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The Rise of UGC in Super Bowl Advertising: A New Era of Engagement

Super Bowl commercials in 2025 are leveraging UGC in marketing to boost brand engagement. Explore winning strategies and examples of how UGC is shaping advertising.

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How We Used Found Content to Create Our 2025 Trends Report

Go behind the scenes of the 2025 Trends Report by Catch+Release. Discover how we identified key marketing trends, made them actionable, and brought them to life with Found Content.

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Access First, Pay for What You Use: The Catch+Release Model

Catch+Release redefines content licensing with a free-to-access platform that empowers creative teams to search, curate, and collaborate without subscription fees. Revenue is generated only when users license content, offering flexibility and reducing overhead for brands and agencies. Featuring robust tools like search, collection building, and cost estimation, Catch+Release provides a frictionless, creative-first experience that prioritizes accessibility and fair compensation for creators.

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eBooks

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Content Curation Masterclass Guide

Learn the secret creative skill top agencies already use. This free ebook reveals how top brands curate content for high-impact storytelling. Download now to transform the way you create.

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2025 Marketing Trends That Will Get Everyone Talking

Discover the boldest marketing trends of 2025. From TikTok takeovers to anti-influencing, gain insights to stay ahead of the curve and lead creative campaigns.

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5 Marketing Trends for 2024

This year, we're witnessing an unprecedented confluence of technology, consumer behavior, and market dynamics. We've distilled these complex changes into actionable insights for modern marketers and creative professionals.

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Masterclass

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AICP Lunch & Learn Presented by Catch+Release

Campaign budgets are set and paid media is secured. It’s go-time. The brief is ready and now the work begins towards final production. This Lunch + Learn takes a closer look at a Dove-Nike ad that aired on Super Bowl Sunday in Feb 2024, centered on body confidence and self esteem for young girls playing sports. It’s about educating coaches and leaders on how empathy and understanding are critical aspects to building confidence and grit to push through. Hard Knocks has since gained accolades, including numerous Cannes Lion nominations and it secured the 6th highest scoring spot on that Super Bowl Sunday.

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Learn the Art of Curation | Module 2: Advanced Techniques

We will explore the strategic value of curation within the marketing ecosystem, learning how a proactive and continuous curation process can lead to deeper audience engagement, enhanced brand narrative, and ultimately, a more compelling marketing campaign.

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Learn the Art of Curation | Module 1: Foundations

There’s been an explosion of creator content in recent years. And smart marketing teams are finding it valuable to gather relevant creator content on an ongoing basis. This creative exercise is known as curation. Historically, many marketers have left curation to their creative partners, like a social media manager or social agency. But the act of curation can unearth insights and give you a deeper understanding of your audience. And, honestly, anyone can do it. So we thought it was time to create a class.

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Webinars

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Creative Boost: Mastering the Collections Features

Join Catch+Release experts Liz, Head of Curation, and Lisa, Creative Director, who bring over 40 years of combined experience to this insightful session. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to harness the power of the Collections features to supercharge your creativity. Discover how to effectively use Topics to organize content into focused groupings, which can then be developed into Storyboards and transformed into Rip Reels for a streamlined creative process.

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License the Internet: The Future of Marketing Campaigns

“Good, fast, or affordable: pick two” has long been a rule of thumb for content creation in campaign marketing—until now. Join us for an exciting session where we show you how Catch+Release is changing the rules of the game by offering all three “asks” through licensing all kinds of content from the internet.

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Rip This. How To Use Catch+Release Storyboards To Wow Your Clients

Every creative in advertising has been there: You spend a week of your life in an edit room putting together a manifesto video for a client using beautiful content from movies, TV shows, and commercials meant to capture the “feeling” of the campaign. The client loves it so much, they want to run it everywhere. That’s when you have to tell them the cold hard truth: this is a rip reel full of unlicensable content.

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Musing

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Ep 2: Making Connections

Explore how gathering diverse visual content in one spot can unveil unexpected connections with Lisa Knoop.

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Ep 1: Reading Pictures

Explore the deeper meaning behind an image or video. Every element contributes to the visual codes we use to better understand the world around us.

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Videos

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License the Internet: Overview of Catch+Release

In today’s fast-paced digital world, brands need authentic, high-quality content—fast. Catch+Release makes it easier than ever to discover, clear, and license content from creators across the internet. With a vast and growing creator community, AI-powered search, and a seamless licensing engine, our platform removes the traditional roadblocks of finding and securing user-generated content. This product overview video walks you through how Catch+Release simplifies the entire process, from discovering content in our expansive library to licensing assets from social media, stock providers, or any online source. Learn how our cutting-edge technology ensures fast, secure rights management and how creators can easily monetize their content.

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The Art of Curation: A Live Masterclass for Agencies and Brands

Unlock the full potential of content curation in your marketing strategy with The Art of Curation: A Live Masterclass, presented by Catch+Release. This engaging, hands-on session is tailored for marketers, creatives, and strategists looking to elevate their campaigns with authentic, licensable content sourced from across the internet.

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Teams Invite

Learn more about how to invite team members for collaboration at Catch+Release.

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Lost In Found: Lesly Pyle

We're excited to feature Lesly Pyle, Associate Creative Director and copywriter at TRG, an ad agency in Dallas, Texas. Lesly exemplifies the power of community in the advertising world. She's a connector of people and ideas. With a storied career spanning several prestigious ad agencies and brands (including Apple!), Lesly has a deep well of experiences and relationships.

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Lost in Found: Ben Harms

Ben Harms is the Chief Growth Officer at Archrival, a youth culture agency that's redefining how brands engage with young adults. With a roster of high-profile clients such as Adidas, Red Bull, and Spotify, Archrival leverages its deep understanding of youth culture to create authentic and memorable brand experiences.

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Lost in Found: Katie Riddle

Our guest is Katie Riddle, Executive Creative Director at Mono, an award-winning creative agency with offices in Minneapolis and New York City. As marketers, it’s our job to help potential customers by cutting through the clutter with simple, powerful ideas that will spark their imaginations. And that’s exactly what the latest episode of the LOST IN FOUND podcast is all about.

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Event

IHAF: Boston

November 12, 2024

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ANA: Masters of Marketing, Orlando, FL

October 22, 2024

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Content Marketing World

October 21, 2024

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Digital Marketing World Conference, NY

September 26, 2024

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Footage Fest, LA

September 26, 2024

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Content Marketing Institution: MasterTHIS Webinar

August 21, 2024

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Rip This. How to Use Storyboards

August 13, 2024

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AICP Catch+Release Lunch n Learn Webinar

August 8, 2024

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AICP LA

July 25, 2024

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Ad Age Small Agency Conf + Awards, Boston

July 23, 2024

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Madmen Bowling League Championship Party, NY

July 17, 2024

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ANA B2B, FL

June 12, 2024

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AICP Base Camp & Awards, NY

June 4, 2024

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ANA In-House Agency Conference, LA

May 14, 2024

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ADWEEK/BRAND PLAY Sports Marketing Summit, NY

May 9, 2024

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Madmen Bowling League Kick Off Party

May 8, 2024

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POSSIBLE, FL

April 15, 2024

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AdWeek Social Media Week, NY

April 9, 2024

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Ragan's Social Media Conference, FL

March 27, 2024

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ANA Media, FL

March 18, 2024

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Hidden Gems: A Live UGC 2.0 Demo

December 14, 2023

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Content Marketing Institute: 2024 Trends Webinar

December 7, 2023

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Master of Visuals Storytelling

November 15, 2023

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IHAF Conference & Awards, Pursuing Purpose

November 14, 2023

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Content Marketing World

September 27, 2023