Imagine a new advertiser coming to you to launch a new product. What's the process between contract and launch? At Rakuten Marketing, we have built a comprehensive and air tight process to ensure success when launching a client. This includes everything you need for program launch, such as creative development, communication and training, publisher recruitment & … [Read more...]
Daryl Colwell Interview on Channel Evaluation
Blue Ribbon Panel Interview with Daryl Colwell Imagine a new advertiser coming to you to launch a new product. What's the process between contract and launch? After speaking with a prospective client, we ensure our advertiser & publisher are in lockstep on the go forward strategy. As long as both teams feel confident about the mutual success of the campaign, we will … [Read more...]
Ronen Hamatian on Affiliate Marketing Trends
Blue Ribbon Panel Interview with Ronen Hamatian The FTC seems to have been more aggressively enforcing their rules over the last couple of years. How has that affected affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing and, more specifically, performance marketing, is the most cost-effective and trackable form of advertising for large, well-branded advertisers. Although it seems like a … [Read more...]
Jackie Bates Talks Affiliate Marketing Trends
The traditional route into affiliate marketing was always via the creation of a blog, gaining experience in growing and converting an audience, and then perhaps learning how to buy traffic. Does that approach still work? Blogging is here to stay. The blogosphere continues to evolve, for over two decades now, as a key platform for content origination, distribution and … [Read more...]
Interview with Blue Ribbon Panel Member Nicolas Chrétien
The traditional route into affiliate marketing was always via the creation of a blog, gaining experience in growing and converting an audience, and then perhaps learning how to buy traffic. Does that approach still work? Whichever vertical you’re working with, building a qualified audience through microsites such as blogs has always been a surefire way to drum up interest and … [Read more...]
Chris Trayhorn Interview with Cristian Miculi
Blue Ribbon Panel Interview Cristian Miculi The traditional route into affiliate marketing was always via the creation of a blog, gaining experience in growing and converting an audience, and then perhaps learning how to buy traffic. Does that approach still work? I believe it still works as long as you find a fairly new niche and grow together with it. But if you want to … [Read more...]
Matt Frary on Merchant Risk and Technology Investment
Chris Trayhorn Interviews Matt Frary on Merchant Risk and Technology Investment What's the easiest point of entry for a small merchant wanting to test the affiliate marketing channel? How much does the merchant have to put at risk? Our agency wrestles with this question all of the time. We don't want a small merchant to have to invest a ton of money into the channel just to … [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...]
Interview with CEO Ronen Hamatian
Sponsored Content Interview with CEO Ronen Hamatian Madrivo entered the Blue Book rankings with a bang this year. To what main factors do you attribute your success? When Madrivo first started, we defined our vision and have pursued it without relent. We started with a strategic deal between three of the largest super affiliates in the space, and as we’ve grown, we’ve never … [Read more...]