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Today I'm going to announce the winner of the Critics' Choice Award for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS.
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When it comes to the small to midsize market, one CMS stands out from the rest of the crowd in both popularity and capability. This was an easy pick for the judges this year. The winner of the 2014 award for Best SMB .NET CMS is…
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Congratulations to the team at DNN Corporation on their win. Check them out in our directory here: <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">DNN Evoq Content</a>

2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner - Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS

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DNN has announced the general availability of DNN Evoq 8.
<a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/" target="_blank">DNN Software</a> provides a suite of solutions that make designing, building and managing feature-rich sites and communities fast, easy and cost-effective. DNN Evoq Content is used by thousands of businesses worldwide, including a number of Fortune 500 companies. DNN was also the <a href="/2014-critics-choice-award-winner-best-small-to-midsize-business-net-cms/" target="_blank">2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</a>.
According to DNN, Evoq 8 seeks to empower modern digital marketers by giving them easy access to all of their digital assets regardless of where they are stored. Marketers can also publish content to any online channel, personalize it to each visitor, and measure its effectiveness.
<h2>Bridging The Multi-channel Gap</h2>
The most obvious enhancement brought about by DNN Evoq 8 is the new, streamlined interface, with layout and editing capabilities that are more efficient than ever before.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dnn-evoq-8-challenges700x0.png" alt="DNN Evoq 8" />
DNN Evoq 8 also brings about the following new features:
<ul>
<li>Content Personalization: Content personalization is seen as an essential digital marketing capability that increases conversion, according to recent research by Econsultancy. Evoq 8 enables customers to build personalization rules that tailor site content based on visitors’ profiles. Rules are based on geography, account registration (i.e. registered versus non-registered users), gender, age, recent visits, referral source, search terms and ad clicks.</li>
<li>Page-Level Content Analytics: Statistics on page views, referrers, unique visitors and conversions are presented as an overlay on each web page, via data collected and managed by Evoq. Any marketer, regardless of their level of proficiency with analytics, can immediately understand how content is performing, without navigating to a separate web analytics system.</li>
<li>Centralized Access to Cloud-Hosted Content Repositories: Evoq 8 includes built-in connectors to Box, Dropbox, Amazon S3, and SharePoint, making it easy to access any piece of content or digital asset from a single window. This capability allows marketers and content producers to use their preferred content storage service or use multiple services, without moving files, duplicating effort, or wasting valuable time.</li>
<li>Advocate Marketing: Evoq 8 enables Marketers to activate the brand advocates already on their webiste by rewarding them for sharing content on their personal social networks. The advocacy marketing capability is integrated with Evoq’s native gamification engine, and engages customers by issuing challenges, tracking challenge completions, and awarding points, badges, or other designated incentives.</li>
</ul>
Furthermore, Evoq 8 allows marketers to quickly and easily integrate their websites with Marketo.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dnn-evoq-8-analytics700x0.png" alt="DNN Evoq 8" />
Navin Nagiah, CEO and President of DNN, gave some insightful comments regarding the release of DNN Evoq 8:
<blockquote>“We’re seeing a big shift in the digital marketing landscape.
Marketers have to coordinate the publishing and tracking of content to multiple channels and systems, beyond their own websites – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, campaign microsites and landing pages, CRM systems, and marketing automation systems. From a marketing solutions perspective, on the one hand are traditional Web CMS for content publishing; and on the other hand, there are now more nascent solutions from young companies rooted in predictive analytics, personalization, and content marketing. Marketers are desperate to bridge that gap.
With Evoq 8, we will be one of the few companies to straddle both worlds and deliver measurable ROI to customers. Evoq pulls content from any repository, pushes it to any online channel, and measures its effectiveness.”</blockquote>
<h2>Live Webinar &amp; Product Demonstration</h2>
DNN will be showcasing a demonstration of Evoq 8 during their upcming webinar, schduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 9am PT (12pm ET). The webinar is open to the general public.
Visit DNN’s website to <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/resources/webinars/build-world-class-digital-experiences-with-evoq-8/view/webinar?utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_source=DNN-Press-Release&amp;utm_campaign=webinar_invite_jan282015" target="_blank">register for the webinar</a>.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dnn-evoq-8-assets700x0.png" alt="DNN Evoq 8" />
To find out more about DNN Evoq Content, <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/" target="_blank">visit their website</a>.
Also, be sure to discover more about <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/" target="_blank">DNN Evoq Content through our CMS Directory</a>.

