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You’ve launched a great loyalty program and your staff members are handing out a lot of activated cards to customers. Why aren’t enough of your customers registering these cards? Until the customers register their loyalty cards by entering their information, you don’t know anything about them and they can’t redeem any rewards. Your program depends on these registrations, but they’re not happening enough. Sounds like a lose-lose, right?

One restaurant chain figured out how to turn this scenario into a win-win. National Coney Island (NCI) is a quick-service restaurant serving Coney Island-style hot dogs and cuisine to the Metro Detroit area. They realized during the summer of 2014 that only 30% of their Coney Bucks^TM rewards cards were being registered. That means that a whopping 70% of customers were accepting rewards cards but not registering their account. Because NCI couldn’t get to know those guests or track their information, they weren’t able to give them the most relevant offers possible. […]

Bravo Brio Restaurant Group (BBRG) has at last found the right rewards rhythm after launching, testing, and then relaunching its rewards program. After putting a lot of resources into discovering what works best for their audience, BBRG’s program structure now suits the needs of its customers. The catchy name seamlessly ties everything together: Eat, Repeat, Reward. Naming a rewards program is a delicate task, and BBRG totally nailed it on all fronts. Here’s why: […]