Widen Digital Asset Management Assessment Survey

This self assessment should take you less than 10 minutes, and it will help you determine where you are in your Digital Asset Management journey and how we may direct you to some helpful resources.

Your answers are secure using SSL and will not be shared with anyone outside of Widen Enterprises, Inc. A Widen DAM Advisor will follow up with you shortly to provide your survey results for your future reference.

For questions, comments or more information email advisors@widen.com or call 800-444-2828.

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* 1. Please provide your professional email address.

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* 2. Your Contact Info

Name: *

Company: *

Phone Number:

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* 3. Which of the following statements describe you? (Select all that apply)

I am educating myself about DAM.

I've used DAM Solutions in the past.

I'm in charge of finding a DAM solution for my company.

I will be a day-to-day user of the DAM

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What types of digital assets does your company create or use?

Photos

Logos

Graphics

Video Files

Audio Files

Flash Animations

Web Pages

Layout Files (InDesign, Quark, etc.)

Word Docs

Excel Docs

PowerPoint Presentations

PDF Files

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What are the biggest challenges that your company faces while working with digital assets?

Asset Creation Process

Rights Management (associating release forms to assets, licensing expirations, etc.)

Reusing/Repurposing Assets

Providing Access To People Within The Organization

Publication In Different Formats

Tracking Assets

Providing Access To Partners

Finding Assets

Version Control

Managing permissions around assets

Sharing Assets with Partners or Clients

Analytics and Reporting

Uploading Assets from Multiple Locations

Distribution To Multiple Locations

Handling Multiple Formats

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Which groups should have access to company digital assets?

Internal Photography/Videography

Internal Creative/Design/Production

Internal Marketing/Communications

Internal Sales

External Creative/Advertising/Marketing Agencies

External Prepress/Printers

External Sales Channels/Partners

External Media/Press

External Clients

External Public

Other (please specify)

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* 7. How accessible are your digital assets to these groups now?

Very accessible

Somewhat accessible

Not very accessible

Not at all accessible

Care to Comment?

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* 8. How do you currently manage your digital assets? Check all that apply

Desktop Folders

Document Management System

Shared Drives on LAN

CD's/DVD/Tape Libraries

Dropbox (or similar)

Desktop programs such as iPhoto

Digital Asset Management Service (Cloud/SaaS)

Digital Asset Management Software (Installed/Local Server)

Custom Solution

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How do you deliver digital assets to outside parties? Check all that apply

E-mail

Physical Mail

CDN (Content Delivery Network)

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

File Delivery Services such as Hightail (Yousendit.com), Box.net, Dropbox.com

Don't Know

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Are you interested in any of our other solutions?

Workflow management / online proofing for review and approval

Brand and content portals

Web-to-print template builder

Digital content production services

Unsure

Care to comment?

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* 11. What integrations are important to your Digital Asset Management project? (Select all that apply)

Project Management

Web Content Management Solutions (WCM)

E-Commerce

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Marketing Automation

Content Marketing

Creative Tools (Adobe Creative Suite)

Web-to-Print / Print Ondemand

Other (please specify)

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* 12. For what business solution(s) do you plan to use digital asset management? Please check all that apply.

A business solution is a software service used to address a specific business challenge or opportunity. Digital asset management can be used to solve many business problems.

To centralize and serve content and analytics used on e-commerce sites

To increase the reach, consistency and control of brand content

To manage content used to develop and deliver training and eLearning

To manage marketing content and optimize returns

To manage the controlled distribution of content to partners or vendors

To organize content for product development and product marketing

To provide salespeople the most effective content at each step in the buying process

Other (please specify)

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* 13. How do you expect digital asset management to improve your business? Please check all that apply.

Decrease costs by assuring compliance

Decrease costs by reducing rework

Decrease costs through content reuse

Decrease costs through more efficient work processes

Increase awareness of our brand(s)

Increase revenues by allowing us to reach a wider audience

Increase revenues through better sales support

Increase revenues through more effective marketing

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What type of products are you evaluating in your search for DAM solutions? Check all that apply

Installed Software

Cloud Service/SaaS

Open Source (Build your own)

Unsure

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* 15. When do you plan to have a DAM solution in place?

Within 6 months

In 6 - 12 months

More than 12 months

Timing to be determined

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* 16. Which business units are involved in your Digital Asset Management evaluation?

Marketing

Creative

Web

IT/Infrastructure

Other (please specify)

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* 17. In what regions of the world do you expect to have users of your DAM system?

North America

South America

EMEA

APAC

Other (please specify)

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This Decision Guide may help you determine what stage of the Digital Asset Management Journey you are in. Feel free to reference this guide for your response to the following question.

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* 18. At what stage of the evaluation process are you?

Strategize

Research

Justify

Evaluate

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Do you have a dedicated resource (Administrator) for your Digital Asset Management initiative?

Yes (Me)

Yes (Another person in my company)

Unsure

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Please provide your professional email address.

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* 2. Your Contact Info

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* 3. Which of the following statements describe you? (Select all that apply)

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* 4. What types of digital assets does your company create or use?

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* 5. What are the biggest challenges that your company faces while working with digital assets?

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* 6. Which groups should have access to company digital assets?

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* 7. How accessible are your digital assets to these groups now?

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* 8. How do you currently manage your digital assets? Check all that apply

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* 9. How do you deliver digital assets to outside parties? Check all that apply

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* 10. Are you interested in any of our other solutions?

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* 11. What integrations are important to your Digital Asset Management project? (Select all that apply)

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* 12. For what business solution(s) do you plan to use digital asset management? Please check all that apply.A business solution is a software service used to address a specific business challenge or opportunity. Digital asset management can be used to solve many business problems.

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* 13. How do you expect digital asset management to improve your business? Please check all that apply.

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* 14. What type of products are you evaluating in your search for DAM solutions? Check all that apply

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* 15. When do you plan to have a DAM solution in place?

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* 16. Which business units are involved in your Digital Asset Management evaluation?

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* 17. In what regions of the world do you expect to have users of your DAM system?

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This Decision Guide may help you determine what stage of the Digital Asset Management Journey you are in. Feel free to reference this guide for your response to the following question.

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* 18. At what stage of the evaluation process are you?

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* 19. Do you have a dedicated resource (Administrator) for your Digital Asset Management initiative?

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* 20. What is the most important thing we should know about you, your company and your Digital Asset Management project?

* 12. For what business solution(s) do you plan to use digital asset management? Please check all that apply.

A business solution is a software service used to address a specific business challenge or opportunity. Digital asset management can be used to solve many business problems.