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Elevate Your DAM Program with These 5 Special Projects

If you want to get better at a sport, you likely get in the gym and work out, practice, and train. In order to train properly, however, you need to know the right drills and exercises to do. In the same way, improving your DAM program requires knowing what special projects are worth the time. Find out here!
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Best Practices for “Moving In” to a New DAM Platform

We all know the headache that moving from one place to another can be. Large-scale DAM migrations can be the same. There are ways to minimize the pain and maximize the return on investment in both moving and migrations, however.
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Stacks’ Proven Process for Successful Large-Scale File Migrations

Large-scale file migrations are one of the biggest headaches your organization could possibly face. They are also inevitable for almost any business in today's content-driven world. Given both of these things, how should you navigate these headaches to minimize risk and maximize ROI?
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3 Real-World Digital Asset Management Examples

How does DAM help your team overcome challenges in real life? What are common struggles that DAM can solve for your brand and its employees? How did some of the world's largest brands use external and internal resources to develop a DAM program that enables growth across the business? Learn how here!
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How Does Stacks Work with NFL Teams and Sports Leagues?

How does Stacks work with NFL teams and other leagues to optimize gameday workflows and overall DAM programs so that highlights and stunning photos find their way to your feeds as soon as possible?
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Managing File Formats and Asset Templates with Digital Asset Management

Nowadays it seems like every platform your team uses to leverage digital content requires different file formats. Managing these requirements without cluttering your DAM system or personal hard drives with many versions of the same file is difficult. Read here to find out the five steps your DAM manager can take to make formatting easy.
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File Naming Best Practices: What Should My File Names Look Like?

Anyone who has spent an afternoon cleaning out their downloads folder knows that file names matter. Creating a standard convention, applying them, and managing them is complex, though. Learn the best practices for file naming here!
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How DAM Enables Secure File Sharing No Matter Your Platform

Sharing files is a vital piece of almost every workflow nowadays, especially in the era of remote work. Learn here how to share files securely and effectively no matter what systems you use through DAM processes and best practices.
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File Version Control Within Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Like Hollywood rebooting famous movies, brands consistently update and change their branding, creating tons of different versions of assets. Learn how to manage these versions of files with digital asset management.
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Ensure Brand Consistency Through a Unified Asset Approval Process

With a proper DAM program, there are many built-in lines of defense against off-brand content reaching the marketplace. A formal asset approval process, however, all but guarantees this doesn't happen. Learn how to built that process here.
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3 “DAM Therapy” Practices to Avoid Breaking Up with Your DAM

Due to the cost and headache of breaking up with your current tools and methods of managing digital assets, it's worth it to put time into running your organization through "DAM Therapy". Get thoughts out in the open, identify challenges, and create a plan for change.
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5 Best Practices for Getting the Most Out of Metadata

Metadata is a buzzword being thrown around the business world, but do you know how to deploy it the right way? We provide 5 metadata best practices for using the tool to its greatest value.
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Tips for Enriching Digital Assets

The secret to making your assets more available to everyone in your organization? Enriching your assets with meaningful and consistent metadata.
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The Importance of Identifying Company Language

Before you choose your DAM, the process, and the people in charge, understanding your company's language had to take precedence.
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What Is Metadata?

DAM Resources: When it comes to finding your digital assets, metadata is king and today, we explain what it is, and why it matters.
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How to Organize Digital Assets for Efficient Search

Finding the right digital asset is getting harder. Today we explore how you can organize your digital assets to improve search.
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How to Create and Apply Effective File Names

Establishing a solid file naming strategy in your company can lead to a more organized, searchable, and future-proof library of assets.
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Establishing Folder Structure Best Practices

Establishing folder structure best practices will help you find the assets you need quickly and efficiently. Today we take a look at the best way to build out a folder structure from scratch and launch it within your organization.
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5 Steps to Migrating Digital Assets Efficiently

Migrating assets from one place to another can be daunting, but these 5 steps will help ensure the process is a smooth as possible.
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How Do I Clean My Dirty Data Quickly?

Data has become a buzzword across so many industries. In Digital Asset Management metadata is king, but what happens when your data is dirty?
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Tips for Tackling a Massive Backlog of Assets

Without proper management and standards, your organization's backlog can become a mountain of assets that is impossible to sort through.
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Folder Structure Best Practices: A Fresh Approach