Loyalty Program Strategy
We design and implement loyalty programs that reward your best customers, incentivize repeat purchases, and build the kind of brand affinity that drives referrals.
Acquiring a new customer costs 5x more than retaining an existing one. South Made builds customer engagement strategies that keep your customers coming back, spending more, and referring their friends.
More Expensive to Acquire a New Customer Than Retain an Existing One
Average Increase in Profitability from a 5% Increase in Customer Retention
of Business Comes from Existing Customers for Most Businesses
More Likely to Purchase Again for Engaged Customers vs. Disengaged
Most marketing budgets are heavily weighted toward acquiring new customers, ads, SEO, social media. But the customers you already have are your most valuable asset. They're easier to sell to, more likely to refer others, and more profitable over time. Ignoring customer engagement means leaving significant revenue on the table.
South Made builds customer engagement programs that maximize the lifetime value of every customer you've already earned. From loyalty programs and email nurture sequences to community building and review generation, we keep your customers engaged, coming back, and telling their friends.
We design and implement loyalty programs that reward your best customers, incentivize repeat purchases, and build the kind of brand affinity that drives referrals.
Automated email sequences that keep your customers engaged between purchases, delivering value, building relationships, and driving repeat business.
We build and manage online communities around your brand, creating spaces where your customers connect with each other and deepen their relationship with your business.
Targeted campaigns that bring lapsed customers back, reminding them why they chose you and giving them a reason to return.
We implement customer satisfaction measurement programs, NPS surveys, review generation, and feedback loops, that help you understand and improve the customer experience.
We analyze your current customer base, purchase frequency, lifetime value, churn rate, and engagement, to identify the highest-value opportunities.
We build a customer engagement strategy tailored to your business, defining your loyalty program, retention sequences, and community approach.
We implement the programs, building email sequences, setting up loyalty infrastructure, and launching community initiatives.
We manage your engagement programs on an ongoing basis, optimizing based on performance data and continuously improving results.
Monthly reporting on retention rate, CLV, NPS, and other key metrics, so you always know how your engagement programs are performing.
Developed engagement strategies that strengthened the relationship between the brand and its guests, increasing loyalty and repeat visits.
Customer engagement marketing is the practice of building ongoing relationships with your existing customers, through loyalty programs, email marketing, community building, and personalized communication, to maximize their lifetime value and generate referrals.
Customer acquisition focuses on getting new customers. Customer engagement focuses on maximizing the value of customers you already have. Both are important, but most businesses over-invest in acquisition and under-invest in engagement.
Any business with repeat purchase potential, restaurants, retail, medical practices, hotels, and service businesses, benefits significantly from customer engagement programs. The higher your customer lifetime value potential, the more important engagement becomes.
We track retention rate, repeat purchase rate, customer lifetime value, Net Promoter Score, and referral rate, giving you a comprehensive picture of how engaged your customer base is.
Yes. We design and implement loyalty programs tailored to your business, from simple punch card programs to sophisticated points-based systems.

The customers you already have are your most valuable asset. Let's make sure you're treating them that way.
A new kind of venue is coming to downtown Knoxville. We’re not saying it’s a honky tonk but it will have incredible live music, dancing and cocktails. Giddy up cowgirl.
Follow @countryroadknox opening late fall 2026
We are excited to announce a very special design event. Introducing @knoxvilledesignsummit
The inaugural Knoxville Design Summit will take place November 13–14 @rtlodge
Created by Brittney Barb, Natalie Clayman and Courtney Martin. Together they are brining local architects, interior designers, builders, industry professionals, and homeowners together for a curated event featuring networking opportunities, panel discussions, and collaborative conversations.
Learn more on their recently launched website. 😉 Website Design & graphics by South Made Marketing
Girls who compete. Girls who lead. Girls who show up for each other. 💪🏼🏐
South Made is proud to sponsor the Lady Blazers CBA Girls Volleyball Team, because we’re all about backing young women who are putting in the work.
Strong female leaders are built through developing confidence, teamwork, discipline, failure and grit. Show up, show out and lock in!!
Let’s get after it, Lady Blazers. 🔥🏐 Good luck in your tournament.
⚡️SOUTH MADE COLLABS is officially here. We are starting to schedule our first collabs with our creative collective!
If you joined- be on the lookout for our intro email.
And if you didn’t sign up- there is still time! We have some truly amazing opportunities on the horizon.
Current Collab Markets: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Lexington, Marco Island, Atlanta, Asheville, Raleigh, Charlotte, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Bahamas, Naples, Philadelphia, Austin, Clarksville…
Love creating content and new experiences? Sign up & learn more on our website.
