Loyalty & referrals
Loyalty and Referrals That Pay for Themselves
Retention is cheaper than acquisition, and referral is cheaper than both. The problem is that neither is measurable when the programme is a stamp card and a good memory.
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GoldL. Nasser
Tier: Gold
Points balance
1,840
560 points to Platinum
Available rewards
- Free scaling session800 pts
- 20% off whitening1,200 pts
Referrals
3 patients referred · 2 booked
The problem
Why most clinic loyalty schemes quietly stop
- Points are tracked on paper, so redemption depends on whoever is at the desk.
- The patient who sends you four cases is thanked informally and never credited.
- Nobody can say whether the programme earns more than it gives away.
- It runs for six months, cannot prove itself, and gets dropped.
What it does
Loyalty and Referrals That Pay for Themselves
Points, tiers and rewards
A configurable programme with earning rules, tiers and a reward catalogue, redeemed inside the same system that holds the patient's record and balance.
Full audit history
Every accrual and redemption logged and reviewable. This is the module with the most mature audit trail in the platform, because points are money.
Referral tracking
The referring patient is recorded against the new one and credited automatically, so word of mouth becomes a channel with a name attached rather than an anecdote.
Programme ROI reporting
What the programme cost in rewards against the revenue from retained and referred patients — the number that decides whether it continues.
What changes
Referrals get attributed
You find out which twenty patients are actually growing your practice.
Redemption stops being discretionary
The balance is in the system, so the patient gets the same answer from whoever is on the desk.
The programme can defend itself
ROI reporting means the scheme survives the budget conversation on evidence.
Common questions
Can we set our own earning and redemption rules?
Yes — earning rules, tiers and the reward catalogue are configured to your programme rather than fixed.
Is there a risk of staff adjusting points informally?
Loyalty has a dedicated audit view behind its own permission, so accruals and redemptions are reviewable. It is the most closely audited part of the platform.
Does referral tracking work if the referrer is not a patient?
Referral sources are tracked alongside campaign attribution in the CRM, so non-patient sources have somewhere to live too. Worth walking through your specific scheme on the call.
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