<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>iqgecko</title><description>iqgecko</description><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/blog</link><item><title>Have Customer Loyalty Everywhere</title><description><![CDATA[When your business is moving, you need a loyalty and gift card platform that can move with you.Whether it be the likes of personal trainers, trades or a bricks & mortar businesses that offers services outside the store, in todays mobile market every company needs their loyalty and gift card platform to seamlessly work wherever they are.Of course the solution requires a common platform that interfaces with the in-store POS as seamlessly as it does with the mobile app and web page. A platform that<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_499300eeb25e4e4cb13e5e23dc91e417%7Emv2.png/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_471/2d747f_499300eeb25e4e4cb13e5e23dc91e417%7Emv2.png"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2019/04/12/Have-Customer-Loyalty-Everywhere</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2019/04/12/Have-Customer-Loyalty-Everywhere</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 06:10:16 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_499300eeb25e4e4cb13e5e23dc91e417~mv2.png"/><div>When your business is moving, you need a loyalty and gift card platform that can move with you.</div><div>Whether it be the likes of personal trainers, trades or a bricks &amp; mortar businesses that offers services outside the store, in todays mobile market every company needs their loyalty and gift card platform to seamlessly work wherever they are.</div><div>Of course the solution requires a common platform that interfaces with the in-store POS as seamlessly as it does with the mobile app and web page. A platform that operates in 'real-time' so reward, gift cards and even tickets redeemed at one location cannot be quickly redeemed again at the next.</div><div>The capability to capture the basket data detailing what the customer purchased (along with price, place, time, etc) means that the merchant has the ability to 'market with relevance' and engage the consumer with personalised and 'tuned in' promotions.</div><div>Consumers love it when you go to where they are. Just think about it for a minute, when a consumer can still be rewarded for purchasing goods or services from your business while standing in a park, at an outside event or even in their own home - then your company is trusted and the consumer is engaged. </div><div>And an engaged customers delivers a 20+% premium over the average customer in the share of wallet, profitability and revenue. </div><div>By just looking at the 20+% increase in sales it is obvious that offering a strategic and mobile loyalty and gift card platform is one of the best examples of a cost-effective 'ROI' method to increase and improve the company bottom line.</div><div>Just some perfect solutions for a mobile platform include:</div><div>√ Mobile Loyalty</div><div>√ Mobile Gift Card</div><div>√ Mobile Tab Card</div><div>√ Beer Gardens</div><div>√ Trade Services</div><div>√ In-Home Services</div><div>√ Mobile Gym Memberships</div><div>√ 18th-hole golf buggy beverages </div><div>√ Concerts and Shows (eTickets &amp; Drinks)</div><div>Let your Loyalty + Gift Card campaigns run free. Check out how you too can enjoy the freedom of loyalty mobility here: <a href="https://youtu.be/Xf-aQxoOfGY">https://youtu.be/Xf-aQxoOfGY</a></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Missing Crypto Link.</title><description><![CDATA[Consumer Data at a Merchant Level is “The Missing Crypto Link”.IQ Gecko fills in all the missing CryptoLoyalty pieces with a full suite of data capture and pro-active marketing connectivity.. Delivering insights by obtaining the basket data while automating marketing campaigns.Now these powerful tools, capabilities and learnings are globally accessible to the Crypto Loyalty marketplace, giving the Crypto-world the granular information that starts with connectivity to every merchant.The IQ Gecko<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_71055d7230d246d5af2c940f8b06812f%7Emv2_d_2464_2312_s_2.gif"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2018/04/04/The-Missing-Crypto-Link</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2018/04/04/The-Missing-Crypto-Link</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:04:04 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Consumer Data at a Merchant Level is “The Missing Crypto Link”.