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Great recap and observations from CJ CEO Santi Pierini!

CJ is thrilled to be named the Digiday Technology Awards Best Affiliate Marketing Platform for 2026. We share this honor with thousands of advertisers, tens of thousands of click-active publishers, millions of creators, and dozens of the industry’s best technology partners, all of whom made this possible. Our vision is a connected media ecosystem built around how people shop today. In 2026, consumers move from discovery to conversion and loyalty across three paths: ✅On brand-led paths, they follow ads, search, and brand sites. ✅On social-led paths, creators and other trusted voices guide discovery. ✅On AI-led paths, they ask an LLM, and increasingly an agent, for advice. Every shopper builds their own route within and across those paths, and each recommendation along the way enhances the others. Infinite journeys, connected by trust. Over the past several years, we’ve led the industry with innovations designed to empower brands to deliver compelling and consistent messages across all the paths. These advances include: * CJ Cross Channel Journeys insights * CJ 360-AI, with new technology for consumers, marketers, and enterprise teams * CJ for Amazon and CJ for TikTok Shop solutions for these powerful commerce venues * CJ Wallet, which lets shoppers save offers and redeem them online or in-store * CJ Creator Storefronts, a single integrated home for every product a creator recommends * Expansion into podcasts, CTV, and AI agents with great partners * The industry’s best strategy and program orchestration services. Hands down! Thanks to all of our partners and to Digiday for the recognition. We’re excited about what we’ll build with all of you next. #AffiliateMarketing #Affiliate #ConnectedCommerce #DigidayAwards

That's a wrap on CJU 2026! 25 years. Thanks to everyone who made the trip to Santa Barbara and made this milestone year one to remember.  See you in 2027 ✌️  #CJU2026 #PerformanceMarketing #PartnershipMarketing #MarketingEvents 

We're so proud to be shortlisted for this year's GPMAs for - Best AI-Driven Performance Strategy, - Best New Programme Launch or Relaunch with Pizza Hut and Amparo Gil - the Partnership Ecosystem Award The range of categories at the GPMAs this year shows that performance marketing is no longer about running a channel. It's about strategy: building smarter partnerships, creating better experiences and finding practical ways to use AI to drive results. Looking forward to October. #ConnectedCommerce #Partnerships #GPMA

The biggest night of CJU 2026 did not disappoint. We started strong with Sip and spin, PayPal Honey's coffee and DJ set to get the morning going, then moved through mainstage sessions on AI discovery, global partnership strategy, and creator programs done right.  After a full day of learning, it was signature cocktails at Cocktail Hour & ½, followed by our CJ Excellence Awards dinner and ceremony, celebrating 25 years of CJU alongside our incredible award finalists and winners (more on that coming soon 👀)  For the night owls, the CJU Casino and The After Party kept things going well past midnight. Phew!   #CJU2026 #PerformanceMarketing #PartnershipMarketing #MarketingEvents

🏆 Meet your 2026 CJ Excellence Awards winners! This Wednesday night, we honored the partnerships setting the industry bar sky high at the CJ Excellence Awards. This year's winners cover some impressive achievements, from a creator program that leveraged tax season to build consumer trust, to a channel strategy returning more than 26x in booking value for every publisher dollar spent. Swipe through to meet them all, and help us congratulate our winners class of 26! #CJU2026 #PerformanceMarketing #PartnershipMarketing #MarketingEvents

CJU day two brought the big stage energy. CJ CEO Santi Pierini opened the day with a look at how customer journeys have split into brand-led, AI-led, and creator-led paths, and what it takes to show up on all three. Futurist Nancy Giordano followed with a keynote on becoming an AI-led organization without losing what makes it human.  Then it was straight into a full slate of content: Connection Lab trainings sponsored by PION, Main Stage sessions sponsored by Ignite Media, 1:1 meetings, and Partner Pop-Ups, before we traded conference rooms for the sandy toes at The Beach Party, sponsored by Chase Media Solutions. 🏖️  #CJU2026 #PerformanceMarketing #PartnershipMarketing #MarketingEvents

As our industry expands and plays an increasingly critical role in commerce marketing, certain people are out in front, leading the charge. This year, as part of the 2026 CJ Excellence Awards, we added a new category to recognize some of the most innovative leaders in our field: CJ Commerce Trailblazers.  We received many nominations during our awards process, and each was carefully reviewed by our Trailblazer judging panel. This year’s 2026 Commerce Trailblazers are: Matt B. (Bailey) - Bank of America Tristan Barnum - Wildfire Systems, Inc. Nicolas Salat-Baroux - Joko Davide Colaiezzi – SPRNV  Dexter Dethmers - Hi Energy AI Jennifer Goodwin - Hi Energy AI  Stéphanie Kipp - Booking.com  Calum Lewis - Dell Technologies  James Little - TopCashback UK  Anna Pavlova - GreenPan  Frank Ravanelli - FOREO  Brian Robbins - LG Electronics  Jessica Ruiz - Ziff Davis    Congratulations to all of the winners! Thank you so much for your contributions to the growth and development of our industry.  #cju2026 #connectedcommerce #affiliate #affiliatemarketing

What growth opportunities are you still missing before peak season? Last chance to see what it looks like on screen. Our webinar is taking place tomorrow with our CJ expert Chloe Dorbes, September 16th   Free for CJ Clients. Check your inbox for the link to register.   #performancemarketing #affiliatemarketing   #CJpartners