5 Ways to Keep Top Talent Happy & Engaged

  • August 23 2018
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentives Team

Employee retention says a lot about your business. After all, if you know how to keep your best employees happy, you’re probably good at meeting your customers’ needs too.Happy people do better work. Plus, the cost of replacing a...Read More

Without Incentives, What Drives Survey Respondents?

  • November 21 2017
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentives Team

It's important to choose the right incentives, but what else drives people to complete a survey? Most of us don’t choose to spend our free time taking surveys. So what are the driving factors (aside from incentives) that get people to...Read More

5 Things Every Customer Expects (Besides Rewards)

  • November 15 2017
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentives Team

Customers are more savvy and particular than ever before, so it’s up to brands to keep up. Engaging customers with a rewards system is an art all by itself — an art that we know well. But before you can start rewarding them, first you...Read More

All Research Incentives Are Not Created Equal

  • October 26 2017
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentives Team

Smart incentives are never one-size-fits-all. Align your rewards with what survey participants want, and you’ll attract the best respondents. As a market researcher, you know incentives boost response rates. Yet you can’t just blindly...Read More

Year-End Bonuses: Give Employees What They Actually Want

  • October 23 2017
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentives Team

It’s almost the end of the year — so what’s the best kind of gift to give your employees? Here are some pointers. Most employees look forward to a bonus or some display of appreciation around the holidays, and there’s a...Read More

The Right Way to Run a Rewards Program

  • October 18 2017
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentives Team

Choosing the right gift card is just the beginning. We all know a successful rewards program engages and retains customers while driving sales — that’s a given. And with over 75% of millennial consumers participating in loyalty and...Read More

Why Most Respondents Don’t Like Participating In Research (And What We Can Do About It)

  • May 10 2017
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • Lenny Murphy

The newly released GRIT CPR (Consumer Participation in Research) study showed that the majority of the people who have willingly given up their time, often for little or no reward, are dissatisfied with the their experience participating in...Read More

How to Battle Non-Response In Market Research

  • January 12 2017
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentive Team

A couple of months ago, an opinion article in the Los Angeles Times spurred a discussion about the use of incentives and rewards in the market research space. As a result, both the AAPOR and the ASA made a formal statement recognizing the...Read More

Global Movement Toward Cashless Society

  • September 09 2016
  • Resource: Loyalty Today
  • The Virtual Incentives Team

Technologies are launching at regular intervals that continue to knock cold hard cash out of the top list of preferred payment methods for consumers. From loyalty programs on credit cards that earn points, to mobile wallet convenience, consumers...Read More