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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.

Rakuten Advertising is pleased to share that on Tuesday, the 25th of August we were voted the Publisher's Choice of Network at the Performance Marketing Awards.

Throughout 2020 publishers and brands have had to adjust to continually shifting consumer behaviours as the world moved in and out of lockdown.

The Rakuten Advertising International Collective (RAIC) aims to showcase the strategies and steps to elevate your affiliate thinking. 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.

New findings in the ‘Road to Recovery’ from Rakuten Advertising highlight that almost half (49%) of affiliate publishers have seen site traffic increase since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of publishers (44%) also expect traffic levels for the 2020 peak shopping period to exceed pre-COVID-19 levels.

For advertisers and publishers to be successful this year, they will need to change their thinking and how they run their affiliate programmes. Taylor Swift said, “this is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” While some see change as scary, we at Rakuten Advertising view it as an opportunity.

We recently sat down with Kyle Fish, Lead Product Manager, Affiliate at Rakuten Advertising, to get the low-down on his team’s latest work set to revolutionise the industry, Audience Engine.

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, Matheus Campos, Senior Partnerships Manager at Savings United, outlines the best practices for working with different publisher models.

Affiliate marketing is one of the oldest forms of advertising, however, uncertainty of the past few years has led more brands to utilise affiliate to reach consumers, support retention and create brand loyalty. Here we explore how affiliate marketing has evolved and the benefits it brings to brands and publishers.

Over recent years advertisers in the financial service sector have pivoted their marketing strategies online. As the industry navigate this shift, advertisers are increasingly turning to the affiliate channel to reach and engage consumers throughout the sales funnel.

The first meetings of the Rakuten Advertising International Collective (RAIC) took place a couple of weeks ago. RAIC participants brought perspectives from fashion and beauty to finance and technology, and from publishers representing every model - content, cashback, card-linked offers and more.

The peak planning season is well and truly upon us, and this year, the season brings with it a unique set of challenges. Inflation, supply chains and increasing competition are some obstacles brands and publishers must prepare for.