6 Referral Marketing Best Practices To Turn Customers Into Word-Of-Mouth Mark...G3 Communications
Word-of-mouth (WOM) is becoming retailers’ most powerful marketing channel. In fact, 80% of all purchase cycles involve some form of WOM recommendation, according to Forrester Research. These recommendations can drive three to five times more conversions over any other marketing channel.
To harness the power of WOM, retailers’ customer acquisition strategies must include a referral marketing program. The resulting WOM recommendations can help retailers increase awareness, acquire new customers and boost overall sales.
During this webinar, you’ll learn:
How referral programs help drive customer acquisition;
Best practices to increase awareness and new sales via referral programs; and
Ways to measure program results and calculate “real” ROI.
Register for the webinar, titled: 6 Referral Marketing Best Practices To Turn Customers Into Word-Of-Mouth Marketers, and learn how you can turn one-time shoppers into life-long brand advocates.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
Study: The Future of VR, AR and Self-Driving CarsLinkedIn
We asked LinkedIn members worldwide about their levels of interest in the latest wave of technology: whether they’re using wearables, and whether they intend to buy self-driving cars and VR headsets as they become available. We asked them too about their attitudes to technology and to the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the devices that they use. The answers were fascinating – and in many cases, surprising.
This SlideShare explores the full results of this study, including detailed market-by-market breakdowns of intention levels for each technology – and how attitudes change with age, location and seniority level. If you’re marketing a tech brand – or planning to use VR and wearables to reach a professional audience – then these are insights you won’t want to miss.
6 Referral Marketing Best Practices To Turn Customers Into Word-Of-Mouth Mark...G3 Communications
Word-of-mouth (WOM) is becoming retailers’ most powerful marketing channel. In fact, 80% of all purchase cycles involve some form of WOM recommendation, according to Forrester Research. These recommendations can drive three to five times more conversions over any other marketing channel.
To harness the power of WOM, retailers’ customer acquisition strategies must include a referral marketing program. The resulting WOM recommendations can help retailers increase awareness, acquire new customers and boost overall sales.
During this webinar, you’ll learn:
How referral programs help drive customer acquisition;
Best practices to increase awareness and new sales via referral programs; and
Ways to measure program results and calculate “real” ROI.
Register for the webinar, titled: 6 Referral Marketing Best Practices To Turn Customers Into Word-Of-Mouth Marketers, and learn how you can turn one-time shoppers into life-long brand advocates.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
Study: The Future of VR, AR and Self-Driving CarsLinkedIn
We asked LinkedIn members worldwide about their levels of interest in the latest wave of technology: whether they’re using wearables, and whether they intend to buy self-driving cars and VR headsets as they become available. We asked them too about their attitudes to technology and to the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the devices that they use. The answers were fascinating – and in many cases, surprising.
This SlideShare explores the full results of this study, including detailed market-by-market breakdowns of intention levels for each technology – and how attitudes change with age, location and seniority level. If you’re marketing a tech brand – or planning to use VR and wearables to reach a professional audience – then these are insights you won’t want to miss.
Loyalty Marketing is the Only Marketing You NeedFivestars
Loyalty marketing may be the only marketing you ever need to do. Experts agree that loyalty marketing is one of the most effective and efficient froms of marketing. With the rapid growth of social media, it is more relevant than ever before for small businesses.
Our guide to loyalty marketing will detail:
1. Data from experts on loyalty marketing and the results that it achieves
2. Key drivers of customer loyalty
3. A framework for measuring returns from your loyalty program
4. Practical tips for using loyalty marketing to increase your sales
Tools to Generate Customer Referrals FastELISEO Lucy
Every business that wants to grow its customer base must establish multiple avenues of marketing. A business limits its own potential if it does not explore every alley that can reach future customers.
Phenomenally successful Southwest Airlines is renowned for its stellar Customer service. Learn from former Southwest Executive and author of Lessons in Loyalty, Lorraine Grubbs, how Southwest built and maintains one of the most faithful Customer bases.
