In relation to loyalty program in the United States several major supermarket chains and at least one major pharmacy require the cards in order for customers to receive the advertised loyalty price. These include Smith’s, Kroger and Safeway (each through both their own name and many of their regional chain names), Albertsons, Winn-Dixie, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Giant Eagle, Tops, and CVS/pharmacy. Cards from other, even competing chains will generally work at other stores to receive the advertised loyalty price, because only a few companies make the cards, but stores generally will not allow this since it will not allow a customer to be tracked, though a customer can make it work if they use a self-checkout. Even though this will work to receive the advertised loyalty price, any points and/or future discounts someone may be trying to earn from using the card at another store will not be added since a different chain would use a tracking system with a database independent of the other chain. However, some stores may also allow a customer to use the store’s card if a customer does not have theirs on hand (Kroger does not allow this although customers can enter their phone number to bring their card up if they forget it, or have another customer’s phone number entered) or if the customer is new and agrees to sign up right away. Many of the stores allow accumulation of fuel discounts. Some have tie-ins with airline frequent-flyer programs, and some agree to donate a percentage of sales to a designated charity. Most notably, Wal-Mart does not have a loyalty card plan (though someone who purchases a gift card can generally get a 3 cent discount per gallon of gas at the fuel stations located on Wal-Mart premises).

The practice is also common among book and music retailers, from large chains to independent retailers. In some instances, the customer purchases the card and receives a percentage discount on all purchases for a period of time (often one year), while in other instances, a customer receives a one-time percentage discount upon reaching a specified purchase level. (For example, a bookseller’s loyalty card program might provide a customer with a 10% off coupon once the customer has spent $200.00 at the bookseller.) Best Buy’s loyalty program similarly offers points redeemable for dollar-amount discounts after accumulating a set number of points along with other discounts from time to time, though the card is not required to receive their advertised price in most cases.

Independent hardware stores such as Ace Hardware and True Value added customer loyalty programs in order to compete more effectively against larger chains as well as gather customer data. In addition, office supply retailers Staples, Inc. and Office Depot started issuing club cards in 2005.[citation needed]

Almost all of the major hotel chains (Best Western, Choice Hotels, Holiday Inn, Marriott, Super 8 Motels, etc.) have similar cards that allow guests to earn either points (redeemable for discounts, future stays or other prizes) or airline miles (Hilton’s HHonors program allows guests to earn both points and miles on the same stay, the only program to date that does so). All major US Airlines also offer rewards credit cards. Other travel related reward programs include SeaMiles, with points that can be redeemed for cruises.

For now, most American retailers have not implemented club cards. In a few cases (e.g., Federated Department Stores, Kohl’s) this is because the retailer already issues its own credit cards, and thus already has a direct relationship with the consumers most likely to shop at its stores. Also, many retailers are simply not large enough to justify the cost of creating, promoting, and operating a club card program.

Some supermarket customer loyalty cards inadvertently work at the scanners of other non-affiliated stores. For example, a Kroger card has been successfully recognized as a respective loyal club member at stores in the Food Lion, Pathmark and Winn-Dixie chains.[citation needed] An example of a consumer-centric card (without cost, registration, or information-tracking) is the MyJoeCard, which advertises the business members through the website in Kansas City, Tulsa, and Denver.

Max & Erma’s has a loyalty program called Good Neighbor Rewards. Guests are rewarded based on their number of visits by either 5%, 10%, or 15%. Additionally, guests are periodically given additional rewards by way of free items added to their loyalty card electronically.

Truck stop chain Pilot Travel Centers has a loyalty program for truck drivers called Driver Payback Points, which rewards drivers for fueling up by giving them points that can be used for purchase inside the store. Although it can be used for general merchandise, the program is specifically targeted to be redeemed at the restaurant chain located inside each location. Locations with McDonald’s vary, due to McDonald’s leasing space from Pilot and operating those separately. While some do give a 10% discount for having the card while others won’t accept them at all, none of the McDonald’s locations at Pilot redeem the points.

