This blog is designed for Digital Asset Management (DAM) newbies who want to fast track their DAM knowledge. We provide a quick overview of the industry, including the key DAM opinion formers, websites, events and communities. We have assumed you already have Digital Asset Management software in place, if you want to know more about individual DAM vendors try this post.
DAM People
A lot of the media listed below are driven by a handful of DAM opinion formers. So look out for these faces and names when your are building your DAM knowledge. You can trust they know what they are talking about:
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Theresa Regli, Managing Partner of Marketing Technology Evaluator, The Real Story Group. Theresa is often the keynote speaker at DAM events. @TheresaRegli |
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Mark Davey, President of the DAM Foundation and Consultant in Media Rich applications and Business Eco systems. @digitalassetman |
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David Diamond, Author of the DAM Survival Guide and Marketing Director of PicturePark. @DAMSurvival |
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Ralph Windsor, Editor of DAM News and Digital Management Consultant. @daydreamuk |
DAM Insight
DAM News is the closest DAM gets to a ‘Trade Magazine’ all be it an online version (and rightly so given we are talking about Digital Assets). Edited by DAM consultant, Ralph Windsor, DAM News offers Digital Asset Management news, opinion, trends and reviews. CMS Wire is a US based web magazine publishing daily updates on topics including Customer Experience, Content Management, Marketing Automation, Social Media Management and of course Digital Asset Management. Another DAM blog is authored by DAM consultant (and DAM Foundation Director) Henrik de Gyor. He also broadcasts Another DAM podcast and runs Another DAM hangouts.
DAM Events
Henry Stewart current runs four different DAM conferences, three in the US; Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and one in London. For more informal get-together's there are number of DAM Meetups across the globe.
DAM Communities
The DAM Foundation was set up by DAM industry leaders to create standards and encourage best practise in Digital Asset Management. They have recently launched a programme of online Digital Asset Management courses. There are a number of linkedin groups with regular discussions and debate on DAM issues. Here are three of the largest:
