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Notes on brand & performance.

Thinking on where brand and performance actually meet — for brands building a partnership programme, and agencies sharpening theirs.

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TikTok Shop and Affiliate: What Brands Need to Know
How TikTok Shop affiliate actually works, the incrementality and customer-ownership questions most brands aren't asking, and what changes in the EU.
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What Is an Affiliate Programme Audit, and When Do You Need One?
What separates an audit from a routine performance review, and the concrete signs it's time for one.
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Agency vs. In-House: Who Should Run Your Affiliate Programme?
A real decision framework, anchored on an actual revenue threshold, not just a generic pros-and-cons list.
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What Is S2S Tracking, and Why Would You Actually Need It?
A plain-language guide to server-to-server tracking, how it works, and why cookie tracking keeps failing.
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Gen Z Doesn't Buy on the First Click — Why Your Affiliate Programme Needs to Catch Up
Gen Z is becoming the world's most powerful consumer generation, but they validate before they buy.
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The Affiliate Programme Audit Checklist That's Often Overlooked
Most audits check partners and creative. The ones that actually move the numbers check tracking infrastructure and incrementality.
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How to Structure Affiliate Commission Tiers for New vs. Returning Customers
New-vs-returning is a rough proxy for value. Here's why LTV is the more precise model underneath it.
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How to Find the Balance Between Brand and Performance
Most marketing teams run brand and performance as two separate departments. Here's why that split causes more damage than it saves.
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