A few states have begun regulating club cards. For example, supermarkets in the U.S. state of California are subject to the Supermarket Club Card Disclosure Act of 1999 . Some grocery chains have dropped their loyalty card programs. Rainbow Foods in Minnesota ended its loyalty card program after being acquired by Roundy’s, leaving Minnesota with no major grocers that use such cards.

There are a few online loyalty programs that offer rewards for being a loyal shopper. The largest of these are Memolink, Mypoints, ClubShop and Ebates. Some online loyalty programs focus on “other-directed” consumers, these include Upromise, Schoolpop, The BSP Rewards Network and iGive.com.

Several banks also have rewards programs, including three of the Big Four (Wells Fargo being the lone exception.), CapitalOne, and Citizens Financial Group. PNC Financial Services launched a program in 2009 as a direct result of its acquisition of National City Corp., which National City did have along with a mortgage division (two things PNC didn’t have) before the PNC deal.

Loyalty Program in Canada

The oldest loyalty program in Canada is probably Canadian Tire money, in which the Canadian Tire company gives out coupons which look like currency. The Air Miles reward program is Canada’s largest loyalty program – Air Miles can be earned at more than 100 different sponsors and there are almost a thousand different rewards to redeem for. The Bank of Montreal offers an Air Miles-sponsored program. Aeroplan is a loyalty program that has been around for a while 25 years. Originally beginning as Air Canada frequent flier program, in 2002 it was spun-off. Today Aeroplan is owned by Groupe Aeroplan Inc., has over 70 partners, representing more than 150 brands in the financial (CIBC AeroGold VISA), retail (miles can be earned at Sobeys) and travel sectors. Another large Canadian loyalty program that has been around for a long time is the HBC Rewards/Club Z program first started by Zellers. Loblaws offers the President’s Choice Financial program where users of the service get PC Points towards free groceries. Some retailers run their own rewards programs, such as Shoppers Drug Mart’s Shoppers Optimum Card and Staples Business Depot’s Dividends Card. The irewards program is Canada’s largest loyalty program for booklovers, offering everyday discounts and special coupons at Chapters, Indigo Books and Music, Coles, SmithBooks, the World’s Biggest Bookstore and chapters.indigo.ca.

Almost every gas station in Canada offers some sort of program such as Esso Extra at the Esso gas stations, Petro Points at Petro-Canada, Save-On-More at some Chevron stations in BC, Canadian Tire money at Canadian Tire gas stations, or a coupon that grants the customer 3.5 cents off per litre of fuel purchased at Sobeys Fast Fuel locations that can be used at a Sobeys banner store. Loblaws, Atlantic Superstore, and Real Canadian Superstore grant a 5 cent a litre coupon that can be used at their stores. Sunoco’s CAA reward offering ends at the end of 2007, to be replaced with Sunoco’s own Performance Points reward program.

Many hotel chains also offer some sort of loyalty program.

Loyalty Program in Australia

The largest loyalty program in Australia is FlyBuys, established in 1994 and backed by Wesfarmers (formerly Coles Group) and National Australia Bank. It has more than 8 million cardholders in over 5 million Australian households. Rival retailer Woolworths launched its Everyday Rewards fuel discount card nationally in 2009 and by July 2009 had three million cardholders.

Among other Australian retailers, the largest programs are Myer’s MYER one program (department store), the Priceline Club Card (health, beauty, home), Amcal Club (pharmacy), Millers Retail Club(apparel), and the BB Retail Capital (formerly Brazin Limited) Pulse Rewards program (Virgin, HMV, Sanity, dusk, Bras n Things, and SX sunglasses). Pulse has more than a million members.

All major Australian banks offer credit cards with reward programs. Many offer points conversion with the Qantas frequent-flyer program. Rival airline Virgin Blue offers the Velocity Rewards card partnered with National Australia Bank.

The largest online rewards program is RewardsCentral. Perkler is a website launched in Australia in August 2009 which lists 1,800 loyalty programs and their 280,000 associated perks. The largest online Australian frequent flyer community is frequentflyer.com.au.

