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CJ Announces the 2024 CJ Excellence Awards Winners at CJU24

SANTA BARBARA, CA – September 11, 2024 – CJ announces the winners of the 2024 CJ Excellence Awards. In their 25th year, the CJ Excellence Awards acknowledge advertisers, publishers, and agencies for their accomplishments in affiliate marketing. The...
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Your Opportunity for [Expo]nential Growth at CJU24

Growth begins with the right partners. The best place to find new partners at CJU24? At Growth Expo, of course! Make sure to peruse the tables at ...

Network by the Sea at CJU24

We're mere days away from CJU24 and can't contain our excitement! For more than 20 years, CJ has united advertisers, agencies, and publishers at our ...

Sep 5, 2024
2024 CJ Excellence Awards Finalists

We’re thrilled to unveil the finalists for the 2024 CJ Excellence Awards! The winners will be crowned at the CJ Excellence Awards Ceremony on ...

Spot Your Next New Partner on the CJU24 Publisher Spotlight Stage

CJU’s Publisher Spotlight Stage gives a curated group of publishers a way to showcase what’s new and noteworthy about their offerings. This year, ...

Prep for CJU24 with this Essential Guide

We’re counting the days until our clients join us again in sunny Santa Barbara for CJU24! Whether you’re new to CJU, still considering attending, or ...

Jun 24, 2024
Zack Kass, Futurist & Former Head of GTM at OpenAI is the CJU24 Keynote

Artificial intelligence—it’s SO hot right now. Everywhere you look, AI has quickly integrated itself into our daily lives, whether it's summarizing ...

Jun 18, 2024
Assembly is Made of All the Right Stuff

Our relationship with Assembly runs deep. We're proud to say that CJ was one of the first affiliate networks the global agency worked with more than ...

CJ Announces the 2023 CJ Excellence Awards Winners at CJU23

SANTA BARBARA, CA – September 13, 2023 – CJ announces the winners of the 2023 CJ Excellence Awards. In their 24th year, and as part of the 25 years ...

Sep 14, 2023
Treat Yourself to Trainings at CJU23

If sessions are the content main course of CJU, then the Discovery Lab is the snack drawer overflowing with goodies and fun-size treats 🍓🍪🍿. Pop ...

Aug 23, 2023
Bestselling Author Elizabeth Gilbert is the CJU23 Guest Keynote

Marketing is everywhere. So much so that it’s expected background noise. We mute the TV during a commercial break. In .02 seconds, our thumb catches ...

Jun 13, 2023
Gen3 Marketing and the Next Generation of Blooming Success

With such a large footprint and an award-winning reputation, it’s hard not to be aware of Gen3 Marketing. The agency currently manages over 100 ...

What if Affiliate Wasn't Just a Channel?

Affiliate is traditionally viewed as a standalone marketing channel, but it’s actually so much more—we touch consumers in ways that amplify brands’ ...

CJ Announces the 2022 CJ Excellence Awards Winners at CJU22

SANTA BARBARA, CA – September 14, 2022 – CJ announces the winners of the 2022 CJ Excellence Awards. Now in their 23rd year, the CJ Excellence Awards ...

Sep 19, 2022
CJU22 Guest Keynote: Author, Speaker, & Podcast Host Luvvie Ajayi Jones

As marketers, we do our best work when we dare to think big. It means we’re challenging the norm, pushing the limits of new trends in data and ...

Jun 2, 2022
Accelerate Your Partner Discovery

CJ is home to thousands of prospective partners, so we have a duty to make the important matchmaking piece of program management both efficient and ...

From Discovery to Purchase: Unlocking the Affiliate Customer Journey

After an enlightening and informative session at CJU21 discussing how to leverage our on-demand Affiliate Customer Journey data, the enthusiasm for ...

What to Expect at CJU21 Virtual Connect: Session Lineup

Take a peek at the CJU21 Virtual Connect session lineup and get excited for a virtual experience featuring thought leadership from industry experts ...

How to Navigate (and Thrive!) in a Privacy-First World

New technologies and policies that set higher standards for user privacy and data protection have driven sweeping changes in the online advertising ...

Conversations for Change: Addressing the Need for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Affiliate

How can affiliate marketing make better progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion? This engaging discussion from the CJU20 Digital Series brought ...

Maximizing Affiliate Within Your Organization

Want to know how to best position the affiliate channel and garner a greater share of your organization’s marketing spend and investment? This ...

Dec 7, 2020
How COVID-19 Will Reshape Holiday 2020

There are many new factors for publishers to consider heading into the peak shopping season and this session recording from the CJU20 Digital Series ...