</div><div>IQ Gecko fills in all the missing CryptoLoyalty pieces with a full suite of data capture and pro-active marketing connectivity.. Delivering insights by obtaining the basket data while automating marketing campaigns.</div><div>Now these powerful tools, capabilities and learnings are globally accessible to the Crypto Loyalty marketplace, giving the Crypto-world the granular information that starts with connectivity to every merchant.</div><div>The IQ Gecko platform can allow traditional points to be exchanged for crypto currency in real-time while capturing every step of the sales transaction.</div><div>Perfect for multi-merchant and coalition groups of any size, IQ Gecko offers a one-stop-shop for loyalty, rewards, gift cards, integration, automation and analytics. Giving merchants quantifiable returns, tangible values and data-driven brand elevation.</div><div>YouTube infovideo <a href="https://youtu.be/jWZxliZOukg">here</a> ()</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_71055d7230d246d5af2c940f8b06812f~mv2_d_2464_2312_s_2.gif"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Free Gift Cards for All</title><description><![CDATA[IQ Gecko is offering their StickyFeet platform for FREE to run Gift Card services for companies who are affected by the new NSW Government regulation changes.The upcoming NSW Government legislation will mandate a three-year expiry date on all Gift Cards sold. To assist, IQ Gecko is offering to facilitate merchant’s Gift Cards which are currently in the marketplace by offering the use of our StickyFeet platform for free.Completely shaking up the industry, the proposed Gift Card legislation is big<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_06c4269416de4cbdbd90f2839a9d1b42%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_440/2d747f_06c4269416de4cbdbd90f2839a9d1b42%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2017/10/23/Free-Gift-Cards-for-All</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2017/10/23/Free-Gift-Cards-for-All</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:57:10 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_06c4269416de4cbdbd90f2839a9d1b42~mv2.jpg"/><div>IQ Gecko is offering their StickyFeet platform for FREE to run Gift Card services for companies who are affected by the new NSW Government regulation changes.</div><div>The upcoming NSW Government legislation will mandate a three-year expiry date on all Gift Cards sold. To assist, IQ Gecko is offering to facilitate merchant’s Gift Cards which are currently in the marketplace by offering the use of our StickyFeet platform for free.</div><div>Completely shaking up the industry, the proposed Gift Card legislation is big news and has been discussed on multiple media platforms including Radio 2GB with Ben Fordham.</div><div>Russell Zimmerman of the Australian Retailers Association is quoted as saying “Introducing a three-year minimum expiry limit for gift cards within New South Wales places an unnecessary regulatory burden and significant additional administrative costs on small, medium and large businesses”.</div><div>As a member of Australian Marketing Institute and Family Business Australia we are very community minded. That is why we are offering our Gift Card solution as a complimentary service to Australian businesses who have been affected by the NSW Government changes.</div><div>With IQ Gecko it is free to load a Gift Card and free to redeem a Gift Card as there are no Merchant Service Fees (MSF) or transaction fees with our StickyFeet platform. IQ Gecko makes no income on this campaign. We are simply doing our part to support Australian businesses.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Casio gets loyal with IQ Gecko</title><description><![CDATA[Casio has turned to IQ Gecko to integrate a complete customer engagement solution into the Casio V-R range for their Android powered point of sale terminals. Casio distributor Shriro Australia today announced the integration to the IQ Gecko platform called “StickyFeet”. Casio merchants now have access to features including loyalty, gift card, reporting and basket data analytics. With other modules including custom mobile apps, digital signage and points redemption stores. Nothing says<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_fa7be92c90024e7d9e3cdf6e55029d69%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_323/2d747f_fa7be92c90024e7d9e3cdf6e55029d69%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2017/08/28/Casio-gets-loyal-with-IQ-Gecko</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2017/08/28/Casio-gets-loyal-with-IQ-Gecko</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_fa7be92c90024e7d9e3cdf6e55029d69~mv2.jpg"/><div>Casio