Affiliate Marketing

Today’s Daily MarTech Roundup covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience, AI, and ML announcements from Salesforce (CRM), Blue Prism (Customer Service), Okta (Identity Management), Advertise Purple (Affiliate Marketing), and Sailthru (Marketing Automation). Salesforce Ventures Launches Second $100 Million Impact Fund Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, announced its second Impact Fund from Salesforce Ventures, the company’s global strategic investment arm. The new $100 million fund…

Advertise Purple, the nation's leader in data-driven affiliate management solutions, announced the release of its automated affiliate program management tool, Purply. Powered by Advertise Purple's proprietary technology and real-time, data-driven insights, the new affiliate discovery, recruitment and tracking offering is designed for small-to-medium-sized businesses and those new to affiliate marketing. "Affiliate marketing is one of the most effective performance-focused strategies an online business can engage in," said…

VoxDirect from Voxox, an innovator in 5G-ready cloud-based unified communications for small businesses, announced their partnership with Advertise Purple to enhance their affiliate marketing program. VoxDirect's new affiliate program with Advertise Purple will provide affiliate marketers with a highly profitable and unique opportunity in the rapidly-growing text marketing industry. Marketing Technology News: Study: Brands Have Yet to Create the Post-COVID-19 Digital and Mobile Experiences Customers Value Most "We are…

Fintel Connect, the leading affiliate marketing platform for the financial industry, is proud to have been named a top ten affiliate marketing software vendor by 360Quadrants. Fintel was also recognized as an Innovator by 360Quadrants, due to its substantial product innovations and unique industry focus. Marketing Technology News: Rakuten Mobile Adds Nuance Intelligent Engagement AI Services to Rakuten Communications Platform 360Quadrants' rigorous scoring process combines analysis of 110 parameters drawn from…

Skimlinks, a Connexity Company, is thrilled to unveil the winners of the third annual Commerce Awards for Publishers (CAPS). The awards continue in 2020 as the only program dedicated to recognising Publishers for excellence in commerce content. Held virtually for the first time, the awards expanded to 17 categories in 2020, with an esteemed panel of affiliate marketing experts deciding the winners. The panel included representatives from AWIN, Rakuten Advertising, CJ Affiliate, Impact and Digiday. Marketing Technology…

Upfluence Software, the all-in-one SaaS firm that helps brands and agencies identify, contact, manage and analyze their influencers at scale, announced today it integrates with Shopify. Offering access to more than 3 million influencers in its proprietary database featuring a fully-integrated influencer campaign management platform, Upfluence now becomes the only influencer marketing solution with a dedicated tool for brands and agencies to manage influencer outreach and activation within an eCommerce brand’s own customer…

Button's Reach solution has evolved affiliate marketing into a major channel for installs and app sales Button, the leading mobile technology company, and Rakuten Advertising, the top global affiliate marketing network, announced the integration of Button software to drive app installs, and boost sales as well as repeat purchases for brands. Through Reach™, Button's latest product that offers its deep linking and app-tracking technology as a service to affiliate network traffic, brands are able to convert moments of high…

Combination of companies immediately creates the global leader in software and service for the partnership marketing category Partnerize, the leading SaaS provider of partnership management solutions for global brands, announced the acquisition of Pepperjam, a leading affiliate marketing technology and services provider. The combination of the companies’ technology platforms and service expertise will empower brand leaders to maximize business growth from partnerships, diversify their revenue streams, and offset…

Mike Chin, Ceres Cueva Join from Macy's  Rakuten Advertising has hired Macy's alumni Mike Chin and Ceres Cueva as SVP of Client Services North America and VP of Publisher Partnerships North America, respectively, to advance the company's strategic services and increase partner and client collaboration. Together, Chin and Cueva bring more than three decades of retail and affiliate marketing expertise. While at Macy's, Chin most recently led digital media for the global retailer and Cueva drove the brand's affiliate…

Affiliate Marketing Program Software facilitates the process by which an associate receives a commission for marketing another person's or company's products. The program software is used to enhance sales and create significant online revenue. It is beneficial to both brands, as well as affiliate marketers.This program software also helps in managing payments amongst merchants and affiliates, enabling both the parties to focus on the particulars of their arrangement. 360Quadrants, the most granular comparison platform,…

