Marketing as a subject comprises of everything from digital marketing to out-of-home advertising, including models such as McCarthy’s Marketing Mix and Porter’s Five Forces.
All the while the idea of brand collaborations seems to have been lost within these theories and practices. Why is that? Is it because it is simply not a useful marketing technique?
Sadly, for years affiliate marketing has been seen as the poor relation of the digital advertising family.
Tracking networks and technology companies typically selling the channel as a no-frills, “no-win no-fee” way to pad out marketing plans.
UK affiliate marketing has gone a long way since its inception. It has become more mainstream, and altogether more complex.
And regardless of all the challenges, it now offers (both advertisers and publishers) more opportunities than ever.