A loyalty program – a structured, long-term marketing effort designed to encourage customer behaviors with rewards – can provide a business with many benefits. Increased sales, improved customer engagement, strengthened brand identity, and the ability to begin gathering valuable first-party data are typical results of a well-conceived, properly-implemented loyalty program.
Offering delivery, take away, and sit-down dining, restaurants must align their messaging across channels to provide the best customer experience possible. When you deliver a cohesive message and experience to your customers on every channel, your brand gains recognition, and the relationship between brand and customer can grow stronger than ever before.
We’ve already discussed the importance of keeping your happiest customers coming back for more, but what does it take to build your customer base beyond your loyal following? It turns out that word-of-mouth marketing is one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal when it comes to new customer acquisition.
Imagine making an online reservation for two at one of your favorite restaurants, and a few hours before you and your dining partner arrive, you get a text message. The text contains a personalized offer for two of your favorite desserts if you spend $75 or more. Though you weren’t planning on splurging, you decide …
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Many hospitality and retail businesses have an untapped resource that unlocks the potential to gain actionable data, personalize customer experiences, and grow visits and spend. More than just a cash register and card reader, point of sale systems like Revel allow businesses to add third-party POS integrations that significantly expand the value and capabilities of …
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FSTEC, an annual technology conference for the foodservice industry, took place Oct. 1 – 3 in Orlando, FL. Como had the pleasure of attending the event, meeting with executives from some of the 240+ foodservice operations, and participating in educational and inspirational sessions.
Customer engagement is the depth of the relationship between customer and brand, describing a connection between the two that can encourage awareness and brand loyalty. In an increasingly competitive business environment, improving customer engagement can become the defining characteristic of a successful retail or hospitality company.
Mobile payment technology is one of the biggest trends to have impacted brick-and-mortar business in recent years. According to eMarketer [1], 34.9% of smartphone users above the age of 14 will use their device to pay for goods and services at the point of sale (POS) at least once every six months. Proximity payments will …
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We’ve come a long way since loyal customers in the 18th century¹ received copper tokens that could be exchanged for gifts at a later date. What we had here was the makings of a loyalty club, just in a more physical (and metal-based) form.
Technology today has provided the hospitality and retail industries with an endless array of omnichannel engagement options for communicating with customers, from Tweets and push notifications to emails and face-to-face interactions. But as the ease of reaching customers has increased, so too have customer expectations regarding the quality of that communication.
