Posted on January 25th, 2012 by Melissa Kelly

Get ready to fall in love with DAM all over again, because now your WebDAM can actually talk to other apps and do so much more. WebDAM, the digital asset management leader in the cloud, has marketing and creative teams from all over the world thrilled to hear about the public release of our REST API.
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Posted on January 24th, 2012 by Jody Vandergriff

Traditional business software is complex. Really, really complex. Not only do organizations get locked in to difficult implementations, requiring huge investment, hard-to-reach ROI, but they also force the expensive software to do things it wasn’t designed to do. Take SAP, for instance. SAP provides a suite of business software for enterprise resource management (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) among other things. To implement an enterprise solution like SAP, you need
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Posted on January 23rd, 2012 by Melissa Kelly
Today’s DAM Mondays tip talks about one of our users’ favorite features. If you’re not already utilizing this in your DAM, then take this tip and test it out. I guarantee this will improve your current workflows.
Tip #31
Use lightboxes to select digital assets for projects and collaborate with others. You can share the lightbox with other users or email a lightbox link or download invite.
Posted on January 16th, 2012 by Melissa Kelly
Happy MLK Day! Begin this week with a digital asset management dream to fulfill all your image requests easily with today’s DAM Mondays tip.
Tip #30
Use the Request Manager to manage the many requests for images and brand assets that you receive. Approve or deny access in one click.
Posted on January 14th, 2012 by Melissa Kelly
Just to say thanks for being a DAM customer in 2011 we provided a complimentary customer contest for a chance to win an iPad 2. We were glad to see the WebDAM love shine through during the holiday season and we’d like to say thanks to all of our customers. As you know users were placed in a random drawing for the iPad 2. And I bet you’re all dying to know if you’ll be the lucky new owner.

Ladies and gentlemen…
Drumroll please….
[Envelope Opens]
And the winner of our DAM Customer Contest is our very valued customer, Roy Kaltschmidt who also works at Lawrence Berkley Labs, a national organization that brings science solutions to the world. Congratulations on being the winner of a brand new iPad 2! As a senior photographer and WebDAM admin Roy noted WebDAM as “a well thought out, user friendly database” and “easy to use for even the most novice person.” Thanks for the kind words Roy, and now you have one of the latest sought after devices where you can stay updated with all our posts in DAM-it! The Blog and whatever else you’d like to use it for.
Cheers!
Stay tuned for more DAM customer contests.
Posted on January 9th, 2012 by Melissa Kelly
Use our DAM Mondays tip to avoid getting into a mess your legal department has to clean up because of copyright confusion…
Tip #29
Metadata isn’t just for search! Leverage your metadata to track copyright and usage information.
Posted on January 3rd, 2012 by Melissa Kelly
In 2011, innovative companies invested heavily into business app integration. And, we have noticed that industry analysts have put out a spate of studies, 2012 market predictions and technology forecasts all about the growing importance of business app integration. This is, of course, exactly what Digital Asset Management (DAM) customers have felt as well. Across the board, smart organizations are achieving faster ROI by integrating their top business apps—creating more seamless and efficient business environments.
So, imagine being able to access your documents, update customer records, automatically refresh websites with content, and control sales materials all from a centralized location—anytime and anywhere in the world. Many have already learned, it is more of a reality than a DAM fantasy. A good DAM platform seamlessly integrates into top business apps, allowing you to pull images, files, and all your digital assets from your DAM and push it to other systems. But, before you try to integrate your DAM with every appliance in your kitchen, take a look at the Top 5 Business Apps for DAM Integration.
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Posted on January 2nd, 2012 by Melissa Kelly
Happy New Year! 2012 is now here along with your first digital asset management tip of the year to make sure new users get started on the right track towards DAM excellence.
Tip #28
Require your users to read and agree to your custom Terms of Use before they can register a user account. Simply enter your terms from the General Preferences Users & Groups tab.
Posted on December 26th, 2011 by Melissa Kelly
Here’s a digital asset management tip perfect for coming back from the holiday weekend.
Tip #27
The Folder Favorite is the thumbnail image that is used to represent a folder when browsing your database. By default, the first image of your folder is displayed. However, this can be changed to be any asset in a folder from the Folder Detail page in admin mode.