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Affiliate Marketing Statistics in 2022: Predictions, Trends, and Opportunities
Affiliate marketing has proven to be one of the most adaptable channels available to marketers. Affiliate marketing statistics show that nearly half of U.S. executive-level marketers say they have greater control over their ad spend and better ROI with affiliate marketing compared to other digital channels. With more pressure to prove measurable ROI, marketers are
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Meet IPQualityScore, CAKE’s New Fraud Prevention Partner
Advertisers and affiliate networks focus on increasing profit margins and building strong partnerships. Yet this can be hampered by a serious challenge that dates back to the early 90s— digital advertising fraud. And it’s still on the rise. Globally, the costs associated with digital ad fraud are projected to increase from 35 billion in 2018
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Online Gaming Statistics 2022 – The Opportunity for Affiliate Marketers
The age of online gaming has arrived. In fact, with four billion smartphone users worldwide plus companies like Amazon and Netflix launching game streaming services, online gaming is replacing the more traditional and expensive gaming consoles. With this shift comes more opportunities for affiliate marketers. In the United States alone, online gaming revenues are expected
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CAKE Recognized as Industry and Momentum Leader in the G2 Winter 2022 Grid® Report
As part of G2’s Winter 2022 Grid® Report, CAKE’s performance marketing software has once again received recognition for the highest user adoption, momentum leader, best support, and high performer. With these accolades spanning 16 different categories including affiliate marketing, Ecommerce analytics, cross-channel advertising, and others, performance marketers can leverage the G2 Winter 2022 Grid® Report
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G2 Summer 2021 Grid® Report: CAKE Named an Industry Leader
Once again, CAKE was recognized as an industry leader in the G2 Summer 2021 Grid Report. CAKE received award badges in 18 different categories as users emphasized their high satisfaction with the quality of the performance marketing platform and its excellent customer support. G2 is the largest software marketplace and services review platform. According to
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Spotlight Q&A With Chris Tradgett, CMO of Publisher Discovery, on New Partnership with CAKE
We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Publisher Discovery. They are a leading SaaS platform that provides advertisers and networks with insights into more than 80 market verticals across 17 industries to help you discover new affiliate partners to expand your performance marketing program. Leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence, the Publisher
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CAKE recognized as industry leader in the G2 Spring 2021 Grid® report
As part of G2’s Spring 2021 Grid® reports, CAKE has earned high customer marks in 19 categories. G2 is the largest software marketplace and services review platform. According to G2, the Grid® represents the democratic voice of real software users, rather than the subjective opinion of one analyst. G2 rates products from the categories algorithmically
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Podcast: Lead Distribution Trends and the Growth Potential For the UK Market
CAKE’s Technical Director, Ben Cockburn, was recently featured in a Lead Generation World podcast to discuss an important topic – lead distribution. The host, Michael Ferree, is a performance marketing leader with more than a decade of experience as a lead generator, lead buyer, and now the founder of Lead Generation World (LGW). LGW is
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5 CAKE Features to Streamline the Onboarding of New Affiliates
Let’s be real here: recruiting and onboarding new affiliates to your performance marketing program involves a lot of moving parts. You need to take care of paperwork, billing, training them on the program requirements, communicating expectations, and getting them access to the campaign assets they need so they can start right away—and the list goes
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Build vs Buy Software: Dispelling 3 Common Myths About Building Your Own Affiliate Network Solution
Are you thinking of building (or perhaps you’re already using) your own affiliate network software? If so, it’s inevitable that you’ve pondered over whether to build or buy, and possibly if your current software meets the cut. The advantages of buying or licensing affiliate network software is well-documented. The right solution plays a key role
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CAKE 2020 Year In Review
2020 kicked off with the celebration of CAKE’s 10-year anniversary and as the year rounds out, we look back with gratitude at this period which included continued expansion for both CAKE and our customers. From Constellation Software’s acquisition of TUNE, to our customers combining CAKE solutions to increase revenue opportunities, and the collective accomplishments of
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CAKE – Affiliate Marketing Success Stories
A powerful performance marketing platform, CAKE has proven to deliver results as demonstrated in these affiliate marketing success stories. The following highlights companies, from a broad range of vertical industries across the globe, that continue to achieve growth while leveraging CAKE to meet their affiliate marketing and lead distribution needs. So, if you’re looking to
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3 CAKE Features to Easily Manage Affiliate Commissions
To maintain a competitive advantage as a network, you need to keep your affiliate partners happy. And one way to do that is to incentivize them with increased affiliate commissions for high-quality, high-volume traffic. However, when you’re managing a large number of affiliates and campaigns, it can be difficult to keep up with all
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Adspend Bounces Back For The 2020 U.S. Holiday Shopping Season
With 39 percent of consumers starting their holiday shopping in October, advertisers are revisiting their adspend as the ecommerce shopping season is about to be in full swing. For consumers, the calm before the storm means crafting their shopping lists, comparing prices, and patiently waiting for the influx of promo codes to commence. For advertisers
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How to Prepare for Growth by Relying on Stable Technology
With fledgling SaaS providers recently entering the performance marketing industry it’s important to look at a company’s stability from a holistic standpoint before selecting a technology partner. But what exactly does stability mean? Here are the two sides of stability that you need to know – business and technology – along with steps you can
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