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Affiliate Marketing News 8-25-20
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Impact Acquires ACTIVATE
Citing an estimated future influencer market size of $22 billion, Impact today announced its acquisition of leading influencer marketplace ACTIVATE.
Source: Impact
Performance Marketing Awards 2020 Winners
Award winners from 28 categories including best managed program(me), rising star, and global excellence.
Source: PerformanceIN
Legal Guidelines on FTC Disclosure
Not by Gary Kibel but still good.
Source: The National Law Review
Awin Launches adMission Ad Disclosure Tool
A complimentary offering that complements the previous article. Props to Awin for a fun name.
Source: Awin
Paid Placements Explained
Adam Weiss on a strategy for sometimes-vexing paid placement buys.
MarTechRecord
Hearst UK Up 322% in Q2
Another article on the success of content commerce affiliate marketing from Digiday.
Source: Digiday
Counterfeit Podcasts
Not really affiliate marketing but kind of an interesting, unexpected problem.
Source: Digiday