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The Dos and Don’ts of Incentives
Whether you’re rewarding research respondents, employees or customers, a good incentives program reaps big returns. But if it’s done wrong,…Read More →
How to Execute a Successful Rewards Program
We all know a successful rewards program engages and retains customers while driving sales. That’s a given. And with over…Read More →
Virtual Rewards Lead to Increased Respondent Engagement
In case you missed it, we co-sponsored a groundbreaking research study with industry leaders and Greenbook to uncover the rewards that truly…Read More →
The Impact of Incentives on Consumer Behavior
Keeping customers engaged and responsive is increasingly challenging in a world where they’re constantly inundated with advertiser messaging across multiple…Read More →
Holiday Trends and Preferences Among Millennials
Much has been written and explored to try to truly understand the Millennial population, but understanding their motivations and preferences…Read More →
FocusVision Offers Virtual Incentives API to Seamlessly Reward Respondents
Introducing an instant and automated rewards solution for FocusVision Decipher software clients. Fishkill, NY – 12 April 2017 – Virtual…Read More →
New Research Study Reveals Consumer Preferences for Incentives and Rewards
September 19, 2016 – Fishkill, NY – Virtual Incentives has released the first round of data from a new research…Read More →
Global Movement Toward Cashless Society
Technologies are launching at regular intervals that continue to knock cold hard cash out of the top list of preferred…Read More →
Rewards, Incentives and Augmented Reality – What’s in Store?
It’s everywhere, literally. You can hardly leave the house without seeing people running around the streets after Pokemon these days….Read More →
Ipsos Report: The Future of Finance in a Digital World
In a recent report from Ipsos Mori’s head of financial services, Paul Stamper, he points out some significant ways that…Read More →
5 Ways Mobile is Changing Gift Card Incentives
Incentives are feeling the pull of consumers on the go. One of the things that we’ve always focused on as…Read More →
IIeX Twitter Roundup
IIeX: Insight Innovation Exchange North America Twitter Roundup There are few conferences we attend that are as valuable as IIeX….Read More →
Virtual Incentives Introduces New Reward and Incentive API Solution
API integration further modernizes reward delivery with a scalable, efficient solution that is instant and automated. Fishkill NY – 04…Read More →
The Energy Marketing Conference for Retailers Roundup: Challenges, Opportunities and Big Winners
The fast-paced, ever-changing utility marketplace creates a need for companies to constantly grow more competitive and seek solutions to help retain and engage the customer base.
Rules of Engagement: Gen Z and Millennial Respondents
How do we engage the fickle Millennial and GenZ generations that are having/are poised to have a significant impact on purchasing decisions and consumption?
Utility Companies Can Energize Customer Strategies Through Digital Rewards
There is a sea change underway in the utility and energy industries right now, from the evolution of the regulatory…Read More →
eGiftCards. We’re Going Global!
When we say “going global”, we mean it. We’re not just taking an existing product and sending it overseas with the new Virtual Incentives Global eGiftCards. We’re offering a truly global solution with the advanced personalization, customization and ordering options. The new eGiftCards offer instant deliver for online or in-store shopping with more than 600 brands to choose from in various denominations – all with seamless delivery to more than 43 countries in 16 currencies.
Constellation Customers Receive Intelligent Digital Rewards Platform
Customers are rewarded with the proprietary GiftCard PASS and Visa® virtual accounts to deliver instant gratification and garner loyalty Fishkill,…Read More →
TMRE 2015 Tweet Roundup!
Last week, we attended and exhibited at TMRE (The Market Research Event by IIR) in Orlando. One of the largest…Read More →
Market Research Incentives: What Incentive Should You Offer?
You want to offer an incentive to help you boost your response rate, but your budget is limited and promotional…Read More →
Virtual Incentives Partners with icanmakeitbetter to Increase Panel Engagement
Insight community (icanmakeitbetter) and incentive solution company (Virtual Incentives) increases reward offerings to help deliver quality responses for clients. 13…Read More →
3 market research challenges researchers face today
The insights industry is evolving, and with it are market research challenges that researchers face. How information is gathered and…Read More →
Study: Popularity surges for egift cards
At one time, the only gift card option was the traditional plastic version. Over the years, however, another variant has…Read More →
What Are the Best Survey Incentives?
We’ve all seen them. You visit a website, and suddenly you’re faced with the ubiquitous “Your Opinion Matters” box, asking…Read More →
6 expectations of customer service in the digital age
Digital is disrupting traditional customer service models. New customer touch-points are appearing against a backdrop of rising expectations, according to…Read More →
Marketing and the trend of instant gratification
An article by Punchbowl caught our attention and resonated because of a consumer trend we’ve noted and observe increasing. The…Read More →
Would you rather shop online or offline? 21 statistics
Here’s a question. If you were given the choice, would you rather shop for something online or offline? Here’s what…Read More →
11 online shopping trends to watch
More than half (62%) of US consumers with Internet access now shop online at least once a month, and just…Read More →
5 Trends in Online Rebates Worth Knowing
From Promotion Fulfillment Center (PFC) 95% of consumers are interested in products that come with rebates 80% of consumers look…Read More →
6 key factors consumers want from brand promotions today
Life for marketers and agencies used to be simpler, especially with regards to consumer promotions. A few decades ago, there…Read More →
23 surprising stats how online promotions have changed behavior
91% of people who shop offline go into stores because of online promotions according toMarketingLand. This reflects the direct way…Read More →
Does marketing to Millennials require more instant gratification?
Are younger generations more insistent on instant gratification? An interesting question where, in a blog post from Social Media Today,…Read More →
3 online survey software tools worth knowing about
Online survey software tools allow you to easily define your survey questions and possible responses and then send users a…Read More →
When is the best time to give survey incentives – before or after?
This article, from Survey Methods, is a thoughtful view on the timing for survey incentives. We share this view and…Read More →
5 studies prove survey incentives boost response rates big time
10%-15% is the typical lift in response rate that occurs when incentives are used with surveys according to PeoplePulse. That’s…Read More →
5 companies find out employee engagement builds brand advocates
A study from the National Business Research Institute (NBRI) shares just how important it is to keep employees engaged. Findings…Read More →
Top 10 trends for employee recognition
An article from Roy Saunderson at Incentive caught our eye. As it might also catch yours, here are: Top 10…Read More →
4 technology trends changing market research surveys
Technology changes behavior. This is evident in many areas. One is the way we take market research surveys. With the…Read More →
5 best practices for employee rewards programs
The end of the year is when many companies say “thank you” to valued staff with an employee reward. Are…Read More →
4 best practices for doing incentives in survey research
Surveys are about communication and relationships. Good survey research reaches out to respondents who have a connection with the topic,…Read More →
3 Ideas for Survey Incentives That Work
Incentives are a normal part of any market research project. With each project we ask ourselves: What will we give…Read More →
Virtual Visa Cards Work as Ideal Automotive Test Drive Incentives
The economy is working hard to recover and reinvent itself, so are automotive dealership marketers. Many car dealerships have been…Read More →
Market research firms move toward Visa Reward Cards for participant payments
In a year marketing research companies will issue hundreds of millions of dollars to their survey and panel participants. Buying…Read More →
Prepaid gift cards shape better customer rebates
It’s no secret: customers (along with everyone else) want immediate gratification. Old-school rebates, with their six-to-eight-week wait times and arcane…Read More →