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Affiliate Summit West | Show Insights
Held January 15-17, Affiliate Summit West brought together more than 6,000 digital marketers, agencies, networks and technology providers from over 70 countries around the world and included a tradeshow, conference program and variety of networking events. CAKE sent 23 representatives from the U.S. and New Delhi office to the three-day Affiliate Summit West conference hosted at
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We Thank You This Holiday Season!
With the holidays on the horizon, we would like to take a moment to push pause on our busy schedules and thank our clients for entrusting us with their business each year. Since its inception, CAKE has been fueled by our customer’s creativity, experience and knowledge, which serves as the basis for our passion to
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India Affiliate Summit | Show Insights
Intro Summary Last week, CAKE attended India Affiliate Summit 2016 (IAS), hosted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). IAS is a conference intended to explore the innovations and trends of affiliate marketing with influential industry professionals. With more than 1,500 attendees and 70 speakers throughout the two-day event, India Affiliate Summit offered
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LeadsCon NYC | Show Insights
Intro Summary Last week the CAKE team had the opportunity to exhibit at booth #205 during LeadsCon New York from August 22 to August 24 and returned home with invaluable insights. Leadscon is a conference specifically designed for online lead generation and direct response marketing. Bringing together more than 5,000 attendees over the course of
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Affiliate Summit East | Show Insights
The CAKE team attended Affiliate Summit East (ASE) last week from July 31-August 2 at the New York Marriott Marquis. Bringing together more than 5,500 attendees including merchants, vendors, networks and technology providers, the event offered three days of insightful tracks, three separate tradeshow areas and a multitude of networking events. Below is a recap
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GMASA Bangalore | Show Insights
The CAKE team just returned from the GMASA Bangalore event that took place July 6-7 at the beautiful Sheraton Grand Bangalore hotel in India. The summit, hosted by Apps World Magazine, brought together marketers, affiliate managers, app developers and top-level executives from around the world for a two-day exhibition and speaking agenda featuring insights on
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Infographic: The Evolution of Affiliate and Digital Marketing
Digital marketing continues to expand and is at the forefront of almost every brand’s marketing strategy. While the digital ecosystem is comprised of many different channels including search, social, display and many more, there has been one that continues to make a lasting impression. Affiliate marketing, which boasts impressive ROI, brand awareness and relatively minimal
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Moment Marketing & Real-time Marketing: A Place for Both in The Digital Marketing Hierarchy
In recent years, digital marketers have coined new terms such as “Moment marketing” and “Right-time marketing” that have transformed our perceptions of how and when we market to our consumers. According to eMarketer, Moment marketing refers to marketing delivered at the right time, but not always created in real-time. The main objective of Moment marketing
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Marketing To The Price-Conscious, Multi-Channel Shopper
Yesterday Fluent and CAKE hosted a joint webinar on how to market effectively to digitally savvy, price-conscious consumers. Jordan Cohen, CMO at Fluent, and Erik Charles, Senior Director of Product Marketing at CAKE, provided key industry insights and tips for acquiring new customers and analyzing the effectiveness of multi-channel marketing programs. There was a lot of
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The Marketing Fingerprint
Much like how each individual has a distinct fingerprint intricately designed with unique codes of DNA, the same could be said for modern day consumers. While not a literal fingerprint, consumers are increasingly moving away from a one-size-fits-all buying behavior to a customized, tailored journey unique to their personal preferences and purchasing patterns. Consider this
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Customer Lifetime Value: The Metric Marketers Often Forget, But Shouldn’t
Marketing and sales strive to quickly push buyers from a first interaction to an initial purchase in order to drive short-term revenue. However, it shouldn’t stop there. If marketers gain a greater understanding of what their consumers want, they can effectively develop strategies to continually interact with those consumers once an acquisition has been made, thus
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ASW 2015: The First Stepping-stone on our Journey to Another Successful Year
Well, that’s another Affiliate Summit West in the books. Everyone at CAKE had a fantastic time meeting with our existing clients and partners as well as fostering some great new relationships. Building on the successes of a very fruitful 2014, we set out to make ASW 2015 the first stepping-stone on our journey to another
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Webinar: How to Successfully Map the Customer Journey
Now, more than ever, digital marketers are being held accountable for consistently innovating and steering their organizations through a rapidly evolving marketing landscape. It’s a challenging task.
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Performance Marketing Insider: Interview with Jeff McCollum (Part Two)
In this second part of a 2-part interview, Heather Vale Goss of Performance Marketing Insider talks with Jeff McCollum, Founder and President of CAKE, about their new offering, cupCAKE.
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Performance Marketing Insider: Interview with Jeff McCollum (Part One)
In this first part of a 2-part interview, Heather Vale Goss of Performance Marketing Insider talks with Jeff McCollum, Founder and President of CAKE, about how the platform provides an invaluable suite of tools for performance marketers.
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Bringing the “Human” Into An Automated World.
Technology is great; there is no doubt about it! With the advancement of technology and the innovation of the Internet over the years, humans have a unique opportunity to explore creative outlets, make purchases, start a business and above all else automate their life! Of course this is great, we become much more productive and can focus on what really matters to us. Though at times do you ever wonder where the human went?
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Managing ALL Of Your Affiliate Marketing Channels
According to a recent Mashable article, 71% of shoppers believe they’ll get a better deal online than in stores. If this is the case, Advertisers should set up their campaigns to entice these savvy shoppers and have the proper metrics in place to measure their results.
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Do Work That Counts-Why Metrics Matter.
This is a concept all digital marketers and everyone for that matter is familiar with in both our online and offline lives. Think back to elementary school when we received report cards and had parent teacher conferences to review our performance and learn areas we can improve upon. We performed, received a benchmark for our work and were then taught how to improve from there.