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Crypto Griftonomics And Influencers In Affiliate Marketing

July 1, 2022 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

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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

June 14, 2022 by ClickDealer

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...]

Ten Tips on How to BE A CONTENT CREATOR in Affiliate Marketing

September 11, 2019 by Avangate Affiliate Network

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Content creators are taking the lead. After 20 years of affiliate revenue being dominated by the coupon and loyalty space, power is shifting to content creators.  A content creator is any person or company that creates content to inform and attract an audience and shares that content through a variety of distribution channels, usually on their own website, blog, … [Read more...]

How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Click-Tracking Better For Everyone

September 11, 2019 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

An interview with Peter Varga, managing director of ThriveTracker A click-tracking application needs to be a part of every performance marketer's toolkit, allowing multiple campaigns and media buys to be analyzed in one place using independent data. There are a few good click-trackers in common usage, and one of the most interesting is ThriveTracker, designed from the ground … [Read more...]

FTC Attorneys Announce “Back-to-Basics” Advertising and Data Security Workshop

July 8, 2019 by Richard B. Newman

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The Federal Trade Commission has announced that, along with its regional partners, it will conduct a public workshop in Atlanta on Thursday, August 15, 2019, on truth-in-advertising basics and data security compliance. Designed for digital advertisers, the ad tech industry and FTC CID attorneys, Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Business will feature … [Read more...]

Federal Court Holds TCPA Plaintiff Did Not Adequately Allege ATDS

July 2, 2019 by Richard B. Newman

FTC

In Bader v. Navient Solutions, LLC (N.D. Ill. June 14, 2019), the North District of Illinois dismissed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) plaintiff’s claims on the basis that the complaint did not possesses sufficient facts to plausibly allege the defendant had used an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS), consistent with post-ACA International v. Federal … [Read more...]

Five Ways to Improve your Influencer Outreach

July 1, 2019 by Katerina Khalus, Publishers' department at Admitad.

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Influencer marketing is alive and thriving. The usual suspects–YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram–have long dominated the influencer marketing industry. Yet  the recent surge in popularity  of the application TikTok shows it can challenge the established elite – and marketers need to take note. So how can marketers navigate this amorphous, ever-changing industry and … [Read more...]

Performance Advertisers Are Still Being Ripped Off

June 26, 2019 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

Fraud was once the weak link of the performance marketing industry but has since become a major selling point. After all, why should advertisers be worried about fraud when they only pay when they get a confirmed sale or app install? It is a great sales pitch for networks, but is under threat by continuing app install, attribution and click fraud. The problem is that bad … [Read more...]

AI To Power 75% Of Ad Impressions By 2023

June 26, 2019 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

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Juniper Research has a new report out titled Future Digital Advertising focused on the anticipated impact of AI and advertising fraud over the next four years. Top-line findings include the expectation that Amazon will take an 8% share of digital ad spend by 2023, out of a total market of $520 billion. As we reported here two weeks ago, Amazon's purchase of Sizmek's ad server … [Read more...]

TCPA Robocall and State Privacy Legislation Update

June 24, 2019 by Richard B. Newman

FTC

The Federal Communications Commission considers the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”), robocall legislation looms in Congress. The Senate recently passed the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (“TRACED Act”).  The House of Representatives has now introduced House Bill 3375, proposed legislation that would clarify … [Read more...]

Blue Ribbon Panelist Interview: Ricky Ahuja

April 13, 2016 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

Imagine you are a newbie affiliate entering the industry today. Which vertical would you choose? What would be your strategy for success? As a new affiliate I would identify up and coming niches that don’t have much competition. It’s almost pointless to compete in verticals with high competition because those markets are already saturated. Very specific niches with a bit of … [Read more...]

Jackie Bates on Affiliate MarTech Opportunities

April 6, 2016 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised by AdTech startups over the last few years, and now there is much talk of AdTech being consolidated into the larger concept of MarTech. If MarTech is the future of marketing, will affiliate networks be included, or will they stand apart? Jackie Bates: MarTech presents a huge opportunity for affiliate marketers. Networks that … [Read more...]

Blue Ribbon Panel: Interview Melissa Feemster

April 5, 2016 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

Does the difficulty in predicting which creatives will be accepted to run by Facebook and other social platforms make them still useful or too much bother? Why? While there are certainly very specific ad requirements enforced by Facebook, the platform itself is a critical component for brands. Facebook’s ad restrictions have been put in place to increase performance, which … [Read more...]

Blue Ribbon Panel: Q&A with JP Sauve

March 31, 2016 by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

Imagine you are a newbie affiliate entering the industry today. Which vertical would you choose? What would be your strategy for success? My strategy for success would involve learning as much as I could about the industry, choosing a vertical and traffic source, and then signing up to a reputable network like MaxBounty.  From there I would try my best to stick to a singular … [Read more...]

Blue Ribbon Panel Interview: Cristian Miculi

March 28, 2016 by Cristian Miculi

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised by AdTech startups over the last few years, and now there is much talk of AdTech being consolidated into the larger concept of MarTech. If MarTech is the future of marketing, will affiliate networks be included, or will they stand apart? Cristian Miculi: I don’t see why affiliate networks would not be part of this. After all, … [Read more...]

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