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Award-winning add-in image service is now available on Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace

Irvine, CA. Mar 12, 2018 - Pickit, the 2-in-1 image service that lives inside Office 365, today announced its global go-to-market alliance with Ingram Micro, a Fortune 500 global technology distributor, cloud services aggregator and  platform provider. As part of the new relationship, Ingram Micro is now bundling Pickit with new Office 365 sales, enabling channel partners to sell the market’s No. 1 most popular downloaded add-in by Office 365 users for businesses.

This is a pre-recorded Pickit webinar hosted by Brad Hawkes & Rob Dysell

PowerPoints & presentations are everywhere, every day. Yet most people never get the proper training to help them make impactful presentations that inspire, inform and get their ideas across in an effective way. 

Tonight Pickit's Co-CEO and founder, Mathias Björkholm, hit the red carpet at the Launch Party of Season 2 of the DECODED Show. Held at Z Space in San Francisco, the premiere gave guests a glimpse of upcoming episodes of the popular web series, where Pickit is featured. 

DECODED is an unorthodox show–led by Microsoft Chief Geek John Shewchuk and Executive David Mendlen–that aims to pick the brains of the world’s best software engineers and share developer best practices. 

See the Season 2 trailer here

The world of marketing is notorious for its quirky characters—some easier to work with than others. But whether you think your marketing department is the bee’s knees or a flaming dumpster fire, most of us could take some pointers from the pros. 

We take a look at 10 of the world’s best CMO candidates.

The world of marketing is notorious for having some quirky characters—some easier to work with than others. But whether you think your marketing department is the bee’s knees or a flaming dumpster fire, at least you can take heart in the fact that you’re not stuck with one of these people as your Marketing Director.

We take a look at 10 of the world's worst CMO candidates.  

Pickit founder Mathias Björkholm took part in Friday’s Virtual Keynote at Microsoft Build 2017. The segment was hosted by Microsoft's Corporate Vice President and Chief Evangelist, Steve Guggenheimer, along with Technical Fellow and host of the Decoded show John Shewchuk. In the keynote, Pickit was highlighted as a long-term key partner for Microsoft. 

The Swedish startup is on a mission to save the world from boring docs and presentations by making it simpler for everyday Office users to access quality royalty-free images inside the apps they’re already using. The Pickit add-in is currently the most popular app in Office Store worldwide.

Pickit aggregates content from leading image providers and allows users to crowdsource custom images from Pickit’s global photographer community. A unique royalty free images process ensures all content is licensed and free to use.

Corporate creative. How often have you heard those words in the same sentence? Our guess is hardly ever or never. This is a shame, because not only can creativity and business live in harmony—it’s essential that they do. So what can you do to bring that creative edge back to your brand?

Not so long ago marketers could get by with a PC, a desk, and a good idea. Now things are a bit different. The digital era has brought with it a whole host of new tools, software, and tech. And let’s face it: sorting the wheat from the chaff is a daunting task. But don’t worry, we’ve done the hard work for you. Here’s our round-up of the five tools every CMO should be using in 2017.

We've all been there. After hours of tidying and sorting, we still can't find what we're looking for a week or two down the line. The same goes for digital assets. Most of us have reorganized our files and folders at some point, vowing to keep things tidy this time around. And most of us have regretted not sticking to our own advice.