Press Release MINNEAPOLIS – Dec. 10, 2012 – Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), the revenue growth experts in global cloud commerce, announced that it signed a global payments agreement with Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL), a high-growth performance lifestyle audio brand. Skullcandy is using the Digital River World Payments solution to build a localized European e- payments … [Read more...]
Google Profits Down 20% As CPC Plummets 15%
The day's big news of Google's precipitous drop in share price concealed the fact that Google's average CPC is down 15% from a year ago. This decline in one of Google's key performance metrics has potentially far more long-term consequences than a silly printer's mistake. Yesterday’s premature release of Google’s disappointing quarterly earnings caused a major melt … [Read more...]
Cupid Media Expands Internationally with DirectTrack
Press Release PITTSBURGH – September 13, 2012 – Direct Response Technologies, a leading provider of global performance marketing solutions, announced that Cupid Media is expanding its global network by incorporating the advanced internationalization features and user-engagement functionality found within the DirectTrack® affiliate marketing … [Read more...]
Twitter Might Be The Key To Mobile Performance Advertising
Twitter could change the performance marketing sector if they only made self-serve, auction-priced advertising available. That would open up a massive audience of mobile device users: news-aware, location-aware, product-aware. It could be exactly what is needed to tip performance marketing into the mainstream. With a billion tweets every three days and 140 million active users, … [Read more...]
Bigpoint Engages DirectTrack for Increased Analytics and Innovative Technology
Press Release: DirectTrack powers the Bigpoint affiliate program. PITTSBURGH – July 10, 2012 – Direct Response Technologies, a leading provider of global performance marketing solutions, announced that Bigpoint, a worldwide leader in online games, has chosen DirectTrack to provide advanced tracking and unequaled scalability for the company’s performance marketing … [Read more...]
Report: Rakuten LinkShare Performance Marketing Study Uncovers Strong Growth Opportunities in $4.5B Industry
Press Release NEW YORK CITY – June 26, 2012 - Rakuten LinkShare today announced the results of a study it commissioned by Forrester Consulting on the direct and indirect value of affiliate marketing. The report, “Affiliate Marketing – The Direct and Indirect Value that Affiliates Deliver to Advertisers” explores how affiliate marketing sites are meeting the needs of today’s … [Read more...]
Finally! A Simple Guide To Conversion Rate Optimization
The difference between success and failure in many campaigns these days comes down to how well the conversion process has been optimized. But doing optimization well can feel complex and confusing. SEOgadget has put together a great infographic that takes you through 10 steps to making your next campaign profitable. You can see the full HTML version here. … [Read more...]