This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. As customers and employees, we crave what the beloved companies deliver. Beloved companies enable people to decide and act from a…
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Turning the tables on loyalty
This is a guest post from Spike Jones — Group Director of Engagement at WCG and co-author of the book Brains on Fire: Igniting Powerful, Sustainable Word of Mouth Movements. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Brands talking about loyalty has been happening for decades. And…
How Merrell Shoes generates word of mouth with customer service
This guest post is from Jeremy Epstein, VP of Marketing and Social Navigator at Sprinklr. A Shoe Story I have wide feet. Finding comfortable shoes isn’t always easy. A few years ago, a friend turned me on to Merrell and I bought two pairs of the World Legend (one brown, one black) for work. Hands down,…
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Emotional Loyalty vs. Transactional Loyalty
This is a guest post from Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands.” The distinction between these two kinds of loyalty came home to me last summer when I was participating in a brainstorming session on behalf of a major Big Box retailer. They wanted to develop a loyalty…
Loyalty is earned, not bought
This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Twist Image and author of Six Pixels of Separation. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. This will not be about how to game a system so that you can redeem a free flight. Sorry. When most people think of earning loyalty points,…
How you know when you’ve created a successful community
This is a guest post from Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands.” The engine of loyalty is community. The engine of community is mutual support. The most powerful agent in creating loyalty is belonging. I would argue that the main ingredients of a successful community all create a…
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