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BthruB Leadership SummitOctober 4-6, 2015

October 4-6, 2015

Opening Remarks

Mark Herbert

President

The ISI Group of Companies

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Yesterday’s Key Concepts• Industry Trends

• Leveraging Research

• What is the ROI Methodology

• How to begin your ROI Action Plan

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Today’s Agenda• Client Presentations

• Roundtable Discussions

• Case Study on Activation Campaigns

• Technology Update

– 2015 Road Map & Actual Development

– 2016 Road Map

Client Presentation

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2014 Engagement

Status # % DescriptionActive 565 4% completely credentialed + more than 100k points in account

Inactive 2296 17% credit hold in TrendInvited 8960 65% set up; but not credentialed to have website access

Suspended 1859 14% less than 100k in account

Total 13,680

Current Points Unredeemed 2014 YTD Points Redeemed Redemption

Rate

642,358,596 225,773,350 25.9%

• Held by 2,104 Participants• Average Unredeemed 305,304

• 380 Participants• 918 Orders• Average Point Redemption 245,940

Engagement = Log-in + Rewards Activity

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Mission: Impossible?• Primary audience: multi-generational small business

owners, primarily male, +50, seasoned and pragmatic in business, survived housing crash

• Client had previously provided them a “personal shopper”

• Earned points without ever signing up for program, sales rep and program manager told them what the cash value was for the points

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Old program

Select supplier participation (79)

Points awarded on select suppliers based on formula

Minimum purchase requirements

GBPD - $8,000

Guardian Fiberglass -- $3,000

Minimum balance of 100,000 points to redeem

Consecutive 3 month minimum purchase or points are null/ void

Re-launch/ New Program

Additional supplier participation

Determine baseline/ tier supplier point values (2 points = $1 in sales)

No minimum purchase

No minimum balance required to redeem

Points expire after 18 months

Participants have a customer # and a different Plus account #

All customers auto enrolled into program & automatically accrue points

Month end all points are removed, site closed, and then new point balances are reloaded

(Customer # + Ship To #) = Plus Point #

All customers must activate new account to earn points

Points have a running statement showing what was accrued and redeemed

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Direct Mail example

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Recommended Supplier Participation LevelsSponsor Benefits: Platinum Gold Silver

Listing on the participating Sponsor Page X X X

Survey, Training/Quizzes, Emails 4/yr 2/yr 1/yr

Rotating Banner Advertising on program home page (one month) 4/yr 2/yr

Product Highlight Page X

Co-branding with logo on program log-in page X

Marketing/ Advertising Fee $7,500 $5,000 $3,500

Increase in package cost as a % of sales (not to exceed 0.50%) 0.25% 0.25% 0.25%Client Match 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%* Benchmark sales lift for participating suppliers is 40%

Why a Loyalty Program?- An effective incentive program increases sales of products by up to 40%- Partners reported incentives account for as much as 14 – 18% total revenue- Drive sales, gather customer insight, build loyalty and market directly to dealers

How will we make it effective?- Vendor content support- Engaging Client sales team, customers, and end users- Creating a constant feedback loop amongst audiences

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NEW PLUS Point Program Stats

• As of March 31st the active participants almost doubled the number from the previous program that was 6+ years old

• The re-launch and clean up resulted in a $1.24 million reduction in Client’s liability

Old program

Active Participants – 565

Auto enrolled – 13,115

2014 Aug YTD Redemptions – 657

by 302 participants

Re-launch/ New Program

Active Participants – 1,031

2015 Aug YTD Redemptions – 477

by 238 participants

Key Takeaway: • Customer MUST enroll in program to earn points• Deadline to “roll-over” points from the old program was March 31st

• No exceptions considered due to financial books being closed on 2014

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Q&A

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Roundtable Discussion

Does your program need a makeover?How can you Turbocharge your

program?

How Good is your Data?

Katie Harton

Marketing Project Manager

How Good is your Data?

Katie Harton

Marketing Project Manager

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Situation• High # of Invitees

• Invitees with point liability

• Need to get them Engaged

• Unknown data quality

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The Activation Campaign!

