Marketbright and ConceptShare Launch Partnership With Agile Marketing Webinar

Marketbright and ConceptShare Launch Partnership With Agile Marketing Webinar Online SaaS Companies Provide Natural Integration for Agile Marketing

SAN BRUNO, CA–(eMediaWorld – January 13, 2010) – Marketbright, a leading on-demand marketing automation platform, today announced its partnership with ConceptShare, the leading web-based collaboration platform for creative pros and marketing professionals, that will allow for more rapid campaign design and execution for Marketbright’s customers.

The partnership between Marketbright and ConceptShare comes at a time when marketing departments are pressured to do more with less time and resources. ConceptShare allows marketing departments to share, graphically markup and review Print, Web, Video and Audio files through the convenience of a web browser. By capturing, organizing and centralizing stakeholder feedback, marketing departments are able to reduce the time it takes to review marketing assets (websites, email templates, collateral, commercials, etc.) and get projects out the door on time and on spec.

The ConceptShare-Marketbright integration seamlessly weaves the markup and review capabilities of ConceptShare with the marketing workflow enabled by the Marketbright platform. Marketbright users can publish marketing assets — websites, email templates, collateral, commercials — to ConceptShare for review by internal and external stakeholders. All markups and comments made in ConceptShare are published back to Marketbright and tagged to the corresponding projects and files to maintain a close looped marketing workflow experience.

“The ConceptShare-Marketbright integration allows marketing teams to work smarter and faster by incorporating the design review process as part of their broader marketing workflow, critical capabilities in today’s environment where marketing teams are expected to product more with less,” said Nish Patel, CEO of ConceptShare.

To announce their partnership, Marketbright and ConceptShare are kicking off the Agile Marketing Webinar Series by co hosting the online event “Collaboration: 5 Ways to Increase Organizational Agility While Enhancing Creativity.” This complimentary webinar will cover the use of the Agile Development method in marketing to help increase planning and collaboration.

To learn more about Agile Marketing methods and to register for the webinar series, visit

http://www.marketbright.com/go/conceptshare

About Marketbright

Marketbright delivers the leading software-as-a-service marketing automation solution, enabling more than 20,000 users at companies such as Serena Software, SAP Business Objects, i365 (Seagate), TELUS, Genesys, Mimosa Systems, Varonis and to make contact, manage leads and convert prospects to customers. Marketbright goes beyond the traditional marketing tools with a full suite of integrated applications including campaign management, email marketing, event management, social networking, landing page creation, lead scoring, lead nurturing and membership management. The company is privately held and headquartered in San Bruno, Calif.

Many marketing departments are stretched thin, with shrinking budgets and growing expectations of what they can achieve. Planning and collaboration becomes a critical part of being able to execute. However, many times the process becomes part of the problem. As Marketing departments look for ways to gain greater efficiency while enhancing creativity and productivity, the Agile Marketing Method becomes an interesting alternative to the old ways of doing things. Attend this webinar and learn how Marketbright and Conceptshare have partnered to allow rapid planning and collaboration and to help you implement the Agile Method.

Presenters:
Nish Patel – CEO – Conceptshare
Erik Bower – President – Marketbright

http://www.marketbright.com/go/conceptshare

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We have been busy here at ConceptShare … we have rolled a feature that originally was exclusive to our educational clients ….but it made so much sense for everyone we figured it would be best to roll out across the system.  Your my workspaces page is going to look a bit different the major changes to this page are:

Folders – Users can now folder thier workspaces to make it easier for users to find the appropriate workspaces. Workspaces folders can be used to identify

• Different departments with in your organizations
• Clients / Projects
• Classes in a School setting

Redesigned look – We tweaked the my workspaces page to add a few new buttons as well as making the navigation around the workspaces easier. This will make getting aroung and managing your workspaces easier with larger icons and menus.

Bulk adding of users to a workspace – It is easier to add a list of email addresses to a workspace. Copy and paste your list list …how ever it is formatted.

CONCEPTSHARE – NEW My WorkSpace Page Folders from ConceptShare on Vimeo.

Check out the video … I think that this will help you out.

Cheers

Scott

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So the weird thing is we are making a big step forward next week and is going to make some of this a bit different.

Will be sharing that also.

ConceptShare Intro Video from ConceptShare on Vimeo.

