BOSTON, MA — (Marketwired - Jul 18, 2017) — Bynder, the global leader in creative file management, today released the results of a research report entitled, "Small Business Marketing, Big Digital Challenge." Findings show that marketers at small and midsize businesses are struggling to efficiently reach intended audiences, because of technology roadblocks.
Data shows that companies lack the technological and organizational structure for safely and securely storing and sharing digital files — including logos, images, video, brochures, white papers, presentation decks and more. 71 percent of respondents, for example, store creative content on their computer hard drives, inhibiting access to and use of digital content and putting files at risk of data loss.
The top three additional key findings include:
- Security is a concern: only 37 percent of respondents feel very confident about the security of their digital assets in how they're being stored and shared today.
- Employees don't have the accessibility needed for anywhere and anytime access: Roughly 75 percent of respondents feel limited in how they can share assets internally and externally. Only 38 percent feel very confident in their ability to manage assets so that anyone within the organization can access from anywhere and at anytime.
- Marketers aren't prepared to scale and keep pace with business growth: 47 percent of respondents say their top scalability concern is maintaining brand consistency. 39 percent say it's getting more reuse out of marketing files. Other scalability concerns include measuring marketing ROI and managing version control and copyrights.
"Marketers need to be where their customers are, but it can be extremely difficult reaching prospective buyers without having the right digital files readily accessible," said Chris Hall, founder and CEO of Bynder. "The findings of our research suggest there's opportunity to overcome the challenges that have traditionally held marketers back by elevating the importance of universal access to digital content for a competitive edge."
Bynder partnered with market research company Survata to collect responses from more than 500 CEOs and marketing decision makers at U.S. organizations with 300 employees or less across various industries.
The complete report is available at https://www.bynder.com/en/reports/small-business-report/.
About Bynder
Bynder is the fastest way to professionally manage digital files. Its award-winning digital asset management (DAM) platform offers marketers a smart way to find and share creative files such as graphics, videos and documents. More than 1.7 brand managers, marketers and creatives from 600+ organizations like PUMA, innocent drinks and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines use Bynder to organize company files; edit and approve projects in real time; auto-format and resize files; and make the right content available to others at the click of a button.
Founded in 2013 by CEO Chris Hall, Bynder is headquartered in Amsterdam with offices in Boston, London, Barcelona, Rotterdam and Dubai. For more information, visit www.bynder.com or follow Bynder on Twitter @Bynder.
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