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Word of mouth marketing: how to drive conversations and sales at the same time

Sprout Social

User-generated content and hashtags. Typically, these posts are attached to brand @mentions and hashtags. Make a meaningful impact on customers through authenticity. That’s because social comments are unfiltered and authentic. When customers share photos of their photos, experiences or purchases. 1000% recommend.

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Selling on Instagram: Everything you need to know

Sprout Social

For example, TKMaxx encourages fans and followers to share their latest purchases on Instagram through their branded hashtags. In turn, they regularly use customer photos as a means of highlighting their latest promotions with a much-needed sense of authenticity. A mention of your branded hashtags to encourage user-generated content.

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12 Ways to Incorporate Your User-Generated Content on Different Channels

Social Media Strategies Summit

By now, most marketers are comfortable with re-gramming from their fans (a healthy mix includes 25-30% of content sourced from fans) and have most likely developed a branded hashtag to know when and where to find this content. Many brands build social proof by incorporating a hashtag feed into the footer of their email campaigns.

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3 Ways Wahl Professional Grew Its Instagram Community by 56%

Sprout Social

User-generated content on Instagram is significant for any brand’s social strategy because it’s authentic. A Bazaarvoice study on UGC and millennials found that 84% of the demographic are at least somewhat influenced by this type of content when making a purchasing decision. Leverage User-Generated Content.

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Top 5 Best Performing Post Types and How to Use Them for Your Brand

Ignite Social Media

75% of social media users say that user generated content makes branded messaging more authentic, and a report from BazaarVoice revealed that shoppers that interact with UGC are 97% more likely to convert with a retailer than customers who do not. That’s a lot of untapped potential! Wondering where to start?

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UGC and Social Hubs: #DigitalPR Chat with Alicia Whalen

Proactive Report

Bazaarvoice). A1: It’s curating #UGC from social media channels by hashtag and @Handle and then pulling that content into a hub on the brand website. Authentic reviews and user-generated content is more important than pushed-out marketing messages. A4: Relevancy, Authenticity, Interaction, Truth. Kissmetrics).

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UGC and Social Hubs: #DigitalPR Chat with Alicia Whalen

Proactive Report

Bazaarvoice). A1: It’s curating #UGC from social media channels by hashtag and @Handle and then pulling that content into a hub on the brand website. Authentic reviews and user-generated content is more important than pushed-out marketing messages. A4: Relevancy, Authenticity, Interaction, Truth. Kissmetrics).

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