It’s here. The long-awaited return of PPC in affiliate marketing.
Except, not quite.
To counter losses in click-through rates and affected revenues by AI search, publishers are making demands. A new demand has arrived in the form PPC, but this does not mean pay-per-click.
I’ve spent much of my career working with established affiliate programmes. Recruiting publishers, entering new markets and increasing visibility can deliver strong early growth. Once a programme reaches scale,
Influencer marketing doesn’t need another tool solving one part of the problem. It needs a connected operating layer that brings intelligence, activation and commerce into one scalable commercial channel.