Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 12, 2010

Tags: social media Social Networks marc meyer blogging UGC

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Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 15, 2010

We used to marvel at UGC, but what is it when large organization start to pass their content off as UGC? Know the difference between “real&# UGC and professional content. Often times you have to step in it to realize you are in it.

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Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 12, 2010

UGC (user generated content) can, in some cases will, bring the big brands to their knees. Gap North America president Marka Hansen,&# ‘The outpouring of comments’ shows ‘we did not go about this in the right way&# … So for those of you who missed this from last week.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 12, 2010

When I tweeted about this my tweet essentially said that my faith in the coolness and greatness of UGC has been restored. Ok so the dust settles on some crazy posts that were rattling in my head this week and then poof, you have to wake up and keep going. Yesterday consisted of a killer pitch for a very large SEO project in which the client said afterward that they had never received such a detailed proposal before, and yet… that’s the way all of my proposals are.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2017

UGC (user generated content) has been a buzz word in social media for a while now. According to a report by BazaarVoice , shoppers that interact with UGC are 97% more likely to convert than customers who do not. Brands see a 78% lift in conversion rates when customers interact with UGC.

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Pixlee

APRIL 12, 2018

Shoppable user-generated content (UGC) is essential for any modern ecommerce homepage. UGC generates trust, helps drive organic product discovery, and helps brands keep their homepages up to date. Here are five of the best examples of homepages using UGC to great effect.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

User Generated Content (UGC). According to this infographic from AdWeek , Millennials prefer UGC with people in the image, where Boomers focus on product details. UGC is being used by brands more and more often. Some brands use UGC it well, while others? UGC and the law.

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Pixlee

JANUARY 29, 2019

The solution: With the Pixlee platform, users can send UGC straight to the Facebook ad platform to scale their ad content. Marketers can increase their click-through rate on ads by 35% by using permissioned UGC. And how do you quickly match UGC with the corresponding text reviews?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2015

The challenge for Pet360 has been finding a way to gain explicit permission for UGC on such a large scale. But with Curalate they could ask permission at scale, allowing them to use UGC across social platforms as well as in a slide shows for email campaigns.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

From YouTube to Yelp, user-generated content (UGC) powers some of the most popular websites in the world. To maximize your team’s success with UGC, consider these common challenges before getting started. To keep UGC in top form, your team must curate the most compelling images , brand mentions, and product reviews across channels. Extracting the most value from UGC means putting these hunches to the test.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 1, 2014

Tweetable Moments It’s nice to have a really engaged staff on social to help build the awareness. wrdodger Tweet This Social Museum At the Royal Ontario Museum , Ryan Dodge leads a social media team that includes every staff member in the museum.

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Proactive Report

MARCH 18, 2016

Alicia has been an advocate of using consumer-generated content (UGC) in the PR and marketing mix for the last ten years. Q & A on UGC and Digital PR with Alicia. A3: @CMIContent reports 78% of B2C Marketers plan to use #UGC in their mix in 2016.

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Pixlee

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Authentic customer reviews are displayed alongside visual UGC, providing a highly interactive and rich experience. Through this double-edged UGC approach, Hylete provides encompassing social proof to consumers. The post Product ratings and UGC both work, but can they work together?

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Pixlee

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As more and more brands realize that their core market is more likely to respond to social and digital messaging over more traditional means, more attention is being given to UGC marketing. Innovations in AI and machine learning will make it easier for brands to identify influencers, recognize images, and source the best UGC that can be used across all marketing channels. One use case for AI in the UGC marketing space is in influencer marketing platforms.

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Proactive Report

MARCH 18, 2016

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. Q & A on UGC and Digital PR with Alicia. A3: @CMIContent reports 78% of B2C Marketers plan to use #UGC in their mix in 2016.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

From creating videos using simple apps, to repurposing top performing content, utilizing UGC and more, we’re here to help you boost your brand’s social presence in a flash. Incorporate UGC. User-Generated Content (UGC) is a win/win quick win (try saying 10 times fast).

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Pixlee

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Pixlee uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to ingest the data behind UGC and organize it in a way that maximizes the content’s impact. Our custom AI functionality helps brands to quickly surface the best UGC, display it intelligently across marketing channels to scale revenue, and optimize displays of UGC over time. This makes Pixlee the smartest, most automated UGC platform in the space, enabling better performance with fewer resources.

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Pixlee

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Why should UGC matter for Black Friday? Let’s look at some hard facts: UGC is now considered a “top marketing tactic”, influencing a shopper’s buying decision by up to 90%. Brand engagement for consumers who interact with UGC (sharing a post, clicking on a linked image,) rises by 28%. Pixlee customers have seen a click-through rate increase of 35% in marketing emails that included UGC. Reach out to the Pixlee team to learn how UGC can work in your marketing strategy.

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Pixlee

MAY 4, 2018

User-generated content (UGC) has been at the forefront of this discussion as shoppers actively seek out brands that provide a personalized, transparent, and authentic experience.

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 16, 2018

Photo contest are a great way to drum up excitement as well as an excellent way to source UGC content for your brands social channels. Interesting in running a photo contest to engage fans or capture new UGC, we’d love to help.