DNN "Moves Beyond Web Content Management" With The Release of DNN Evoq 8

This year, the battle to win Best Small to Midsize Business CMS was a hard-fought one with a ton of amazing contenders vying for the top spot. Today, we're going to announce who came out on top in this year's awards.
A CMS that is geared towards Small to Midsize Businesses must be able to cover a wide range of functionality and, ideally, integrate more than one component. Why? It's simple. Businesses already have a ton of overhead on average and any product that can integrate multiple layers of functionality while reducing the reliance on additional products is going to get a leg up on the competition. Businesses don't want to have to manage licensing and fees for Marketing Suites, CRM platforms, Ecommerce Solutions, Hosting, etc, etc. They want a solution that can offer as much functionality as possible with as little a learning curve as possible.
This year, more than last, we can see this choice reflected in the nominees that were part of the award run.
The nominees, as a refresher, were:
<ul>
<li><a href="/products/adobe-business-catalyst/">Adobe Business Catalyst</a></li>
<li><a href="/products/ingeniux/"> Ingeniux </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/"> DNN Evoq Content </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/percussion/"> Percussion </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/sitefinity/"> Sitefinity </a></li>
</ul>
While it certainly was a hard fought battle but only one can be named the winner and the People's Choice for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS this year is…
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<h3>DNN Evoq Content!</h3>
DNN Evoq™ Content, formerly known as DotNetNuke® Professional Edition, is a business solution that helps bring your website to life with captivating content and engaging interactions. Users can add and edit content through a standard browser with no IT support.
Whether you’re in Marketing, Editorial or the C-Suite, Evoq™ Content provides a simple CMS and workflow tools suited to non-technical users.
Learn more about <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">DNN Evoq Content</a>
Congratulations to the DNN Evoq Content team on their win! Stay tuned to find out who walks away with the Critics Choice Award (selected by our panel of judges) coming soon.

2013 People's Choice Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS

Our featured coverage of DNN Software continues this week, and this time we're looking at the analytics and personalization features of <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">DNN Evoq 8</a>.
Trusted by more than 2,000 brands worldwide, including a range of Fortune 500 companies, DNN was named the <a href="/2014-critics-choice-award-winner-best-small-to-midsize-business-net-cms/" target="_blank">2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</a>.
DNN Evoq 8 was released with a focus on a few different fronts, including both analytics and personalization. Let's get into how the platform helps marketers combine the two.
<h2>The Metrics Come Easy</h2>
Evoq 8 serves up detailed and relevant metrics, in a way that's both stylish and yet easy to process. Even for laymen.
<a href="/a-video-walkthrough-of-evoq-content-by-dnn-software/" target="_blank">Much like the rest of DNN Evoq 8</a>, the analytics dashboard is very easy on the eyes.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/page-level-content-analytics700x0.png" />
The sleek nature of the dashboard doesn't come at the cost of functionality though. With it, marketers can easily:
<ul>
<li>Track Page View activity over any length of time, comparing time periods as well as visitors to views.</li>
<li>Monitor the average time spent on each page, along with the bounce rate for the time period.</li>
<li>See the top referring domains driving traffic to the page, top operating systems used, and the top conversion activities.</li>
<li>Understand which traffic channels are driving visitors to the page, and which devices those visitors are using to access the page.</li>
<li>Analyze how are visitors are navigating to and from the page, segmented by traffic type.</li>
</ul>
In other words, Evoq 8 provides marketers with ample information regarding their visitors, arming them with the information they need to adjust content and form marketing campaigns.
However, what really caught my eye, was the presentation of these stats and facts.
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The use of flow charts, pie charts, and line graphs may not be anything new, but Evoq 8 actually makes them fun to look at. And that's new.
Everything is quirkily colour-coded, while the interface itself is elegantly minimal on every area of the analytics dashboard. In short, these are seriously important metrics presented in a brilliantly casual way.
<h2>Multi-layered Personalization</h2>
DNN Evoq 8 is capable of tailoring content based on device, behavior, location, or user profile. The end goal is of course to increase both engagement and conversions by dishing out the most relevant content to each visitor.
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To craft personalized experiences, Evoq users can set personalization rules.
Through these rules, marketers can arrange specific and tailored content which will only be seen by select groups, all of which are determined by the initial personalization rules.
For example, a banner promoting a North American competition can be configured to be displayed on the website for US and Canada based visitors only.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/personalization-rules_1.png" />
A simple rule can be set to display this version of the website specifically to North Americans, while the rest of the world are shown another version, perhaps without the banner.
Naturally, Evoq 8 lets marketers view, edit, and delete their different page versions.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/personalization-pages.png" />
The natural link between these two marketing features is obvious. Without the stellar analytics system, DNN Evoq 8 users would have trouble identifying their customers, making personalization almost impossible.
Likewise, DNN's personalization features would be of little use without the helpful information provided by its analytics system. Together, they offer valuable stats and metrics, paired with some powerful tools designed to make optimum use of them.
<h2>The Marketer Shift</h2>
Evoq 8's supremely simple approach to both analytics and personalization is no accident.
During <a href="/mike-interviews-navin-nagiah-ceo-of-dnn-software-video/" target="_blank">Mike Johnston's recent video interview with Navin Nagiah</a>, DNN Software's CEO made these telling comments:
<blockquote>“Websites are now being owned more and more by marketers. But if you go back five, eight, ten years ago, website were owned by IT.
So the CMS [Evoq 8] had to pivot to be one for marketers. Super easy to use, super simple to update content.”</blockquote>
I'd say that the shift towards marketers is on track, as “super easy” and “super simple” are two apt descriptions of the analytics and personalization features within Evoq 8.
To find out more about DNN Evoq Content 8, <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">visit their website</a>. Also, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/" target="_blank">DNN Evoq Content through our CMS Directory</a>.

