UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2022 WL 2670339 (S.D. Fla. July 11, 2022) involves a copyright infringement action brought by a group of music publishers and record companies against an energy drink and sports nutrition supplement company doing business as Bang Energy and its CEO. The plaintiffs’ claims included direct and indirect infringement … [Read more...]
Consumer Shopping Trends to Look For in the 2022 Holiday Season
As the holiday season approaches and retailers prepare to attract customers, it’s important to know who is shopping, when they’re shopping and what their budget is. To get an idea of how people are approaching their holiday shopping this year, Rakuten Advertising surveyed 15,000 US consumers about their shopping plans and discovered these trends. Shoppers are starting … [Read more...]
FTC Reminds Lead Generators Not to Misuse Sensitive Consumer Data
Lead generators and digital marketers, beware. The issue of legitimate data use, reasonable expectations, disclosures, affirmative consent, data privacy compliance and lead generation best practices are still front-and-center at the Federal Trade Commission. Among the most sensitive categories of data collected by connected devices are a person’s precise location and … [Read more...]
Use of Certain Technologies to Track Web Session Data May Violate Law
Attention Lead Generators. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that use of certain technologies on a websites in order to track and record web session data before obtaining affirmative consent may be a violation of California’s wiretap statute. In the case of Javier v. Assurance IQ, LLC and ActiveProspect Inc. (*not precedent except as provided by Ninth … [Read more...]
How Financial Marketers Can Boost New Customer Growth on an Affiliate Model
Over two years beyond the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the finance industry continues to experience major consumer shifts. Among these consumers, shifts have been a growing demand for new online banking tools, faster payment methods, and smarter investing apps. When comparing the last two years to one another, the install rate for apps in the financial services industry grew … [Read more...]
Crypto Griftonomics And Influencers In Affiliate Marketing
In so many ways, affiliate marketing is an amazing positive in the world. It offers many affiliates a chance to make money independently for the very first time, or to finance the traffic to a passion project. In general, it rewards initiative, intelligence, and hard work. What is not to love? Yet, so often, it also finds itself as a key enabler of “griftonomics”, of which … [Read more...]
Don’t forget about click-to-call: the most underrated vertical for social media traffic
Pay-per-call is often overlooked by performance marketers when choosing a vertical to monetize the traffic in. It is particularly puzzling when it gets disregarded by people looking for offers to run on mobile traffic. There are a couple of common reasons why media buyers and publishers choose to take this option off the table in the planning phase of their next campaign. Let’s … [Read more...]
Why The Speed of Relevance Can Help You Win
Every crisis is an opportunity. This is not a new insight, but in 2022 it bears special significance. The performance marketing industry is going through an unprecedented level of change. The combination of COVID, increasing regulation and privacy concerns, and the potential break-up of Google and Facebook - the two companies that between them provide much of the online … [Read more...]
Why Should Marketers Invest In Pay Per Call?
There are seemingly infinite marketing channels and payment models in today’s digital world, so you may be thinking, who still wants to focus their ad spend on phone calls? While picking up the phone may seem like a communication method of the past, today’s consumers are not ready to let go of the personal connection phone calls bring just yet. With call leads still 10 to 12 … [Read more...]
CFPB Issues Warning About Contractual Gag Clauses and Consumer Reviews
On March 22, 2022 the CFPB issued a policy statement on contractual “gag” clauses and fake review fraud. While the bulleting indicates that financial companies will face consequences for illegally manipulating or suppressing consumer reviews, the message is one with broader implications for all digital marketers. The policy guidance regarding potentially illegal practices … [Read more...]
New Blue Book Top 20 CPS Affiliate Network Results
The Best Cost-Per-Sale Affiliate Networks In 2022 Best CPS / Affiliate Network Overall Joint-winners (first time ever!) Awin Group Rakuten Affiliate Network We congratulate Rakuten Affiliate Network and Awin Group for the first ever Joint-#1 ranking in the Cost-Per-Sale Networks category. How it happened: Awin Group received terrific support from advertisers and … [Read more...]
New Blue Book Results: Top 20 CPA Affiliate Networks For 2022
Best CPA Network Overall: Perform[cb] Perform[cb] continue their multi-year run as our best-rated CPA network overall. They have been consistently assertive in the marketplace with an effective acquisition strategy and innovative technology. Their new mobile app for partners, PerformLEAP Partners, is a game-changer. They are deserving winners. A special mention for our new … [Read more...]
FTC Rules With Civil Monetary Penalties for Deceptive Earnings Claims and Targeted Marketing May Be Forthcoming
Accountable Tech has recently filed a petition for an FTC rulemaking that would ban “surveillance advertising” as an “unfair method of competition.” The group cites the ad practices of surveillance ad giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon. The petition notes that President Biden’s Executive Order encourages the FTC to use its rulemaking authority to address “unfair data … [Read more...]
Top 4 Ways To Make Your Call Campaigns More Successful
Inbound call campaigns connect advertisers with high-intent, interested consumers the moment they’re ready to engage, resulting in 100% contact rates. But, for a call campaign to be successful, proper preparation is key. Careful planning is needed on both the advertiser and publisher sides for a call campaign to perform well. The following four tips can help you set up inbound … [Read more...]
Perform[cb]’s New Mobile App For Partners Is A Game Changer
Perform[cb]’s new mobile app for publishers and partners, PerformLEAP Partners, has drawn attention since its recent introduction. It provides ubiquitous access to performance data, in combination with campaign optimization, new offer opportunities and messaging, all presented in a fast, easy-to-use form factor. We spent two weeks putting it through its … [Read more...]