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********UPDATE************
Nov19th
Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 is the first runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and video across devices. With support for a broad range of mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks, smartbooks and other Internet-connected devices, Flash Player 10.1 allows your content to reach your customers wherever they are.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

I did an uninstall of flash prior to installing this one.

It is available here http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

From my experimentation it seems to clear up the issues that we had found with Flash on  OSX Snow Leopard

We have tested the release and have found it to clear up the issues that we reported to Adobe

There is a great write up about it here

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/17/adobe-pre-release-of-flash-player-10-1-now-available/

Hope this clears things up for everyone.

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We have found a considerable issue with Flash while running on 2 Macs with Snow Leopard.

Situation occurs during an upload sequence from flash. So anyone who has a Flash uploader on their site might want to take note. It appears that once a user proceeds through our upload sequence we have an issue where there seems

Scenario:

1. User is within a Flash interface (ConceptShare)
2. User selects to upload a file
3. User initiates the system upload file dialog.
4. User selects file.
5. System Dialog window closes
6. User is then forced to gain focus (multiple clicks) on all objects while browser remains open, or browser is restarted

This has been noted on two of our machines that are running Snow Leopard. The third machine that is not running Snow Leopard is not affected. All three machines have the same Flash Player installed which happens to be the most recent version.

We are looking at all things to remedy this issue, But it appears to be an Adobe issue. From what we have noted there are a few other people experienceing issues with uploaders around the web but no one has really put together the dots.

Cheers

Scott

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As you may have guessed I am a image oriented person. I would rather see something rather then read about. I would rather have a map vs written directions. I think that visuals work better to help us understand information. Felice and I were able to spark a great relationship and we worked together on an interesting project together. I have always found her work to be intriguing to say the least. To talk with her is even better … she has an uncanny ability to also paint with words. I wrote a previous entry about her here Life is Visual. Here is a link to her site. She has an profile on Apples website.

I just caught this video from Wired where Felice talks about her work.

Cheers

Scott

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I haven’t posted in a while …so I figured I would share some of the great emails we get here. We are overwhelmed by the appreciation that our clients have for ConceptShare. It is a testament to what we have built and why continue to work hard to make the ConceptShare experience the best possible one every time. We owe our success to the each and everyone of you. So lets take a peak at a few.

“We are longtime customers of ConceptShare and it as an indispensable tool in our business.” STEVE K

“I love it!!!! I stumbled across this software and am so glad I have, it’s a life saver!!”  JOHN O

“Hey, I’ve just started using conceptshare and my clients love it.” -MATT B

We LOVE conceptshare, and our customers are diggin’ it as well.  Thank you. – IRENA P

“I’ve been testing out ConceptShare, and just love it.  I recommended it to be used on a large project I’m leading the technology on.  The project is between Fantastic Company & Wickedly Cool Company (lots of art to review every day), and while everyone here is also loving the tool for all our many reviews, we’ve hit a political snag in using it within our company.

Apparently, due to the highly confidential nature of our work, Fantastic Company & Wickedly Cool Company do not allowed uploading of any artwork to external servers.  D’oh.  So, my question is this:  Is it possible to have a version of ConceptShare run on our servers?  For what it’s worth, this would expose the product to multiple teams (and executives) across multiple Fantastic Company businesses as well as in front of the Wickedly Cool Company’s core teams and marketing departments.  If at all possible, we’d would love to make it part of our production flow.” – SEAN (Fantastic Cool Company and Wickedly Cool Company are not the actual names….but trust me they are cool)

OMG I love this product!!!! I have dreamt of a tool like this for so long. Looks like you guys have really nailed it. -DAVID M

Just to reiterate YOU HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT!!  Thank you for creating it… it will make my life much easier!! Thanks,  R.J.

“I linked to your product from DaringFireball and watched the tour and fell in love with your product.  It really can change the way people work for the better.  So congrats on that. The reason I emailed you though is because I just assumed you where a Silicon Valley company and was really impressed that you are from Sudbury.” JOHN K

Cheers

Scott

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All of our users have one thing in common, they have to share visual information and need to gather contextual feedback. This is done for product development, user interface design, store layouts, marketing materials, architectural and engineering and a whole host of unique use cases. In most of the user cases they also had the need to share other documents with the project teams. These could be budget sheets, text docs, code or any other program specific files.  Until now that was usually done with a central FTP. We have centralized this into ConceptShare and we are excited by the launch of the ConceptShare File locker. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The File locker allows for files to be downloaded by workspace users. So this eliminates a lot of the need that our clients had for secondary storage for their projects. All related project files can be uploaded for quick and easy access. There are no limits to the types of files that can be stored in the locker so feel free to use it for all your project requirements. We have enabled batch uploading for files allowing you to bring in all the files you need in one quick upload. 

