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1 Create loyalty cards 1 1

2 Contents Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 13 Page 14 Introducing loyalty cards Examples uses Creating your loyalty card Getting started Customising your loyalty card Passbook Rules and rewards Additional set up Redeeming your loyalty card via Textlocal Messenger Reporting 2 2

3 Introducing loyalty cards What are loyalty cards? This Textlocal service gives you the ability to create your own fully branded loyalty cards as a page which can be sent out via a text message, directly or as an automated response to an inbound/opt-in SMS. It will contain a unique code, bar code and/or QR code which can be scanned multiple times, with built in alerts for rules & rewards. This means that your customers can safely store their loyalty cards on their phones, making the cards always available to be scanned on every purchase, visit or order. In a nutshell, how do they work? Create and design the loyalty card in your Messenger account Include a unique code for each recipient, including an optional bar code or QR Code, plus any images and branding you wish Select who you want to send it to Redeem loyalty cards by entering the unique code in your Messenger account or scanning the bar code or QR code via our App Why? No equipment or software is needed, all you need is your Messenger account for creation of your cards and a phone for redemption Paper cards and vouchers can be misplaced, but you can be sure that your customers will be drawn to your business knowing that their loyalty card is stored safely on their phone and readily available. 3 3

4 Example Uses Any business can use this innovative feature. While being effective in generating repeat sales and increasing customer satisfaction, it s also a extremely cost effective way to run any loyalty scheme. Some features of your loyalty card creator tool: Create loyalty schemes that reward your customers for their repeat business Redeem cards with unique codes, QR codes and barcodes Fully customisable to create loyalty cards that work for you! Compatible with ios Passbook and Android Passwallet apps Ideas for your sector Retail Scan this loyalty card whenever you shop with us, collect reward points and get exclusive discount codes on future purchases! Restaurants and Takeaways Text FOOD to 56263XX to receive your loyalty card. Get a FREE Coke on every 5th order! Hair and Beauty Save this loyalty card to your passbook, scan on each visit and get a free hair spa after every ten visits! Auto Text MOTOR to 9XXXXXXXXXX for your loyalty card and earn a free foam wash in your next visit Travel Book three trips with us and get 50% off on your fourth trip 4 4

5 Creating your loyalty card You can enter an expiry date for your loyalty card. This helps you maintain strict terms and conditions of usage for any offers and promotions you run. Select this option on the create new ticket tab. You set the rules, choose how many times the voucher can be scanned and what message you want to pop up and when. For example, it could be this is the customers 6 th visit they are entitled to a free coffee! 5 5

6 Getting started STEP ONE - CHOOSE YOUR PROCESS Select if you want to send your loyalty card unique code and link directly to your existing database (option 1) or as an automatic response for one of your inbound numbers (option 2). The link enables customers to download Passbook/Passwallet version directly to their iphone or Android phones. If you use option 2, remember this is a great way to build your opt-in database to target with specialised offers at a later date If you have already created your own unique codes, select Use this and I have my own codes and follow the instructions. If you do not have your own codes, click use this option and easily create unique codes with millions of permutations in a few steps. STEP TWO - CHOOSE YOUR CONTACTS Choose the contact group you want to send your card to, or select Create a new group and upload your contacts as normal. Selecting the contacts at this stage means that the system knows who to allocate the unique codes to as it generates them. 6 6

7 STEP THREE: DEFINE YOUR UNIQUE LOYALTY CARD CODE FORMAT Shorter codes are easiest if you ll be redeeming them via Textlocal Messenger You are able to do this by including: Numbers Letters Code prefix Code suffix Code length Messenger will give you an example of what your code looks like and how many permutations are available (it s billions!). This unique code will appear on the text messages you send. Use the code prefix and suffix to brand the ticket/voucher the way you like. STEP FOUR: DEFINE YOUR CUSTOM FIELDS Select what custom field you would like to save the unique codes to. If you are sending a brand new loyalty card make sure you choose to override any existing codes. 7 7

8 Customising your loyalty card STEP FIVE: CUSTOMISE YOUR MOBILE LOYALTY CARD WEB PAGE The left hand side of your screen will show a preview of what your voucher or ticket looks like. On this page you will choose: Your redemption methods passbook, QR code and barcode Page content title, text, footer, logos, merge fields and color scheme. Enter your page title You can include any of these in your tickets and vouchers: Short links Insert merge fields Attachments Surveys Enter your logo here The unique code waill show here by default Select if you want to include a QR code And/ or a bar code And/ or a Passbook/ Pass Wallet option 8 8

9 STEP SIX: DESIGN / EDIT YOUR PASSBOOK TEMPLATE If you have chosen to include Passbook you will now be prompted to design a new one or duplicate an existing one. Here you can either edit and duplicate an existing passbook template or design a brand new passbook template. What is Passbook? Why include a Passbook or Pass Wallet? Customers can save to their phone for a later date and don t have to search through their text messages Professional and smart look for your business Reduces the struggle to find Wi-Fi while out and about The phone displayed to the left shows a preview of what your Passbook loyalty card will look like o o o o Here you can choose your background and font colours Add your logo Choose your voucher content Insert merge fields 9 9

10 Setting up your rules and rewards Schedule an SMS for a few hours after a scan to gather feedback using our survey tool STEP SEVEN MAKING THE RULES When redeeming any kind of loyalty card, Messenger will notify you straight away if the coupon code is valid and how many times it has been redeemed. You can also set up rules for actions to happen at a certain number of scans. Whatever you choose to offer your customers when they scan, there s a range of actions Messenger can perform: Display a message on screen with instructions of the reward Send a text, either to the card holder or to any other number you specify Send an Hook into your systems with a URL call QR codes and barcodes can be included in any outgoing message The system is flexible to your requirements, so you can set up rewards for an infinite number of scans, or choose to have the rules repeat after X amount of scans

11 Additional set up If you re sending your loyalty card out as an auto responder, next you need to set up the auto response for your inbound number. Set up: Auto text response Forwarding Forwarding to a URL Forward to a number 11 11

12 Redeeming your card There are a number of ways you can redeem a loyalty card. The two main ones are through your Textlocal Messenger account and through the Textlocal Messenger app. MESSENGER REDEMPTION In the Tickets menu option, select Redeem Ticket and then enter the loyalty card code. The screen will display any messages you ve included to be shown at this point, as well as details about the scan and the customer

13 If the loyalty card is invalid, an error message will occur, so you can be sure you re only giving loyalty scheme rewards to valid customers Redeeming your loyalty card via the app MESSENGER MOBILE APP REDEMPTION If you use the Messenger app to redeem, you can either scan the QR code and/or barcode on the loyalty card, or enter the code manually. If you ve set up a display message for this scan, this will pop up on screen now. As well as this, the app will confirm that the loyalty card was scanned successfully and lets you know how many times it has been redeemed. Download the app here by scanning the QR code 13 13

14 Reporting In Messenger, you can see reports on loyalty card scans. The codes will be grouped together showing the most recent scan first. You can also search for codes that have been scanned and specify a date range in which to search. You can export the data for further analysis if required. This data will include the number of times each loyalty card has been validated and the time & date of the most recent validation. You can also export non-redeemers, so you can target these people individually

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