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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.…

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…

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…

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…