Advocacy: Badges Overview & Setup
Badges Overview
Reward loyalty participants with various badges as a gamification element to motivate positive customer behavior and campaign participation. And, based on your preference, they may or may not have a point value attached them*.
There are primarily two types of badges:
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Tier Based - Participants can earn different badge levels based on the number of points they've earned since joining the program.
Tiered badges respond to a points range and are applied in a series.
Within the Portal, the Tier Tracker bar gives the participant visibility to what tier they are and how many points they need to reach the next level.
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Effect of a Rule - If you'd like to issue badges for zero points and/or for other various things like performing a task or triggered off a customer's activity, you can issue a badge as an Effect of a Rule trigger.
*Any badges with "0" points value, must be issued as a Rule Effect through the Rule Builder.
Participants can see each badge they've earned at the bottom of the main-menu in their Portal account.
What to prepare for each Badge
Before setting up your badges in the platform, you will need to prepare the following details and assets:
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Determine what badges you would like to issue
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For Tier Based Badges: What are the tier levels and the points value for each? These should be in a range.
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For Rule Effect Badges: What events should issue a badge, and is there a points value?
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A name and description for each badge: This will be visible in the Admin and in the participant Portal.
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A image/icon for each badge with a file size of 500x500 or higher, max of 10MB or less.
How to setup a Badge
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Login to your Ambassador Admin account, and click on "Customer Advocacy" in the main menu.
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Within the Loyalty menu, click on "Badges", then "New Badge" and a modal will open.
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Within the modal, fill out the fields and upload the badge image.
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If the badge has a points value, select a color that will be used for the points text on the badge.
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Once you've completed this stage, click Next.
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From the Preview screen, you have two options:
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Save draft: To save the draft without publishing to the Portal
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Save badge: To save and publish to the Portal
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Once you've published your Badge, you can preview it from the Badges tab.
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Repeat the steps above for each badge you'd like to create.
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If the Badge is earned from a Rule Effect, don't forget to create your rule and assign the applicable badge as an Effect for that rule.
How to publish a badge from draft status
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From Customer Advocacy > Badges > click on the Drafts tab
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Click the checkbox next to the name of the badge that you want to update.
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Click the Update Badge button
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From the modal that opens, check for any updates needed and click Next > then, click Save badge on the Preview screen to publish it.
How to update the details or image of an existing badge
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From Advocacy > Badges > click on the Badges or Drafts tab
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Click the checkbox next to the name of the badge that you want to update.
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Click the Update Badge button
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From the modal that opens, make any updates needed and click Next > then, click Save badge on the Preview screen to publish it.