WTF is brands’ new investment in creator-generated content?

It’s no secret that the creator economy has hit critical mass. Advertisers are getting more specific in their asks — whether it be more meticulous metrics or carefully curated creators — to have more control over their influencer partnerships and content creator deals.

Brands are turning to creator-generated content (CGC) as a means to solve for some of this. Think of it as another factor in the already fragmented influencer marketing landscape.

CGC is creator content commissioned by a brand that lives on the brand’s owned-and-operated channels — like user-generated content but carefully curated and owned by the brand. With CGC, brands can say exactly where the content lives and for how long. That control is something marketers have been pushing for as the creator economy continues to become a more standardized media channel. 

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AI turns creative into a repeatable system

At the MMA’s recent CMO summit, the conversation kept circling back to one thing: AI is accelerating the push to operationalize creative. 

“It was the subject matter of everything discussed on stage over the course of the event’s two days,” said Travis Lusk, group director of AI Solutions of media management business Ebiquity, referencing the event at the end of July.

But it doesn’t stop there.

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