Rakuten Advertising Blog
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December 13, 2023
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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November 20, 2023
Insights The Affiliate Marketing Shopper Part 1: Couponers
We recently released a comprehensive 18-month study, surveying 15,000+ online shoppers on their habits when buying online, with a focus on online coupons and rewards, cashback sites, budget planning, and online shopping behaviours. In the first part of our three-part series, we unveil the prominence of coupons in the ever-evolving landscape of shopper preferences.
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November 6, 2023
Insights Successful Influencer & Affiliate Marketing
We’re here to be your guide to all things influencer and affiliate marketing. We dive into how adding influencer marketing into your existing affiliate strategy can boost performance, awareness, and ultimately, sales to help you outperform. Read the entire blog now!
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October 30, 2023
Insights The Power of Cross-Border Shopping from Canada
Discover the benefits of cross-border shopping with Canadian online retailers for American consumers, ranging from favourable exchange rates to one-of-a-kind products. Join us as we dive into expert affiliate strategies to overcome common challenges and smoothly navigate the cross-border shopping terrain in our latest blog.
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October 24, 2023
Marketing Strategies RAIC Insights: Dispelling Affiliate Marketing Myths – Part 2
The Rakuten Advertising International Collective (RAIC) aims to showcase the strategies and steps that will elevate your affiliate thinking, giving you the tools to outthink the market and deliver campaigns that outperform for your business. In our latest post, Dave Trolle, founder of digital consultancy and Affiliate Marketing specialists Customer First Digital, introduces some of the most common myths surrounding affiliate marketing and how to bust them.
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October 13, 2023
Events DealMaker Canada 2023 Recap
DealMaker Canada was a complete success with a record-breaking number of top advertisers, publishers, and agencies coming together for a day of networking and discussions. Attendees enjoyed a day full of meetings, insightful content, and dealmaking in our last DealMaker event of the year. Read the full blog now to hear more!
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October 3, 2023
Marketing Strategies RAIC Insights: Dispelling Affiliate Marketing Myths – Part 1
The Rakuten Advertising International Collective (RAIC) aims to showcase the strategies and steps that will elevate your affiliate thinking, giving you the tools to outthink the market and deliver campaigns that outperform for your business. In our latest post, Dave Trolle, founder of digital consultancy and Affiliate Marketing specialists Customer First Digital, introduces some of the most common myths surrounding affiliate marketing and how to bust them. Stay tuned for part two from Dave in the coming weeks!
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September 19, 2023
Events RAIC Insights: Demonstrating How a Strong and Profitable Affiliate Program Delivers Brand Goals
The Rakuten Advertising International Collective (RAIC) aims to showcase the strategies and steps to elevate your affiliate thinking, giving you the tools to outthink the market and deliver campaigns that outperform for your business. In our latest post, Rafael Bonfa, Senior Performance and Affiliate Manager, US and Brazil at Aliexpress, outlines how to get c-suite buy-in for affiliate marketing.
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August 21, 2023
News The Benefits of Personalization and Audience Targeting for Affiliate Publishers
Audience Engine has landed, giving you more opportunities to earn! Hot off the heels of DealMaker US and Europe, where we announced the industry-first commissioning technology, we deep dive into the benefits Audience Engine offers publishers. Find out why you can’t afford to not take advantage of this latest offering.
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August 10, 2023
Marketing Strategies Outdeliver with data that matters
As marketers, we spend a lot of time pulling data and creating reports demonstrating the value our efforts drive for our business. However, in the current climate where competition is fierce, and we need to make our budgets work smarter than ever before. It’s no longer enough to simply report on performance.
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August 10, 2023
News Unlock Game-Changing Insights with Affiliate Conversion Journey
Affiliate Conversion Journey is the latest feature to be made available in Rakuten Advertising’s Insights and Analytics Portal. Below, we showcase the game-changing insights available and give real-world examples of how you can use Affiliate Conversion Journey to outdeliver on campaign performance.
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August 10, 2023
Marketing Strategies Outthink with Affiliate Innovation
Affiliate innovation is making it easier to reach desired audiences and shift strategies to align with their changing habits. And it doesn’t have to be scary. As Steve Jobs said, “innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.”
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