Big brands just eat up research on millennial marketing. Why? Because this demographic lovvvves to buy stuff. In fact, it is estimated that they spend $600B a year and are predicted to gobble up the biggest combined purchasing power in history. One of the most important insights brands can leverage is the fact that 50% […]
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article called “Smile! Marketing Firms Are Mining Your Selfies.” It’s just the kind of story that encourages me to take a break from my legal duties here long enough to write a response. As an attorney with Thismoment, hashtag user-generated content (what we call “hashtag UGC”) and discussions […]
User-generated content (UGC) is the wave of the future for content marketing. Customers and fans are ready, willing, and able to provide content such as reviews, status updates, social shares, videos, and photos, aka social proof, for products or brands they like and respect. And they are more than ready, willing, and able to seek […]
Brand Storytelling at its Best Bud Light, Engages Audience With Content and Experiential Marketing Every brand has a story to tell, and this past weekend, as Bud Light saw its highly anticipated user-generated content (UGC) marketing campaign evolve into an epic party/TV commercial shoot, we witnessed the power that customers have in helping to tell […]
I said those very words in a meeting recently and half the marketers in the room laughed and rolled their eyes. Yeah, I like my acronyms. The other half got it; a UGC (user-generated content) hashtag campaign without ROI (return on investment) is indeed DOA (dead on arrival). Is UGC just a trend? Are marketers […]
