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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.

Over recent years, the evolution of privacy and data regulation, combined with tracking prevention technologies, like Intelligent Tracking Prevention, has brought many challenges to the digital industry.

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.

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.

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.

Connected TV (CTV) has been flirting with us all for some time now and with good cause.

With the upcoming iOS updates, it’s critical to grasp the profound changes affecting the affiliate marketing industry. Our experts reveal all you need to know to prepare for iOS 17 and MacOS Sonoma, including actionable insights for test scenarios. 

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.

2020 has seen e-commerce accelerate with more consumers and brands turning to online shopping during lockdown. With high-street, closed people who previously hadn’t shopped online are now more comfortable making purchases, and smaller retailers have had no choice but to turn to e-commerce.

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.

While cookie deprecation brings new challenges, it also creates an opportunity for brands to regain consumer trust. Now is the time for the industry to band together to create better ads and use marketing strategies that enhance the online experience.

Do you ever find yourself asking, ‘what would happen if we changed our base commission rate” or how would increasing commission spend affect your program performance? Our Affiliate Forecasting tool removes the guesswork for you. Launched in late 2021, the pioneering solution has received an exciting update.