has turned to IQ Gecko to integrate a complete customer engagement solution into the Casio V-R range for their Android powered point of sale terminals. </div><div>Casio distributor Shriro Australia today announced the integration to the IQ Gecko platform called “StickyFeet”. </div><div>Casio merchants now have access to features including loyalty, gift card, reporting and basket data analytics. With other modules including custom mobile apps, digital signage and points redemption stores. </div><div>Nothing says “Thank-you” quite like, well, saying “Thank-you” and the IQ Gecko advanced loyalty integration does just that by emailing merchant clients “Automagically”. </div><div>Auto-emailing a thank-you greeting and points status after a purchase is very powerful because it reinforces the merchant’s relationship while making a feature of any product or event that the merchant may want to promote. </div><div>With Auto-emailing the merchant continues their client involvement past being “In-Shop” to also being “In-Home” which increases customer relationship and rapport.</div><div>The logic of integrating the global Casio point of sale product with IQ Gecko makes sense when you consider that the same StickyFeet platform is supported world-wide by IQ Gecko platform partners and loved by merchants in over 65 countries and in dozen of languages making the StickyFeet platform one of the worlds largest Loyalty Platforms.</div><div>“The Casio V-R range and Casio Cloud expands our point of sale offering from the traditional café style merchant base to a retailer of any size and any product. It just makes sense to include the expansive customer engagement platform from IQ Gecko.” says Michaela Ardern, sales and marketing manager for Shriro Australia.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>B2B Loyalty by IQ Gecko</title><description><![CDATA[In this world of fast demand there is a need for a quick response, even with your B2B (business to business) loyalty response. That is why Fulcrum Suspensions turned to customer engagement solution experts IQ Gecko. With IQ Gecko, Fulcrum can rewards their retailers via a completely secure portal login. The retailer redeems their points for items such as Gift Cards, Luggage and White Goods 24-hours a day via the Fulcrum branded Rewards Store.The benefits of customer control and convenience while<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_719bfa982dcb4f31a023d8aa6d3fe21e%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_678/2d747f_719bfa982dcb4f31a023d8aa6d3fe21e%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2016/06/07/Fulcrum-B2B-Loyalty-by-IQ-Gecko</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2016/06/07/Fulcrum-B2B-Loyalty-by-IQ-Gecko</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_719bfa982dcb4f31a023d8aa6d3fe21e~mv2.jpg"/><div>In this world of fast demand there is a need for a quick response, even with your B2B (business to business) loyalty response. That is why Fulcrum Suspensions turned to customer engagement solution experts IQ Gecko. </div><div>With IQ Gecko, Fulcrum can rewards their retailers via a completely secure portal login. The retailer redeems their points for items such as Gift Cards, Luggage and White Goods 24-hours a day via the Fulcrum branded Rewards Store.</div><div>The benefits of customer control and convenience while allowing the retailer to choose their own reward means that Fulcrum can focus on what they do best while knowing that their customers are their to support them as well.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>UniShop Loyalty @ the ‘Gong</title><description><![CDATA[An IQ Gecko loyalty platform complete with the “SaleGrabber" interfaced POS solution means that the University of Wollongong UniShop can capture basket data, promote via receipt marketing and therefore design targeted campaigns to assist the student body with relevant products, ideas and concepts. This type of marketing keeps old and new students alike attending the Wollongong campus.<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_dd96efa22b554096a65878073eaec57d%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_422/2d747f_dd96efa22b554096a65878073eaec57d%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2015/07/15/UniShop-Loyalty-the-%E2%80%98Gong</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2015/07/15/UniShop-Loyalty-the-%E2%80%98Gong</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 08:58:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_dd96efa22b554096a65878073eaec57d~mv2.jpg"/><div>An IQ Gecko loyalty platform complete with the “SaleGrabber&quot; interfaced POS solution means that the University of Wollongong UniShop can capture basket data, promote via receipt marketing and therefore design targeted campaigns to assist the student body with relevant products, ideas and concepts. </div><div>This type of marketing keeps old and new students alike attending the Wollongong campus.