Wow. Millions of members of the MS Mode Member Club, spread over 6 European Countries, buying at over 425 stores and in a great webshop for every country: they have a new member club as from this morning 6 AM. Will these members notice that, you wonder? Yes, they will. It starts with a great kick-off event coming Saturday where they will…
Loyalty Marketing is about rewarding behavior to influence behavior. Contrary to what most people – and that includes marketers – think, rewards do not (should not) only be points or discounts. Rewards often can be status (and most often is called gamification in that case), privileges or service. These three overlap. Providing content is an important part of that, because…
At which customers is your loyalty program focused at? The loyal ones? Hmm, think again. There’s more to it than that. Even though you should put big efforts in keeping those loyal customers and use their advocacy power to generate new customers, in terms of turnover growth this group is already at its max. It’s the customers that show potential…
Last week, just like Altimeter did, Accenture published their report about new technology trends for 2016. As always, it's well worth a read for any marketer, even if it would be just to check if last years plans don't require an update. Predictable disruption This year, I found a phrase that I really like: "predictable disruption". Accenture uses it to…
VEMT, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has launched an omni-channel mobile loyalty app that interacts with all events during the customer journey and provides program members a complete interaction tool with timeline and customer support features. In the coming months, VEMT's current customers start rolling out the versatile app, bringing the usage quickly to several millions of users. The app…
Update December 2015: Facebook just announced a social video service as well. We expect an acceleration in the Marketing Use of these types of tools in the coming 6 months. --- Did you already experience social streaming? For those who didn't try the 2 newest 'social streaming apps' yet, you should definitely give it a try. It is a high impact…