Admins spend a lot of time in the Widen Collective®. Whether they’re auditing the system, doing some clean up, adding metadata, or sharing a collection with a colleague, we know they take pride in a well-oiled digital asset management machine. But have you ever wondered what all that DAM work adds up to?

We all know that training your users on how to use the Widen Collective is important. If you don’t train them, they won’t know how to use the tool and, eventually, they’ll give up on using it altogether. But training them can be difficult if you’re unsure of where to start. The first step is always listening to users and figuring out what they need. Start by asking questions such as, “How can I help you use the Widen Collective more efficiently?” But what if the response is, “What’s the Widen Collective?” This very well may be the starting point for some organizations, as was the case with Brady Corporation.

What do you do when no one is using your DAM system? When talking about the system involves phrases like, “Ugh, I keep trying to find stuff in there, but I never can!” or, “Ha! I never go in there anymore!” Or when you hear that employees are turning to Google to find brand images, taking screen grabs of them, and using low-resolution images in brand collateral. Well, your initial reaction might be to scream, because that’s the first thing we thought of. But after you let it all out, you may realize that all you need is a DAM cleanup — which was exactly the case for Kerry Ingredients.