Whether you are running a contest, an online audition or a community assignment, attracting UGC submissions can be a challenge. Here are some tips that you can apply to your campaign to draw more content from your website visitors. Experiential and luxury prizes While a huge cash prize can bring in a tonne of submissions,

This was my first time attending ProductCamp Toronto and I was very impressed with the quality and value of the event. I had the pleasure of leading a session entitled “Business Driven Product Management” where we discussed the finer points of taking the crazy out of the sales deck.  Luckily, I had Peter Hanschke, Al Huizenga,

The Walrus, Canada’s celebrated magazine of ideas and culture, has an immediate opening for an experienced online editor. This is a regular, half-time, contract position located at the magazine’s office in Toronto. This person will be responsible for the creation and execution of web content and web marketing in collaboration with the magazine’s editorial, circulation, and

Filemobile, the company of which I am a proud member, placed #6 in Backbone Magazine’s “20 companies that are driving innovation and changing the way we use the Internet”. [Kate] Trgovac called this “the company I wish I had founded. White-label social media components that other companies can use: super smart.” [Michael] O’Connor Clarke called

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