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Everything, Everywhere, All at Once - How Agencies are Managing Affiliate Chaos in 2025
Teams are leaner, partners are slower to respond, and clients want more for less. In this session, affiliate specialists and agencies share how they’re navigating resource gaps, partner bottlenecks, and shifting publisher models, all while keeping performance sharp....
The USPAs Return for 2026, Now Fully Digital, and Entries Are Open Today
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SoFire’s Hot Campaigns: The InStyle Intern Series TikTok Can’t Stop Watching
We’re looking at the InStyle TikTok series that has perfectly captured its target audience and uses influencers for their own unique flair.
“Podcasting Is a Content Engine”: Cure Media’s Sanna Ödmark on Why Every Agency Should Have a Podcast
For Sanna Ödmark, podcasting is essential to any agency for both internal and external growth.
Why We Must Protect Small Businesses in Affiliate Marketing
As big players merge and dominate the market, Tricia Meyer advocates for smaller businesses, from publishers to agencies, to help keep innovation, competition, and consumer benefits alive.
Tradedoubler Reports Record Cyber Weekend as UK Order Values Surge
CSS and Creators emerge as the leading partners, and Travel takes a larger share of spend.
Beyond the Transaction: How Brand-Publisher Partnerships Build Lasting Value
In a discount-driven world, the most powerful partnerships don’t stop at the checkout. They create moments, stories, and communities that live far beyond a single transaction. Drawing on Blue Light Card’s experience partnering with over 20,000 brands, CMO Neil Caldicott proves how publishers and brands can design...
EU’s €120M Fine Against X: What It Means for Influencer Marketers and the Creator Economy
The European Commission has issued a €120 million fine against X for violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA). What does this mean for the creator economy?
Netflix Acquires Warner Bros, Building a CTV Powerhouse
What does the major acquisition mean for performance marketing?
What Will Be the Key to Influencer Marketing in Europe in 2026?
According to a new Kolsquare study, it seems that Europe is creating its own foundations for a booming creator economy.
Introducing PI LIVE Level Up: Bringing Partnerships Closer to Home
PI LIVE is coming to Bristol on 26th March 2026…
Agency Wins: Optimise and MG OMD Lead Halfords Group Affiliate Programme
Plus, Lodestar win two new clients and AMPC secures KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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Directory Q&A: Q-83 on Kitly Business
We have spoken to featured tech company, Q-83, to find out more about Kitly & Kitly Business, and what sets it apart from the rest of the industry. Neve Fear-Smith chatted with the team to learn some more… So, Q-83 is an Aussie tech company, with products including Kitly and...
Revisiting the Rising Stars: Paulina Anna Solway
First up, we caught up with Paulina Anna Solway, 2020’s IMA Rising Star. Paulina was the Managing Director at influencer marketing agency, Pulse Advertising. When awarding Paulina, the judges commented on the fact that she “showed expertise way beyond just researching, selecting and working with influencers”. Neve Fear-Smith wanted...
Influencer Marketing Trends Impacting Mental Health
The exponential growth of the digital creative economy has generated millions of dollars for creators, helped new businesses find viral success, and offered a wide variety of professionals the flexibility to work from anywhere. This revolutionary economic shift was dramatically sped up as a result of COVID-19. The social media...
The Spirit of the Olympics: Are Olympians Influencers in Their Own Right?
As we reminisce on the event and hand over the baton to the Paralympics after two years of Covid restrictions, it is clear the tone of the event was slightly subdued due to the circumstance. However, athletes were still able to rise above this and show us the way in...
WTF Series: WTF is a Gran-Fluencer?
A new influencer ‘rich list’ reveals some social accounts belonging to the older generation are potentially earning nearly £8000 a post. An online clothing brand that specialises in comfortable and stylish clothing for older shoppers, has released a ‘Granfluencer Rich List’ after noticing how popular older generations are becoming on...
The Everyday Influencer Reigns Supreme – Research Shows
Regulations from the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK are tightening rules and guidelines making it compulsory for influencers to declare when a post is an ad, when a post has been paid for, and also banning the use of filters when promoting beauty products. These regulations mean that content...