Dishing Up Digital with Ellen Mackenzie | Social Media Management & Strategy

Is UGC Content Dead in 2025?

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If you're thinking about becoming a UGC creator in 2025, this episode might ruin your day. But I could help you avoid a very big mistake.

We're going to unpack the rise of the UGC industry as well as what I predict could be it's downfall in 2025.

I'm also going to share what you can do to build a more sustainable business as a creator and prepare for the changes coming.

What I love about UGC:

  • content for social media MUST be different to your other advertising content
    • it's been a game changer for a lot of brands and icnreased sales massively
      • ANNNND they haven't had to spend 10s of thousands of dollars on full production teams
        • shown brands the value of content creation

          • Why I think this is a bad decision to build a UGC business in 2025:

          • Yes, it's proven, yes there's a demand
            • However #2: this is so set up to burn you out mentally and also creatively.
              • #3 As a service business I feel it's fundamentally broken: there's only so many brands you can work with
                • #4 Consumers are catching on and it's loosing the authenticity
                  • When you start to lose consumer interest, you start to loose conversions. When you loose that, brands stop hiring you

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                    Have a great week guys!
                    Ellen xx

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