On this episode, Jon Claydon, founder and CEO of Streamline Marketing (an Acceleration Partners’ company) sheds light on this issue and explains what it’s likely to mean for advertisers and their affiliate marketing programs. Show Notes What “cookies” are/do and how they’ve historically been used in marketing. How cookies have been used in affiliate marketing specifically. Changes in the world of web browsers and mobile device operating systems that are impacting tracking cookies. Alternatives to third-party cookies if/when they go away. What affiliate marketing’s future might look like in a ..read more

On this episode, we discuss how brands are using Trademark Bidding and Trademark Plus within their affiliate programs to help prevent competitors from bidding on their branded keywords in paid search campaigns. Show Notes What Trademark Bidding is in affiliate marketing. Why Trademark Bidding/Trademark Plus is unique to affiliate marketing. How brands are leveraging their affiliate partnerships to effectively run Trademark Plus campaign within their affiliate programs. The process Jenn and our affiliate program management team follow to customize Trademark Plus campaigns for clients. How Trad ..read more

On this episode, Michelle Morgan, Director of Publisher Development at Acceleration Partners, shares insights into what the future holds for affiliate partnerships and why this evolution is so valuable to brands. Show Notes What the affiliate partnership landscape looked like in 2020 Learnings from how brands have and are partnering with affiliates Surprising partnership challenges and opportunities What’s likely to lie ahead in 2021 and beyond for affiliate marketing partnerships What brand-to-brand partnerships are and how companies are leveraging them within their affiliate programs   ..read more

On this episode, Brianna Stetson, an Account Director at Acceleration Partners, answers some frequently asked questions about affiliate marketing, the key players that make up the affiliate model and how brands measure success within their affiliate programs. Show Notes: What affiliate marketing is and how it works What performance-based means in affiliate marketing What an affiliate partner is and what they do for brands Traditional and nontraditional affiliate partners How brands know what types of affiliates to partner with in their program What affiliate technology is and their role in af ..read more

On this episode you’ll learn about a growing global expansion trend in affiliate marketing that many brands are embracing. Our guest, Kevin Osborne, Sr. Vice President of Client Strategy at Acceleration Partners, talks about what brands have shared with him about this global expansion trend and why he thinks it will likely increase in 2020 and beyond ..read more

In this episode of Outperform, you’ll hear Purple Carrot’s Marketing Project Manager, Allison Rolish, share how the plant-based meal kit company grew their business before and during the global pandemic with the help of their affiliate partners, as well as what they did to effectively keep up with the increased demand for their subscription-based service. Show Notes: How Purple Carrot’s affiliate partners were helping the brand grow their awareness and meal kit service prior to COVID-19. How the documentary Game Changers impacted Purple Carrot’s business and how their affiliate partners used ..read more

On this episode, Lindsey Scerba, an Associate Director at Acceleration Partners, explains how brands are using the affiliate model to efficiently and cost-effectively test the performance of their other marketing channels, such as search and retargeting.  ..read more

Yanik Silver, founder of Maverick1000, joined us on Outperform to talk about his lifetime goal of connecting and catalyzing visionary leaders and game changers to solve the world’s most impactful issues by the year 2100. Maverick1000 is a private, invitation-only global network of top entrepreneurs and industry leaders. This group periodically assembles for breakthrough retreats, rejuvenating experiences, and impact opportunities (to-date raising over $3M+) with participating icons such as Sir Richard Branson, Tony Hawk, Chris Blackwell, John Paul DeJoria, Tony Hsieh, Russell Simmons, Tim ..read more

Our guest on this Outperform episode is ghostwriter, author and Inc. columnist, Jeff Haden. Jeff's written about everything real estate, management, process improvement, finance and investing to hydroponics, horticulture and magic.  After an intriguing discussion with Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, plus dozens of interviews with other incredibly successful people, Jeff decided to pull back the veil on what it really means to “get motivated” and reach goals. These insights led him to write and publish his own book The Motivation Myth. Show Notes How Jeff got started in ghostwriting an ..read more

This episode is Part One of a three-part Outperform series on “Taking Your Affiliate Program Global.” Although this series barely scratches the surface, we thought that the best way to convey some of the key aspects of a global affiliate marketing program launch and expansion would be to break it down into three parts: Part One: The important things to consider and do BEFORE you go global. Part Two: What to know and do AFTER you determine there’s a viable opportunity to take your affiliate program global. Part Three: What you should be looking at and evaluating in the months following the glob ..read more