How to Collect Videos From Customers: A Step-by-Step Guide
Collecting videos from customers is not just about giving people somewhere to upload a file. You need to decide what you want, reach the right audience, guide each recording, collect permission, and organize every submission. The process can support customer stories, product demonstrations, community videos, contests, fan participation, creative challenges, event content, and ongoing UGC…
EDUCAUSE 2026: Why Authentic Assessment in Higher Education Is the Next Technology Challenge
As higher education leaders prepare for EDUCAUSE 2026, the most important artificial intelligence conversation may not concern which model a campus should license. It may concern whether institutions can still tell what students have learned. The rise of authentic assessment in higher education reflects a growing weakness in traditional assessment design. Essays, reports, code, and…
IAAPA Expo Europe 2026: Six Attractions Industry Trends Shaping 2027
IAAPA Expo Europe 2026 arrives while the attractions industry is rethinking where growth will come from. New rides still matter, but attendance alone is no longer a dependable strategy in mature markets. Operators are dealing with cautious consumer spending, unpredictable weather, capital pressure, accessibility requirements, and changing discovery habits. At the same time, demand for…
UNBOUND 2026: Why Customer Participation Is the Growth Strategy to Watch
UNBOUND 2026 will offer marketers hundreds of ideas for generating more traffic, content, leads, and efficiency. The harder question is what will still create growth when everyone gains access to the same AI tools. The answer may be customer participation. As content production becomes faster and search traffic becomes less dependable, brands need assets competitors…
What to Expect at Brandweek 2026: Five Questions for Every AI and UGC Session
Brandweek 2026 will give marketers no shortage of ideas about artificial intelligence. The harder task will be deciding which ideas deserve attention after the event ends. AI can produce more assets, shorten workflows, and support personalization. Those capabilities matter. Yet more content does not automatically create more customer involvement, greater trust, or a stronger brand….
How Long Should a Testimonial Video Submission Be? A Practical Guide by Use Case
Most testimonial requests give customers too much time and too little direction.A testimonial video submission should usually be between 30 and 90 seconds. That is enough time to share a specific experience without forcing the customer to deliver a speech. More complex customer stories may need up to three minutes, but they should be divided…
Museum Visitor Engagement: How to Turn Visitors Into Storytellers
Museums are full of stories. The problem is that too many of them stop at the exit. A visitor may spend an hour with an exhibition, feel something real, tell a friend later, post a photo, or remember one object for years. But most museums capture only the attendance number, not the meaning the visitor…
Video Submission Form vs. Video Submission Platform: What Teams Actually Need
A video submission form can solve the first problem. It gives people somewhere to send a video. That is useful, but it is not the same as building a video intake system. This distinction matters more than most teams realize. A form may collect a file, a name, an email address, and a description. A…
How to Collect Video Submissions From Anyone Without Upload Chaos
Most teams do not struggle to collect video submissions because people cannot record video. They struggle because the collection process was never designed as a real workflow. A customer records something useful. A fan captures a great reaction. An employee shares a strong story. Then the video gets sent through email, uploaded into a folder,…
AI vs User-Generated Content: AI Can Make Content. It Still Can’t Create Participation.
The internet is not running out of content. It is running out of proof that real people care. That is the tension behind AI vs user-generated content. Most brands are treating it like a production question. Can AI make more posts? Can it generate better scripts? Can it lower creative costs? The answer is yes,…
UGC Creative Briefs: How to Get Better User-Generated Videos
Most brands do not need more random user-generated content. They need better direction before anyone starts recording. That direction usually starts with UGC creative briefs. The brief explains what the brand is asking for, who should participate, what kind of story matters, and what the final video should include. In creator marketing, this is already…
How to Collect User-Generated Content at Scale Without the Chaos
Most brands do not have a user-generated content problem. They have a participation and workflow problem. The difference becomes obvious the moment a campaign moves beyond a few friendly customers and starts asking dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people to submit usable content. User-generated content at scale becomes an operational and participation problem. On paper,…
