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The Brand Advocacy Workbook + Walkthrough

Trust in traditional marketing is falling drastically. Less than 4% of people trust influencer marketing, and the increasingly high cost/low return of performance marketing is leaving much to be desired. As a result, more and more marketers are looking for ways to grow their brands organically. 

December 8, 2021

5 Successful Loyalty Program Examples in the Beauty Industry

The beauty industry has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, making it one of the most competitive markets out there. With an annual growth rate of 4.75%, total revenue of the beauty industry is expected to top $716 billion by 2025. Nowadays, customers have the ability to find a brand that is best suited to fit their personal needs.

December 3, 2021

Sack Friday? Why Black Friday Is A Dying Holiday

Black Friday has been a staple in companies' marketing strategies for several years - until now.  Recently, a lot of brands have been rethinking their involvement in the profit-led holiday, and found ways to re-position their relationship with it. Why do this? The reason's threefold: planet, perceived brand value and profit.  

November 24, 2021

The 4 Influencer Types: Does Size Really Matter?

We are all familiar with influencer culture, its etched into the fabric of our hyper-connected, e-commerce world. Whilst most brand builders know what Influencers are about, what's not always clear to is the difference between the four types of influencers that exist.

November 19, 2021

The Pros and Cons of Community Marketing

Community marketing is a concept that every brand’s heard of, but not every brand implements. If you are struggling to build a business case for integrating community marketing into your strategy, look no further. We’ve weighed up the pros and cons to help show you should have it as part of your strategy, and what you need to consider when putting it into action.

November 12, 2021

Ambassador Storefronts? The future of community-driven retail

Whilst the pandemic has caused hundreds of household names to shut up shop, a select few companies have managed to thrive in the last 18 months by evolving innovative ways of engaging with their customer base. Their not-so-secret weapon? Leveraging thousands of brand ambassadors using Ambassador Storefronts - an innovative way for brands to work with their fans to sell products on their behalf to their friends, family, and followers.

November 5, 2021

Trends: The Return of Brand Marketing and a New Era of Advocacy

2020 has pulled the chair out from underneath seasoned marketers that entered the year with swelling budgets and confident growth strategies. Advertising budgets have deflated, retail activity has plummeted and the fight for brand loyalty has only become more competitive. The interesting element of these shifts is that the economics of a COVID-conscious world did not create them, it only accelerated them. 

September 16, 2020

5 VIP Programs That Drive Exceptional Customer Experiences

Today’s customers are more difficult to please than ever before, and brands have a lot to lose if they can’t deliver an exceptional experience. 61 percent of consumers are willing to switch brands purely based on receiving a better customer experience, and average, satisfactory experiences are simply not enough. 

May 22, 2020

Best VIP Membership & Rewards Platforms for Shopify

The best brands of the last decade have grown through a strong passionate following, which has led to organic word-of-mouth and high retention. This combination allows brands to organically grow their following quickly and cost effectively. 

May 14, 2020

How To Build Customer Loyalty & Retention | Post Purchase Experience

Customer loyalty and retention in eCommerce is becoming more difficult than ever. Customers are now much more fine-tuned to a brand’s user experience, as the abundance of choice in brands & retailers makes changing loyalties easy. One survey shows 61 percent of consumers are willing to switch brands for a better customer experience.

March 25, 2020

Proven Tactics & Examples For Community Based Marketing You Can Use

One of the most significant trends in business is the rapid change of customer expectations when it comes to interactions with brands. According to Salesforce’s State of the Connected Customer report, “84 percent of customers say being treated like a person, not a number, is very important to winning their business.” Therefore, customers are not only seeking a great product, but an authentic human connection with both the brand and their community of customers. They are increasingly seeing their buying decisions as reflections of their identities as well as the communities they belong to. 

March 16, 2020

Paul Archer: Are super fans the secret to brand building in 2020?

Back in 2008, Kevin Kelly, the founder of Wired Magazine and all-round future gazer, wrote an essay called ‘1,000 True Fans’ on how an individual, band, artist or craft person only needs 1,000 true fans to make a living. 

March 9, 2020
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