Loyalty refers to a customer's commitment to rebuying a preferred product or service despite situational influences. There are different types of customer loyalty based on factors like habit, convenience, or advocacy for the brand. Marketers often categorize customers into groups based on their loyalty status: hard-core loyal buy only one brand; split loyal buy two to three brands; shifting loyal switch between brands; and switchers show no brand loyalty. Developing reciprocal loyalty benefits both customers and brands through rewarding customer experiences and appreciation.
3. LOYALTY
ï Loyalty is a deeply held commitment to re-buy or re-
patronize and preferred product or services, in the
future despite situational influences and marketing
efforts having the potential to cause switching
behavior.
ï Loyalty can be defined as a customer continuing to
believe that your organizationâs product/service offer is
their best option. It best fulfills their value proposition
whatever that may be. They take that offer whenever
faced with that purchasing decision.
4. CUSTOMER LOYALTY
ï Customer loyalty is both attitudinal and behavioral
tendency to favor one brand over all others, whether
due to satisfaction with the product and services, its
convenience or performance, or simply familiarity and
comfort with the brand.
ï Customer Loyalty encourages customers to shop more
consistently, spend a greater share of wallet, and feel
positive about shopping experience, helping attract
consumer to familiar brands in the face of competitive
environment.
5. CUSTOMER LOYALTY
ï There are many reasons why a customer repeats
purchasing which have little to do with
being really loyal. Consider the following:
6. CUSTOMER LOYALTY
ïThere is a contractual arrangement with your company,
ïIt takes too much effort or money to change suppliers,
ïYou are currently the low cost provider,
ïTheir relationship is with one of your employees and not
with your company,
ïHabits are hard to break,
ïThey may actually be in the process of finding an
alternative supplier.
7. TYPES OF LOYALTY
ï There are five different types of loyalty that how loyal
a consumer is to a brand is based on a variety of
factors, but there tends to be common traits we see in
each group. Letâs go over the four traditional types of
customer loyalty.
8. TYPES OF LOYALTY
ï No Loyalty:
ï there is actually a group of customers that is not loyal to
brands. This group is usually a small cohort, but it
definitely exists. Marketing best practice for this group is
to identify what percentage of your customer base falls
into this category, and treat the group as a control.
ï Inertia Loyalty:
ï This type of loyalty is based on pattern spending and
convenience. Customers who fall into this bucket tend to
purchase from a certain brand because it is easy to do, or
itâs what âthey have always done.â
9. TYPES OF LOYALTY
ï Latent Loyalty:
ï This type of loyalty refers to consumers who might not
purchase often from a brand (usually because its
products/services are set at a seasonal or high-ticket price), but
when they do purchase, they always purchase from the one
brand.
ï Premium Loyalty:
ï This type of loyalty refers to customers who purchase often
from a brand, and advocate on the brandâs behalf when they
do. Premium loyalty usually plays into a great deal of pride on
the customerâs part. If the customer is proud to represent this
brand, then they fall into this bucket.
10. TYPES OF LOYALTY
ï While the four traditional types have been great to us
in the past, there has been a shift in todayâs consumers.
Todayâs consumer demands more from the brands they
love, and as marketers, itâs our job to give it to
them. There is a better type of loyalty that brands
should be looking to increase, which is called
âReciprocal Loyalty.â
11. TYPES OF LOYALTY
ï Reciprocal Loyalty:
ï Reciprocal loyalty is a premium relationship benefiting
both the brand and the consumer. It creates a relationship
where consumers support brands through advocacy,
purchase behavior, and community participation. As a
result, brands then appreciate consumers through
investing in their experiences, providing valuable content
and thanking consumer with rewards and benefits.
13. LOYALTY STATUS
ï Marketers usually four groups based on brand
loyalty status:
ïHard-Core Loyal: consumers who buy only one
brand all the time,
ïSplit Loyal: consumers who are loyal to two or
three brands,
ïShifting Loyal: consumers who shift loyalty from
one brand to another,
ïSwitchers: consumers who show no loyalty to any
brand.