Gaming is not just for children and computer geeks. If your business has a loyalty marketing strategy in place, you’re really playing a game, according to Gabe Zichermann and Joselin Linder, co-authors of “Game-Based Marketing: [Read More]

You’ve heard it before and it still rings true in today’s business world: it’s less expensive to keep an existing customer than to attract a new one. In fact this old maxim may hold even [Read More]

Given that many consumers have less disposable income than they did a year ago and are increasingly shopping on the Web, incorporating free shipping into an online customer acquisition and retention program is a great [Read More]

FuelNet presents a case study on how one smart growing business improved its customer retention and acquisition efforts through a recognition and rewards program for both staff and customers.

PROBLEM: Salon owner LeeAnne Sullivan doesn’t sell [Read More]

When it comes to building brand equity with customers, Tisch says, companies must embrace new strategic communication tools and deliver deeply rewarding experiences. [Read More]

Today’s world is filled with savvy consumers. They know how to find the best deals. They’re up on all the latest trends. And if there’s a hot new product on the market, they don’t want [Read More]

Perhaps the biggest demand from consumers these days is to have a say in how they engage with companies. Permission-based marketing was a good start, but it’s now insufficient. “Permission doesn’t get you to disclose [Read More]

According to a recent study by Lyris Inc.’s EmailLabs, many companies are not taking full advantage of the opportunity to continue a customer dialogue when a subscriber opts out of receiving promotional messages. [Read More]

To Frederick F. Reichheld, author of the acclaimed Loyalty Rules!, the secret to lasting business success comes down to putting customer loyalty above everything else. Here are five secrets for building customer loyalty:

1. Refuse to [Read More]