My YouTube Video Beat Up Your Social Media (Part 2)
Our My YouTube Video Beat Up Your Social Media post continues to be an ongoing debate. Being very visual in nature, we all want to watch videos because of the instant gratification they provide. That would make the combination of video on social media an extremely powerful message. I think video on social media has become the new TV. My generation spent hours watching TV. Intrigued and addicted to episodes of drama, we watched for hours. Read more …
Does Video Quality Matter? Video Marketing Strategy 101
Does Video Quality Matter? Video Marketing Strategy 101 Does video quality matter? It appears that we all want to watch. We watch people at home doing nothing, we watch cats, we watch babies … we’ll watch almost anything. But when it comes to video for business and marketing purposes … does video quality matter? What is your video marketing strategy? How to Video – Rewards.com Our thought was to shoot a video about babies, cats, and Read more …
Why Content Matters
Why Content Matters You have undoubtedly heard the saying, “content is king.” That is true now more than ever. With over 1 billion websites online, choosing what content to post to distinguish and represent your company and brand is of extreme importance. This is true for content across blogs, articles, as well as social media posts. Gone are the days of Google rewarding top search results to blog posts and articles stuffed to the brim with Read more …
Why Google Analytics Is The 51st Shade of Grey
Why Google Analytics Is The 51st Shade of Grey Consumers come in all sizes and shapes. People come from all walks of life. They talk, look, and think differently. As such, they also approach buying decisions differently. Some are driven by emotion; others make objective, fact-based decisions; still others make impulsive ones. One-size marketing solutions don’t fit all. It’s like playing pin the tail on the donkey. In a dizzy, disoriented state, you may hit Read more …
Why Customer Loyalty Programs For Science & Healthcare Just Make Sense
Why Customer Loyalty Programs For Science & Healthcare Just Make Sense Does gaming and social media have a role in your customer loyalty solution? Pharmaceuticals, hospitals, medical manufacturers and distributors have always been cutting edge and some of the earliest adopters of new technologies, but now they are thinking strategically. In general, science and health care take a conservative approach to treatment plans, but what if your rewards program could increase compliance, improve health and satisfaction, save Read more …
The Power of Customer Surveys in Rewards Programs … Is It Really That Simple?
The Power of Customer Surveys in Rewards Programs … Is It Really That Simple? As a customer loyalty and rewards solution provider, DBG Loyalty has seen both successful programs and programs that fell flat. A major contributor to any successful program is to know your customers and meeting their needs. Some companies are innately in tune with their customers, while others try to push their own initiatives only to find them rejected by their customers. Let’s Read more …
Gaming For A Cure
Gaming For A Cure The understanding of such diseases as Alzheimer’s, cancer and diabetes has greatly advanced by thousands of online gamers in recent years due to an online flash game named Phylo. Created by Dr. Jerome Waldispuhl of the McGill Centre for BioInformatics along with collaborator Mathieu Blanchette, Phylo is a unique video game all in itself. In the game, users solve multiple sequence alignments in comparative genomics while leveraging the skill of gamers Read more …
Does 1.5% Cash Back Really Matter?
Does 1.5% Cash Back Really Matter? Are your customers using your program because they get 1.5% cash back or is 1.5% cash back just a perk that customers automatically expect from your customer loyalty program? The question comes up quite often in the customer loyalty industry. It seems almost every customer loyalty program now has a cash back solution that offers between 1%-5% cash back. The debate of the day is whether 1.5% cash back is Read more …
Targeting Consumer Behavior
Targeting Consumer Behavior Targeting consumer behavior, target marketing, consumer specific deals and behavior-driven offers are all part of DBG Loyalty’s analytic engagement tool. Targeting customer behavior with relevant offers is the framework for the strategic algorithm behind DBG Loyalty’s proprietary behavior-targeting analytics engine. Unpredictable Customers Let’s face it, customers are unpredictable. A single negative incident, too many emails, or even the wrong email can be enough to drive a long-term customer away. Although, at the same time Read more …
Small Businesses Can Have Customer Loyalty Programs Too
Small Business Customer Loyalty
In today’s business environment, retaining customers is more important than ever. Customers have a myriad of choices, and loyalty to a brand or a store is not always at the top of customers’ minds’. The customers are savvy and are looking for instant gratification on great deals. They have preferred ways of getting information. They use Facebook, Twitter, mobile and online solutions every day. DBG offers small business solutions that will help you meet your customers’ needs. Small businesses need customer loyalty programs too.
Every Program Needs a Strategy
Companies like Groupon, Walmart, Dollar Store, Hotels.com, Old Navy and Travelocity are there to give your customers discounted rates immediately. To keep up with the instant discount world, your business will need a strategy.
There are four primary considerations for customer engagement and long-term customer loyalty.
Small Business Loyalty Program
- Mobile and Social Engagement
- Loyalty Program – Points or Cash back
- Online Engagement
- Knowing Customers’ Behavior
You don’t have to be a super center. Small to medium size businesses need programs to keep customer engaged. DBG has solutions for all sizes of businesses.
DBG Loyalty’s mobile engagement can be delivered through a mobile app or responsive website. The mobile connection allows messages, coupons, deals and offers to go straight to the customer’s phone or tablet. Customers are significantly more likely to review the message at the time it is sent versus in an email message. Facebook is one of the easiest ways to communicate with your customers daily. Facebook allows you to post messaging, offers and updates about your business in a non-intrusive way. Facebook and other social media tools fill the need for instant gratification and use. DBG loyalty has solutions for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Linked. Facebook and Twitter are still the most popular social networks.
Awarding Customers for Good Behavior
Awarding customers for good behavior is the key to retaining them. The number one customer complaint about customer loyalty programs is that customers who signed up never hear a word about the program since originally signing up. As a customer, has this ever happened to you? If a program engages a customer to the point that they sign up, then you have made a successful first step. The next step is to have a strategy for keeping them engaged. Implementing a successful customer loyalty program takes planning and strategy. DBG Loyalty Read more …
