Folders are dead… Long live Categories, Tags and Free Search

Folders just aren’t enough anymore!

Are you are like me and frustrated by using folders for storing images, videos and resources in general? I just don’t think that images, videos and marketing resources can be or should be categorised in just one way. That is why systems like your server and online systems like Dropbox and Google Drive are so limiting and frustrating to use.

A bike ride to Laguna Cejar near San Pedro de Atacama – Copyright Tierra Atacama

Say you have an image like this one above from Tierra Hotels – Atacama care of our member Senderos UK of a couple enjoying a travel experience of a day mountain biking in the Atacama desert in Chile – what folder do you put that in? Chile? Experience? Mountain Biking? Honeymoon? Cycling? Atacama Desert? Day Trips? Mountains? Do you end up putting copies of the same image in many different folders? Thus using more storage space and confusing your filing system?

With SquirrelFish you can assign as many different CATEGORIES to your image as you like whilst only holding one image in the system. Also if you give your image a clear, full title and a quirky TAG you can ensure that you use as many different words as needed and your clients will always be able to easily retrieve that image by merely typing some key words in the search box.

Or this image from Eco Camp in Patagonia care of Talking Stick Marketing. Would you put this in a folder called Glamping? Torres del Paine? Patagonia? Chile? Mountains? Scenery? Sustainable Travel? Conservation?…

Ecocamp Patagonia – Image by Ecocamp Patagonia

Did you also perhaps have different folders to keep different sizes of images at hand for social media, newsletters and website use? Did you then get confused as to which images were the originals and even sometimes delete the wrong ones?? well I know I have… I once lost some amazing images of the Kite Festival in Guatemala by deleting the high resolution versions and not realising mistake until it was too late.

With SquirrelFish you can choose different sizes of the an image to download whenever you need it and never have to worry about changing the original image – it is always safely stored at it’s original size.

Sound interesting? If you would like a demo and/or a free trial of Squirrel-Fish please contact us on becky@squirrel-fish.com and we would love to show you around our community.

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