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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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Insights

2026 Travel Trends: Why Partnership Marketing Matters from Summer to Fall

2026 travel trends show resilient demand, fragmented booking behavior, and growing interest in experiences, value, and AI planning. See why partnership marketing is essential for capturing demand from summer through fall.
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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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Events

Key highlights from DealMaker Canada 2024

DealMaker Canada was a smashing success with a record-breaking number of top advertisers, publishers, and agencies coming together for 2 days of networking, discussions, and fun. 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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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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Insights

Navigating the Financial Landscape with the Canadian Financial Affiliate & Consumer Trends Report

Explore the latest Rakuten Advertising's 2023 Canada Affiliate Finance Report offering key insights and trends to empower your business. Uncover valuable data-driven perspectives and harness the potential of the Canadian Finance market.
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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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News

Announcing the Rakuten Advertising Agency Partners: 2026 Preferred and Platinum

We’re excited to introduce the 2026 Rakuten Advertising Agency Partners, featuring our newest Preferred and Platinum award recipients. These partnerships set the standard for innovation and growth in affiliate marketing. Discover how working with these standout agencies can help your brand reach new heights this year.
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Marketing Strategies

The Affiliate Marketing Shopper Part 2: Loyalty Shoppers

We recently performed 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 second part of our three-part series, we explore the loyalty and reward shoppers and what they really value.
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Marketing Strategies

The Future of Affiliate Reporting has Arrived. Introducing Prompt.

Rakuten Advertising advertisers and publishers can officially stop running manual reports, and start getting quick answers with Prompt, now available in our dedicated Insights and Analytics Portal.
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Insights

Announcing the Rakuten Advertising 2025 Preferred and Platinum Agency Partners

From award-winning customer support to innovative technology, the Rakuten Advertising Agency Support team has one goal in mind for our agency partnerships – success. Our Agency Services Program provides our affiliate agency partners with the necessary solutions, tools, and support to fuel consistent growth for their clients. These agency partnerships continue to move the industry […]
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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 capitalizing 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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