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Best Way To Gather Content From Clients?

by chaotic squid
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Hey everyone, was just wondering what you believe is the easiest way to collect website content from clients?

Looking to using a service called Gather Content which allows you to create the pages and hierarchy of the site and the client can easy add/edit text or photos. basically a project management tool but specifically for content and the actual site language.

Using the trial right now and it's easy to use, but it's pretty expensive ($80 per month). Just wondering if anyone uses this tool or something similar to help collect and organize site content from clients?
Thanks!
#clients #content #gather
  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    I create a simple form with a text box for each page I need, and then leave inputs for image downloads. Basic, simple and effective. I just don't see the sense in paying $80 a month for something like that.
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    • Profile picture of the author chaotic squid
      Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

      I create a simple form with a text box for each page I need, and then leave inputs for image downloads. Basic, simple and effective. I just don't see the sense in paying $80 a month for something like that.
      What do you mean a simple form? Do you email them a Word Doc template that they fill info with?

      Or is it on your website? How would that manage revisions? How do you tell your clients what the right image file size and format is for attachments?

      How are you communicating and keeping track of all the files? Just by email or with a project management tool? What if there's multiple people collaborating on the site?

      How do you keep your clients on schedule? Or get notified when there's new changes to the copy or new images that need to be added?
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      • Profile picture of the author Carlo Manf
        Well, first you said this:

        Originally Posted by chaotic squid View Post

        How do you simplify the process?
        Then you said this:

        Originally Posted by chaotic squid View Post

        What do you mean a simple form? Do you email them a Word Doc template that they fill info with?

        Or is it on your website? How would that manage revisions? How do you tell your clients what the right image file size and format is for attachments?

        How are you communicating and keeping track of all the files? Just by email or with a project management tool? What if there's multiple people collaborating on the site?

        How do you keep your clients on schedule? Or get notified when there's new changes to the copy or new images that need to be added?
        Sounds like you're making it more complicated than it needs to be, not simplifying it.

        I think savidge4's system is good. Keeps it simple for both you and the client.

        If you run your sites on a CMS such as WordPress, the client can take care of creating content and you just take care of installing/developing/configuring the site. That's what I do.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cthulchu
    isn't a forum engine (like this one) a way of collecting and managing content?
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    • Profile picture of the author chaotic squid
      Originally Posted by Cthulchu View Post

      isn't a forum engine (like this one) a way of collecting and managing content?
      So you run a forum to collect web design content from clients?
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  • Profile picture of the author chaotic squid
    So no one has a process to get content, images and text from their clients?

    Do your clients instantly provide detailed and organized files for you without asking? Because I would highly doubt that...

    How do you simplify the process?
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