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2020 Incentive Program Trends

All Digital Rewards is committed to providing you with a dynamic, and engaging program that will meet your company’s goals. For more information on how All Digital Reward can help you with your 2020 incentive program call 866-415-7703 now or click on the button below to schedule a demo. It’s the New Year, and it’s time for your company to consider how you will move your business forward in 2020. You are out there looking at all the new tools available to you and finding all the best solutions to meet your business’s most significant challenges and upgrade your incentive programs. There are a lot of changes coming in 2020 and many trends to look forward to and plan for. Here are some of the top incentive and reward program trends for 2020. Whether for customer incentive programs, channel sales incentive plans, market research incentives, or anything else. Digital rewards are a trend that keeps going. Digital rewards can include electronic gift card incentives for top-rated brands (Target, Landry’s, Walmart, Sephora, Amazon, Best Buy, etc.), virtual visa prepaid cards, audiobooks or video service subscriptions or credits (Fandango, audible, etc.) and so much more. Digital rewards can be used quickly and […]

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These are the Top Market Research Panel Incentive Program Essentials

Panel loyalty programs are an essential part of market research. These programs increase research firms’ panelist retention, panelist acquisition programs, and survey frequency, making them foundational in increasing the revenue and profitability of research firms. When implemented effectively, market research panel incentive programs can build brand advocacy and increase the lifetime value of the panelists. The four essentials when creating a successful panel loyalty program strategy, include objectives, support for the program, participant rewards, and measuring program success. There are several steps you will need to take while creating your company’s panel loyalty program. Evaluate what currently is and isn’t working with your promotions. Decide on the goals for your program. Consider your audience. Your program’s main focus should be to make your panelists happy and keep them “your” panelists. Your loyalty program platform, structure, and technology should support the experience of your panelists. When planning out your panel incentive initiative, you need to show upper management that you have a good business case for your plan, which should include accurate metrics. You must ensure your loyalty program’s value is clear to your key stakeholders. With a solid plan in place with clear financial objectives, your company’s decision-makers are more […]

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Why Your Next Incentive Program Needs Virtual Rewards

The best sales incentive plans, rebate incentives, customer incentive programs, and health and wellness incentive programs will almost always offer some form of virtual rewards. An important consideration is the time-frame of a virtual reward. A virtual prize is an incentive reward that is awarded immediately as a reward for an action or an event undertaken by a participant and then delivered via a digital medium. Virtual rewards allow for instant gratification, which can increase the feelings of satisfaction from your participants.  The effectiveness of your digital or virtual incentives depends on the nature of the virtual reward and how valuable it is perceived to be by participants. Virtual rewards come in many forms; some of the most common are: Virtual gift card rewards, visa virtual cards, instant win games, and sweepstakes entries. Virtual incentive rewards such as virtual visa prepaid card rewards. These are a solid choice for incentives as they are viewed as a cash equivalent by incentive program participants. Gift cards have many of the same benefits and are often viewed as a windfall, which allows them to spoil themselves instead of having to be responsible with their spending.  Primary Benefits of Virtual Incentives: Sweepstakes and instant […]

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Plan For The Best Sales Incentive Program

The best sales incentive plans are simple, flexible, easy to administer, easy to monitor and improve, have low overhead costs, and bring about measurable results. Most companies use their sales incentive plans as a way to reward their sales force for their efforts on behalf of the company. The sales incentive plan should help promote loyalty to the company and increase participant performance. If your sales incentive program does not meet these criteria, it is a sign that you need to review your sales incentive plan and consider making changes. In order to help motivate and inspire your sales incentive program participants and encourage them to succeed, the incentives offered should have high perceived value and be tailored to your participants’ demographics. Some of the most popular choices include gift cards and incorporating sweepstakes and instant win games.  The benefits of gift card rewards are well-known to most companies. Gift cards are great for budget-conscious participants, allowing them to use their gift card rewards for things they might not normally spend their cash on. The gift cards earned from these types of rewards programs can be redeemed at thousands of online and in-store retailers. Additionally, the perceived value of those […]

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The Effectiveness of Gift Cards As Incentives

Gift cards are commonly found in incentive marketplaces, but how effective are they really? In the Incentive Research Foundation’s fall 2019 issue of their quarterly academic review, they reviewed the effectiveness of gift cards in incentive programs. Gift cards are one of the best representations of non-cash Rewards, and carry all of the benefits typically associated with such incentives. Well-designed incentive programs will almost always offer some type of gift card or prepaid card, such as a VISA virtual card, in their reward offerings selection. Every type of incentive rewards provider, whether they be instant win game providers, market research incentive program managers, reward management technology providers, or digital reward providers, will offer and potentially recommend gift cards. As with most incentive programs, gift cards can encourage positive behaviors and better workplace outcomes. When looking at sales incentive program ideas, consumer reward program ideas, or ideas for other types of incentive programs, gift cards will almost always be listed as a recommendation. Gift cards are a fantastic choice for almost any type of incentive program. The IRF quarterly academic review found that people tend to mentally think of gift cards as “fun money”, rather than money that has to be […]

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Choose The Dine and Go™ Prepaid Card For Your Incentive Program

Choosing the right rewards for your incentive programs are one of the most important steps in creating an incentive program. With a strong knowledge of behavioral economics and understanding matching up relevant incentives to drive behavior, we can identify and define demographics and choose the right rewards and incentives. Whether it’s a program focusing on health and wellness program, customer acquisition programs, channel sales incentive plans, rebates, employee recognition, or customer loyalty, it has been shown consistently that cash-equivalents are a favorite among incentive programparticipants. Our research has shown that Millennials (Generation Y) and New Silent (Generation Z) participants are looking for dining and entertainment reward card incentives that will support the local establishment in the communities they live in. All Digital Rewards created the Dine and Go™ Visa® Reward Card to do just that. Participants can now use this custom card incentive program at their local restaurants, bars and entertainment. Gone are the days of having to issue big box restaurant gift cards. Reward cards are wonderful brand awareness and customer acquisition tools and known revenue generators. These cards are popular because of their ease of use, perceived value, and universal acceptance. Additionally, incentive programs that use prepaid cards […]

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