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Best Western in bed with IQ Gecko</title><description><![CDATA[Extending beyond just loyalty, Best Western Australasia has rolled out the IQ Gecko TMS (Tablet Management System) to streamline their “@ reception” tablet loyalty offering.As this tablet solution also incudes "location-focused digital-signage" it will engage with the consumer while promoting the hotel through additional features such as; in store marketing images, videos and other customised and 3rd party application. For more information regarding the Best Western TMS, go to this video link:<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_342f49c411a24c989caf2b32db0be93f%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_616%2Ch_631/2d747f_342f49c411a24c989caf2b32db0be93f%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2014/05/21/Best-Western-beds-down-with-IQ-Gecko</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2014/05/21/Best-Western-beds-down-with-IQ-Gecko</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_342f49c411a24c989caf2b32db0be93f~mv2.jpg"/><div>Extending beyond just loyalty, Best Western Australasia has rolled out the IQ Gecko TMS (Tablet Management System) to streamline their “@ reception” tablet loyalty offering.</div><div>As this tablet solution also incudes &quot;location-focused digital-signage&quot; it will engage with the consumer while promoting the hotel through additional features such as; in store marketing images, videos and other customised and 3rd party application. </div><div>For more information regarding the Best Western TMS, go to this <a href="http://youtu.be/VZFW7bvAtXA">video link</a>: http://youtu.be/VZFW7bvAtXA</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Toys&quot;R&quot;Us &amp; IQ Gecko create VIP Club</title><description><![CDATA[IQ Gecko was happy to assist Toys”R”Us achieve immense success with our platform as we built the Toys"R"Us Australia VIP Club up from zero to over 500,000 loyalty cards distributed in the first 2-years.As IQ Gecko is essentially a loyalty technology company, we used a custom-built and automated two-way“IBM AS400 to Cloud” interface for points and products updates.Our WYSIWYG customisable web portal for the marketing team added a simple, adaptable, intuitive platform designed to turbocharge their<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_4b24f8f4f0674d45a4ed09edbe086c91%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_382/2d747f_4b24f8f4f0674d45a4ed09edbe086c91%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2013/05/06/ToysRUs-makes-VIP-Club-with-IQ-Gecko</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2013/05/06/ToysRUs-makes-VIP-Club-with-IQ-Gecko</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 04:28:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_4b24f8f4f0674d45a4ed09edbe086c91~mv2.jpg"/><div>IQ Gecko was happy to assist Toys”R”Us achieve immense success with our platform as we built the Toys&quot;R&quot;Us Australia VIP Club up from zero to over 500,000 loyalty cards distributed in the first 2-years.</div><div>As IQ Gecko is essentially a loyalty technology company, we used a custom-built and automated two-way“IBM AS400 to Cloud” interface for points and products updates.</div><div>Our WYSIWYG customisable web portal for the marketing team added a simple, adaptable, intuitive platform designed to turbocharge their Toys”R”Us customer engagements and relationships.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Harley-Davidson zooms with IQ Gecko</title><description><![CDATA[Harley-Davidson Australasia loyalty zoomed forward at speed as they converted from an old, expensive and clunky Chip & Pin EFTPOS-style loyalty to a modern card with a click-off FOB that looks at home on any keyring.Even with a new Card + FOB combo, IQ Gecko also reduced the card cost by around 90% which makes it a much more viable proposition to offer a Harley-Davidson rewards to every customer whether they by a new bike, belt buckle or anything else. Each Harley-Davidson location includes the<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_5071ae3c088742c4a5f52514182c949c%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_273/2d747f_5071ae3c088742c4a5f52514182c949c%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2012/12/17/Harley-Davidson-revs-up-with-IQ-Gecko</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2012/12/17/Harley-Davidson-revs-up-with-IQ-Gecko</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_5071ae3c088742c4a5f52514182c949c~mv2.jpg"/><div>Harley-Davidson Australasia loyalty zoomed forward at speed as they converted from an old, expensive and clunky Chip &amp; Pin EFTPOS-style loyalty to a modern card with a click-off FOB that looks at home on any keyring.