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User-generated content, or UGC for short, is any content that has been created, published, and/or submitted by users of a brand. In many cases, it’s the most effective content for brands. Often, contributors are unpaid fans who promote a brand instead of the brand promoting itself. What Does User-Generated Content (UGC) Mean? What does UGC stand for? User-generated content can be content of any type and usually comes in the form of images, videos, social…
Organizations around the world are starting to implement company-wide employee advocacy (EA) and employee-generated content (EGC) programs. But even the most savvy professional can struggle with transforming the employee experience using social media. Here are some of the questions they’ve asked us about employee advocacy and employee-generated content.…
At the start of 2021, there were 7.23 million job openings in the U.S. One year later, at the start of 2022, that number had almost doubled to over 11 million. “The Great Resignation” became a household term defining this employment shift. More people than ever have begun…
In recent years, an engaged audience was overwhelmingly the top goal for marketers. In 2021, however, there’s a new key performance indicator (KPI) rising in importance. When we asked marketers what KPI is the most important to their role, for the first time, engagement was nearly tied with return on investment (ROI) for the top spot. Engagement won by only 1%, as reported in our State of User-Generated Content report. Take a look at the…
Mid-November brought two things to San Antonio: slightly cooler weather and the Texas Festivals and Events Association annual conference (TFEA 2021). Event planners traveled from the farthest reaches of Texas to meet for the first time since the pandemic lockdowns. 300 people gathered to discuss, celebrate, and share…
The Basics on Creating Appealing Visual Content Visual Content is a large part of life, and it’s about to become even larger especially with the announcement of Facebook’s name change to ‘Meta’, to encompass their larger mission to make all of the content consumed in our lives a…
COVID-19 isn’t the only reason that commerce has moved in the direction of online shopping. While the pandemic increased the necessity of online stores, to say online shopping wasn’t already on the rise would be an oversight. In 2018, Shopify saw $1.5 billion in sales during the Thanksgiving shopping period from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. One year later, they broke that record with $2.9 billion in worldwide sales in 2019 during Black Friday and…
Social commerce leverages buyer behaviors in the customer journey—and its power in the buying decision is only growing larger. Move over, Amazon. New doors have been opened in the eCommerce space as social media giants like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more realized that their platforms were the perfect…
How To Create Digital Paid Ads That Convert In a world of many marketing tools and models for creating winning strategies, it’s not a secret that social media paid advertising can be highly effective. But the path to success is not always exactly clear. Using the best practices,…
Until a few years ago, it was hard to get anyone to take virtual meetings seriously. People would strictly stick to in-person meetings and physical team-building events. Remote meetings and webinars were primarily considered cost-savers, not operational necessities. But after 2020, everything changed. We’re entering the days of hybrid corporate events. The lockdowns and remote working forced corporate event planners to re-evaluate how to proceed with meetings and activities. People quickly realized that there are…
“Esports” was a niche term and not to be confused with traditional sports, but the pandemic pushed the industry into the spotlight as consumers (stuck at home) were forced to occupy their time with gaming becoming a popular diversion. As the world reopens, we expect a new generation…
No matter which social media networks you use for consumer outreach, content is king. Even if the network has less elaborate content, like what you see on Twitter, what you say is important. Not only do you need to make a good impression, but you’ll want to keep…
