We're thrilled to announce our brand new integration with Dropbox has now been released. It's one of our greatest achievements to date, and a direct result of our commitment to making the Pickit platform the world's simplest DAM system.
Read on to see how the new integration can simplify your workflow and help create a smoother experience than ever before.
Work smarter across platforms with Pickit + Dropbox
At Pickit, we're well aware of the time constraints marketers, brand managers, and sales reps face on a daily basis. Many of our users find themselves losing productivity due to constant context-switching, which is why we're always looking for ways to simplify and streamline workflows. One way of achieving that is by connecting Pickit to the other programs and platforms people are using, saving them from searching for content in multiple locations.
After connecting to your Dropbox Business account directly from the Pickit platform, you can easily import, manage and distribute your docs alongside your other media files, so you can view all your relevant assets together in one place.
How to connect your Dropbox account to Pickit
When you click on the Media > Other Sources tab, you'll see the integration option for Dropbox. Here, you can connect to your Dropbox Business account and easily import and distribute any of your Dropbox files to your Pickit collections.
To connect the Dropbox extension to Pickit, you can either log-in to your Business or personal Dropbox accounts. Once you're logged in, you'll be able to access and browse an overview of your folders or directly search for a specific file or folder.
Begin to import by clicking on the Import file or Import folder button after hovering on the file/folder. From there, select whether you'd like to import either media or documents, or import both media and documents. You'll also get an option to import directly to a collection to have a better overview of what you've imported.
Finally, you can choose between a one-time sync, which has to be updated manually in order to update new content into it, or an everyday sync. If you select the everyday sync option, all the new files that are uploaded to the imported folder will also be imported daily to Pickit. If there have been any changes to a file, Pickit will replace them with the newly updated version. Under connected folders, you can see all of your active synced jobs, and you can even choose if you would like to disconnect any of them.
Important note: Pickit doesn't delete files that have been deleted in Dropbox; it only adds the new updated/content.
Some key benefits of using Pickit with Dropbox
- Visual navigation
Pickit's visually compelling, user-centric navigation helps bring your company content to life. Users can quickly get a better overview of images, videos, documents and templates. Surface digital assets from Dropbox more easily. - Metadata
A great complement to Dropbox, Pickit provides a simple way to access metadata and search assets using popular terms and keywords. - Version history
Document version history from Dropbox will automatically be included and previous versions will be archived. That way, Pickit will always have the most current content.
Some technical information
- Synchronization
The Dropbox integration enables Pickit users to access the most current versions of files stored on Dropbox without having to manually sync or switch platforms. This can be set to update daily, weekly or monthly, depending on your preference. - Files and folders
File or folder-level synchronization, allowing users to map several folders to one or simply synchronize files individually. - Authentication
Users don't need to log into multiple services or authenticate more often than in Dropbox. Pickit adopts the same frequency as your Dropbox Business account.
Pickit + other platforms
When it comes to your digital assets, keeping everything accessible, organized and consistently branded can be a challenge. That’s why it’s vital for your organization to make sure your most important content is available in one single and convenient location. This integration does that, helping increase efficiency and ensure brand consistency across your organization.
Having recently launched Pickit Enterprise, including new integrations with industry-leading image banks and storage systems including Dropbox, Getty Images, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Workspace and WordPress, Pickit is now a full-scale DAM solution.
As always, we’re working to introduce even more integrations in the near future – if you have an idea about a platform you’d like to see integrated with Pickit, please send us a message to let us know!
Not using Pickit yet or got any questions? Request a 15-minute demo and let one of our product specialists walk you through it.
