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12 Benefits of Digital Asset Management for Brand Teams | 2026

12 Benefits of Digital Asset Management for Brand Teams | 2026

May 20, 2026

Your team creates incredible brand assets(/blog/brand-assets) every day. Photography, design files, brand guidelines, marketing collateral, client presentations. But without a system to organize, find...

Resources
What's New in Baseline: @Mentions, Smarter Notifications, and More

What's New in Baseline: @Mentions, Smarter Notifications, and More

May 18, 2026

We've been hard at work improving Baseline based on your feedback over the past couple of weeks. Here's a quick overview of what's new and what we've fixed. New Features @Mentions !Image: Baselin...

Company Updates
Getting started with Baseline v2.0

Getting started with Baseline v2.0

May 8, 2026

If you're new to Baseline or just getting started with the latest version, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know. Baseline helps teams organize, share, and collaborate on digita...

Tutorials
Baseline v2: Built for Flexibility

Baseline v2: Built for Flexibility

April 29, 2026

Say hi to Baseline v2, a complete rebuild of our platform from the ground up. If you're an existing Baseline user, there are some important things you should know right away. !Screenshot(/blog/new-bl...

Company Updates
Flexible brand guides are finally here

Flexible brand guides are finally here

March 6, 2026

Your brand guide just got a lot more flexible. This week we shipped a set of updates that give you full control over how your brand guide looks and reads. At a glance You will now see a new toolbar...

Company Updates
New Year, New Features

New Year, New Features

February 3, 2025

Hi everybody, With the new year come new features for Baseline. !Image(/blog/new-year-new-features/baseline-asset-tags-2x.jpg) Asset Tags Asset Tags allow you to add descriptive labels to your as...

Company Updates
Hani Coffee Company

Hani Coffee Company

October 10, 2024

We recently had the pleasure of talking with Henk Werner, Branch Manager at Hani Coffee Company(https://hanicoffeecompany.com/), to discuss their unique approach to coffee sourcing, sustainability, an...

Customer Stories
Understanding Contrast Ratio Measurements

Understanding Contrast Ratio Measurements

September 12, 2024

!Understanding Contrast Ratio Measurements(/blog/understanding-contrast-ratio-measurements/brand-colors-2.jpg) Our branding platform(https://baseline.is) provides contrast ratio measurements to help ...

Brand Assets: The Building Blocks of Your Company's Identity

Brand Assets: The Building Blocks of Your Company's Identity

September 9, 2024

!Brand Assets(/blog/brand-assets/pexels-enginakyurt-1437318.jpg) A strong brand identity is essential for being memorable and connecting with your audience. Brand assets are at the heart of this iden...

24 Fantastic Free Illustration Resources to Enhance Your Design Projects

24 Fantastic Free Illustration Resources to Enhance Your Design Projects

August 12, 2024

!24 Fantastic Free Illustration Resources(/blog/24-fantastic-free-illustration-resources-to-enhance-your-design-projects/24-illustration-resources.png) In today's visually-driven digital landscape, h...

Resources
Product Updates: Organizations, Members, Password Protection, Pantone, and more

Product Updates: Organizations, Members, Password Protection, Pantone, and more

July 15, 2024

Hi everybody, Summer is here and so are new features for Baseline. !Image(/blog/product-updates-organizations-members-password-protection-pantone-and-more/brand-members.png) Teams is now Organizat...

Company Updates
Product Updates - May 2024

Product Updates - May 2024

May 2, 2024

Hi everybody, It's been a while. We have not been sitting idle, though. We are working on a big new feature that we are hoping to release in open beta soon. It's a social media publishing tool we are...

Company Updates
How Agencies Are Using Baseline

How Agencies Are Using Baseline

February 12, 2024

!How Agencies Are Using Baseline(/blog/how-agencies-are-using-baseline/charlesdeluvio-lks7vei-eag-unsplash.webp) One primary use case for Baseline is for agencies to empower their clients and streaml...

Brandfolder vs. Baseline: A Detailed Comparison

Brandfolder vs. Baseline: A Detailed Comparison

January 29, 2024

!Brandfolder vs. Baseline(/blog/brandfolder-vs-baseline-a-detailed-comparison/baseline-vs-brandfolder.png) In today's dynamic business environment, managing digital assets effectively is not just a n...

Comparisons
Branding Fundamentals - Part Three: Promotion

Branding Fundamentals - Part Three: Promotion

January 8, 2024

Welcome to our third and final installment on the theory of branding. In our previous two articles, we delved into the four foundational pillars of branding: Personality, Purpose, Perception, and Posi...

Tutorials
Branding Fundamentals - Part Two: Perception and Positioning

Branding Fundamentals - Part Two: Perception and Positioning

January 3, 2024

In our ongoing exploration of the art of creating a brand, we've already covered two fundamental pillars: Purpose and Personality. If you haven't had the chance to read the previous article yet, you c...

Tutorials
Interview with Lee Busch

Interview with Lee Busch

January 2, 2024

!Lee Busch(/blog/interview-with-lee-busch/lee-busch.png) In this edition of our Baseline customer spotlight series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Lee Busch, the Creative Director of Lee Busch ...

