<p>If you’re noticing the advertising landscape changing a lot and changing fast, it’s not your imagination playing tricks on you.</p><p>Things really <u>are</u> changing.</p><p>Our special guest a few weeks ago, Mike Pavlish, pointed this out. He noted that “ugly” ads were outperforming “pretty” ones–that is, user-generated content, UGC, homemade ads of a sort, were vastly outperforming slick, polished, high-production-value ones.</p><p>He’s right, of course.</p><p>UGC puts a person just like you in the ad. Or at least that’s the intention. Real people, not models and spokespeople. Talking about the product in their own real-life experience.</p><p>You’re seeing these ads all the time. But how do you make one for yourself?</p><p>We’ll take a deep dive on that question today.</p><p>If you’d like help putting together a user generated content program, drop me an email david @ davidgarfinkel . com andwe’ll figure something out together.</p>

Copywriters Podcast

David Garfinkel

The Best Type Of Ad To Use In 2026

MAY 25, 202630 MIN
Copywriters Podcast

The Best Type Of Ad To Use In 2026

MAY 25, 202630 MIN

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<p>If you’re noticing the advertising landscape changing a lot and changing fast, it’s not your imagination playing tricks on you.</p><p>Things really <u>are</u> changing.</p><p>Our special guest a few weeks ago, Mike Pavlish, pointed this out. He noted that “ugly” ads were outperforming “pretty” ones–that is, user-generated content, UGC, homemade ads of a sort, were vastly outperforming slick, polished, high-production-value ones.</p><p>He’s right, of course.</p><p>UGC puts a person just like you in the ad. Or at least that’s the intention. Real people, not models and spokespeople. Talking about the product in their own real-life experience.</p><p>You’re seeing these ads all the time. But how do you make one for yourself?</p><p>We’ll take a deep dive on that question today.</p><p>If you’d like help putting together a user generated content program, drop me an email david @ davidgarfinkel . com andwe’ll figure something out together.</p>