Blending Analytics & Personalization For Optimum Results With DNN Evoq 8

To complete our featured coverage of DNN Software, we're taking a look at how <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">DNN Evoq 8</a> handles day to day content management.
Over the course of this week, I have delved into Evoq 8's <a href="/a-closer-look-at-dnn-evoq-8s-integration-options/" target="_blank">integration options</a>, <a href="/how-dnn-evoq-8-charges-advocate-marketing-with-gamification/" target="_blank">advocate marketing features</a>, <a href="/blending-analytics-personalization-for-optimum-results-with-dnn-evoq-8/" target="_blank">analytics &amp; personalization features</a> and more. Mike Johnston was also given a <a href="/a-video-walkthrough-of-evoq-content-by-dnn-software/" target="_blank">personal product demonstration</a>, before his <a href="/mike-interviews-navin-nagiah-ceo-of-dnn-software-video/" target="_blank">interview with DNN's CEO Navin Nagiah</a>.
For those of you who still aren't familiar with DNN Software, the .NET giants are trusted by over 2,000 brands across the globe, including a number of Fortune 500 companies, DNN was named the <a href="/2014-critics-choice-award-winner-best-small-to-midsize-business-net-cms/" target="_blank">2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</a>.
<h2>Craft &amp; Manage Content (Without Calling IT)</h2>
In my coverage of <a href="/blending-analytics-personalization-for-optimum-results-with-dnn-evoq-8/">Evoq 8's analytics and personalization features</a>, I mentioned that DNN Software's CEO, Navin Nagiah, recently said that:
<blockquote>“Websites are now being owned more and more by marketers. But if you go back five, eight, ten years ago, website were owned by IT.
So the CMS [Evoq 8] had to pivot to be one for marketers. Super easy to use, super simple to update content.”</blockquote>
Obviously, the words of the company's CEO are reflected in the finished product that is Evoq 8. The platform has been designed from the ground up to be used by marketers, rather than by IT.
Adding pages is a simple process, with details like page descriptions, titles and tags being easy to configure.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/content-creation-add-page.png" />
Evoq 8 also provides pre-built page layouts for marketers to choose from, alongside the option for them to craft their  own and save it as a template for re-use.
This includes the ability to drag-and-drop resizable page elements in order to perfect the design of each page with ease.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-341079x0.png" />
Marketers can also resize, crop and rotate images on the page without accessing an external image editor. Evoq 8 automatically resamples the image for best quality.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/content-creation-image-editing.png" />
<h2>Every Asset, One Interface</h2>
DNN Software has done very well to streamline the entire asset management process with Evoq 8.
The platform <a href="/a-closer-look-at-dnn-evoq-8s-integration-options/" target="_blank">integrates with a number of popular storage solutions</a> including; Box, Dropbox, Amazon S3, Azure Storage and Microsoft Sharepoint.
More impressively though, DNN Evoq 8 doesn't just integrate with these individual solutions. It centralizes them, bringing every asset from every storage solution to one manageable interface.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/content-creation-asset-manager1079x0.png" />
As with all other interfaces, the asset management page within Evoq 8 is sleek and beautiful. Files and folders are neatly tiled, while convenient search options top the page.
Furthermore, marketers can subscribe to notifications in order to be alerted any time a file or folder is added or changed, in any connected repository.
<h2>Lexus-like</h2>
I'm going to end our featured coverage of DNN Software with another quote from the company's CEO Navin Nagiah, which I found highly interesting.
<blockquote>“We're like a Lexus. Very good value for money, high utility, really well designed, and we're going to stay with you for a while.”</blockquote>
Find out more about DNN Evoq Content 8 by <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">visiting their website</a>.
Also, you can explore more of <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/" target="_blank">DNN Evoq Content through our CMS Directory</a>.