We’re excited to announce that Melissa Lushbaugh has been nominated and elected to the 2026 Board of Directors for the Knoxville branch of the American Advertising Federation (@knoxaaf).
During her time on the board, Melissa will serve on several committees, including the Programs & Public Service Team and Communications Team, while also leading the Scholarship Team, which awards an advertising scholarship to deserving students pursuing a future in the industry.
This opportunity is a reflection of her commitment to the advertising and marketing industry, her continued investment in her craft, and her belief in giving back to the next generation of creative professionals.
We’re incredibly proud to see her take on this role and bring her experience, perspective and passion for the industry to AAF Knoxville.
Congratulations, Melissa! We can’t wait to see all you accomplish in this next chapter.
Did you know pizza is the most instagrammed food?
Speaking of pizza! We recently launched the website for @redchimneypizza
Cozy comfort food in Tellico Plains. 🍕 Wood fired pizzas made fresh with local ingredients and plenty of heart. Pair your meal with a craft cocktail or beer from the bar and finish it off with hand-dipped ice cream and the laid-back taste of small-town Tennessee charm.
Stop by, say hi, grab a slice.
Welcome Tressa!!! Tressa started with South Made as an intern her senior year at the University of Tennessee. After graduating she returned to California. She brings a unique perspective from her work in the hospitality and wine industry, where she spent two years creating personalized brand experiences at Field Recordings and The Fableist Wine Company in California’s Central Coast wine country. That background in experiential brand connection, meeting people where they are and making them feel confident and welcomed, translates directly into the social media work she does for South Made’s clients.
We’re so excited to have Tressa back in the volunteer state and on the South Made social media team!
Let’s raise a glass and welcome @tressa.domingos 🍷
Social Media Agency | Knoxville Tennessee SouthMadeMarketing ⚡️
OUR 2026 RECRUITMENT VIDEO IS HERE!!! ⚡️🌊🌺
Rush Week may be over, but recruitment is just getting started. This video can only capture a glimpse of what it’s like to be part of South Made, and we’re so excited to find the next creative people who will join us this fall for internships.
Intern applications are open on our website through August 20. Skip the traditional resume and show us what you can do. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
⚡️Rush ΣM 2026
ΣM BID DAY 2026 🥥🌴🌺🏄🏼♀️🐬
Our team had way too much fun reliving college for the day and wrapping up Rush Week together. This recruitment campaign has been such a fun way to share more of our team and start looking for who might join us next.
And because this whole campaign is really about finding great people, we made one of the bids official...💌 Chloe is joining South Made full time, and getting to surprise her during Bid Day made the celebration even sweeter!
Fall internship applications are open through August 20, so head to our website and send us something creative. Maybe your bid is next. ⚡️
Knoxville is home base, but our team comes from all over📍
Swipe through to see where everyone calls home.
Fall internship applications are open. Learn more and apply through the link in our bio.
⚡Rush ΣM, day four
Day 3 called for a change of scenery 🌺
We took a little inspiration from our Marco Island office, put on our best tropical fits, and traded the office for an afternoon on the boat with our friends at @nauticalboatclubknoxville
Ready to rush ΣM? Fall internship applications are OPEN. Learn more and apply at the link in our bio.
*Internship applications are open now — August 20th.
Rush ΣM 2026, day three ⚡️
We want YOU as a new recruit 💗
Fall internship applications are officially open, and this is not your average recruitment process…
Skip submitting just the standard resume. We’d much rather see your creativity in action. Submit something that shows who you are, what you can do and why you would fit right in at South Made. Full details on our internship page.
Rush is open through August 20th. Apply at the link in our bio.
⚡️Rush ΣM 2026, day two
Rush is officially in session, and we’re dreaming of the next class of interns to find their spot at South Made! 💭
Our dream intern:
☁️ natural creative
☁️ speaks fluent social
☁️ notices the details
☁️ stays organized
Sound like you? Stay tuned. More fall internship details are coming soon.
Sweet dreams from ΣM.
⚡️Rush ΣM 2026, day one
We figured our next class of creatives deserve a proper recruitment season.
Fall 2026 internship info coming soon. ⚡️
Ready to create cool sh⚡️t?
We are hiring! We’re looking for two creatives to join our social media team in our Knoxville office. Although Knoxville is our headquarters we work everywhere.
Ideal candidates:
Love to be social, travel, read, research, create content. It’s even better if you’re a foodie, enjoy cocktail culture, real estate, photography and events.
Learn more and apply on our website. No remote positions available. This is an in-person opportunity.
South Made Marketing | Knoxville Social Media and Marketing Agency ⚡️

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