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Audience Engine: Making Personalization and Segmentation Simple

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 revolutionize the industry, Audience Engine.
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Publisher Spotlight: Savings.com Introduces Affiliate Fundraising Initiative: SavingsCARES

We had the opportunity to sit down with Bianca Mitchell, Partnerships Director at Savings.com to hear about the exciting innovations that Savings.com has been accomplishing within the coupon space and their latest fundraising initiative, SavingsCARES.
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Incrementality: proving affiliate’s impact

Rakuten Advertising has embraced the reality of incrementality. We’ve laid out a four-phase plan to help you unlock the power of incrementality and fully grasp the impact your affiliate initiatives have on your business.
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Building High-Performance Affiliate Marketing Programs

Today Rakuten Advertising launches A 5-stage Blueprint for High-Performance Affiliate Marketing. The blueprint provides both advertisers and publishers with insights into the strategic value of affiliate marketing throughout the customer journey.  
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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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Marketing Strategies

Time to Fix Your Affiliate Buying Funnel #1:  The “Blown Out Umbrella”

In the competitive affiliate advertising landscape, it’s critical for a brand to have a program that carries the customer from awareness to the finish line of conversion—from the top of their customer journey or buying funnel to the magic moment they click “buy now.”
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Product Launch: Affiliate Forecasting

Rakuten Advertising today launched its industry-first Affiliate Forecasting tool.
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New Report – Affiliate: The Resilient Revenue Driver

While the past few years may not have been the most stable trading conditions – and uncertainty looking set to continue - one thing that’s been demonstrated is the ability of affiliate marketing to deliver reliable revenue to advertisers and publishers.
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Product Update: Affiliate Forecasting

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 Forecaster tool removes the guesswork for you. Launched in late 2021, the pioneering solution has received an exciting update.
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Publisher Spotlight: TrooVRS
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Publisher Spotlight: Entering the Metaverse with trooVRS

Find out how trooVRS became Rakuten Advertising’s first metaverse-focused partner and where Founder Adrian Whant sees affiliate and the metaverse intersect.
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Marketing Strategies

Shake Up Your 2023 Strategy with Advanced Affiliate Tech

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. For advertisers and publishers to be successful this year, they will need to change their thinking and how they run their affiliate programs.
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Marketing Strategies

Outthink with Affiliate Innovation

Rakuten Advertising’s award-winning affiliate innovation showcases how leading brands Microsoft, MAC and Forever New are outdelivering expectations.
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