CJU20 Digital Series Encore for Europe Preview

The thing that makes us most excited about hosting a digital CJU? The ability to spread the magic further and wider, including more of our global ...

Sep 24, 2020
CJU20 Digital Series 2 Preview

No need to pack a bag or board a plane to Santa Barbara—our highly-anticipated annual client conference, CJU, is combined with the comforts of home ...

Sep 16, 2020
CJU20 Digital Series 1 Preview

For over 20 years, we’ve hosted our annual client conference, CJU, in sunny Santa Barbara, California. This year, we’re excited to bring the ...

Sep 1, 2020
Announcing the CJU20 Digital Series

We're taking the best of CJU out of the venue and into your home! The CJU20 Digital Series is a virtual event featuring three half-days of thought ...

Aug 4, 2020
Why Big Media is Thriving with Performance Marketing

There's a lot of buzz around big media sites entering the affiliate channel, a.k.a content commerce publishers. They offer massive audiences, ...

Yes, It’s Possible: Accurately Measuring Incrementality in Affiliate

Not long ago, measuring the incrementality of digital sales was more theoretical than practical. Requiring complicated A/B testing, or the risky step ...

The Consumer Megatrends Shaping Holiday 2019

Disruption in ecommerce is here to stay, so looking deep into what drives consumer buying now, and in the future, will help marketers develop ...

Affiliate Mar'kidding'

"What is affiliate marketing?" Fellow affiliate marketers are *all too familiar* with the eternal struggle of trying to explain what we do for work. ...

Sep 30, 2019
CJ Affiliate Announces the CJ Excellence Awards Winners at the 20th Annual CJU Conference

SANTA BARBARA, CA – September 11, 2019 – CJ Affiliate™ announced the winners of the 2019 CJ Excellence Awards. Now in their 20th year, the CJ ...

Sep 13, 2019
Seek to Understand Content Commerce with Sarah Bundy at CJU19

In advance of moderating a highly anticipated CJU panel session on content commerce, we asked Sarah Bundy from global performance marketing agency, ...

Technologies Taking Flight with Simon Bird

On the heels of raising $2.8m in seed funding, RevLifter’s Simon Bird prepares to take the stage at CJU19 to showcase the newest technologies ...

Learn Big at CJU19

This year at CJU19, we offer many ways to immerse yourself in learning. You’ll find big stage sessions where we dare to feature our biggest thoughts, ...

Jul 9, 2019
Announcing CJU19 Guest Keynote Speaker Soccer Icon Abby Wambach

In the digital marketing industry, we often hear our peers warning about the pitfalls of "working in a silo"—the term is almost an overused corporate ...

Jul 2, 2019
Be a Content Ambassador at CJU19

Do you want more content created about your brand? Does the word “influencer” make your affiliate heart skip a beat? Are you VIP Campaign curious? ...

CJ Affiliate Announces the "CJ You Awards" Winners at the 19th Annual CJU Conference

SANTA BARBARA, CA – September 14, 2018 – CJ Affiliate™, the affiliate marketing arm of Conversant®, announced today the winners of the 2018 CJU You ...

Sep 14, 2018
CJU18 Session Lowdown

Each year the team that curates CJU’s education sessions asks, “What affiliate topics are most important to our clients?” Through numerous ...

Sep 6, 2018
Announcing the CJU18 Guest Keynote Speaker

CJ Affiliate is proud to welcome Dan Heath as our CJU18 Guest Keynote Speaker. In today’s digital marketing climate, it is more important than ever ...

Jul 12, 2018
Captivate & Capture Customers through Commerce Content

Commerce content is all the rage. And after meeting with three top Publishers in the game at CJU17 last year, we know why. These content specialists ...

CJ Affiliate Announces CJU17 “CJ You Awards” Winners

SANTA BARBARA, CA, September 14, 2017— Last night at the annual CJ University (CJU) conference, CJ Affiliate™ announced winners of the 2017 CJ You ...

Sep 13, 2017
Increasingly Talks Tech at CJU17

Marketing strategist and entrepreneur, Sri Sharma, will address retail’s changing technology landscape at CJU17 in the session, “Technologies that ...

Going Global at CJU17

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, this year at CJU17 we’ve put extra emphasis on the global nature of the affiliate space. Global ...

Content is Bigger than Ever at CJU17

The emphasis on content and influencer marketing is larger than ever at CJ Affiliate, and CJU17 will be the perfect reflection of that! More than 30 ...

Sep 1, 2017
Creating Connections at CJU17

There is less than a month to CJU17 and the weather isn't the only thing heating up here in sunny Santa Barbara! For the last 18 years CJ Affiliate ...

