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Marketing Strategies

Shake up your 2023 strategy with advanced affiliate tech

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.
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Marketing Strategies

RAIC Insights: Best Practices from Savings United

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.
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Insights

Rakuen Advertising Launches Linkless Code Tracking

Rakuten Advertising has launched Linkless Code Tracking for advertisers and publishers, a groundbreaking solution that takes the power of affiliate marketing beyond traditional channels. Now, brands can elevate their affiliate strategy and reach consumers where they choose to spend their time - on social media, connected TV, print media, podcasts, or beyond.
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Marketing Strategies

Smart Affiliate Commissioning Strategies

Smart commissioning strategies are changing the way advertisers engage with the affiliate channel.
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Marketing Strategies

RAIC Insights: The Importance of a Marketing Strategy for Publishers

Last month we launched A 5-Stage Blueprint for High-Performance Affiliate Marketing using insights from publishers and advertisers in the Rakuten Advertising International Collective (RAIC).  The blueprint demonstrates the importance of affiliate marketing as a strategic digital channel, and for publishers, showcases how they can add value and increase monetisation opportunities.
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Events

Reflections from RAIC

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.
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Millenial marketer goes back to basics to understand the impact of a cookieless tracking on affiliate programs
Marketing Strategies

Earth Day 2022: A Partnership for the Planet

The official theme for Earth Day 2022 is Invest in Our Planet, with a call for an All In approach businesses, governments and citizens. Like many, we at Rakuten Advertising are working to do our bit.
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Marketing Strategies

Reengaging Consumers with Affiliate Marketing

For many brands, reengaging lapsed customers is a primary focus of their marketing strategy. Brands often establish Loyalty and Rewards programmes to encourage repeat purchases and remarketing emails and advertising.
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Marketing Strategies

RAIC Insights: Peak Planning 2022

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.
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Marketing Strategies

Avoid FOMO this Peak Shopping Period

November is finally here, bringing with it the start of a retail sales bonanza. However, with a looming recession, some in the industry predict it to be ‘the bleakest Black Friday yet.’
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Marketing Strategies

Outperform with full-funnel affiliate strategies

Rakuten Advertising’s award-winning full-funnel affiliate strategies show how the world's top brands are outperforming throughout the funnel.
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Dave Trolle, RAIC member and founder of Customer First Digital dispels affiliate myths in our latest blog
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. In our latest post, Dave Trolle, founder of 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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