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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content

Waxing UnLyrical

Live event social media generally involves a social media person or standard event-goer using a mobile device to put content online. Pic-N-Post has already revolutionized weddings and parties; now, it’s changing the game for hotels, convention centers, special events, restaurants, and more. Gamification.

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The 50 User Generated Content Stats You Need to Know

Pixlee

UGC and Brand Influencers. UGC and Brand Loyalty. UGC and Millennials. 59% of millennials claim that they use UGC to inform their purchase decisions about major electronics. That's followed by cars (54%), major appliances (53%), mobile phones (46%), hotels (45%), and travel plans (40%).

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A First-Class Guide to Social Media for Travel

Sprout Social

Whether you’re a hotel, airline, destination or car rental service, word-of-mouth marketing is crucial to the success of your business. 33% switched hotels. For example, Snapchat might not have appealed to Marriott Hotels at first, but we bet the company is glad it gave the app a chance. Hotels: 23%. 5% switched airlines.

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How Online Travel Agencies can be More Like Amazon

Pixlee

What’s more, by using UGC on websites, OTA’s can expect to see a lift in conversion. . Amazon has notably used systems like lowering hotel commission and giving discounts to Prime subscribers to gain a foothold over its competitors. Connected Customer Experience for Mobile. Innovative Discount Systems.

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UGC and Social Hubs: #DigitalPR Chat with Alicia Whalen

Proactive Report

Alicia has been an advocate of using consumer-generated content (UGC) in the PR and marketing mix for the last ten years. Here are a few stats that show why UGC is so important to the Digital PR mix: Fifty-nine percent of millennials say they use UGC to inform their purchase decisions about major electronics. comScore).

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UGC and Social Hubs: #DigitalPR Chat with Alicia Whalen

Proactive Report

Alicia has been an advocate of using consumer-generated content (UGC) in the PR and marketing mix for the last ten years. Here are a few stats that show why UGC is so important to the Digital PR mix: Fifty-nine percent of millennials say they use UGC to inform their purchase decisions about major electronics. comScore).

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16 of the Best Facebook Ad Examples to Inspire Your Next Campaign

Hootsuite

The square video format works well for both mobile and desktop News Feeds. Since Collection ads are a mobile-only format, Forgotten Tribes ’ vertical video makes the best use of screen space. Both the text and the images in this add are user-generated content (UGC) from real past guests, increasing the sense of authenticity.

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