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Tag: edward smith
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Six Questions to Answer Before Selecting a Digital Asset Management System
At the beginning of my DAM career, I consulted on a project for a client who was an absolute pleasure to work with. Not only did they have hot coffee and delicious pastries in the meeting room every morning, they also bought me lunch every day.
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CMSWire's Top Contributors 2012 - Edward Smith
If you want to make Edward Smith's day, ask him about digital asset management. No, really. He takes great pleasure in educating the unknowing masses on the hows, whats and whys of DAM when he's not busy writing poetic tributes. Find out what else Ed has to say about
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'Twas the Night Before DAM Deployment
‘Twas the night before DAM deployment, when across all workstations Not a process was stirring, not even a daemon. The installers were downloaded from the servers with care, In hopes the Pro Service consultant soon would be there. The users were nestled all snug in their seats, While demos of
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Open Source DAM Solutions: More Control for Those Who Need It
When I was younger I loved taking apart gadgets to see how they worked. I’ve probably ruined thousands of dollars worth of computers and electronics over the years unscrewing and cracking open things just to see how they tick.
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My Other DAM is a Self-Service Intranet Portal
Running a digital asset management system without a self-service DAM intranet portal is like buying gas in Oregon -- the “drivers” (end users) must rely on an “attendant” (a person in charge of managing digital assets) just to get to work.
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Digital Asset Management Industry Trends
A DAM user I’ve worked with in the past recently emailed asking for a few bullet points on DAM industry trends. He is planning to expand his DAM service in 2013 and wanted to know my thoughts for an upcoming presentation.
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Who Should Enter Metadata in Digital Asset Management?
Metadata is important because it helps you and other DAM users find the right files (keywords), understand the content of the files you find (descriptions) and use those files correctly (rights management).
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Digital Asset Management: Are You a Rich Media Hoarder?
Images, videos and documents, oh my! When you’re in charge of managing a large collection of rich media files it’s easy to become a rich media hoarder.
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Is Google Drive a Digital Asset Management System in the Cloud?
This week Google launched their long awaited Google Drive service that offers cloud storage of images, videos and documents. The service is free for up to 5 GB of storage, with paid plans offering from 20 gigabytes up to 16 terabytes of storage for a monthly fee.
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People and Processes in CXM: Don't Make Your Customers Hate You
I’m not going to name any names, but some companies have horrible customer service. They’ve automated, streamlined and right-sized customer touch points to the point where I dread any form of interaction with them.
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Does Your Digital Asset Management System Need an API?
Digital asset management (DAM) helps groups of people manage and find all of their digital media in one location, and APIs promise the same benefits -- but to other computer systems.
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Digital Asset Management: How Liquid Are Your Digital Assets?
Are your digital assets liquid? Can you easily move them from one system to another? Borrowing another finance term, liquidity for digital asset management is how easily digital assets can be moved and converted from one system or format to another.
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Does Digital Asset Management Belong On Your Server or in the Cloud?
Digital asset management has traditionally been a premise-based solution, meaning the IT department is responsible for setting up and maintaining the hardware inside of their server room or data center. While the buzzword cloud is relatively new, the idea of letting someone else host parts of your company’s IT infrastructure
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Digital Asset Management: Bridging the Marketing and B2B Sales Groups
For most of the companies I’ve worked with, the Marketing Communications department is often the group to spearhead DAM within the organization. DAM is a no brainer for MarCom because staff benefits by quickly finding and reusing rich media for ads, graphic design, web, packaging and other communication projects.
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