Southwest Airlines recognized long ago that they were in the Customer service industry, they just happened to fly airplanes. They were one of the few companies who realized the existence of dual Customers - the internal one (employees) and the external one (passengers, vendors, partners, etc). This Customer service mindset was established from the onset in the creation of their mission statement, which in two separate parts, vows to deliver care and service to both employees and Customers. Their continual dedication to achieving the highest level of Customer service led them to:
* Always capitalize the "C" in Customers to emphasize their importance
* Imbed each employee paycheck with a reminder message that their "Customers were responsible for providing this paycheck"
* Design a hiring system to attract and retain "Warrior Spirits" with innate Customer service skills
* Implement a recognition system and invite the external Customer to help recognize employees
* Utilize fun as a strategy to find the kid in everyone
In this webinar you'll learn how to create a Customer Service culture in your organization, regardless of size. The principles and practices learned in this session will, when implemented correctly, boost the level of Customer loyalty in your organization, ultimately positioning your company as a leader in your industry and giving you a tremendous competitive advantage.
Turning Customers into Brand Ambassadors Ambassador
Brand Ambassadors are customers who have taken it to the next level. They advocate for your brand among their networks, referring new, high-quality customers to you. But how does the transition from customers to brand ambassadors happen?
In “Turning Customers into Brand Ambassadors,” you’ll get a comprehensive description of what it takes to start and maintain a successful referral program. You shouldn’t be intimidated by referral programs—become an expert and start seeing your customers become brand ambassadors today.
KrowdKick, Social Word-of-Mouth deals platform by TouchPoint ConsultingEtienne Ricco
Our platform allows you to leverage the power of social sharing with your fans & consumers expanding your social followers base, driving footfalls to your shop or online venue and improving your business visibility online.
This presentation goes over the benefits of having an enhanced wi-fi infrastructure that enable business intelligence maximizing the return of your WLAN Infrastructure investment. Hotels, Restaurants and retails are turning into wi-fi systems that can help them to maximize the benefit of this mandatory amenity.
Webinar - Navigating Payment Processing for Nonprofits - 2015-07-23TechSoup
Payment gateways, merchant accounts, credit card terminals, oh my! Overwhelmed by the credit card payment options out there and unsure of how to select the right one for your organization's needs? You've come to the right webinar!
TechSoup and Dharma Merchant Services present a jargon-free walk-through of what all those things mean and some tips on selecting the right services for your organization.
From in-person payment terminals and mobile-friendly card swipers to online merchant accounts and payment gateways, we clear the murky waters of accepting credit cards for donations, event registrations, membership dues, and purchases of branded gear at your events.
Managing an incentive program is a complex job. Complex enough, at least, that you can’t do it all alone, which is why you need a solid incentive program provider. The Hawk Incentives team recently spoke with a group of senior-level reward buyers to find out what they most wished they could find in a rewards program vendor.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Loyalty Marketing is the Only Marketing You NeedFivestars
Loyalty marketing may be the only marketing you ever need to do. Experts agree that loyalty marketing is one of the most effective and efficient froms of marketing. With the rapid growth of social media, it is more relevant than ever before for small businesses.
Our guide to loyalty marketing will detail:
1. Data from experts on loyalty marketing and the results that it achieves
2. Key drivers of customer loyalty
3. A framework for measuring returns from your loyalty program
4. Practical tips for using loyalty marketing to increase your sales
Tools to Generate Customer Referrals FastELISEO Lucy
Every business that wants to grow its customer base must establish multiple avenues of marketing. A business limits its own potential if it does not explore every alley that can reach future customers.
Phenomenally successful Southwest Airlines is renowned for its stellar Customer service. Learn from former Southwest Executive and author of Lessons in Loyalty, Lorraine Grubbs, how Southwest built and maintains one of the most faithful Customer bases.
Southwest Airlines recognized long ago that they were in the Customer service industry, they just happened to fly airplanes. They were one of the few companies who realized the existence of dual Customers - the internal one (employees) and the external one (passengers, vendors, partners, etc). This Customer service mindset was established from the onset in the creation of their mission statement, which in two separate parts, vows to deliver care and service to both employees and Customers. Their continual dedication to achieving the highest level of Customer service led them to:
* Always capitalize the "C" in Customers to emphasize their importance
* Imbed each employee paycheck with a reminder message that their "Customers were responsible for providing this paycheck"
* Design a hiring system to attract and retain "Warrior Spirits" with innate Customer service skills
* Implement a recognition system and invite the external Customer to help recognize employees
* Utilize fun as a strategy to find the kid in everyone
In this webinar you'll learn how to create a Customer Service culture in your organization, regardless of size. The principles and practices learned in this session will, when implemented correctly, boost the level of Customer loyalty in your organization, ultimately positioning your company as a leader in your industry and giving you a tremendous competitive advantage.
