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LoyaltyProgramGuide-2011
Contents
LOYALTY PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Find Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Loyalty Program Setup Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Define Company Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Define User Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Define Loyalty Point Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Define Loyalty Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Attach Loyalty Point Policies to Loyalty Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Link Loyalty Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Understand the Loyalty Program Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Join Loyalty Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Join Loyalty Programs in General Admission Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Redeem Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Redeem Loyalty Points in General Admission Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Manually Adjust Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Override Loyalty Program Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Share Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
View Loyalty Program History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Report on Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Loyalty Programs
Find Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Loyalty Program Setup Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Understand the Loyalty Program Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Join Loyalty Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Redeem Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Manually Adjust Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Override Loyalty Program Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Share Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
View Loyalty Program History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Report on Loyalty Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Loyalty programs are a way you can reward patrons who are frequent customers of your organization. In
The Patron Edge you can create a loyalty program that awards loyalty points to patrons who purchase
items from your organization. To join a loyalty program, patrons must purchase a membership or series.
When configuring a program, you define policies that control how points are earned. For example, you
can configure a policy where a patron earns one point for every dollar spent on tickets, merchandise,
memberships, and series tickets. Patrons can then redeem loyalty points when making future purchases.
Loyalty points are managed on client records in CRM.
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Find Support
If you need information as you work in The Patron Edge, you can find support in Administration. In the
Support folder, you can access our Web site, send an email to Patron Edge Support, and open the user
guides.
Blackbaud Web Site When you double-click Blackbaud Web site, you access the Home page of our
Web site. You must enter your user name and password to access Customer Support. By selecting
Support on the menu bar, you can search for answers to your software questions in our
Knowledgebase and browse our library of Frequently Asked Questions in our FAQ Library. You can also
create new cases or check the status of existing cases in Case Central. In addition, you can download
updates and participate in user forums and review newsletters, user guides, and hardware
requirements.
Warning: To use our online solutions, you must have Internet access and a customer login.
Email Support When you double-click Email Support, you can send email directly to Patron Edge
Support. The screen for your default email program appears automatically with the email address in
the To field. You can enter your subject and message and then send your message.
User Guide When you double-click User Guides, you access the The Patron Edge User Guides page
of our Web site. Click a link to open a PDF of a user guide.
Define User Profile Settings. Use the Profile Maintenance screen to authorize a selected user to use
loyalty points as a payment method. For steps guiding you through this process, see Define User
Profile Settings on page 6.
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Define Loyalty Points Policies. Create the loyalty point policies which control how your organization
issues loyalty points. For more information about loyalty program policies, see Define Loyalty Point
Policies on page 9.
Define Loyalty Programs. For steps guiding you through this process, see Define Loyalty Programs
on page 9.
Attach Loyalty Program Policies to Loyalty Programs. Once you create a loyalty program, you attach
that program to a specific loyalty point policy. For steps guiding you through this process, see Attach
Loyalty Point Policies to Loyalty Programs on page 10.
Link Loyalty Programs to Series and Memberships. To join a loyalty program, patrons must purchase a
membership or series. You must link the loyalty program to a membership or series in Administration.
For steps guiding you through this process, see Link Loyalty Programs on page 12.
1. From The Patron Edge, access the navigation bar and click Administration. The Administration
screen appears.
2. In the tree view on the left, expand the Administration and System Setup folders.
3. From the System Setup folder, double-click Company. The Maintain Company Table screen
appears.
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4. On the General tab, locate Loyalty Program Name (Default) and select the loyalty program to
use as a company-wide default.
5. On the General tab, locate Announce loyalty points balance on transaction completion.
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6. To make the message appear after a sale that displays the loyalty points balance , mark Yes. If
you mark No, no message appears after a sale.
7. On the General tab, locate Calculate Loyalty Points.
8. To activate loyalty points, mark Yes. If you mark No, The Patron Edge will not calculate loyalty
points, and loyalty program members cannot redeem the points they have. In addition, a patron
cannot join a loyalty program even if its attached to a membership or series.
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9. On the Payment Terms tab, locate Client Group share Loyalty Points.
10. If loyalty program members can redeem the loyalty points of all customers in their group, mark
Yes. If you mark No, loyalty program members can redeem only their loyalty points. For more
information about sharing loyalty points, see Share Loyalty Points on page 24.
11. To save the parameters settings, click OK.
12. To return to the Administration screen, click Back.
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Authorize use of loyalty points
1. Access Administration and expand the Administration and User Setup folders. Double-click
Profiles. The Profile Maintenance screen appears.
2. In the Select Profile field, select a user profile, for example Box Office Manager. Information
that appears in the Description field depends on the profile you select.
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3. In the Permissions box, expand Additional Functions and then Clients Payments in the tree
view.
4. Mark Loyalty Points. This authorizes the box office manager to process loyalty point
transactions.
5. To save the profile maintenance settings, click OK.
6. To return to the Administration screen, click Back.
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On the Main Menu, click Administration, the Administration screen appears. Expand the Administration
folder and then the Loyalty Programs folder. Double-click Loyalty Programs. The Loyalty Programs table
appears. To create a new loyalty program, click New on the toolbar. The Loyalty Programs Add New
screen appears.
1. On the Main Menu, click Administration, the Administration screen appears. Expand the
Administration folder and then the Loyalty Programs folder. Double-click Loyalty Programs. The
Loyalty Programs table appears.
