RIP Marketing Funnels: Exploring the New Age of Partnerships with Adam Furness from Impact.com and Roger Lee from Brand Collective | #460

In this episode of Add To Cart, we sit down with Adam Furness, Managing Director of Impact.com APAC, and Roger Lee, Head of Digital Marketing at Brand Collective. To take a look at the future of partnership strategies. Adam discusses how partnerships are transforming the growth of global brands like Uber, Airbnb, and Canva by automating and scaling collaboration with influencers, affiliates, and more—driving as much as 30% of total revenue for some brands. They discuss why brands are trading traditional funnels for continuous advocacy loops and Roger reveals how they’re leveraging Impact.com to build efficient and scalable affiliate programs across Brand Collective’s 17 brands, including Reebok and Hush Puppies, contributing to a 20% uplift in online sales.This episode was brought to you by:Impact.com About your guests:Adam Furness is the Managing Director of Impact.com APAC, where he is transforming how brands leverage partnerships to drive growth and engagement. With over two decades of experience in digital and media technology, Adam has helped global brands such as Uber, Airbnb, and Ticketmaster unlock the full potential of partnership automation. Under his leadership, Impact.com has become the leading platform for managing all types of partnerships, from influencers and affiliate marketing to B2B collaborations and content commerce. Roger Lee has spent two decades in digital marketing, helping retailers drive additional online sales through paid marketing channels. Roger currently heads up the performance marketing team at Brand Collective, managing the paid search, paid social, affiliate and programmatic advertising for 17 brands including Reebok, Superdry and Shoes & Sox. From Commission Junction in the UK and GrowthOps in Australia, Roger has a deep history in affiliate marketing and is a long time partner of Impact.com. About your host:Nathan Bush is the host of the Add To Cart podcast and a leading ecommerce transformation consultant. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia’s Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.Thanks to our sponsors, Shopify and Subscribe to the Add To Cart newsletter  SMS us to Suggest a Guest Connect with Nathan Bush Join the Add To Cart Community