by Kobie Marketing | Nov 12, 2013 | Loyalty Marketing, Loyalty Strategy, Travel & Hospitality, Travel & Hospitality archive
Travel and hospitality are two industries I consider to be joined at the hip. Each sector both supports and builds on the successes of the other. Considering their symbiotic relationship, it’s not surprising these industries helped pioneer the first modern...
by Kobie Marketing | Oct 25, 2013 | Customer Experience & Engagement, Financial Services
A longtime partner to major financial services brands, Kobie Marketing has always had a strong position on banks’ need to improve their quality of program engagement. Today’s hyper-connected consumers want a seamless omnichannel experience offering more than...
by Kobie Marketing | May 1, 2013 | Financial Services
At its most basic level, loyalty is about trust – not about the program specifics, per se. But that’s not great news for banks: recent data shows that Americans don’t trust their banks very much. Investors, too have diminishing trust in the financial system, according...
by Kobie Marketing | Jan 18, 2013 | Retail Archive
Sometimes conferences like the one I just attended, the National Retail Federation Annual Convention and Expo, are over-hyped and under-delivered. We’ve all been there. Fortunately the event, NRF’s “the Big Show,” a gathering of C-level, senior executive and regional...
by Kobie Marketing | Dec 31, 2012 | Loyalty Marketing
In early December 2012, the simple text message celebrated its 20th birthday. That triggered the thought of another approaching anniversary, one that will undoubtedly come with far less media fanfare but with no less significance. On January 27, 2013 it will be seven...