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Updates on the Summit in SF on Sept 23rd: Speakers, Topics, Other Logistics (opens the original)
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You can learn more about the event and request an invitation here:The Affiliate Marketing Summit for Lenders & Publishers September 23rd San Francisco, CAevents.thefreetoaster.com
E057 - Inside the Happen Bank Rebrand With Mark Elliot, Chief Customer Officer at Happen Bank (opens the original)
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On June 22, LendingClub became Happen Bank. Mark Elliot, Chief Customer Officer, ran point on it. He joined the company 3 years ago and asked Scott Sanborn about the name in his very first conversation. The business had already moved from peer-to-peer lending marketplace to multi-product digital bank. The name hadn't caught up. If you're a performance marketer who's never sat on the front lines of a rebrand, this one's for you. What we get into 1. How the naming process actually worked. Over 100
News Pod #32 - Avant & NASCAR Deal, bunq denied US Bank Charter, and Checkr acquires Truv (opens the original)
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Carlos riffs solo on 3 stories from this week's News Edition...https://www.thefreetoaster.com/p/avant-goes-racing-stripe-goes-shopping ***** Are you an affiliate marketing leader at a consumer lender or publisher!?If so, we have an event for you! The Affiliate Marketing Summit For Lenders & Publishers Sponsored by Experian, Engine by Gen, Prism Data, Tare.io, EXL, and ICSSan Francisco - September 23rd & 24th The Exploratorium 150-person, curated room 88 seats are now spoken for. 49 seats left! L
E056 - Nicky Senyard On How LLMs Have (Or Haven't) Changed Affiliate Marketing For Lenders (opens the original)
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Nicky Senyard, CEO and Founder of Fintel Connect, has been doing digital acquisition since 2002. Her read on this wave: affiliate marketing is still a bottom of funnel conversion tactic. On today’s show, we discuss everything sitting above it. We get into: Why roughly 90% of LLM citations are non-branded, and what that does to a lender's odds of getting quoted The neutrality problem. LLMs reward comparison content and domain authority, which is why publishers keep winning the citation 54% of sur
News Pod #31 - NerdWallet's Q2 '26 Earnings Report (opens the original)
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Carlos & Nick add color to the most recent article on The Free Toaster Newsletter.https://www.thefreetoaster.com/p/nerdwallets-q2-26-earnings They discuss NerdWallet's pivot towards insurance and the top 5 takeaways for card & personal loan marketers. ***** Are you an affiliate marketing leader at a consumer lender or publisher!?If so, we have an event for you! The Affiliate Marketing Summit For Lenders & Publishers Sponsored by Experian, Engine by Gen, Prism Data, Tare.io, EXL, and ICSSan Franc
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