Welcome
Welcome to a new workflow!
Dear reader,
Either you're working in house as a PR Manager/Communication Officer or you work in an agency as a Consultant... But you both have the same challenge and that is... Approvals!
This week's tool for Communicators solves one of the biggest issues in any creative profession: receiving feedback and sign off on a piece of content on time.
Enjoy!
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Tool
This is the new tool for your arsenal
Ashore - Get Sign-Off Faster
Get that piece of content signed off on time and by the right person. Create your own workflows adapted to your organisation.
What does it do?
Ashore is a white-labeled online proofing system that automates the approval process for digital files and improves collaboration between creatives and their approvers.
PR Application
Imagine you need to have all or parts your communication campaign assets signed off or commented on within a deadline. What do you do?
We have all been there; a zillion emails with attachment, incomprehensible feedback and comments, colleagues or clients who do not (for an unknown reason) use track changes etc...
And that's only text based content. How do you handle feedback and sign off on images and other graphic material?
Enter Ashore. Here are a couple of features that will make you smile:
- Workflows: define your approval stages and automate the proofing process.
- Auditing: every proof has an audit log with every status change, email and recent version.
- Review links: upload your files to a proof and instantly get a sharable link.
- Acknowledgement: require your approvers to acknowledge your custom requirements before approving.
What's more, with adaptable workflows, you can automate the approval process for digital proofs. Your approvers receive proofs in the stage order you determine and receive automatic reminders when they forget to review.
Working with audio or video a lot?
Receive feedback on any file type - from images to audio files - from your own branded dashboard. Approvers (if you're an agency, client) will not only love using it because it's simple and mobile-friendly, but because they won't have to sign up for anything.
Oh, and here is a handy "agency management" feature;
Measure performance by knowing who has viewed and approved each file. Who keeps missing deadlines? With insightful analytics, you can track the data that matters most to your company or agency.
Price?
Ashore has currently an Appsumo special with heavily reduced lifetime pricing.
Here are the Appsumo deals:
- One Time Purchase of $59 (instead of $1620) - 3 users - 100 GB storage
- One Time Purchase of $118 (instead of $2620) - 6 users - 200 GB storage
- One Time Purchase of $177 (instead of $3620) - 12 users - 500 GB storage
One last thing...
Before you go...
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