Joel Udwin

Updated: November 1, 2018

Original Post: October 25, 2017

Apple Pay with NFC Loyalty is now live in 2,000+ locations.

Guests have an easy, secure, private way to pay and pass their loyalty identification in one NFC tap.

The speed of Apple Pay can now be combined with an incredible convenient loyalty experience for all Paytronix customers.  The recently completed integration of Apple Pay with the Paytronix Rewards Platform promises easy, secure and private mobile payments that simultaneously record loyalty data in a single NFC tap that’s fast and convenient.

“For the brand, this solution reduces the complexity and more importantly the time required for a cashier to process an order, a key metric for QSR and Fast Casual chains,” said Todd Michaud, restaurant technology consultant with Power Thinking. “For the customer, it brings loyalty functionality into the Apple Passbook, which means one less app they must navigate at check-out, greatly improving their ease-of-use. This in turn will lead to greater adoption, providing marketers with additional data to improve the program effectiveness. Any improvement like this that can positively impact the consumer, store operations and marketing is definitely a win-win-win.”

Some of the benefits that Apple Pay brings to restaurants, retailers and end users include:

Convenient Guest ID. With the NFC Apple Pay integration, guests tap their phones not only pay, but also deliver their loyalty identifier and redeem rewards. […]

Today, Paytronix customer Blaine Hurst, President & CEO, Panera Bread, is presenting Panera’s new ApplePay capabilities alongside Jennifer Bailey, Vice President, Internet Services, Apple Pay, in a session on “delivering the modern shopping experience” at the NRF Big Show 2018 in New York City.

As we explained in the Paytronix Blog “Boost Customer Loyalty with Enhanced Apple Pay Integration”:

“The speed of Apple Pay can now be combined with an incredible convenient loyalty experience for all Paytronix customers. The recently completed integration of Apple Pay with the Paytronix Rewards Platform […]

If you have a teenage daughter or follow Liam Hemsworth’s life, then you probably recognize the title of this blog, which was inspired by “The Climb,” one of the many Miley Cyrus hit songs. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Miley Cyrus is a marketing genius. But you don’t have to take my word for it – Business Insider, Huffington Post, and Entrepreneur Magazine all know that Miley Cyrus has some serious marketing chops.

Below are five lessons any marketer can take from Miley and apply to their own brand.

1. Create an Experience for Your Guests

78% of millennials prefer experiences over things

2. Think About the Customer Experience Loop

3. Identify the Barriers in Your Guest Experience and Knock Them Down

4. Have a Vision for Your Ideal Guest Experience

5. Transformations Don't Happen Overnight

"There's always gonna be another mountain,
I'm always gonna wanna make it move,
Always gonna be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose."

 

How many times have you sat at your desk watching the results of a campaign you were excited to roll out, only to see those stats flat line, or worse, nosedive into a negative return on investment? Without a doubt it is the defining moment of any marketer’s career. It becomes that “aha” moment where you can say, “I probably should have segmented the audience for this campaign.”

Segmentation has long been a core component of Paytronix’s 1-to-1 marketing platform. Studies show that segmentation is a vital tool in any marketing promotion, as relevant communication drives 18% more revenue than broadcast communication. In fact, […]