Take the “Loyalty Leap” — How to Build Unwavering Customer Loyalty While Navigating the Minefields of Privacy
April 5, 2012
Hosted by Té Revesz
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Episode Description
How do you attract loyal customers in an era of unprecedented customer power? How do you cope with the ‘new normal’ of today’s marketplace, balancing customers concerns about personal privacy with their demand that all their unique needs be met? My guest Bryan Pearson, President of Canada's LoyaltyOne and author of “The Loyalty Leap: Turning Customer Information Into Customer Intimacy,” will share two decades of frontline experience to give marketers sound strategies for navigating the worlds of customer expectations, privacy and data integrity. An internationally recognized expert in the fields of enterprise loyalty and coalition marketing, Pearson will offer tangible lessons drawn from his work in Brazil, Canada, India and the US on how to successfully manage the greatest asset of any company in the digital age: its customer data in order to create emotionally loyal customers.
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Té Revesz
Té Revesz is known for her ability to conduct strategic research on a global basis and for her creativity in handling complex business challenges.
As principal of GlobalReach-SBI, a research and consulting firm with a network spanning over 60 countries, Té provides clients with strategic intelligence on market opportunities and threats. She covers such diverse areas as global branding, new product development, payment cards, clinical trials, and political risk. An expert in primary research, Té has interviewed business, government and labor leaders, doctors and technical experts—and managed focus groups—around the world. She was profiled in Super Searchers Go to the Source as one of the top US interviewers.
Prior to founding her own firm, Té headed the Industrial & Healthcare Practices of FIND's Strategic Consulting & Research Group and taught at the Zicklin School of Business (Baruch/CUNY). She was the Editor of Business International’s flagship newsletter and helped create its country risk service.
An NYC native, Té is active with Citizen Action, the URJ’s Commission on Social Action, and NY Neighbors for American Values (defending religious freedom, diversity and equality). She holds a Masters from Columbia’s School of International & Public Affairs and a BA from Goucher College. She’s an avid bike rider, theater buff and farmers market supporter—and the bemused owner of 2 demanding felines.
