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Wiki, the leading Gamification Community. Programs. Pre history Before there were frequent-flyer programs, there were (remember?)
Raleigh cigarette coupons and S&H Green Stamps. The idea was similar: encourage repeat business by rewarding customers for their loyalty. (In case you don’t remember, supermarket customers earned Green Stamps according to the amount of their purchases. The Green Stamps were pasted into books, and the books could be redeemed for various types of merchandise. Before such primitive loyalty programs could develop into what we now know as FFPs, two events had to occur: Deregulation (1978) created the marketing environment.
Absent either of the above, FFPs probably would be unnecessary (assuming a regulated airline industry) or impossible (without the computer-tracking mechanisms which make such large-scale customer tracking possible). The Beginning In May 1981, American Airlines (AA) introduced AAdvantage, the first FFP. A little background… Enter the Hotels In the beginning, hotels were partners in airline programs. Foursquare Tops 15 Million Users. Christopher Heine | December 5, 2011 | 0 Comments inShare126 Growth opportunities continue, as lion's share of smartphone users have yet to adopt geo-social.
Foursquare now has 15 million users, tripling its base since this time last year. Half of the users reside in the U.S., while the other 50 percent are international. The New York-based tech company revealed the stats to ClickZ News in a pair of emails today. APP OF THE DAY: Nike+ GPS review (iPhone) One of the greatest changes that the MP3 revolution brought about was how easy it became to run with music.
Tape players were huge, CD players skipped, MP3 players, well, they became portable, lightweight, convenient. The idea of carrying a device with you whilst running is now acceptable - mainstream even. With phones now being lighter and smarter, it's no surprise to see the iPhone strapped to the arm of many runners. And it isn't just providing music, but a whole range of running stats too. A wealth of apps are available to keep track of your progress. Nike+ GPS. Nissan's Leaf featuring automatic gaming system. A few weeks ago we wrote about Phylo, a Flash-based puzzle game that uses addictive gameplay to help scientists map human genetic code.
It's part of the trend of making otherwise mundane things fun by adding gaming elements , especially Xbox-like achievements. Another good example is Foursquare, which awards users "badges" for checking in a certain venues. The idea is to give users reasons to use a service by providing bragging rights to those who achieve the most. And now Nissan is adding the concept to its new electric car, the Leaf. It's been known for a while that the Leaf has a 7-inch display that gives real-time information, such as how much CO2 the driver is keeping out of the atmosphere, as well as daily, weekly, and monthly reports to drivers.
And it unexpectedly also includes achievements, averaging a driver's usage with others, assigning rankings, both regionally and globally. What's unknown is if there will be an official prize system. Electronic education: Flipping the classroom.