Customer Stories
AppSumo Case Study: Pros, Cons, Tacos, and $200.000 in sales

AppSumo Case Study: Pros, Cons, Tacos, and $200.000 in sales

November 2, 2023

!AppSumo Case Study(/blog/appsumo-case-study/appsumo-case-study.png) It's now been over a year since we launched our AppSumo Select deal, so I thought I'd finally put down on paper, or digital bits, ...

Frontify alternatives

Frontify alternatives

October 19, 2023

!Frontify alternatives(/blog/frontify-alternatives/frontify-alternatives-1.png) In a world where design and branding are key to making a memorable first impression, companies are constantly seeking u...

Sarah Parker at Kuva Media

Sarah Parker at Kuva Media

September 15, 2023

!Sarah Parker at Kuva Media(/blog/sarah-parker-at-kuva-media/kuva-media.png) In our ongoing series of interviews with Baseline users, we have the pleasure of speaking with Sarah Parker, the Founder a...

Customer Stories
Product Updates - August 2023

Product Updates - August 2023

September 2, 2023

!Product Updates - August 2023(/blog/product-updates-august-2023/screenshot-2023-09-01-at-14.25.11.png) Hi everybody, We've made a lot of small changes and improvements recently, we're setting thing...

Company Updates
Solace Media

Solace Media

June 30, 2023

!Solace Media(/blog/solace-media/solace-media-banner.png) Can you tell us about Solace Media? Solace Media(https://solace.media/) was founded in 2013 to help mission-driven organizations make a big...

Customer Stories
Branding Fundamentals - Part One: Purpose and Personality

Branding Fundamentals - Part One: Purpose and Personality

June 29, 2023

!Branding Fundamentals - Part One(/blog/branding-fundamentals-part-one-purpose-and-personality/mey-velocipede-1870-1600.jpeg) Most of us had a million-dollar idea at least once in our lifetime. It's ...

Tutorials
WSI Peak Digital Strategy

WSI Peak Digital Strategy

June 13, 2023

!WSI Peak Digital Strategy(/blog/wsi-peak-digital-strategy/wsi-peak-digital-banner.png) Dave Gustafson runs a digital marketing agency called WSI Peak Digital Strategy, Inc.(https://www.wsipeakdigita...

Customer Stories

Improved embeds

May 31, 2023

We've improved our embed feature so that it automatically adjust height to fit the brand guide. To use our new and improved embeds, head over to your brand guide and copy the new scripts. This new f...

Company Updates
How to Increase Your Brand Presence and Why You Need to

How to Increase Your Brand Presence and Why You Need to

November 17, 2022

!How to Increase Your Brand Presence(/blog/how-to-increase-your-brand-presence/brand-presence.png) Do you want to increase your brand visibility? Do you want your business or brand name to stand out ...

Monthly Wrap-up for October

November 1, 2022

We've been hard at work as always improving Baseline. Our focus this month was mostly organizing things to make further improvements easier. In other news, here is a list of all the changes this mon...

Company Updates

Monthly Wrap-up for September

October 1, 2022

As usual, we've been busy this month improving and adding features to Baseline. Most notably, you can now download logos in different formats straight from the brand guide. We've also made big perform...

Company Updates

Monthly Wrap-up for August

September 1, 2022

The month is at an end so I wanted to update you on what's new this month. There is quite a lot of new features, most notably we added the most requested feature ever, Teams! Finally you can create t...

Company Updates

Teams is live

August 22, 2022

Our most requested feature to date has finally arrived (in beta), Teams! Finally you can create teams, add brands to them and invite people to view, edit, and create content for those brands. You can...

Company Updates

July updates

August 9, 2022

We've added and improved a lot of things this month. Most notably we added PDF export for the brand guides, it's still in beta so expect some possible issues but definitely go give it a try. New - P...

Company Updates
What is brand marketing

What is brand marketing

March 9, 2022

!What is brand marketing(/blog/what-is-brand-marketing/f40_ferrari_20090509.jpeg) Branding is an essential part of marketing. Without branding, your customers will not have anything to remember and i...

How to apply filters and effects to an image

How to apply filters and effects to an image

February 17, 2022

Applying filters to images in Baseline is incredibly easy and can make your image look stunning without needing to manually edit it yourself or hiring a designer to do so. In this short tutorial, I'll...

Tutorials
How to add effects to text

How to add effects to text

February 1, 2022

Adding effects to text in Baseline is super easy and can make your design look awesome, all by doing it yourself without the help of a designer. In this short tutorial, I'll walk you through exactly h...

Tutorials

Canva vs Baseline

January 19, 2022

The most common question we receive is how Baseline is different from Canva, the leading design tool in our category. Let's start by clearing up that we think Canva is fantastic, and it has done a tre...

Comparisons

Popular fonts for your brand

January 1, 2022

We love fonts and have made it incredibly easy to add your favorite fonts to Baseline. But sometimes you need some inspiration for your next project. We've rounded up a few popular fonts that we love ...