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Golden Link Awards, Asia-Pacific 2023 Winners

Elevating performance is the name of the game, and at Rakuten Advertising, we love applauding the true trailblazers. Our Asia-Pacific Golden Link Awards celebrate our partners in the region who are outthinking their competition – every single time.
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Marketing Strategies

GA4 and Affiliate Marketing: How to Navigate Changing Attribution Models

Uncover the seismic shift in analytics as GA4 takes the stage, altering the game for the affiliate marketing industry. Our latest blog post explores the repercussions of GA4's move from a last-click to a data-driven attribution model. Discover how Rakuten Advertising navigates these changes, offering reliable methodologies, additional tools, and collaborative solutions.
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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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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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News

Global Vertical Trends Signal Evolving Market Needs

Over the course of the past week, there has been a string of good news stories from around the world.
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Marketing Strategies

Publisher Spotlight: 55Haitao

Rakuten Advertising recently sat down with Josephine Nieh, Director of Strategic Partnerships at 55Haitao (55海淘), to talk about riding the wave of the rapidly booming affiliate industry in China.
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Marketing Strategies

Publisher Spotlight: intent.ly

We recently caught up with Kieryn Cowan, APAC Regional Manager at intent.ly, to talk about tackling onsite conversion rate through data-driven techniques.
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News

New and Notable Publishers: March 2022

The team at Rakuten Advertising is always on the lookout for new and notable publishers in the affiliate industry.
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Marketing Strategies

Publisher Spotlight: Her Black Book

As we continue to celebrate International Women’s Day, Rakuten Advertising had a chat with Sali Sasi, Co-Founder of Her Black Book, a premium shopping app created for women, by women.
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Marketing Strategies

Publisher Spotlight: PokitPal

In the newest edition of our Publisher Spotlight series, Rakuten Advertising talks tech and spec with Gary Cobain, CEO of PokitPal, to discuss how PokitPal’s card-linked rewards platform has evolved.
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Marketing Strategies

Adapting in Uncertain Times

Priorities are continuing to shift as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, which is impacting us all.
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Marketing Strategies

Publisher Spotlight: Klarna

Rakuten Advertising had a chat with Angus Sladden, Manager at Klarna Media, to talk about where affiliate fits into the buy-now pay-later picture. Angus explains in detail how Klarna can add value for brands beyond the point of transaction.
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