</div><div>Even with a new Card + FOB combo, IQ Gecko also reduced the card cost by around 90% which makes it a much more viable proposition to offer a Harley-Davidson rewards to every customer whether they by a new bike, belt buckle or anything else. </div><div>Each Harley-Davidson location includes the intuitive &quot;SaleGrabber” feature that captures all PC-POS data as well as a customisable Premium Web Registration Portal and branded Apple iOS App. </div><div>See more on SaleGrabber <a href="https://youtu.be/IctUjGJlV0k">here</a>.</div><div>See more on Premium Web Registration Portal <a href="https://www.vip-card.com.au/HDNZ">here</a>.</div><div>See more on the Harley-Davidson branded Apple iOS App <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/developer/iq-gecko/id896865603">here.</a></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Suncorp Bank gets StickyFeet</title><description><![CDATA[An easy, friendly and flexible solution with the capability to auto-log-on both Management and Staff, the ”StickyFeet” platform from IQ Gecko is a solution that takes a simple Loyalty + GiftCard + Reporting program and turbocharges it into pro-active customer engagements and relationships. Going above and beyond for Suncorp Bank, with this solution the team at IQ Gecko included the ability for receipt marketing by having the merchant’s own company details promoted on every transacion<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_cd9b7657ae9e451bbdcb2273f3896a6b%7Emv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_626%2Ch_564/2d747f_cd9b7657ae9e451bbdcb2273f3896a6b%7Emv2.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2011/06/15/Suncorp-Bank-gets-StickyFeet</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2011/06/15/Suncorp-Bank-gets-StickyFeet</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_cd9b7657ae9e451bbdcb2273f3896a6b~mv2.jpg"/><div>An easy, friendly and flexible solution with the capability to auto-log-on both Management and Staff, the ”StickyFeet” platform from IQ Gecko is a solution that takes a simple Loyalty + GiftCard + Reporting program and turbocharges it into pro-active customer engagements and relationships. </div><div>Going above and beyond for Suncorp Bank, with this solution the team at IQ Gecko included the ability for receipt marketing by having the merchant’s own company details promoted on every transacion document.</div><div>Like every bespoke solution, IQ Gecko offers great ongoing <a href="https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/2d747f_e6ebd57e5ae047a49188d9e5c8a8c2bc.pdf">support &amp; pricing</a> and fantastic .</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gloria Jean’s Coffees goes digital</title><description><![CDATA[We took our EFTPOS-to-POS technical expertise and enthusiasm and, with the Jotti group, designed and sold a bespoke loyalty platform for Gloria Jean's Coffees.Since the building a large, dedicated and loyal clientele with a platform across multiple POS suppliers, Gloria Jean's Coffees was acquired by the Retail Food Group in October, 2014 for $163.5 million.<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_b82030338a844ecab8269cd16ed66e9f%7Emv2.png/v1/fill/w_613%2Ch_589/2d747f_b82030338a844ecab8269cd16ed66e9f%7Emv2.png"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Rebiffé</dc:creator><link>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2010/01/13/Gloria-Jean%E2%80%99s-Coffees-goes-digital</link><guid>https://www.iqgecko.com.au/single-post/2010/01/13/Gloria-Jean%E2%80%99s-Coffees-goes-digital</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:51:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/2d747f_b82030338a844ecab8269cd16ed66e9f~mv2.png"/><div>We took our EFTPOS-to-POS technical expertise and enthusiasm and, with the Jotti group, designed and sold a bespoke loyalty platform for Gloria Jean's Coffees.</div><div>Since the building a large, dedicated and loyal clientele with a platform across multiple POS suppliers, Gloria Jean's Coffees was acquired by the Retail Food Group in October, 2014 for $163.5 million.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>