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Understanding the differences between a content hub and traditional CMS | Brightspot

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Digital transformation is no longer optional—it’s essential and urgent. The pandemic accelerated this need, prompting organizations to rapidly adapt to shifting consumer demands. 97% of executives report that the pandemic hastened their digital transformation efforts, and 79% have increased budgets for this purpose. Despite this awareness, many organizations struggle to take even small steps forward in their digital journey to achieve significant results.

Fortunately, there are solutions and technologies designed to facilitate smooth and successful transitions, ensuring consistent progress. At Brightspot, our guiding principle is to regain control. We integrate legacy and new systems into a unified, modern hub for seamless management and advancement. Here’s how:

Benefits of a Modern CMS

A decade ago, businesses rushed to adopt cutting-edge technologies to gain a competitive edge and streamline operations in an increasingly digital world. This often led to multiple disparate systems, significant technology investments, and inefficient processes across siloed teams. For publishers, this resulted in slow, chaotic content strategies and workflows.

Today, organizations and publishers are shifting to powerful content hubs at the center of their digital strategy. This is a significant change from previous approaches. The need for content to be at the heart of digital strategy is driven by more channels and greater opportunities to connect with customers. Modern, scalable solutions are necessary to transform content businesses for the future.

Modern CMS technologies offer flexible, scalable content management capabilities, all centered in a content hub. These systems provide the experience that organizations and their teams want and that their customers expect. When teams embrace the right-sized technology centered in one hub, they experience:

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Evolving business challenges, impact on content management

Organizations are at various stages in their digital transformation journeys and have different needs for success in their unique environments. Adding to the complexity, businesses are continuously facing new and evolving challenges.

Disaster and Crisis Preparedness

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of disaster and crisis preparedness. The term “pivot” was prominent in 2020, and the ability to adapt quickly remains crucial. How does this relate to content? Centralizing content operations in a single hub enables swift adjustments to business and content strategies. With operations consolidated and adaptable technology, organizations can pivot more efficiently, set up new workflows, and launch new channels without being bogged down by slow processes.

At-Home Everything

With consumers spending more time at home, how does this affect content creation and management? A centralized content hub fosters creativity and easier collaboration. Intuitive technology lets you focus more on crafting engaging content rather than managing its delivery, which is already streamlined.

Data Overload

As companies collect more data through advanced technologies, understanding and accessing this information can be overwhelming. However, from a content management perspective, knowing how your content performs is crucial for deciding what to keep or discard. Centralizing performance data simplifies the management of the entire content process.

Given these challenges, a modern content hub offers more than just traditional CMS functionality. It unlocks your digital potential by addressing these issues efficiently.

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Brightspot CMS: A content, data, and integrations hub

Brightspot’s platform is designed to evolve with shifting business needs and consumer expectations, providing reliable content management solutions that:

  1. Extend existing business logic.
  2. Facilitate integration and migration.
  3. Offer flexibility with custom workflows and support for headless, decoupled, or hybrid architectures.
  4. Utilize a data-driven approach.

In essence, Brightspot CMS acts as your central hub for content, data, and integrations, streamlining your digital journey. Here’s how each component plays a role:

Content Hub

  • Extended Business Logic and Workflows: Brightspot adapts to your unique business needs, allowing for customized experiences that align with your existing processes.
  • Intuitive Experience: Designed by publishers and developers, Brightspot provides a user-friendly and functional experience, featuring a fast and powerful publishing interface.
  • Migration Support: Brightspot simplifies content migration with tools for searching, bulk exporting, editing, and managing content, helping you transition smoothly between systems.

Data Hub

  • Real-Time Access: Get immediate insights into customer behavior and analytics to make informed decisions. Brightspot enables the use of existing data and integrates new data effortlessly, with real-time insights powered by machine learning for strategic content decisions.
  • Ease of Integration: Brightspot’s platform supports easy integration of new tools and data, minimizing setup time and effort.

Integrations Hub

  • Integration-Ready: Brightspot seamlessly integrates with your enterprise systems and information, adapting to your existing infrastructure and avoiding the need for process overhauls. It extends and enhances your current systems, such as content syndication and site analytics tools.
  • Avoids Rip-and-Replace: Brightspot allows you to build on your current systems and workflows, integrating with your existing setup rather than requiring a complete system replacement. Its API-first architecture ensures compatibility and adaptability with your technology stack.

Discover how a content hub outperforms traditional CMS. Continue reading to explore the benefits and download our comprehensive guide!

Table of Contents of “Understanding the differences between a content hub and traditional CMS” Guide:

  • Benefits of a modern CMS
  • Evolving business challenges, impact on content management
  • Brightspot CMS: A content, data, and integrations hub

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  • 8 pages

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