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What is User-Generated Content? And Why is it Important?

Hootsuite

Whether you know it or not, both of these examples are user-generated content (UGC). What is user-generated content? User-generated content (also known as UGC or consumer-generated content) is original, brand-specific content created by customers and published on social media or other channels.

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What to Leave Behind and What to Adopt in 2020 | Taking Stock of Your Marketing Strategy

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

However, I also need to know how to improve my marketing strategy starting in January and ensure the best outcome for my marketing programs in 2020. Forward-facing organizations will take advantage of the insights that technologies like AI and marketing automation provide, by viewing their 2020 marketing plans as organic rather than fixed.

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Are marketers trusting AI too much? How to avoid the strategic pitfall

Martech

ChatGPT, Claude, Co-pilot and even Google offer an AI search version available to most users. Dig deeper: Googles search market share falls below 90% for first time since 2015 How AI tools are changing user behavior The new capabilities and changing user behaviors create a potential warning about the risk of relying on AI.

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Google’s cookie pivot leaves 88% of industry in uncertainty: IAB

Martech

Originally set for 2022, the plan faced multiple delays since its announcement in January 2020, leading to doubts about Google’s commitment. While Google’s new focus on user choice gives users more control over their web browsing, it has left the industry uncertain about how to move forward.

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How to leverage the 80/20 rule for martech efficiency and ROI

Martech

The insights below will help you evaluate the current martech stack and identify the 20% of tools that generate 80% of your results, setting the stage for optimizing your martech operations. Pull user logs for each tool. Calculate each tool’s ROI: (Revenue Generated – Total Cost) / Total Cost. Then, rank them.

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Free speech, Meta, data privacy and email: A delicate balance or a complete disconnect?

Martech

CompuServe, Prodigy, Meta and Section 230 In the early 1990s, online platforms like CompuServe and Prodigy faced critical legal challenges over user-generated content. government passed the Communications Decency Act of 1996, including Section 230, which shields platforms from liability for user-generated content.

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Why marketers must combat the hidden threat of MFA sites

Martech

Made for advertising” or “made for arbitrage” (MFA) sites, designed purely to attract ad dollars rather than serve users, are proliferating at an alarming rate. Why it’s important to combat MFAs Combating MFA sites is important because they take advantage of digital ads for profit while offering little value to users.