 

Where do I Find the File Locker. 

You can access the Workspace File locker a couple of different ways 

 

 

From the File menus in the workspace  

 

 

 

 

 

From the Assets menu in the workspace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

From the “My Workspaces” page under the edit option on the workspace  (this is for workspace admins.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The great stuff keeps on on rolling out of the ConceptShare Labs. The File locker is a big improvement for ConceptShare, we know that you have been waiting for this feature and we are glad to be able to deliver it.  Our biggest asset is the ability for us to tap into 4 years of user relationships we have developed. Our users provide valuable feedback and we are able to respond with a better tool. Often times the fixes and tweaks slide in and just make the flow better, this one is a bit more obvious. Stay tuned because there is more on the horizon. 

If you have any questions please feel free to ping me.�

Cheers 

Scott 

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I wanted to share a great video that Dalton from Expression College created showing off ConceptShare. I love it.  This is a great video that has been done in conjunction with Wacom to show off their really cool tablet technology. I really like the job that Dalton and there is a whole collection of videos in this Wacom series. Glad we could be apart of it. Thanks Everyone! 

A bit of background on Wacom and ConceptShare. Both Bernie and I have been using Wacom tablets for the last 4 years and have loved them. I have actually been a big pusher of the technology to anyone who uses computers on a regular basis. I think that they are much better for the wrist. The other great thing is the affordability of the units …. there is no price barrier there …. I think that we picked up our latest bamboo’s for under 79 bucks. Worth every penny.

I know a few people who have made the switch and are getting very used to the idea of the pen and aren’t looking back to the mouse. 

Cheers 

Scott

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We are pleased to announce the release of the ConceptShare Web Gallery. This new feature is currently available to all users. This allows our users to quickly scan through their concepts in a simple to use yet powerful viewer. Users can use the arrow keys or mouse to navigate through the workspace images.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have listened to our users in delivering a easy way to compare images. Compare Mode lets users pick the “select image” and then cycle through “candidate images” using either the mouse or keys for navigation.  We built in the useful function that will set the zoom and position on the “candidate image” to match that of the “select image”. This allows for specific areas to be targeted during the review process. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We wanted to make it easy to get into Gallery View easy to get in and out of during your ConceptShare Session. Users can click on the gallery view icon at any time to be taken to it directly. This new icon has been made apart of every workspace. So users can start using this immediately. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We wanted to create simple way to get directly into the Web Gallery. The Gallery link to will create a link that can be sent to users to get them directly into the gallery. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also added the full screen mode to take all the available real-estate on your monitor (yeah to big large monitors). This is great way to hide conflicting backgrounds and icons that may alter the viewing of the images.  We have found along with most other image tools that a solid dark grey background gives the best viewing environment.

Enjoy the new feature and look forward to hearing the feedback that you have on the newest addition to the tool. 

Cheers 

Scott 

 

 

 

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The Basecamp integration has been up and running for a few months now. We released it quietly to our users that had been asking for the tie in. We allowed them to try and test the system to see how it would work for them. We took the feedback that they gave us on the tie in and did some tweaking on some of the things that we were doing. “We have always felt that listening to the people who are using the tool is better then giving them what we think they need.” 

An 2007 email from a user 

We like the way Basecamp keeps all comments/messages/etc. within the project as a threaded discussion alongside to-dos, milestones and such. Its great for project management. However it still requires a client to download a comp to see it…that is where ConceptShare rocks! I really don’t like the thought of clients having multiple versions of comps on their computers.

 That is why we love ConceptShare’s proofing abilities. But then we have to transfer messages/comments to Basecamp to keep it all in one place.  So I guess what I am asking for is a feature where it can be set up that comments and console comments appear as messages in Basecamp. Granted comments are often directed to a certain spot on the design so I would still need to look at ConceptShare but at least the record of everything would be in one place.

We hope you enjoy the functionality that this integration adds to both products. If you have any feedback we are always open to listening. 

Cheers, 

Scott

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