Why reward programs can transform your business for the better

Brittany A
March 11, 2021

We succeed when our partners succeed.

Loyalty is a joint effort. It’s true. Loyalty is part of our ethos. We exist to empower you. 

Since our initial launch, we’ve engineered solutions that have been proven to directly affect and grow our partners’ businesses. Are you trying to prove return on investment to everyone on your team? Our data proves that. 

Our partners have experienced up to 84% growth in loyalty enrollments. 

Here are a few reasons WHY reward programs can transform your business for the better 

Fear of Missing Out
The pandemic has increased everyone’s fear of missing out. Your customers want to feel involved and recognized; they want their purchases to matter. Loyalty enrollments offer businesses an opportunity to develop mutually beneficial relationships with customers. Happier customers lead to higher customer retention rates. As your customers develop higher hopes for your business, you can – and we encourage you to create higher aspirations for your organization. 

Seal the Deal
Your customers want to love you. You have deals to seal, but how can you drive sales forward when your competitors offer the same products and services? Loyalty enrollments offer businesses an opportunity to create specialized experiences.

Proof is in the Profits
Hold your pudding spoons because the proof is in the profit. Loyalty enrollments allow businesses to understand what is and isn’t working for the customer journey. Loyalty enrollment data can provide key insights into quantifying customer journeys. Businesses that prioritize the customer journey will have higher retention rates, lower customer acquisition costs, and higher profit margins. 

Loyalty is a Joint Effort
Loyalty is a team sport. Your customers want to have a relationship with you, and reward programs provide the framework to create the right relationships at the right time, thus growing your business.

Creating a reward program may not be a challenge for many retailers, but communicating the return on a loyalty program is a different story. We help hundreds of businesses like yours solve this issue. How? Loyalty begins when we recognize and honor customer pain points. To design and reinforce loyalty, businesses must be as empathic as they are organized. While we can’t force you to care about your customers, we can provide the blueprint (and the technology to enable it!) that will empower you to develop a unique, tiered offering that keeps your customers interested in and motivated by your business. 

 

Not sure where to start? Here’s how: 

Quantify Your Customer Lifecycle   
Your customer is your best friend. Right? Without them, your business wouldn’t matter. How does your customer interact with your brand? Are new customers coming into your store multiple times per week? Study your customer’s path to purchase. Once you’ve mapped out your customer experience, gift points to your customers along their journey to show them how much your business appreciates them – all while incentivizing them to purchase sooner and/or more often. We make this easy for you. 

Connect Your Marketing & Business Goals  
If your business aims to increase average sales month-over-month, reward loyal customers with points for every $1 they spend. When your marketing and business goals are aligned, your brand is positioned to grow to its highest potential. We make this easy for you. 

Create Your Own Demand 
Your business has its supply chain down. We’re in the business of helping you drive demand for your business. When your customers decide to roll with your crew, you’ll have to decide: will their points roll over too? Expiring points can prompt existing customers to take action. It’s up to your organization to define loyalty. We recommend sending a polite text-message through Alpine IQ to get your…point…across. 

Engage Your Team 
When building your reward program structure, give points to your customers for braving the pandemic to visit your team. Don’t stop there. Train your employees to educate your customers (new customer experience matters) regarding points earned by making in-store purchases. For example, a member from your organization can let a price-sensitive customer know 100 points can get them 5% of their next purchase and/or 200 points can get them 10% off. The reward matters. Loyalty happens online and offline. Our online technology powers your offline efforts.

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Marketing

Create and scale brilliant marketing campaigns

Loyalty

Turn pitstop customers into long-term patrons

Ecommerce

Order management and SEO foundations made easy

Analytics

Uncover insights and make smarter business decisions daily

Data / CDP

Power your marketing and operational strategy with clean, reliable data

Apps

Retailer-owned and fully branded native and web mobile apps

Text Messaging

Automate fully personalized, intelligently timed text messages

Email

Emails that drive real revenue and form customer loyalty

Push Notifications

Capture attention with customer web & native app notifications

Voice Drop

Deliver memorable voice memos straight to your customers

Direct Mail

Intelligent mail printed and shipped via behavior triggers

Abandoned Cart

Recover abandoned customer carts and the associated revenue

AI in AIQ

Leverage AI to craft dreamlike customer comms and optimize shopping experiences

Contests & Lotteries

Sustain rapid growth by running unique contests

Winback Campaigns

Keep your customers engaged with our automated win back technology

Birthday Offers

Show your customers that you care by sending them some love on their birthday

By business type

Premium Support

Hands on help from our team of dedicated experts

Certified Partners

3rd party experts certified by Alpine IQ

Free support

LIVE System Status

Minute by minute system status and major downtime incident responses

Platform User Guides

Get started quickly and learn about each of our features

Video Demos

Demos of our features and latest releases

Integration Guides

Consolidate multi-market business units through clean data they can trust

Developer Docs

Build amazing apps on top of API’s built for regulation and privacy

AIQ Blog

Up to date news and quick tips/ tricks from your favorite Alpine experts

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Exclusive courses designed to make you an Alpine IQ certified expert.