Rakuten Advertising Blog

November 18, 2024
Marketing Strategies Future-Focused Tracking Solutions
We're committed to maintaining the highest standards in integration integrity and conversion security. As a leading global network for over 25 years, we navigate the complexities of today's landscape on behalf of our clients and publishers to bring them the most innovative, robust, flexible, and reliable integrations and attribution solutions.
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September 13, 2024
News APAC Golden Link Awards 2024 Winners
Elevating performance is the name of the game, and at Rakuten Advertising, we love applauding the true trailblazers. Our APAC Golden Link Awards celebrate our partners in the region who are outthinking their competition – every single time.
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August 28, 2024
Events Shortlist Announced for the APAC Golden Link Awards 2024
The Rakuten Advertising Golden Link Awards celebrate and showcase our advertisers, publishers and agencies who are out-delivering on their objectives to drive next-level performance. Read on to learn who has made the shortlist!
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August 5, 2024
News Google’s reversal on deprecating third-party cookies
While Google’s shift may raise concerns about affiliate marketing, the good news is that it has no impact on Rakuten Advertising’s affiliate tracking technology or the tracking capabilities of our network and partners. Our tracking solutions are built to be robust, effective, and reliable, adapting seamlessly to environmental changes such as these.
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July 5, 2024
Insights Navigating GA4: Updated Insights for Affiliate Advertisers
Since our last post on GA4's implications for affiliate marketing, we’ve continued investigating and adapting to the evolving landscape of attribution models. Our latest findings reveal nuances in how GA4 processes sessions and events, significantly impacting how affiliate conversions are credited. This update delves into these discoveries and offers actionable advice for advertisers navigating this new reality.
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July 2, 2024
Marketing Strategies Skimlinks Q&A: Affiliate Peak Shopping Strategies
Following a successful networking event in London last week, we sat down with Dipa Shah, Director of Merchant Development at Skimlinks to get the low down on what you need to know to plan for the 2024 peak shopping period.
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June 27, 2024
Marketing Strategies Time to Fix Your Buying Funnel #4: The “Where is It?” Funnel
Brands can’t succeed in today’s business climate without capitalising on every opportunity for growth. We need to deploy integrated approaches that impact the full funnel – influencing impact at every step of the customer journey. But what happens if your prospects and customers get lost on the way to conversion? What if they stop progressing toward purchase?
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June 13, 2024
Marketing Strategies Time to Fix Your Buying Funnel #3: The Funky Hourglass Funnel
This is the third post in our “Time to Fix Your Funnel” series that identifies ways to help partnership marketers improve program performance. In the competitive world of affiliate advertising, a brand's success hinges on a program that guides customers seamlessly from awareness to purchase.
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June 11, 2024
News Google Spam Update and Its Impact on Affiliate Marketing
The recent update to Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy is set to shake up how consumers interact and engage with Voucher and Coupon sites. In this post, we examine the changes and their impact on affiliate marketing.
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May 30, 2024
Marketing Strategies Time to Fix Your Buying Funnel #2: The Clogged Sink Funnel
This is the second post in our “Time to Fix Your Funnel” blog series on strategies for partnership leaders to drive more growth through full-funnel affiliate programs. Affiliate marketing success relies on a smooth customer journey from awareness to purchase. Brands increasingly find value in affiliates that can impact every stage of this journey, not just the final sale.
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May 15, 2024
Marketing Strategies Time to Fix Your Affiliate Buying Funnel #1: The “Blown Out Umbrella”
In the competitive affiliate advertising landscape, it’s critical for a brand to have a program that carries the customer from awareness to the finish line of conversion—from the top of their customer journey or buying funnel to the magic moment they click “buy now.”
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May 1, 2024
Insights Publisher Spotlight: Linkby
Linkby is a market-first ad tech platform for publishers and advertisers. Read our latest spotlight and hear first-hand how Linkby is helping brands optimise PR alongside the affiliate channel to deliver outstanding results for brands.
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