As most creatives know, every year American colour company Pantone announce a colour they predict will influence all design trends throughout that year, from interior and fashion, to graphic design and branding. For 2021, Pantone have treated avid followers to two colours of the year: PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating and PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray. After the …

Just when you thought the rough and tumble of January had come to a close, everyone’s (or at least 70% of everyone’s) favourite internet browser has come along with one more thing for you to think about as you plan your next batch of affiliate campaigns. The latest Google Chrome update, formally known as Google …

The Monetise team is heading to Las Vegas for its sixth consecutive visit to Affiliate Summit West next January. Co-Founder James Anderson will head a four-strong team of managers that boast experience totalling nearly a quarter of a century in the affiliate industry to the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas for three days of networking …

A Windows devotee on a normal day-to-day basis, it was fair to say I didn’t expect one of the main challenges starting my new job at Monetise to be navigating my Apple-unfamiliar brain around the functions of a brand new MacBook Pro. Yet, exiting the office armed with my laptop and a mind full of …

Tapping into the desire to support good causes is an effective way of capturing people’s attention, but is it the kind of business model that yields results for a publishing affiliate? We take a look at how charity works when done right. When an industry contributes to a good cause, it tends to draw attention. …

In light of Google’s Phantom update, we take a look at how quality content can improve the ranking of your website. And why fresh, high-quality content is so important across all channels of your digital marketing efforts. It’s never easy writing an article about… well, writing. I’ve always found it a bit embarrassing – being …

Content discovery channels are a great way of driving quality traffic to your marketing campaigns. We take a look at how publishers can reap the rewards when using the likes of Taboola the right way. Success in affiliate marketing is all about getting your content noticed, but that can be easier said than done when …

How important is video in today’s online marketing landscape? The short answer, very. We take a look at how you should be using video as part of your affiliate business model. The shift to video being major medium for today’s online marketers shouldn’t come as a big surprise to anyone, it was always going to …

The festive season is upon us! It sure does come around quick, doesn’t it?! If we had a quid for every time we heard that, we wouldn’t have to be in this affiliate marketing malarky… The Monetise team have swept the dust off their Christmas jumpers and decided to give you (un)lucky lot a Monetisey …

Like a beautiful woman with a gun, targeted keywords can be more trouble than they’re worth. We take a look at ways of using them in your content without killing it. Too much of a good thing will kill you. Whiskey, cigarettes, beautiful-looking women with a license to carry small firearms; all of these are …