2. On the Loyalty Programs table, select a loyalty program.
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3. On the toolbar, click Loyalty Program Policies. The Loyalty Program Policies screen appears.
4. On the toolbar, click the New button. The Loyalty Program Policies Add New screen appears.
The Code field is for infomational purposes only, you cannot add or edit data in this field. It
displays a serial number automatically assigned when you create the new loyalty point policy.
5. In the Item Type field, select the basket item for which loyalty points be awarded, for example,
Tickets, Subscription, Merchandise, or Donations.
6. In the Loyalty Points Policy field, select a loyalty point policy. For more information about loyalty
point policies, see Define Loyalty Point Policies on page 9.
7. In the From Date and To Date fields, specify the time period when this policy is active.
Tip: You can have only one effective loyalty point policy per basket item on any given date. For
example, the Museum loyalty program awards loyalty points for ticket purchases from May 2007 to
June 2007 based on the loyalty point policy attached to the program. You cannot have another loyalty
program awarding loyalty points for ticket purchases using the same loyalty point policy for the same
time period.
When the To Date expires, the loyalty points awarded to a patron are still active. However, the
loyalty program stops awarding new points.
8. To link the loyalty point policy to the loyalty program, click OK.
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While this procedure demonstrates linking a loyalty program to a membership, you can use it as a
model for linking loyalty programs to a series.
1. On the Main Menu, click Administration, the Administration screen appears. Expand the
Administration folder and then the Series folder. Double-click Memberships. The Memberships
table appears.
2. Select a membership and click the Edit button on the toolbar. The Memberships Edit screen
appears.
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3. In the Attached Loyalty field, select a loyalty program. If you do not want to link a loyalty
program to the membership, select No Loyalty Program.
Note: In the Loyalty Points Policy field, By Program Definition means a loyalty programs policy
determines how loyalty points are awarded. Changing this setting overrides the loyalty programs
points policy. For more information on creating loyalty point policies, see Define Loyalty Point
Policies on page 9.
4. To save your changes and return to the Memberships table, click OK. When patrons purchase
this membership, they automatically join the loyalty program.
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While this procedure demonstrates joining a loyalty program through a membership, you can use it
as a model for joining a loyalty program through a series.
1. On the Main Menu, click CRM.
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2. In CRM, locate the customer purchasing tickets. For information about searching for client
records, see the Access Client Records section of the Client Relationship Management (CRM)
Guide.
3. In the Client Portal tree view on the right side, expand the Sales folder and then click
Memberships.
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The Add Membership screen appears.
4. In the Program field, select the membership the patron wants to purchase.
5. In the Subs Type field, enter the price type associated with the selected membership.
6. In the Organization field, select an organization participating with the membership. For example,
if a customer works for a company that pays for the membership, you can select that company.
7. To add the membership to the customers basket, click Add. The membership information
appears in the grid at the bottom of the screen.
8. When you finish adding the membership information, click OK. The Payment screen appears. For
more information about working on the Payment screen, see the Payment Screens section of the
Payment Guide.
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9. When the transaction is complete, a message appears telling you the transaction created a new
loyalty program for the patron.
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5. In the Loyalty Points field, enter the number of loyalty points to be used for this purchase.
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If a balance remains, select another payment method and enter the amount in the
corresponding field.
6. Click Next. The frame for the payment method you used for the remaining balance appears on
the right.
7. Click Next. The Loyalty Points frame appears on the right. The Sum field displays the amount of
loyalty points used.
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8. Click Finish. A message appears displaying the number of loyalty points earned and the loyalty
point balance. To complete the transaction and return to the Loyalty Members tab of the client
record, click OK.
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1. On the Main Menu screen, on the navigation bar, click CRM. The CRM Search Criteria screen
appears. Open the client record to adjust.
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2. In the Client Portal tree view on the right side, expand the Loyalty Members folder and click Add
Loyalty Points. The Add Loyalty Points screen appears.
1. On the Main Menu screen, on the navigation bar, click CRM. The CRM Search Criteria screen
appears. Open the client record to adjust.
2. In the Client Portal tree view on the right, expand the Loyalty Members folder and click Subtract
Loyalty Points. The Subtract Loyalty Points screen appears.
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While this procedure demonstrates overriding a loyalty program policy in an event record, you can
use it as a model for overriding loyalty program policies in show, merchandise, and donation records.
1. On the Main Menu, click Administration. The Administration screen appears. Expand the
Administration folder and then the Events folder. Double-click Events. The Events table appears.
2. Select an event and on the toolbar, click Edit. The Events Edit screen appears.
3. In the Loyalty Points Policy field, select a policy that overrides the current club policy or select:
By Program Definition Select this if you do not want override the loyalty point policy of the
current loyalty program.
No Points Select this so that no loyalty points are awarded for this event.
4. To save your changes and return to the Events table, click OK.
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5. Click Next. The Loyalty Points frame appears on the right.
6. Click Finish. A message appears displaying the number of loyalty points earned and the loyalty
points balance.
7. To return to the Loyalty Members tab of the client record, click OK. The Loyalty Members tab
shows the points deducted from each customer in the group:
$10 deducted from Alices balance.
$30 deducted from Bens balance.
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$10 deducted from Clarices balance.
Note: To view loyalty programs of all patrons within a client group, mark View entire group at the
bottom of the screen.
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The top half of the screen lists each purchase and the loyalty points awarded.
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To view loyalty points that been added or subtracted manually, click Points Managed Manually.