Partnerships management platform Impact recently acquired unicorn status after raising $150m in a funding round that took its value to $1.5bn. Here we catch up with Ross Negus, Enterprise Account Executive at Impact, to find out what life is like as a unicorn, and why the partnership economy is a growing opportunity for brands today. […]
This quick guide looks at the potential benefits for brands from price comparison websites and looks at how they can help deliver on a brand’s broader marketing objectives and strategy.
According to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), an estimated 85% of all UK internet users have used a price comparison website at some point or another.
This report looks at the growth in price comparison websites, the role they play in a brand’s marketing mix, how best to manage such an affiliate relationship, how they have an impact on the customer relationship and what the future of this channel holds.
Partnership marketing is a lucrative channel for most brands. However, as I state in my previous Econsultancy article ‘A complete guide to partnership marketing’ – partnership marketing has in the past been simply swept under the marketing rug.
The cost of customer acquisition for retailers has been steadily rising for some time. This, alongside increased competition, has made it expensive to attract new consumers. The spiralling costs have been caused by diversification of channels – once seen as an unrivalled opportunity to reach a wider audience, in reality it has caused marketing dollars to be thinly spread – and the cost of advertising across platforms from Google to affiliates is increasing, often prohibitively so.
Need to convince your boss that affiliate marketing is right for your company? Want to be sure you spend your budget in the best possible way? Our Business Case can help by providing research, tips and information from the experts.
If you’re considering working with an affiliate marketing network, our Request for Proposal (RFP) template and guidance notes will improve your procurement process.
Part of Econsultancy’s Digital Marketing Template Files, this specific document will help you establish and measure your affiliate marketing goals, objectives and KPIs.
Despite the fact that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began requiring affiliate disclosures in 2013, a new study conducted by researchers at Princeton University has found that very few influencers on YouTube and Pinterest are disclosing affiliate links.
Vouchercloud is a well known business in the UK, synonymous with its popular restaurant deals.
We caught up with Founder and Managing Director Greg Le Tocq, to find out what his job entails.
Amazon raised a few eyebrows when it announced it was purchasing the gaming-focused live streaming video service Twitch for nearly a billion dollars in 2014.
Why would an ecommerce giant want to own such a service and why would it, at the time, pay more cash for it than it had paid in any prior all-cash acquisition?