Aug 22, 2017
How to Identify & Work with Content Publishers

In this short video clip from the recent CJU16 session “Take It to the Next Level with Bloggers,” Publisher Development Manager Zoe Pedziwiatr ...

How to Leverage Affiliate’s Cross-Channel Nature

Geno Prussakov, Founder and CEO of AM Navigator, explains how to make the cross-channel nature of affiliate marketing, work for your business. Some ...

CJU16 Keynote: "Get To" vs "Have To"

CJU16 Keynote Speaker, Life is Good Co-Founder John Jacobs, describes how the "Life is Good" message started to spread a positive, inspirational ...

Nov 15, 2016
CJU16 Keynote: Highlights

In this highlight reel of the CJU16 Keynote Speaker, John Jacobs, co-founder of Life is Good, speaks about what inspired him and his brother Bert to ...

Nov 14, 2016
CJU16: Fun with Tripp & Tyler

Follow comedic duo Tripp & Tyler as they spread laughs throughout CJ Affiliate's annual conference CJU16.

Oct 26, 2016
Relive CJU16

Just one month ago, CJU16 welcomed over 1,000 of the industry's best to sunny Santa Barbara, California for three days chalk full of networking. This ...

Oct 13, 2016
Get Your Learn on at CJU16

As the CJU16 content director, I'm excited to share with you a whirlwind tour of the strategy and inspiration we're bringing to the stage with our ...

Sep 7, 2016
Bring Your Smiles and Selfie Game to CJU16

CJU16 is just around the corner and our excitement levels are about ready to boil over! In less than two weeks over 1,000 marketing professionals ...

Aug 30, 2016
The #1 Reason to Attend CJU16

"See you in Santa Barbara!" That's how the best-of-the-best in affiliate are signing off with each other as September draws near. While this amazing ...

Aug 4, 2016
Early Bird Gets the…Savings!

The heavily anticipated CJU16 is just over four months away, and tomorrow is the last day to get $100 off with early bird registration. If you are ...

Apr 27, 2016
Relive CJU15

Survey says…CJU15 was our best ever! A month and a half later and we are still beaming from all the new connections, engaging insights, and ...

Nov 23, 2015
5 Reasons Marketers Love CJU

In less than three weeks, Santa Barbara will be bustling with the best-of-the-best in affiliate marketing. While the warm California beaches are a ...

Sep 24, 2015
CJ's Bacon Number

Staff excitement has been sizzling at CJ Affiliate since the announcement that Kevin Bacon will deliver the keynote address at CJ University 2015—the ...

Aug 12, 2015
No Channel Drives Results Like Affiliate

We know affiliate marketing works, but do you know just how powerful this channel really is? 60% of affiliate transactions come from new (NTF) ...

Jul 13, 2015
CJU14 Highlights

Enjoy some highlights from CJU14. From the Welcome Party on the beach and other engaging networking events, to thought-provoking sessions and ...

Sep 10, 2014
The Power of Personal for Offline and Online Businesses

As some of you may have read in my book "32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,” I played the point position for most of my basketball career. ...

CJU14 is the Can't Miss Networking Event of the Year

The Power of Personal℠ is strong at this year’s CJU. How so? Glad you asked! Our new CJU infographic says it all: CJU is the can't miss networking ...

What Happens at #CJU14...

This year's CJU is packed with boot camps and sessions (http://bit.ly/CJU2014-sessions) to get your affiliate partnerships fueled and racing. But ...

Aug 13, 2014
Top Sessions We’re Excited For at #CJU2014

By popular demand, CJU will be returning to The Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort, located in downtown Santa Barbara along our gorgeous coastline. But ...

Magic Johnson to Deliver CJU14 Keynote

Today we announced that Magic Johnson delivering this year's keynote address at CJU14. This is so exciting for us, not only because we here at ...

Jul 20, 2014
And the CJU 2013 Keynote is...

We are thrilled to announce Shark Tank star Daymond John as our esteemed CJU Keynote Speaker! From humble beginnings to a self-made multimillionaire ...

Aug 21, 2013
More Reasons to Attend CJU13

Our new CJU infographic has everything you need to justify your trip to Santa Barbara on September 10-12. From a break down of our attendees, to the ...

CJ Affiliate is Going Mobile!

I have a confession: I'm a huge "Back to the Future" fan, especially Part II. Yet, for all the futuristic gadgets and life-changing new products the ...

Take Me Down To CJU12 [a.k.a. Paradise City]

There's something about Axl Rose and affiliate marketing that just feels right. I don't necessarily picture Axl at his computer updating links and ...

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