Research
Key findings indicate promotions and digital spending will increase; email at status quo In January, Raving released the second annual casino marketing study based on data from more than 80 U.S. casinos nationwide, and First Nations casino properties in two Canadian provinces. Some of the casinos that participated in the study have fewer than 250…
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Incorporating Evidence-Based Decision Making Into Your Business Model Lately, I have been evaluating how successful businesses incorporate an evidence-based decision making process to increase profits in a highly competitive economy where old business models are dying. What is it? Evidence-based decision making is a process for making decisions about business practices, strategies and policy developments…
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How many main segments of like-minded customers do you have in your casino database? Customers who share common attitudes, beliefs and behaviors? If you have a tiered players club, you’re already segmenting your customers by how much they spend. In your direct mail program, you probably segment by recency, frequency and spend, at the very…
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Casinos that have a competitive advantage are those that can see the possibilities of using research in ways that their competitors may not be doing yet – which group do you fall into? Let’s start with a short quiz … 1. Does your casino use research to answer these questions? How satisfied are our customers…
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Data on players clubs, promotions and advertising/communications In January, Raving released the first national study of casino marketing based on data from 53 Tribal casinos nationwide. Whether you’re with a tribal or commercial casino, the results from this study are designed as a tool to help and inform you. In the last issue of this…
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How much does customer service drive guests to visit your casino? You might be surprised. I’ve written before about the value of conducting an annual players club survey of your customers. This measures how your players perceive your club’s structure and benefits, how valuable the club is to your players, and how it can show…
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Results from Raving’s 1st Annual Tribal Gaming National Marketing Survey Raving recently released its first national study of casino marketing. The main objective of the study is to give casino marketers a tool they can use to be more successful. By finding out what other casinos are doing with mobile marketing, reinvestment ratios, promotions, or…
Read More Raving reveals highlights of first industry survey – where do you fit in? Dennis Conrad called me not long ago and asked if I would be interested in doing a survey to measure what is happening with tribal casino marketing. Say WHAT?! Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear, well … I obviously thought a…
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Which of these surveys should you be doing, and why? Like most people, I love Wikipedia. I rely on it if I need to get a quick shot of knowledge without much effort. Sometimes though, a Wiki definition is way more than I need. For example, I looked up “marketing research” (because that’s what I…
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Many casinos rely on guest comment cards for getting customers to tell them what’s on their minds. The cards are usually available at the players club, food venues or other locations where they can be filled out, put in a box and reviewed by management. There are a few ways to improve comment cards, but…
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