DNN Evoq 8: Getting To Grips With Content Management

As part of our North American tour (which you can learn more about <a href="/cms-critic-is-touring-north-america-and-europe-this-year/">here</a>) we are visiting a number of vendors throughout North America. One such vendor was DNN Software. In the following video, I had an opportunity to sit with Will Morgenweck, VP of Product Management for DNN Software and have him show me through their latest release, Evoq Content 8.
<img style="max-width:234px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/evoqcontent.png" />
Let me tell you folks, this is one impressive-looking piece of software. They have completely done away with the dashboard (in the manner that there is no longer a back end admin interface to log into) and moved into a more “website builder look”. The good part being that there was no loss in functionality so I consider Evoq 8 (and you can quote me on this) a website builder for Enterprises.
Check out the video in which Will walks me (and you as you watch) through this great release with the occassional question from me along the way.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/bxIxRMh3cyo
Interested in learning more about Evoq 8? Check out <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">their listing</a> in our directory or <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015">visit them directly</a>.

Walkthrough of DNN Evoq Content 8 with CMS Critic

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One of the stops on the <a href="/cms-critic-is-touring-north-america-and-europe-this-year/" target="_blank">CMS Critic North American Tour</a> was at DNN Software, the company behind <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">DNN Evoq Content</a>.
DNN Evoq Content is used by over 2,000 businesses worldwide, including a number of Fortune 500 companies. DNN was also the <a href="/2014-critics-choice-award-winner-best-small-to-midsize-business-net-cms/" target="_blank">2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</a>.
The company recently launched DNN Evoq 8, “A CMS built for marketers to deliver today's modern web experiences.”
<img style="max-width:234px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/evoqcontent.png" />
DNN Evoq 8 was released to bring additional focus to the following four key areas:
<h3>1. Content Personalization</h3>
Evoq 8 enables users to build personalization rules that tailor site content based on visitors’ profiles.
Rules can be based on geography, account registration (i.e. registered versus non-registered users), gender, age, recent visits, referral source, search terms and ad clicks.
<h3>2. Page-Level Content Analytics</h3>
Statistics on page views, referrers, unique visitors, and conversions are presented as an overlay on each web page, via data collected and managed by Evoq.
Making these stats more accessible means that any marketer, regardless of their level of proficiency with analytics, can immediately understand how content is performing, without navigating away from the page in question.
<h3>3. Centralized Access to Cloud-Hosted Content Repositories</h3>
Evoq 8 includes built-in connectors to Box, Dropbox, Amazon S3, and SharePoint, making it easy to access any piece of content or digital asset from a single window.
This capability allows marketers and content producers to use their preferred content storage service or use multiple services, without moving files, duplicating effort, or wasting valuable time.
<h3>4. Advocate Marketing</h3>
Evoq 8 enables marketers to activate the brand advocates already on their webiste by rewarding them for sharing content on their personal social networks.
The advocacy marketing capability is integrated with Evoq’s native gamification engine, and engages customers by issuing challenges, tracking challenge completions, and awarding points, badges, or other designated incentives.
Now, although these four areas have been impressively enhanced, there's a lot more to DNN Evoq 8 that goes beyond just new features and functionality.
<h2>Beyond Standard Enterprise Content Management</h2>
After the recent <a href="/walkthrough-of-dnn-evoq-content-8-with-cms-critic/" target="_blank">DNN Evoq 8 video walkthrough</a>, Mike Johnston made a very interesting observation about the nature of DNNs latest release:
