Top 10 tips for media & entertainment

               

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Securely create, share, and manage digital assets Want an easy way to securely store and access your digital assets? Save work files and folders in Drive or shared drives and share them instantly with external ad agencies and vendors. When someone incorporates feedback and approvals, Drive shows you what files have changed. Even better, you and your clients can securely access the latest files remotely on any device. Customer story BMJ Learn how  Drive Shared drives

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Get feedback on new products at marketing events Looking for an innovative way to capture customer feedback about new product promotions? Start a poll in Forms so customers can vote for their favorite products. Then use Currents to post pictures to your co-workers to get feedback on new designs. Finally, share your findings in a Slides presentation. Learn how Forms Currents Slides

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Create and manage branded production websites Need to deliver timely information to clients and partners? Target specific clients with branded files, documents, and schedules that are securely stored and shared in Drive or shared drives. Then, embed that information in a Sites website and share it with your clients. Customer story ITV Haymarket Media Learn how  Drive Shared drives Sites

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Manage media operation and administration processes Streamline your media business processes by transferring your production operations and administration tasks online. Create simple and appealing electronic Forms to manage launches, marketing events, time-off requests, acknowledgements of company policies, and more. Then, access and update these forms easily from any device. Customer story Journal Communications Learn how  Forms Calendar

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Manage and collaborate on media production tasks and schedules Tracking tasks and schedules across multiple locations and hundreds of employees is time-consuming. Use Sheets and Calendar to create a dynamic schedule—plan and distribute tasks, track their completion, manage exceptions, and more. Need feedback on a task or schedule? Employees can instantly add comments and update their schedule in Sheets. Customer story Fairfax NZ Learn how  Sheets Calendar

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Improve supplier collaboration and bring products to market faster Need better tools to develop and launch your products? Use Drive or shared drives to collaborate and securely share product designs, quality guidelines, key performance indicators (KPIs), and mock-ups. Manage activities with a shared task list in Sheets, or a shared team Calendar. Crowd-source feedback on product designs and materials from employees in Currents and suppliers in Forms. Hold live video meetings with your suppliers in Google Meet to improve communications and reduce cycle time. Customer story Fairfax NZ Thrillist Media Group Wegener Media Learn how  Drive Shared drives Sheets Calendar Currents Forms Google Meet

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Easily recruit, interview, and onboard media candidates Want to shorten and simplify your recruiting and onboarding process? Get interested candidates to submit their applications with Forms, then use Google Meet to conduct virtual interviews from anywhere in the world. Create a Sites website with new employee checklists and onboarding tasks to get employees up to speed quickly. Customer story Blizoo Pinterest Learn how Forms Google Meet Sites

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Train your employees anytime, anywhere Need to train media professionals across many locations, shifts, and products? Create a self-service training portal and store all your videos, campaigns, promotions, policies, and safety procedures in Drive or shared drives. Then, embed these stored files in a Sites training website. Save time and travel costs by conducting a virtual training class across the globe with Google Meet. You can even record a video meeting to make it available later. Customer story The Weather Company Second City Communications Learn how  Drive Shared drives Sites Google Meet

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Empower employees and vendors Want to encourage collaboration between media professionals and external vendors*? Use Currents social communities in your organization to share ideas, increase sales and productivity, promote best practices, and provide feedback on campaigns and promotions. *External vendors must have a Google Workspace account to access Currents. Learn how Currents

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Consolidate important corporate or customer data Keep all internal news, executive blog posts, project schedules, status reports, product documents, online forms, training content, and more in a Sites website and in a shared drive. Now your organization has a single store of important information, that any employee (or just a select group) can access anytime, from any device. Customer story Thrillist Media Group Learn how Sites Shared drives

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