<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Blog | Frak</title><description>Product news, security and the Recommendation Economy, written by the team building Frak.</description><link>https://frak.id/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Dark social: why your analytics can&apos;t see word-of-mouth</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/dark-social-word-of-mouth-attribution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/dark-social-word-of-mouth-attribution/</guid><description>37 % of your traffic lands in a bucket called Direct, and almost none of it is a bookmark. A CTO&apos;s look at why recommendations are invisible, and what measuring them actually takes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>founder-pov</category><category>attribution</category><category>dark social</category><category>word of mouth</category><category>first-party data</category><category>CAC</category><category>measurement</category><author>Quentin Nivelais</author></item><item><title>A crisis of influence or a crisis of trust?</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/crise-influence-ou-crise-confiance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/crise-influence-ou-crise-confiance/</guid><description>Influencer recession, audience fatigue, creator burnout: the warning signs are piling up. What the numbers really show, and what comes next.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>influence</category><category>influence</category><category>confiance</category><category>influencer recession</category><category>advocacy</category><category>authenticité</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>From the Creator Economy to the Recommendation Economy</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/creator-economy-vers-recommendation-economy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/creator-economy-vers-recommendation-economy/</guid><description>The Creator Economy is worth $250 billion but remains reserved for an elite. Why the market is shifting from an elitist model to a distributed economy where everyone becomes a channel.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recommendation-economy</category><category>creator economy</category><category>recommendation economy</category><category>influence</category><category>social commerce</category><category>ShopMy</category><category>LTK</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>“Alternatively Influential”: You Are One Without Knowing It</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/alternatively-influential/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/alternatively-influential/</guid><description>Influence does not stop at creators. Why reach no longer makes the difference but credibility does, and what that changes for brands.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>influence</category><category>influence</category><category>creator economy</category><category>trust economy</category><category>nano-influenceur</category><category>UGC</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>China: The Most Advanced Market for Recommendations</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/chine-marche-recommendation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/chine-marche-recommendation/</guid><description>Live shopping everywhere, communities at the center, Google and Meta absent. What ten days in the Greater Bay Area teach us about the future of acquisition in Europe.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>market-analysis</category><category>Chine</category><category>live shopping</category><category>social commerce</category><category>WeChat</category><category>recommandation</category><category>e-commerce</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>Affiliate marketing is 25 years old and hasn&apos;t budged</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/affiliation-25-ans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/affiliation-25-ans/</guid><description>A 17 billion dollar market built on a simple promise, and a model that has barely evolved. Where things stalled, and what comes next.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>acquisition</category><category>affiliation</category><category>affiliate marketing</category><category>attribution</category><category>post-cookie</category><category>creator economy</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>Retail: 5 convictions for your acquisition strategies</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/retail-5-convictions-acquisition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/retail-5-convictions-acquisition/</guid><description>Social commerce turned into second nature, the ceiling on traditional acquisition, demand for attribution, immediacy. Key takeaways from the Tech for Retail trade show and what they mean.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>market-analysis</category><category>retail</category><category>Tech for Retail</category><category>social commerce</category><category>retail media</category><category>attribution</category><category>acquisition</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>Q4, Black Friday: how to escape the ad bidding war</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/q4-black-friday-surenchere-publicitaire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/q4-black-friday-surenchere-publicitaire/</guid><description>In Q4, CPCs jump by 10 to 30 %, up to +50 % on Meta in retail. Why the bidding war is losing you money, and which alternative to activate.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>acquisition</category><category>Q4</category><category>Black Friday</category><category>CPC</category><category>CAC</category><category>saisonnalité</category><category>e-commerce</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>From Get Beauty to Frak: 15 Years Watching Influence Evolve</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/get-beauty-a-frak/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/get-beauty-a-frak/</guid><description>2015, meet-ups and YouTubers. 2026, the Recommendation Economy. What fifteen years spent in influence taught me about what lasts and what fades.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>founder-pov</category><category>creator economy</category><category>influence</category><category>Get Beauty</category><category>entrepreneuriat</category><category>advocacy</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>&quot;Word of mouth is free, why would I pay for it?&quot;</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/bouche-a-oreille-gratuit-pourquoi-payer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/bouche-a-oreille-gratuit-pourquoi-payer/</guid><description>The most common objection, and why it confuses word of mouth with noise. What is free, what costs money, and what drives revenue.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>word-of-mouth</category><category>bouche-à-oreille</category><category>CAC</category><category>ROI</category><category>attribution</category><category>advocacy</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>Techno-feudalism: your communities do not belong to you</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/techno-feodalisme-communautes-plateformes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/techno-feodalisme-communautes-plateformes/</guid><description>You invest to build a community, but the value, audience, and data stay with the platforms. Anatomy of a power struggle, and how to break free.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>acquisition</category><category>techno-féodalisme</category><category>plateformes</category><category>first-party data</category><category>communauté</category><category>CRM</category><author>Virginie Maire</author></item><item><title>Frak and the Passwordless Future: Elevating Customer Trust and Engagement through Modern Security</title><link>https://frak.id/blog/frak-passwordless-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://frak.id/blog/frak-passwordless-future/</guid><description>92% of people now favour brands offering secure, easy sign-in. How Frak&apos;s passwordless Wallet SDK turns that expectation into trust, engagement and retention.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>recommendation-economy</category><category>security</category><category>passwordless</category><category>web3</category><author>Matthieu Viala</author></item></channel></rss>