Loyalty Program In New Zealand

The largest loyalty program in New Zealand is Fly Buys. Other significant programs include the New Zealand Automobile Association AA Rewards Card and Countdown supermarket’s Onecard.

Loyalty Program in United Kingdom

The loyalty card market in the UK is one of the most significant in the world, with most major chains operating some form of reward system. Passcard has been claimed to be the first reward scheme or discount card, created around by Gary Wilson in 1981[citation needed] and later known as Passkey. One of the first loyalty cards backed by a major chain is believed to be the Sainsbury’s Homebase Spend and Save Card in 1982.[citation needed]

Of the “big four” supermarkets, only Sainsbury’s and Tesco operate loyalty cards. Both Nectar and Tesco’s Clubcard scheme have been criticised for not offering value for money. When Clubcard or Nectar points are used for money off supermarket shopping, they roughly equate to a 1% discount, although offers can increase this discount by as much as 4 times for certain rewards. Some retailers with banking operations also award points for every pound spent on their credit cards, as well as bonus points for purchasing financial services. A report in The Economist suggested that the real benefit of loyalty cards to UK outlets is the massive database potential they offer.

After trials in 1994, Tesco launched its Clubcard program, the UK’s first nationwide supermarket-only loyalty card scheme, in 1995 with dunnhumby. Sainsbury’s launched its Reward Card in 1996. This was replaced by the Nectar card in 2002, which was launched in partnership with other major brands.

Boots The Chemist first began planning a loyalty card in November 1993, but built much more than a loyalty card; a very full CRM program. With an investment in excess of 30 million GBP, the Boots Advantage Card, launched in 1997, is / was the largest smart card retail loyalty card scheme in the world, and the third-largest retail loyalty scheme in the U.K. in terms of cards issued. The Advantage scheme currently has 16.4 million cardholders using the card online and in store and at 3rd party retailers.

The patronage dividend rewarded the loyalty of the owner members of Britain’s retail consumer co-operatives since the Rochdale Pioneers of the 1840s. Paper record-keeping transformed in the 1960s into a trading stamp scheme managed by the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS), which was gradually withdrawn as margins declined. The loyalty card concept was used by some co-operatives to restore dividend payments at the turn of the 21st century, notably by the CWS’s “Dividend” card, which was replaced by The Co-operative Membership card program, adopted by several larger co-operatives.

Safeway’s ABC Card was discontinued in 2000. Airlines, Hotels and other loyalty schemes also offer cards. Marks and Spencer and the John Lewis Partnership have credit cards which give vouchers in return for spending, and do not issue separate loyalty cards. GAME has a reward card scheme for which every pound spent a customer is rewarded 10 points; for every 1000 points that one collects, one gets 2.50 to redeem in the store, or online. Preorders earn a customer 20 points per pound. HMV has a reward card called purehmv.

The UK’s largest retail bookmaker Ladbrokes launched the Odds ON! loyalty programme in late 2007, the first retail betting loyalty scheme in Europe. Customers earn points on each bet which can be redeemed for bonus jokers and free bets.

Ipoints is a coalition program featuring online retail partners. Rewards are redeemable from 200 ipoints.

UK Websaver is a loyalty card designed to encourage communities to use local businesses.

Loyalty Program In Republic of Ireland

In the Republic of Ireland loyalty cards have been in operation since 1993, when Superquinn introduced its SuperClub loyalty card scheme. This is regarded as having been the prototype for such schemes in Europe. However, loyalty cards did not expand until 1997, when Tesco Ireland introduced its Clubcard scheme, shortly after its purchase of Power Supermarkets. This was essentially a simple expansion of the UK scheme (see above) – cards for this are physically identical to those used by Tesco in the UK and they can be used in both countries. Dunnes Stores responded with the introduction of their own ValueClub scheme in June 1997. Today these are three main schemes operating in Ireland, although ValueClub has been withdrawn from Dunnes’ Northern Ireland stores.