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Solution• Create an Activation Campaign with 3 Steps

– Personalized Postcard Mailing

– Personalized Phone Calls

– Personalized Emails

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Mailing

0

2000

4000

6000

80006,133

3,512 3,174

Potential Actionable Completed

57% 90%

Overall 48.25%

Missing or Bad

Data

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Calls

0

200

400

600

800

710

492

276

Potential Actionable Completed

69% 56%

Overall 61.1%

Missing or

Bad Data

of the 216 left,

over HALF were

wrong numbers

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Emails

0

2000

4000

6000

5,851

4,0273,472

Potential Actionable Completed

69% 86%

Overall

40.6%

Missing or

Bad Data 493 opened(14%)

79 Clicks(2.3%)

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Activation Results Timeline

0

100

200

170148

38

July 27th – September 19th

Period 1 Period 2 Period 3

356

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Follow Up• Track the 356 people to see engagement

results over 12 months

– Total Points Awarded and Frequency

– Total Points Redeemed and Frequency

– Calculate ROI of Campaign

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Stay Tuned• Activation control group results

• Redemption campaign and results

• Connect with us to view results:Linkedin

– The ISI Group's Leadership Forum (http://bit.ly/1OM9z0h)

Facebook– Incentive Solutions Inc. (facebook.com/incentivesolutionsinc)

Twitter– @incentive_sols (twitter.com/Incentive_Sols)

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Q&A

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Roundtable Discussion

How do you collect your invitation data?How do you scrub the data?

What other data do you collect?

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09000 5 87654321541 04 98765432103 9876543210987654321021 987654321098765432100Hours Minutes Seconds

Coffee Break

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Client Presentation

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Program Objectives• Provide a long term trade loyalty program for the

company

• Target audience is small trade contractor

• Move customers to FOL platform as lower cost to serve

• Provide strong incentives for trade customers to engage in and transact online

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What was their program?• Customer loyalty program

for our professional trade contractors

• Exists within the Client’s Online channel

CONSISTS OF:

• Business Benefits– launched August 2011

• Score Points Online– launched August 2012

• Bonus Point Promotions– launched August 2013

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Score Points Online• Customer points program for Client’s Online customers• When buying online, receive points for every purchase

– Receive 1,500 bonus points for signing up– Receive 1 point for every $1 spent on products ordered– Receive bonus points for specially featured products– Points never expire

• Redeem points for a wide variety of valuable merchandise, event tickets, and trips

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Bonus Point Promotions• Specific products are eligible

for bonus points when purchased on Client’s Online by registered Program members

• Bonus points will lead to customers being able to redeem their points for great merchandise faster, incentivizing them to buy products that are part of these special promotions

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Marketing Strategy• Fully integrated campaign that consists of:

– Celebrity Spokesperson– Print Advertising– Counter POP– Digital Signage– Online Advertising– National Radio– Email Marketing

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Email Marketing• Customer Survey• Business Benefits• Bonus Point Promotions• Monthly E-Statements• Donating Points• Recruitment Campaign• Anniversary Campaign• Welcome Campaign

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Customer Survey• Email survey conducted in June

2014 over 10-day period• Ten questions were asked such as

– customer satisfaction with the program

– the influence of the program on spending habits

– the way in which the Ferguson customer loyalty program compares to those of our competitors

• Members earned 5,000 Quick Points for completing survey

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Results

FY13 FY14 FY15

Total # Ordering Customers 61% 72% 73%

Total # Processed Orders 72% 86% 93%

Total $ Invoiced Sales 65% 87% 90%

Total # Self Service Events 51% 67% 71%

FY13 FY14 FY15

Total # Program Members 7,844 11,653 14,788

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Q&A

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Roundtable Discussion

How can you enhance your communications campaigns?

Technology Update

Mark Herbert

President, The ISI Group

Technology Update

Mark Herbert

President, The ISI Group

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2015 Technology Road Map• Gamification

– Enrollments

– Token system

– Badges

• More Mobile Features

• Email Analytics

• Quick Poll Widget

• Leaderboard Automation

• Responsive Templates

• Website Analytics (integration with Google Analytics)

• Performance Tracking Updates

– Promotion Bonuses

– Verification module

• Added redemption items

Mobile Only

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Additional New Features• Gamification

– Daily Trivia

• Learn & Earn Mobilization

• Engagement History Report

• Ability to send text messages & set preferred communication method

• Point Award Classes

• Birthday and Milestone Automation

• Auto Complete Lookups (Claims and Enrollment)

• Client requested custom work

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Draft 2016 Road Map• Communications Module

– Email Analytic Reporting including deliverability and open rates

– Preferred communication method per message type

• Responsive Templates

• Reporting and Admin Dashboard updates

• Profile Completion

• Automated email validation

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What additional tools do you need?

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Summit Mission Statement• Determine what is optimal ROI, how to measure and

react to it.

• Leveraging data so that it is no longer an impediment but an asset to maximize ROI.

• Explore how 2-way communication in a changing work force promotes long term, sustainable, predictable ROI.

• Share common pain points, objectives, and solutions as a group.

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Program Wrap Up• The ISI Group's Leadership Forum (LinkedIn)

• Program Survey

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