Streamlined publishing: A new era for seismic content management

Published on July 4, 2025 by Malvika Shahi

In the ever-evolving field of digital content management, Seismic is introducing a new publishing model termed “Streamlined Publishing”. This approach separates the act of publishing content from its addition to profiles, aiming to improve efficiency and user experience. As Seismic users, we will be transitioning to this model in the coming months; therefore, understanding and preparing for these changes is important. This blog outlines essential considerations and how we can help you make a smooth transition.

This model enhances efficiency in content management by decoupling content publishing from profile management. It simplifies the process of updating and removing content. The model addresses key challenges by improving version control, balancing publisher power for better collaboration, standardising publishing across content types and providing real-time updates on publishing status. These improvements aim to create a more efficient and cohesive content ecosystem.

The new model: benefits at a glance

• Introduction of a new publishing model: Designed to enhance speed and efficiency, including the ability to quickly unpublish content as needed

• Content status management: Simplified identification and enhanced visibility of content status for better management, with more intuitive publishing status

• Staging profile: To evaluate content with selected stakeholders with new staging profile functionality

• Automatic updates: For profiles and collections, ensuring content is always up to date with the latest published version

• Improved search functionality: To declutter component content from search results, making it easier to find relevant information

• LiveInsights dashboards: Updated with clear publishing data for better tracking and analysis

Key challenges in the current ecosystem that Seismic is trying to overcome

Managing content within Seismic can sometimes involve complexities that impact the user experience. For example, multiple versions of content may co-exist, occasionally leading to confusion. In some cases, content visibility and publishing workflows vary across content types, making it difficult to maintain consistency. Additionally, the current view of published content may not always offer clarity, making it quite challenging for users to track and manage updates across profiles.

Comparing the legacy publishing model and the proposed model

How Acuity Knowledge Partners can help

With the roll-out of this new model, Acuity Knowledge Partners ensure a smooth transition while unlocking greater efficiency. Our team of Seismic specialists is ready to support you across the key focus areas:

• Customised dashboards: Designing customised dashboards to identify content items with multiple versions and their profiles/collections

• Results analysis: Reviewing content with multiple versions and deciding which version needs to be published across profiles/collections

• Auditing dynamic/synced folders

• • Reviewing content criteria for dynamic/synced folders

  • Adjusting profile/collection setups or re-tagging/moving content as needed

• Validating TeamSite admin roles

• • Reviewing current admin roles and assigning the necessary publishing permissions

  • Removing unnecessary permissions to restrict manual profile management capabilities

• Publishing instead of promoting: Tagging/moving other assets eligible for profiles to prevent automatic inclusion in dynamic/synced folders

Why Acuity Knowledge Partners for Seismic support

With close to 20 years of industry presence, we have built strong relationships with more than 650 financial institutions and consulting firms worldwide. Our strength lies in a global delivery network powered by over 6,000 skilled analysts and domain experts, enabling us to deliver specialised support across diverse business functions.

We offer streamlined content management, profile management and profile staging solutions. These capabilities ensure that relevant and compliant content is easily accessible and deployable across teams.

We assist in curating and tagging the right content, ensuring that client-facing teams have access to the most relevant documents for their pitches and communications. Our seismic support in setting up LiveDocs and managing pre-production workflow also enables fast turnaround and operational efficiency. Keeping abreast of regulatory and market changes, we help clients maintain accuracy and compliance in their marketing material. By combining advanced tools with deep domain expertise, we enable clients to build impactful, customised marketing collateral that drives results, ensuring no important details are overlooked.

References:

• Streamlined Publishing Migration Guide

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