In this article, we will go over all the required steps from start to finish in order to have the IMAGO enabled for your project.
IMAGO is one of Europe’s largest independent photo agencies and producers of sports content.
IMAGO integration seamlessly integrates with your content inside our CMS, offering content creators an unparalleled opportunity to elevate their articles, videos, and galleries with captivating visuals from the world's largest digital sports archive. Here are the key advantages of incorporating IMAGO into your content strategy:
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Visual Excellence: IMAGO integration provides access to the world's largest digital sports archive, empowering content creators to enhance articles, videos, and galleries with visually stunning and diverse sports images. This elevates the overall aesthetic appeal and impact of your content.
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User Engagement: By incorporating captivating visuals from IMAGO inside your content this can significantly boost user engagement. High-quality images draw in users, encouraging them to spend more time on your platform and increasing overall interaction with your content.
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Efficiency and Credibility: IMAGO integration streamlines the content creation process by offering a centralized repository of legally sourced images. This not only saves time for content creators but also ensures legal compliance, contributing to the credibility and trustworthiness of your content.
By incorporating the largest digital sports archive inside your content, you enhance the overall user experience and solidify your position as a premier content provider in the digital landscape.
Pricing
For precise pricing information tailored to your specific needs, we invite our valued clients to engage directly with IMAGO. Pricing considerations are contingent upon a range of factors, including:
Resolution: The resolution in which the images will be provided to you by IMAGO.
Distribution: Such as web only and Unlimited.
Given these multifaceted factors, we regret that we cannot provide a one-size-fits-all pricing structure. If you are eager to explore the possibilities of IMAGO integration, please reach out to:
- Edoardo Carucci: edoardo.carucci@imago-images.de
- Andres Benedicto: andres.benedicto@imago-images.de
They will work closely with you to tailor a pricing plan that aligns perfectly with your unique requirements.
Here are the steps to make this integration a reality:
- Initiate Contact with IMAGO: Commence your journey by engaging in formal discussions with IMAGO to establish a contractual agreement. This foundational step is imperative to initiate the integration process for your project.
- Confirm the package for your project: Discuss the needs of your project such as Image resolution, Editorial Usage, Distribution and etc.
- Engage Sportal365 Support: Reach out to Sportal365 support through our official email address at support@sportal365.com. And provide us with the Username and API Key required in order to enable the integration. Also please confirm the resolution and the size for the images that will be used in the CMS:
- Resolution: Can be one of the following values: 1,2,3,4,8 or 9 - used when downloading the image and re-uploading to Content/Image API.
- Size: Use either "thumbs", "smalls" or "mediums" - used in the blocks inside the CMS blocks.
- Please note: All of our clients are using mediums size for the images with resolution value 9.
- Feature Activation for Testing: Following contractual confirmation, our team will activate the IMAGO feature exclusively for your sandbox project. This phase allows for rigorous testing, ensuring that the integration meets your project's exacting standards.
- Front-End Aesthetics Development: Simultaneously, dedicate attention to crafting the visual appeal of this integration on your front end. Customize its appearance to harmonize with your project's aesthetic sensibilities and requirements.
- Final Activation and Deployment: Upon successful testing and front-end refinement, our team will effectuate the final activation of the IMAGO Integration for your project. This culminates in the seamless incorporation of IMAGO into your content creation process.
From Sportal365 perspective, this feature can be enabled within an hour after the contract with IMAGO is signed, however, you need to also build, and develop the front end for this feature.
The type of development typically takes around 2 weeks, depending on your frontend team's availability.