Have you ever sat there and dreamed about the applications of User Generated Content? Or Am I that much of a nerd that I am the only person to delve deeply into the topic.
User generated content is simply a site that is a collective of different content creators all sharing information on the same site. A perfect example of user generated content is Youtube. Users supply the vast majority of videos to the site.
User Generated Content Benefits
- Multiply the content you could put out by yourself. As a blogger, I love the power to influence social media trends. At the same point, I am always looking to leverage that knowledge, so a larger audience could benefit. One way that I do this is through guest contributions. If I wanted to take this to the next level I would definitely through more outside contributors to my blog.
- Increase your search traffic with the additional content you have from multiple sources. The more content you put out the more chances you have to be found by Google.
- Provide a constant source of information to engage visitors. You can always be coming up with new content to help your visitors grow.
- An active site looks more professional, because you are constantly updating your site to keep up to date for your readers.
- The content generators generally become some of your biggest advocates. They are the people who are more committed to your site succeeding versus traditional readers.
User generated content is a tremendous tool to help you build your site traffic. User generated content helps you work smarter.
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Andy,
Generated content is all of those things you mentioned and more. Just have to get rid of the Lone Ranger mentality, break the mold. Thanks for the idea and for your short article. You made your point and did in in under 300 words. Brilliant!! RICK
Rick,
Definite Lone Ranger mentality needs to be kicked online. Wow! I did not even count the words I used to create this article. Cool factoid!
Andy
Hello Andy
Very interesting idea. As I see your idea it has many benefits as you have listed. Benefit number 5 would definitely increase traffic. Would this not be similar to a joint ventures?
Thanks
Perry A Davis Jr
Music City
Perry,
Not exactly a partnership, because a partnership is more official. These are more brand advocates who share your work, because of how much they like your services.
Andy
Hi Andy, wouldn’t it be great to have as much content generated on our sites as Youtube does?
Guest contributions are great on blogs – they give readers a different perspective and make things more interesting.
However, I think commentors are great content generators also! We add our little bit to the conversation, sometimes it’s a “big bit”! bye for now, Julieanne
Julieanne,
I would love to have even 10% of the content that Youtube generates on a daily basis.
You are absolutely correct that commentators are great content generators as well! The only challenge with that is that they do not produce original content, so you have to continually provide content for the commentators to comment on. User generated frees you from that dilemma.
Andy
Great to be learning these great teachings from you about user generated content. I love reading posts that are short and sweet but hits good points. These 5 benefits you shared with us are valuable. My favorite out of the 5 is probably number four. It’s agreeable to have a site with active and fresh posts the majority of the month. It definitely keeps your site looking professional and updated.
Thanks for the sweet and short article Andy!
-Jaclyn Castro
Jacyln,
Yeah! There are some sites, and I have one or two that I can even claim a mea culpa on that are not updated, and need some content asap! It just does not look right. Why drive people to a site you do not update.
Andy
Andy I completely concur with the points you’ve made.
I think the next generation will expect to be able to see all their family members doing something on YouTube too… it will be the expected norm! 🙂
What do you mean by all of their family members on Youtube?
Hello Andy…
I mean just that! I think that tomorrow’s children will expect to see their family members in videos on the internet it will have become the norm.
Just like my grandfather never had a website but my nephew has had one since he was six and has videos on YouTube.
Sadie,
I agree with you on that! Just like Wall-e. There will be a huge technological boom where it dominates our lives and then at some point an inevitable fall out.
Andy
Hey Andy
Linkedin is a Social Media that could use explaining. I’m Sure the TSA would enjoy the lessons. Great start with what not to do. 🙂
Ross,
Thanks! I think this was for 5 Things That Do Not Help Your Cause On LinkedIn?
Andy
Hi Andy,
This is in my mind already for a certain time. Thx for picking this up! I think it’s just a ‘JUST DO IT’ approach… O.K. If you want to be my first guest blogger feel free to get in touch with me and we shall get the ball rolling!
Thx and All the Best,
Alex
Alexander,
This can be a part time thing to start with. I have guest bloggers who write on this blog a few times a month. At the same time, I have put this to the side, and will restart this when I have some more time. A full on guest blog site where a number of authors contribute to the site.
Andy
Hey Andy,
Interesting topic – I’ve read about the latest on user generated content at Youtube and I think that’s a great idea, just haven’t had an opportunity to really look into it yet because I’ve been busy …. humm, creating content. Thanks for the advice, I’ll definitely have to take a look!
Marquita,
User generated content can also be a time saver, since you do not have to spend all your time creating content. You have to manage others at that point as well, so there are some trade-offs.
Andy
Great tips in a very short post. Thanks! I’ve been learning about some of this recently, and I agree… the more places (and the more *varied*) you have backlinks coming from, the better off your site will be in the Google rankings.
Willena Flewelling
Willena,
Thanks!
Andy
This is a great read. I have learned so much upon reading this. Content plays a role in getting the viewer or the people’s attention, I absolutely agree that content greatly helps in capturing this attention. Thanks for the post.
Content is everything for searches and people online today!