Turning Customers into Brand Ambassadors Ambassador
Brand Ambassadors are customers who have taken it to the next level. They advocate for your brand among their networks, referring new, high-quality customers to you. But how does the transition from customers to brand ambassadors happen?
In “Turning Customers into Brand Ambassadors,” you’ll get a comprehensive description of what it takes to start and maintain a successful referral program. You shouldn’t be intimidated by referral programs—become an expert and start seeing your customers become brand ambassadors today.
KrowdKick, Social Word-of-Mouth deals platform by TouchPoint ConsultingEtienne Ricco
Our platform allows you to leverage the power of social sharing with your fans & consumers expanding your social followers base, driving footfalls to your shop or online venue and improving your business visibility online.
This presentation goes over the benefits of having an enhanced wi-fi infrastructure that enable business intelligence maximizing the return of your WLAN Infrastructure investment. Hotels, Restaurants and retails are turning into wi-fi systems that can help them to maximize the benefit of this mandatory amenity.
Webinar - Navigating Payment Processing for Nonprofits - 2015-07-23TechSoup
Payment gateways, merchant accounts, credit card terminals, oh my! Overwhelmed by the credit card payment options out there and unsure of how to select the right one for your organization's needs? You've come to the right webinar!
TechSoup and Dharma Merchant Services present a jargon-free walk-through of what all those things mean and some tips on selecting the right services for your organization.
From in-person payment terminals and mobile-friendly card swipers to online merchant accounts and payment gateways, we clear the murky waters of accepting credit cards for donations, event registrations, membership dues, and purchases of branded gear at your events.
Managing an incentive program is a complex job. Complex enough, at least, that you can’t do it all alone, which is why you need a solid incentive program provider. The Hawk Incentives team recently spoke with a group of senior-level reward buyers to find out what they most wished they could find in a rewards program vendor.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5
The Referral Network
1.
2. The Power of
Referrals
The Referral Network is the most powerful way to
leverage your customer database to become your
most powerful sales tool.
3. Marketing Materials
Drive the referral process right from your showroom floor
with an intriguing well branded POP campaign.
4. At Delivery
When a customer
purchases a vehicle your
going to give them a
customized prepaid Visa
card.
This will immediately create
interest and commitment to
the Referral Network
Program
5. They’re going to talk!
Why not profit from the conversation.
When your customer takes delivery of
their new vehicle one of the first
things they’re going to do is show it
off to family co workers. It’s going to
be the topic of many upcoming
conversation with friends family and
co workers.
Why not profit from the conversation.
6. Process
It’s as simple as that!
Refer your friends family or co workers.
You get cash
loaded onto your
visa card to
spend on exactly
what you want!
For every
referral
that buys…
7. Website
Our software tracks it all!
Our process allows your
customers to refer on line
from where ever they are as
often as they would like,
directly through your website.
And it’s all captured
inside the referral
network software.
8. Email
Spreading the word!
As soon as someone is referred
they receive a personalized email
with your dealerships limited time
exclusive offer. This Includes
special Referral Network Pricing as
well an optional Visa Card loaded
with a cash incentive!
They can validate their offer right
from the email. Everything is
captured inside our
software.
9. Rewards
When a referral turns into
a sale the referring
customer receives $150,
which is automatically
loaded (from the dealership)
onto a prepaid branded
customized Visa card
that stays in their wallet.
10. Rewards
Motivation to stay in the game!
All Referral Network
members will receive
monthly updates showing
them where they currently
place, for the
cash grand prize ($5,000)
awarded annually for the
most referrals that turn
into sales.
11. Rewards
Everybody wins!
The motivation to refer and to
buy is built into The Referral
Network Program.
Receive special Referral
Network pricing and a
Cash reward!
12. Reports
If you can’t see it you can’t manage it!
With the Referral Network,
management gets detailed reporting
of their referral program.
See the status of all referrals for each
salesperson, total referral sales for any given time period, total
referrals for any time period, as well as a back end system for
your accounting department to transfer referral payments to
your customers Referral Network Visa cards.