Category — CRM

The Loyalty Diet

A weight-loss app could be the gold standard for building loyalty. By Spencer L. Hapoineu. How do you lose 110 pounds without dieting and increase customer loyalty at the same time? Through information that’s fun to access — no points required.

Four people in our office used Lose It, a free iPod app, and lost 110 pounds combined. Lose It offers no diet plans, no exercise plans, no regimens of any kind.

All Lose It does is provide the user with information that calculates the calories burned from every form of exercise — no matter if it’s the serious kind like running, weightlifting and Pilates, or the banal forms of everyday living like housework and vacuuming … read >>

November 1, 2010   Comments

Playing Favorites

Spencer Hapoineu, Insight Out of Chaos
Retailers need more than fun-and-cool stores to win shopper favor.  By Spencer L. Hapoienu.
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May 1, 2010   Comments

True Loyalty

Spencer Hapoienu, Insight Out of Chaos
What comes after the circular?  Retailers pinpoint better ideas. By Spencer Hapoienu. (pdf) or (text)

March 1, 2010   Comments

The 0.3% Solution

Spencer Hapoineu, Insight out of Chaos

In good times or bad, a customer database is a license to do business.  By Spencer L. Hapoienu.

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November 1, 2008   Comments

Emotional Data

Spencer Hapoienu, Insight Out of Chaos

Using loyalty data goes way beyond crunching numbers. By Spencer Hapioenu. (download pdf)

November 1, 2007   Comments

7-D Loyalty

Michael Kryzston, G2

The seven dimensions of profitable loyalty management.  By Michael Kryzston and Killian Schaffer. (download pdf)

November 1, 2007   Comments

Cool News

Cool News

The future of loyalty at Home Depot, Lowes, Tesco and Microsoft.  (download pdf)

November 1, 2007   Comments

The Hub 21

The Hub, Issue 21

The entire Nov/Dec ’07 issue of The Hub magazine (44 pages), centered on consumer loyalty, including an interview with Paul Latham of Costco and 11 other articles. (download pdf)

November 1, 2007   Comments

Pencils & Towels

Charlie Tarzian, CoActive

Put the marketing into event marketing and help make CMOs brand heroes again.  By Charlie Tarzian.  (download pdf)

May 1, 2007   Comments

The Human Touch

Dori Molitor, Womanwise

The greatest retailers don’t just serve their customers with courtesy. They treat them like friends. By Dori Molitor. (download PDF)

March 1, 2007   Comments

Here Comes Tesco

Jonathan Dodd, G2 Worldwide

The U.K.’s top retailer is headed for the U.S. Are you ready to rumble?  By Jonathan Dodd. (download PDF)

March 1, 2007   Comments

Disney Relationship Magic

Tom Boyles, Disney Parks & Resorts

Knowing what to do next to make every vacation a perfect vacation — that’s how Tom Boyles is building guest loyalty at Disney Parks and Resorts. (download PDF)

November 1, 2006   Comments

The HUB 15

HUB magazine issue 14

The entire Nov/Dec ‘06 issue of the HUB magazine (36 pages), featuring interviews with Tom Boyles of Disney Parks & Resorts, Constantine Maroulis of American Idol, and ten other articles. (download PDF)

November 1, 2006   Comments

Gus Priemer Was Right!

Spencer Hapoienu, Insight Out of Chaos

Gus Priemer of SC Johnson envisioned the future of targeted media more than 30 years ago. By Spencer L. Hapoienu, co-founder, Insight Out of Chaos. (download PDF)

September 1, 2006   Comments

The HUB 14

HUB magazine issue 14

The entire Sep/Oct ‘06 issue of the HUB magazine (36 pages), featuring interviews with Jim Hedleston of American Express, Dr. Brian Harris of the Partnering Group, and eight other articles. (download PDF)

September 1, 2006   Comments

Good Outcomes

Spencer Hapoienu, Insight Out of Chaos



The only thing more ubiquitous than loyalty programs is the debate about them. By Spencer Hapoienu, co-founder, Insight Out of Chaos. (download PDF)

May 1, 2006   Comments

Who’s Afraid of Wal-Mart?

Spencer Hapoienu, Insight Out of Chaos



Pueblo Supermarkets faces down Wal-Mart by winning the hearts, minds — the loyalties — of its shoppers. A case study in loyalty marketing by Spencer Hapoienu, ceo, Insight Out of Chaos. (download PDF)

November 9, 2005   Comments