The original version of this piece appeared as a Forbes post. Marketers face challenges when crafting loyalty programs that cater to Gen Z, a core consumer demographic with distinct values, commercial preferences, and digital habits. The key to attracting and retaining Gen Z lies in respecting their preferences for autonomy, convenience, and authenticity. To achieve ...

Personalized student offers are a powerful way to reach Gen Zers around the world. But for your programs to succeed, you need an effective form of student verification. In a previous blog, 6 Obstacles to Launching a Worldwide Student Offer, we outlined the challenges that make worldwide student verification difficult. In today’s post, we look ...

This article was originally published in 2019, but it has since been updated to reflect new research and consumer trends. A lot has changed since we first covered this topic, but the value of Gen Z marketing has not! Generation Z is the segment of people born in 1995 or later. This subgroup accounts for ...

College is a pivotal life stage, a time when students begin to gain financial independence and forge their own paths. And, of note to marketers, it’s also a time associated with a lot of spending. With 19 million college students in the US alone, this is a valuable consumer community for brands to target.  But ...

Rothy’s wants everyday hero communities to enjoy comfortable, durable footwear for the back to school season and beyond PORTLAND, OR —Sept. 8, 2022— Rothy’s, a leading apparel brand specializing in sustainable, comfortable, and fashionable footwear, bags and accessories for the whole family, today announced that students are now eligible for its discount program, along with […]

Over the last fifteen years, personalized marketing has been built on stalking consumers. Third-party cookies, third-party lists, and third-party data were the norm—even though we marketers knew this unverified information was imperfect and intrusive.  Today, the landscape of data collection for personalization in marketing is shifting quickly. Thanks to increasing regulatory scrutiny and a long-overdue ...

Like many industries, banking underwent a massive digital transformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. In April 2020 alone, there was a 200% increase in new mobile banking registrations and an 85% rise in mobile banking traffic. William Demchak, Chairman and CEOof PNC Bank, describes it as a ten-year shift in consumer behavior that occurred in two ...

Sweepstakes campaigns are a great way for marketers to generate leads. According to an analysis by Wishpond, contest email CTRs are 5.5% higher than other emails, and contest landing page conversions are 7.3% higher than typical landing pages. When your sweepstakes is also an identity marketing campaign, you can see even greater success. Why You ...

When Covid-19  hit, it disrupted families and schools across the United States. Parents were overwhelmed, teachers were displaced, and children had to start learning from home. A year and a half later the pandemic continues to take an unthinkable toll on our communities, creating social, emotional, and academic burdens - especially for students and teachers. ...

Marketers have long relied on third-party data to target and acquire customers, personalize messages, and drive growth. However, those days are numbered. Increased digital privacy concerns are driving investments in new data sources, customer content, and community-building programs.  Data collection and the understanding of customer identity is changing. Marketers are discovering that first-party and zero-party ...