by Keith Keller | Oct 8, 2018 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO
ENCOURAGING USER GENERATED CONTENT FOR YOUR eCOMMERCE BRAND A Guest Blog Post By Patrick Foster “User Generated Content” (UGC) is becoming increasingly important for many types of businesses, but it is especially useful for eCommerce brands. In fact, some are even predicting that it is the future of eCommerce. Why is this? It’s because UGC helps your brand to form a more personal connection with your customers. It adds a creative edge, improves your SEO, functions as social proof, and can boost your conversion rate optimization. Knowing all this, how can you make the most of UGC for your brand? Here are some hacks that you can use to start taking advantage of the benefits today. Get More Product Reviews Shoppers enjoy reading product reviews before they buy anything online. In fact, many people have come to expect to find reviews on eCommerce websites. If you don’t have reviews on your product pages, new visitors may be less sure about parting with their cash. People are far more likely to trust their fellow shoppers than they are your marketing department. If another customer says the product is fantastic, they are more likely to believe them. The simple fact that they have been written by an independent customer based on their own experiences makes product reviews compelling and persuasive. On top of that, the language they use is persuasive. Product reviews are written in plain English using a more genuine tone of voice. They highlight some of the negatives as well as the positives, which your own product descriptions are unlikely to do. This all increases trust...