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Pixlee

AUGUST 23, 2018

Brands understand that user-generated content (UGC) that shows real people with your products creates a more engaging shopping experience and builds trust. This interactive touchscreen campaign has been going on for about a year and the retailer recognized the benefit of bringing UGC to their flagship storefront— increasing authenticity, brand loyalty and repeat purchases.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 2, 2012

Kentucky Fried Chicken and Comedy Central have teamed up to offer an original web series and contest focused on user-generated content that’s geared toward 18-24 year-olds who are living with their parents.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Scouring your channels, and even the vast internet beyond, for good UGC that really showcases your brand can be a cumbersome task. Of what use can influencers be to our brands? This is an important question, but one that rarely yields a response beyond the obvious, they have influence.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 23, 2019

Asking for user-generated content (UGC) from fans and sharing recommendations & reviews should be considered for customers in this stage of the journey. Ask for UGC. Collecting and repurposing UGC is a low cost, highly effective content strategy.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 24, 2017

You can create or curate custom GIFs, Snapchat/Instagram stories, UGC (user generated content), infographics, concept visualizations, shareable quotes, or Facebook Live videos. UGC is there for a reason. What is UGC exactly?

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The Way of the Web

APRIL 14, 2011

So if you want to submit something for a major site, you’ll spend the first few hours electronically signing your rights away – and it might end up limiting any existing possibilities of rewarding UGC as that could end up muddying the waters between just and unjust enrichment. You may have seen a few reports about the class-action suit brought against the Huffington Post after it was acquired by AOL for $315 million.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 6, 2016

1) Use User Generated Content (UGC). UGC is something that should be utilized in your regular content mix. In fact, West Elm recently reported ROI that was 7 times higher than normal when they used UGC for their Facebook ads. Because UGC is the most authentic content available to brands. Levi’s used UGC to promote their NFL collection. Carousel ads are quickly becoming the post type of choice for brands trying to showcase their products or services. (If

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 4, 2014

Communication Community Building Daniel Cohen Guest Posts Marketing Public Relations Social Media customer feedback gamification holistic media ugc user generated content Disclaimer: Pic-n-Post is a client of RedShift Writers. Hello, WUL readers! Remember me? I used to write here all the time.

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agora pulse

JANUARY 31, 2018

Sharing UGC. Some businesses thrive by posting UGC (user-generated content). Instagram content calendar instagram management photography publishing schedule security ugcWhen I first started managing Instagram accounts for organizations, I did it all manually.

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agora pulse

MAY 16, 2016

There’s a new dilemma among social media professionals: S hould you focus on increasing your following or maximizing your user generated content (UGC)? User generated content (UGC) includes any form of content created by the consumer. UGC also demonstrates audience engagement.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 23, 2014

Resources Shonali Burke Weekly Roundup blogging content online publishing ugc user generated content A large portion of what we do online is centered around content: creating it, sharing it, reading it.

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Talkwalker SM

APRIL 5, 2016

Influencer marketing and user generated content (UGC) are rapidly becoming the most widely-used online marketing strategies. UGC Drives Purchase Decisions . UGC is Credible. Credibility is also a major reason UGC posted by influencers is key. How-To Find the Best UGC.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Brands from all sorts of industries, from Starbucks and Burberry to Chobani , have developed marketing campaigns that benefited from UGC. UGC not only showcases the relationship that consumers have with a brand or product, but it also provides a massive endorsement of it.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

They even started using UGC in Facebook Carousel ads, and saw a spike in sales because of it. Start by brainstorming the high performing content your brand needs more of, then create a campaign with a simple hashtag, and sit back and watch the UGC roll in.

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Social Media Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

User generated content (UGC) is a modern-day digital word-of-mouth situation that benefits both brands and consumers. It's a win-win scenario and a marketing tactic that great brands can incredibly benefit from

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Talkwalker SM

MAY 19, 2016

User generated content (UGC) is every marketer’s dream, as a creative customer base can be invaluable in spreading a brand’s message and surveys have shown that 93% of consumers find UGC helpful when making a buying decision.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 5, 2014

Adam then discussed the intersection of RTM with User Generated Content (UGC) and how that help drive the Cabela’s experience both online ad in-store. They also created a “digital brag board” in store to showcase some of the create UGC.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 20, 2014

User-generated content (UGC) is any content created by users of your website. UGC can very often just be another form of spam. SEO opportunities – UGC most likely utilizes keywords that are important to your search engine marketing efforts. Since that is the case, UGC provides a unique SEO opportunity that you can’t take advantage of in any other way. SEO for Small Business blog comments forum posts SEO UGC user generated content

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2016

Okay, so, you’ve compiled a library of UGC. Just remember, incoming UGC is the beginning , not the end, of a fruitful conversation that is bound to lead to a loyal and enthusiastic brand advocate. A dog is known, not only as man’s best friend, but for its enduring loyalty. But why?

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2016

When it comes to asking whether or not your brand should be repurposing its influencer-generated content – there’s really no question about it.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 18, 2016

Photography and content apps are a dime a dozen in your App and Google Play Stores. But there are some apps that stand out from the crowd, and by default, make your content infinitely better and more engaging.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2013

Justin Johnson connects many of the important dots: humanization, local, crowd sourcing, UGC, mobile in one simple program. social media case studies social media strategy Justin Johnson local social social media case study social media for campaigns social media for politicians UGC Yelp

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Talkwalker SM

MAY 24, 2016

To learn more about image recognition and social listening, read our report “ Why Visual Listening is the Next Big Thing for Marketing “ SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS image recognition Nutella storytelling Talkwalker ugc user generated content visual listening visual storytelling

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