Selecting an account level that best suits the needs of your affiliate program can be tricky. Maybe your program is quickly growing and you need a little additional guidance running your campaigns; or maybe your affiliate marketing guru has permanently left the building and you need an expert affiliate manager to take over ASAP.
Building strong, lasting relationships has always been a priority for LinkConnector. Why? Because success in performance marketing hinges on the relationships we create for our merchants and affiliates. The loyalty and dedication our 10-year merchants have committed to their LC programs has been a huge driver in the success of their campaigns over the years. We are proud to welcome the following brands into LinkConnector’s 10 Year Anniversary Club Read More...
The number of merchants benefitting from LinkConnector’s Naked Coupon technology continues to climb in 2017. Why? There is a constant demand for retailers to support the needs of an increasingly innovative affiliate population with the ability to transparently propel merchant brands into multiple channels (including offline). By implementing Naked Coupon capabilities, merchants open the door to a much broader range of promotional methods. Read More...
mThink Blue Ribbon Panel Member, Jackie Bates, recently sat down with Revenue to discuss advertiser focal points for 2017, the ShareASale acquisition and ASW17. What should an advertiser using performance marketing be thinking about in 2017? Read More...
Eighty-one percent of U.S. merchants surveyed in a 2016 Forrester report have turned to affiliate marketing in search of differentiated marketing content or new opportunities for driving ad revenue to their sites. Couple this with nearly half of marketers in the U.S. that plan to ramp up budget for influencer-focused campaigns in 2017 (eMarketer) and you will see a key commonality between two seemingly unrelated statistics: a strong need for brands to break through digital marketing barriers, such as channel saturation and device overload, to effectively reach their target audience. Read More...
Now is the time to promote tax merchants—in fact, 50% of tax returns are completed by mid-February. E-file.com, an established LC merchant of four years, is in its peak season now. Given that 91% of tax returns were e-filed in 2016, the earning opportunity is significant.
E-file.com offers one of the most aggressive payouts and highest converting products in the tax filing space. Unique to the E-file.com program, affiliates earn commission on both purchases and free fillings. Read More...
The earliest polls opened at 6:00 AM EST to kick off Election Day 2016. As you know, Affiliate Marketers for President, parts one and two have presented a thorough analysis of revenue resulting from affiliate marketing promotion by LinkConnector affiliates and merchants in each U.S. state (and D.C.). Leading up to week four of cumulative revenue data, neither the Affiliate party nor the Merchant party had achieved the 270 electoral votes needed to win the Affiliate Marketing Election. LC affiliates, however, have maintained a slight lead over LC merchants throughout the entirety of this race. The affiliates’ consistent campaign promotional efforts over the last four weeks have paid off, and have ultimately earned them bragging rights. Read More...
In the four weeks leading up to the Presidential Election, we are keeping a close eye on revenue resulting from Affiliate Marketing promotion in each state. The affiliate marketing electoral map represents online revenue attributed to LinkConnector merchants and affiliates between 10/10/16 and 10/30/16—a three-week timeframe. Total revenue numbers determine a winner in each state, and the state’s electoral votes are awarded to the appropriate party. Read More...
Over the next two weeks, we will be keeping a close eye on the revenue generated by LinkConnector merchants and affiliates, and what may be contributing to various spikes and drop offs in their numbers. Each Tuesday between now and the 8th of November, we will refresh our affiliate marketing electoral map with cumulative revenue data in the four weeks leading up to Election Day. The current map represents online revenue generated by LinkConnector merchants and affiliates between 10/10/16 and 10/23/16. Read More...
LinkConnector Co-President and CTO, Ernie St. Gelais gives Affiliate Summit East attendees an introduction to Cross Platform Tracking, and explains how it can significantly impact affiliate programs for merchants and affiliates alike. Read More...
According to a 2015 Fundivo study, 75% of adults celebrate Father’s Day. The good news for online retailers and affiliates is that 32% of Father’s Day consumers will purchase gifts online. Keeping record high statistics in mind, LinkConnector has put together a categorized list of promisingly lucrative Dads & Grads campaigns for our affiliates to start promoting—and just in time for peak shopping dates.
Tara McCommons presented a case study at AM Days 2016 with Nick Andrews of ReviTrage, on Affiliate Marketing Technologies to Boost Social Penetration of Your Brand.