One of the questions we get most often from merchants is “Am I allowed to use your logo to make my own point-of-sale material?” The answer is “You absolutely can!” Using the Vicinity logo in your own POS materials not only helps your brand get recognized by Vicinity cardholders, but we can help you promote your business as well. Here
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Moo Milk Bar was looking for a way to turn their occasional and seasonal customers into repeat visitors. The problem was that the milk and cookie bakery located in Toronto’s Beaches neighbourhood had no previous experience with a rewards and loyalty strategy, so where would they start? They found the answer in Vicinity. The majority of Moo Milk Bar’s traffic
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So, we’re pretty quick. If it came down to it, it would probably be a pretty close race between us and The Flash. Could we outrun the millennium falcon? Probably. All of this pandering about speed might have you wondering what speed has to do with Vicinity. Well it has a lot to do with it: we’re so fast that
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For any small business, repeat customers are key. That’s why Amanda Mizen decided to start a loyalty program at her east Toronto bakery Desmond & Beatrice. Like many small business owners who are working with a limited budget, Mizen decided to try the do-it-yourself route, creating a homemade punch card and handing it out to customers. After evaluating the DIY
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We know that by now you’re a total expert at using Vicinity’s SMS texting and email features in your merchant dashboard. Wait, you aren’t? Go read our blog posts about them stat to find out how you can use them to promote sales, events, and promotions to your customers. So when are you supposed to send these promotions? One of the
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One of the most convenient features of the Vicinity platform is its hardware. Have we mentioned that it’s completely turnkey? No invasive hardware upgrades, no need to switch your current point-of-sale (POS) system or make tons of space on your counter. You don’t even need a POS system, just a laptop will do! Once you sign up for Vicinity, your
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Are you a Vicinity loyalist? You already have the system, send customers texts and encourage new ones to sign up, and you’re handing out rewards left, right, and centre. What more can you do? Well, now that you mention it there is one thing: you can spread the Vicinity love to fellow merchants. At Vicinity we want you, our beloved
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Last week we gave you an introduction to the SMS texting feature that Vicinity merchants can use to promote sales, events, or specials in real-time to their customers. The texting feature is only one of the many ways merchants can converse with their Vicinity cardholders, and today we’re highlighting the platform’s email marketing feature. Your customers’ sign up for Vicinity using
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