All five major petrol station chains in the country operated a scheme during the late 1990s – Esso had “Tiger Miles” (with Tesco ClubCard points offered as an alternative), Maxol had “Points Plus”, both of which operated on the principle of getting items from a gift catalogue, with Shell using Dunnes’ scheme, Texaco using the SuperQuinn system, and Statoil operating a cash-back system, “Premium Club”. Due to increasing oil prices and tightening of margins, all of these schemes ended by the end of 2005. Tesco Ireland’s petrol stations still, however, give Clubcard points.

GAME, a major computer game and hardware retailer also operate a cashback card scheme, which was merged with Electronics Boutique’s programme following the separation of their northern European stores into the hands of GAME. The scheme returns one-fortieth of the spend, more than twice as generous as Tesco.

Loyalty Program in Germany

The largest loyalty program in Germany is PayBack, which was launched in 2000. According to a study in August 2007 by GfK, 61% of German households have a Payback card. It listed the HappyDigits program as having a 42% share, with the Shell ClubSmart program as third most popular with 13%. In March 2008, the coalition program DeutschlandCard was launched by Arvato. As at March 2009 it had more than 4.5 million active cardholders.

Loyalty Program in Switzerland

Loyalty programs are popular in Switzerland, with the two main supermarket chains, Migros and Coop, leading the field with their offerings. The Migros card can be used at the Migros supermarkets, Ex Libris (books, DVD’s), SportXX, and more. The Coop Supercard earns points on purchases at Coop and a variety of other associated stores.

Other stores such as Interio, a furniture retailer, are also joining the market with loyalty cards and store-based incentivised credit cards. In recent years, online loyalty programs have also started to target the Swiss. First to make an offering in Switzerland was German-based Webmiles. Claiming to be Switzerland’s first online bonus program, Bonuspoints was launched in early 2008 and offers incentives for shopping at 70 different online stores.

Loyalty Program in Italy

Loyalty programs are popular in Italy, with the two main supermarket chains, Esselunga and Il Gigante, leading the field with their offerings. Other stores such as Interio, a furniture retailer, are also joining the market with loyalty cards and store-based incentivised credit cards.

Loyalty Program in Hungary

Two coalition loyalty programs in Hungary are SuperShop and Multipoint. SuperShop was established in April 2000 and is backed by premium partners hu:SuperShop Spar, OBI, OMV, Photo hall, Burger King.

Loyalty Program in Spain

VOIL Hotel Rewards launched in June 2008 with “Husa Plus,” a co-branded loyalty program for Husa Hoteles . The Husa Plus program is currently offered at approximately 145 Husa Hotels, primarily located in Spain.

Loyalty Program in Malaysia

In Malaysia, the BonusLink program was introduced in a joint venture between Shell, Parkson, Maxis and MBF. The BonusLink program is coalition with earning and redemption partners allowing members to earn points at a number of Malaysian retailers. Another card is Real Rewards where holders who spend at their merchants get to exchange points for free.

Loyalty Program in Hong Kong

Hong Kong offers many loyalty programs which include Octopus Rewards, which started as a chip based smartcard for transport and now, the Octopus cards can be used to earn points in certain shops, including McDonalds and Wellcome supermarket. Another loyalty program is for travelling on the heavily patronaged (3.65 million/day) MTR railway system in Hong Kong, known as the MTR Club. In terms of shopping or purchasing groceries, one can the MoneyBack card at PARKnSHOP supermarkets. Asia Miles, which was part of Cathay Pacific.

Loyalty Program in Indonesia

Centro Friends card is a loyalty card for Shoppers of Centro Department Stores. The Body Shop People card is the loyalty card for The Body Shop stores in Indonesia. Other notable programs in Asia include KrisFlyer, the Singapore Airlines rewards program.

