase decisions based on recommendations from their friends and family. While brands and retailers have many different ways of earning these recommendations, many are finding the benefits of referral marketing by tapping into their customers’ networks. By offering customers incentives for referring your brand and products to their friends, Read more…
UGC encompasses a variety of content types, whether it be photos, reviews, or even Q&A. Choosing the right user-generated content software can be the key to honing all of this content. In a market that is more likely to trust its peers over commercials, UGC is an investment. Keep in mind, however, that not all UGC programs offer the same Read more…
Creating an engaging brand loyalty program has become a large part of a business’ success. While reward programs were once simply a “points for purchase” or punch card-style customer loyalty solution, the competition inherent in the modern online market has given rise to programs that are more interesting and expanded; they include aspects such as visual commerce, referral marketing, and social Read more…
Marketers have leveraged influencers for a long time, from athletes on the Wheaties box to celebrity chefs endorsing cookware. With the advent of social media, influencer marketing has quickly trended toward helping brands expand their reach and connect with new customers. Influencers can be highly effective when they’re knowledgeable and enthusiastic about your industry and products, especially when attracting a Read more…
We all know how the traditional rewards program model, right? A customer buys something and the retailer offers incentives like loyalty points or additional products. This is known as the transactional, or rational model of customer loyalty. Though it’s a very successful strategy, it really only considers consumers who are loyal for the reason of logical transactions. It doesn’t Read more…
In this edition of Ask An Expert, we sit down with a leading marketer in the boutique candy space. Sugarfina has built a fun and playful brand atmosphere by marketing themselves as candy for adults. Zainub Naqvi, Sugarfina’s Senior Manager of CRM & Loyalty, had a lot to say about the importance of customer loyalty in ecommerce. We also dive Read more…
We all know how the traditional rewards program model, right? A customer buys something and the retailer offers incentives like loyalty points or additional products. This is known as the transactional, or rational model of customer loyalty. Though it’s a very successful strategy, it really only considers consumers who are loyal for the reason of logical transactions. It doesn’t Read more…
According to The Word of Mouth Marketing Association, there are approximately 2.4 billion brand-related conversations each day in the United States, a breeding ground for referral marketing. Not to mention the fact that 83% of consumers say they trust recommendations from people they know (Nielsen). In layman’s terms, recommendations are the highest source of trust, making it a very important Read more…
In this episode of Let’s Talk, our Chief Strategist Al Lalani speaks with us about best practices in referral marketing. Did you know that 7 out of 10 Americans seek opinions from their peers prior to making a purchase? Or that 49% of people say friends and family are their top source for brand awareness? The fact remains, a Read more…
Marketers have leveraged influencers for a long time, from athletes on the Wheaties box to celebrity chefs endorsing cookware. With the advent of social media, influencer marketing has quickly trended toward helping brands expand their reach and connect with new customers. Influencers can be highly effective when they’re knowledgeable and enthusiastic about your industry and products, especially when attracting a Read more…
We all know how the traditional rewards program model, right? A customer buys something and the retailer offers incentives like loyalty points or additional products. This is known as the transactional, or rational model of customer loyalty. Though it’s a very successful strategy, it really only considers consumers who are loyal for the reason of logical transactions. It doesn’t Read more…
Did you know that 47% of top brands rely extensively on user generated content for their marketing efforts (Forrester)? UGC can effectively bring a new level of authenticity to companies, showcasing the human side of your brand while building engaged communities around products and services. With ubiquitously available reviews for nearly every product and experience out there, consumers rely on Read more…
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