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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...]
Q&A: Geno Prussakov on Affiliate Marketing Hot Topics
Imagine you are a newbie affiliate entering the industry today. Which vertical would you choose? What would be your strategy for success? Evgenii “Geno” Prussakov: In late 2015 we conducted a comprehensive analysis of 550 top affiliate programs across 6 major U.S. affiliate networks (CJ, Rakuten, ShareASale, AvantLink, Affiliate Window, and LinkConnector) which revealed that … [Read more...]
Blue Ribbon Panel Interview: Nicolas Chrétien
Interview: Nicolas Chrétien How is big data going to impact the performance marketing industry? I don't agree with the future-tense implication that big data hasn't yet made its impact—because it has. It's impacting the performance marketing industry everyday. Indeed, it’s more than an impact — one might even say it’s a revolution. Business intelligence and big data has … [Read more...]