Today’s much-anticipated release brings together two core Ziflow technologies - online proofing and marketing task automation. With the release of our Online Proofing Zibot, it’s now possible to kick off a predefined proofing process - including team member notifications, roles, decision-making responsibilities, deadlines and workflow triggers - with a simple drag and drop.
Ziflow originally launched two years ago as a marketing task automation solution. Our goal was to simplify marketers' lives by automating the repetitive, but critical production tasks that marketers perform every day - the file conversion, transcoding, renaming, moving, organization and disposition tasks - that took them away from valuable creative time. As we pivoted to online proofing, we knew there was a huge opportunity in bringing online proofing and task automation together. Which brings us to today.
Why do you automate anything? To enforce consistency and to save yourself time. The Ziflow Online Proofing Zibot lets you set up predefined proof settings, ensuring the right people will be invited into the review and approval process and that their roles will always be consistently set (along with deadlines, notification preferences, etc.). Whether your team is part of a brand working several simultaneous campaigns, or an agency with dedicated client teams, you can create consistent review and approval processes. Once you’ve set up your Zibot, you’ll start saving even more time every day - more time to devote to new projects, or even to simply get home on time.
The Online Proofing Zibot works in conjunction with your cloud storage service (we currently support Dropbox and Google Drive). When Ziflow detects a new file (or files) that match a previously identified condition (for example, any PDF or AI file moved into Folder XYZ), it springs into action, processing that file and creating a proof with your predefined settings. Once created, your team members will be notified and the proof will appear in your dashboard as normal. All of this was initiated with the simple drop of a file into a folder.
The Online Proofing Zibot is available today for our Business and Enterprise edition customers.
Today’s release also includes some popular requests from our customer community, including:
These new capabilities are available now for our customers, as well as those in 14 day free trials, upon login.
If you haven't yet tried Ziflow for yourself, there is no better time than the present!