Loyalty Program in India

i-mint is India’s largest coalition loyalty program, with approximately 5 million members. Hero Honda’s passport program claims over 3 million members. BPCL’s PetroBonus fuel card program has about 2 million members. IOC’s Fleet Card Program XTRAPOWER has more than 1 million members. IOC has launched a loyalty program XTRAREWARDS for Retail Customers. The Maruti Suzuki AutoCard, launched in association with Citibank and Indian Oil had 370,000 cardholders as at October 2008. About the Author: I am a professional writer from China Manufacturers.

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It hasnt been that long ago that having project management software was only a possibility for very large companies with very deep pockets. This gave the big guys a huge advantage when it came to servicing customers and giving employees the tools they needed to make sure that you were spending your resources in all the right places. Lucky for us times have changed and it is now possible for companies of all sizes to have access to state of the art project management software tools.

The biggest benefit to project management software is that it enables both you and your employees to have access to the latest information on all aspects of your projects. This applies to both sales of products and services. From the executive managers at the top of the administrative support personnel who answer the phones, everyone within your organization can see up to the minute data on where a project is within the pipeline. This ensures that priorities are properly set and work flows are kept free of bottlenecks. Assignments, time, milestones, and deadlines are all right at your finger tips when you have effective project management software in place.

If you have been in business for some time then you know that every link in the chain is related. You also know that your business chain is only as strong as its weakest link. When you take advantage of a comprehensive project management software package you can not only identify where your weak links are, you can make the necessary corrections to ensure that the links are strengthened. The fact of the matter is, as quickly as the business world moves today, it is nearly impossible to effectively manage a business without an automation tool.

You are probably aware of the traditional features of the top management software tools. These are the features that allow you to enter your project at the beginning of your cycle and follow it through the day it ships or is delivered. What you may not be aware of is that the state of the art systems include more than just process tracking. They take project management a step further and incorporate CRM (customer relationship tracking) and billing.

If you think about it, doesnt it make sense that your project management process should take all aspects of the product life cycle into account? While production of your project may not take place until the assembly line starts up or the programmers start coding, the life of your project starts when you begin calling on your customer and continues until you are paid for your final invoice.

That being the case, your project management software needs to take you all the way from beginning to end. Youll be empower your employees to take care of problems as they occur and enable your team to troubleshoot in order to avoid those problems altogether. Your management will be able to stay on top of your processes in real time and youll be able to tell where you are spending your money.

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Dentists revenues, like those of other professionals, have been affected by the recession. Dentists are going all out there to market their services to attract more patients. They are trying various forms of media like print, television, radio and the internet. Kamyoo FaceBook CRM Apps is another effective alternative.

Given consumers changing behavior, dentists have been allocating more resources towards online marketing and website building. To set up the website, an investment of $2000 to $5000 is required. Each month, an additional $40 – $50 for website maintenance and another $90 – $100 for Search Engine Optimization are incurred.

Most dentists have been complaining that their website did not generate returns on investment as only a small portion of leads generated have been converting to paying customers, often taking a long time. Looking at ads online is similar to viewing ads in yellow pages or listening to ads on the radio. Patients want to validate dental ads that they come across online from trusted sources such as friends and relatives. The immediate place they go to today are social networks where their friends and family have a presence. If a business does not exist on Facebook, it is easy for customers to move to competitors for services.

Statistically speaking, only 14 % of the population trusts advertisements while 78 % of consumers trust recommendations from friends and family (2). Considering this and the fact that majority of the customers still rely on word of mouth marketing for their dental needs, dentists should use powerful social media platforms to market their services.

Dentists should explore having a Facebook business page about their dental practice and additional Customer Relationship Management applications embedded on it. Kamyoo, an off-the-shelf product can be used instead of building the applications from scratch. This can save the dentists time and does not shift their focus from their practice.

The basic package consists of:

Welcome Page: This is the Facebook business page wherein customers, friends, employees and vendors can be invited to the dentists business network. The page which is similar to website home page is easy to edit the content from the dashboard.

Customer Testimonial Component: Dentists can invite their customers to write recommendations of their service and selectively publish customer testimonials on their business page. Prospects will have the option to view their friends reviews only.