The practice of in-housing as a whole first started to gain momentum over the past few years and it has really hit its stride in the beginning of 2020. According to a survey by MediaLink and WARC, 34 percent of marketers worldwide are planning to increase in-housing across all marketing disciplines in 2020. For some, it is about control and ownership, for others, it could be the need to manage fewer vendor relationships and for some, the cost benefits weigh on the favor of in-housing. Regardless of the reason doing so still…

Enabling People to Earn a Living While Helping Save Lives Blue Beat Sales, a division of Blue Beat Digital, announces the creation of an affiliate marketing program for their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Blue Beat, an innovative company born in South Africa as a lead developer of branded mobile phones and accessories that are bundled with SIM cards to offer premier service at partner pricing. Mobile phones and accessories at highly discounted rates, with no compromise in quality or access, was the market play…

Pepperjam, a leader in affiliate marketing technology and services, announced the first of several highly anticipated fully integrated API partnerships with leading all-in-one influencer discovery marketing platforms. The white-label integrations empower marketers leveraging Pepperjam's Ascend™ Platform to swiftly discover and recruit influencers into custom-curated affiliate marketing programs at scale. The automated solution is fully integrated into Pepperjam's Ascend Affiliate Cloud, and immediately gives marketers direct…

New rules and limitations that were imposed in order to fight the proliferation of COVID-19 have disrupted the sustainability of numerous offline businesses. However, the coronavirus crisis's impact on the retail and e-commerce industries is rather mixed.  Some retailers – such as Amazon – have benefited from the outbreak's short-term effects, reporting increased sales figures as consumer trends are shifting from offline to online purchases. However, despite the growth of e-commerce purchases in some areas, the…

MediaCentral Progresses in Digitally Transforming Analogue Legacy Publications Reports +389% month over month increase in programmatic ad revenue for NOW and the Straight in April 2020 Launches proprietary marketing technology automating the capture of behavioral data to improve user experience, increase traffic and enhance advertiser solutions Continues to build monetizable digital strategy as it works to consolidate a 100 million influential consumers of independent urban publications across North America…

Shopify Plus’ App Certification Program Enables New Merchant-Partner Relationships and Strengthens Existing Relationships Globally Refersion, the leading affiliate and influencer marketing technology company, announced it had been selected to be the first affiliate tracking platform to join the Shopify Plus Certified App Program. The certification affirms Refersion’s quality and ability to exceed Shopify Plus’ advanced app requirements in the areas of performance, security, privacy, and support. Marketing Technology…

Build Your Story in Your Customers’ Mobile Devices Conventional advertising companies, such as WPP PLC, are struggling mightily in the wake of companies like Google and Facebook. One way to fight back is with short-form media using platforms provided by companies like Instagram, Snapchat, and the soon-to-be-launched Quibi. But the challenge to generate content that speaks to customers effectively, personally, and inexpensively still remains. Marketing Technology News: New Retail Systems Research Survey Report Details…

Who does not like a recommendation when it comes to a purchase decision? And if that comes from a trusted source, it does help to sweeten the buy. At the core, Affiliate Marketing is the e-commerce version of product promotion through an online influencer/marketer and has helped many a brand to connect with audiences, who they would otherwise not reach. In the context of the brand’s digital strategy, the impact of affiliate marketing has led to a flourishing e-commerce sector especially in the Asia Pacific region – which…

If you are a business person and thinking of increasing your customer count, then social media networking is the one-stop for all your issues. We spend most of our time on social media applications, and business people can use this route to promote their products. There are so many Instagram accounts focusing on Direct Sales without the presence of any mediator. The absence of a mediator increases your Sales margin and thus surges your overall revenue. At present, products from varying categories are listed for sale on…

"The demise of the third-party cookie will lead to brands increasingly focusing on methods to acquire and leverage first-party data." Journey into Tech  Hi Matt, as the greater industry has continued to evolve, and you think about your particular journey with Technology, any new reflections on the role you have played? What inspires you most in your role at Pepperjam? 20+ years into my love affair with Digital Marketing, and yes it is still a love affair, whatever small role I may have played in its evolution is…