Promotions Component: Dentists can easily create promotions and referrals to their social network and publish to Facebook business page.
Search Engine Optimization: Kamyoo pages and business content on Facebook will enable search engine optimization and enable local searches to find business easily.

Kamyoo can set up the business page and other apps on Facebook in less than 24 hours. There is no setup cost, only a modest subscription charge of less than $100 a month.

Kamyoo Facebook CRM Apps can market your services efficiently, through word of mouth, harnessing the viral power of social networks and slash your online marketing costs by 90%. You can feel the pulse of your customers opinion on your services and can control what is being said by them about your dental practice online.

For more information on Social CRM Solutions or marketing your business on Facebook, please click http://www.kamyoo.com.

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Kamyoo solution provides an instant presence on Facebook, generates leads through word-of-mouth marketing in social media, and provides enhanced customer experience through feedbacks, review and customer service tools. To know about more Kamyoo Facebook CRM Apps visit http://www.kamyoo.com .

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New industries are emerging in the CRM outsourcing space. This is according to independent consulting research and analysis firm, Ovum. The new report, released on the 12th of October, advised that healthcare, government and utilities are slated to have the strongest growth in customer relationship management (CRM) for 2011, in terms of demand.

According to report author, Peter Ryan, This will be driven by the need to reduce operating costs in the face of an increase in the number of calls from the public seeking advice on schemes such as unemployment benefits. At a time of economic uncertainty, we believe that government decision makers will view outsourcing overhead heavy contact centers as a wise move.

Call center services have already been increasing in demand this year alone, as mentioned in a previous article. Countries such as the Philippines, Australia and Chile have all indicated increase in revenues, seats and employment amongst the contact center industry.

In Egypt, call center outsourcing company, Xceed, announced plans to double its workforce by 2013, wherein the companys vice president, Osama Nazmy, stated that their business is currently booming. Business is very profitable and I see it growing and expanding in the future. Other companies such as Convergys (NYSE:CVG) and Sitel, have also announced hirings for contact center positions. Some, such as global banking and securities firm, JP Morgan & Chase (NYSE:JPM) and international hotelier Hilton Worldwide, are both shifting their call center support services offshore, specifically the Philippines.

Meanwhile, in line with the shift towards the healthcare space, Xerox (NYSE:XRX) company, ACS, announced on the 15th of October that it is now one of the largest providers of customer services in the pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare services after it acquired Florida-based healthcare teleservices company, TMS Health from Palm Beach Capital. According to group president, Connie Harvey of ACS Healthcare Payer and Insurance, ACS is helping pharmaceutical companies make every customer interaction count – in a market that spends up to $12 billion per year on marketing to its stakeholders. This pushes the company in an excellent position to answer the increasing demand in the sector.

But while the call center outsourcing services are on the rise, a report by RightNow (NASDAQ:RNOW) and Harris Interactive (NASDAQ:HPOL) highlight the effective use of CRM within a company.

In their report entitled the Customer Experience Impact Report 2010, companies who are able to provide superior service to their clients will likely enjoy higher revenues from their customer service, as compared to companies who are not able to deliver superior service.

Likewise, poorly delivered customer service, which includes contact center services, could result in higher customer attrition, mainly due to rude staff or delayed issue resolution.

Most interesting though, is that while an unpleasant customer experience will likely alienate you from your customers, a superior customer service delivered to your customers would result in greater satisfaction and more effective word of mouth marketing by your customers. Likewise, the report emphasizes that people will be willing to pay more in order to have superior customer service.

In our age when everyone has an opinion and there are ever increasing ways to make yourself heard, the numbers are significant. The numbers show that while the demand for customer relationship management services is undoubtedly increasing and moving towards different industries, it is still essential to remember that aside from answering that demand, bpo providers must be able to provide excellent customer service outsourcing at every level.

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Audrey B is a Strategic Solutions Group Executive of Infinit Outsourcing, a call center philippines outsourcing provider that puts together a boutique approach to give small to medium and large companies a long-term competitive advantage.

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