<blockquote>“Let me tell you folks, this is one impressive looking piece of software. They have completely done away with the dashboard (in the manner that there is no longer a back end admin interface to log into) and moved into a more “website builder look”.
The good part being that there was no loss in functionality so I consider Evoq 8 (and you can quote me on this) a website builder for Enterprises.”</blockquote>
A website builder for enterprises? Now that's an angle worth exploring.
Simplicity and ease of use was definitely high on the priorities list for DNN Evoq 8.
It's the removal of the traditional dashboard that has shifted the focus towards front end content editing, which in turn resembles that website builder experience.
Users can log in and immediately begin working on the page they're viewing. The sidebar offers up contextualised administrative functionality, giving the user the tools they need depending on the type of content appearing on the page.
DNN Software's CEO, Navin Nagiah, gave further insight into this newly crafted user experience during his interview with Mike Johnston:
<blockquote>“Our eventual goal is to make it so that, when somebody starts using the software, they [already] know how to use it. No training, no user manuals, no videos to watch, nothing. The software has to speak to the user.
We want to take the same user experience that you have in consumer apps and devices, and apply it to the business world. So Evoq 8 is an important milestone, but we are going to get even better as we go forward for the releases this year and next year.”</blockquote>
Perhaps the most interesting element of the above quote is how Navin Nagiah implies that DNN Evoq 8 is but a stepping stone towards an even simpler user experience, which we will hopefully see manifested in future DNN releases.
For now though, marketers can enjoy DNN Evoq 8 for what it is; an enterprise-grade powerhouse of a website builder.
To find out more about DNN Evoq Content 8, <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">visit their website</a>. Also, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/" target="_blank">DNN Evoq Content through our CMS Directory</a>.

DNN Evoq 8: Beyond Content Management

Continuing with our featured coverage of DNN Software, it's time to take a look at how <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">DNN Evoq 8</a> helps brands to engage with existing users and customers.
DNN Evoq Content is trusted by over 2,000 brands worldwide, including a range of Fortune 500 companies. DNN was also the <a href="/2014-critics-choice-award-winner-best-small-to-midsize-business-net-cms/" target="_blank">2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</a>.
DNN Evoq 8 combines advocate marketing and gamification features to give brands the tools they need to first engage with their users and customers, before using them as standalone marketers.
<h2>What is Advocate Marketing &amp; Gamification?</h2>
Not sure what on earth do these two terms mean? Don't worry, because as per usual, they sound more complicated than they are.
<h3>Advocate Marketing</h3>
Advocate marketing is the process of turning your customers and users into marketers.
Ideally, advocate marketing is carried out by a brands most regular and most passionate customers, who are therefore happy to preach positive news and views about the brand in question.
<h3>Gamification</h3>
Gamification simply means using game mechanics to engage users in solving problems. This could include a leveling system, where users or community members get rewarded with different levels of titles once they complete certain tasks.
For exmaple, giving a forum member a special title once they reach 100 forum posts, is a type of gamification.
The purpose of gamification is to improve user engagement, return on investment, data quality, timeliness, and learning.”
<h2>How DNN Expertly Blends The Two</h2>
The release of DNN Evoq Content 8 has brought advocate marketing and gamification together.
Their gamification engine was already in place beforehand, giving brands the opportunity to reward their audience for participating in the community, be in via discussion, task completion or otherwise.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-321079x0.png" />
DNN's gamification features come in the form of badges, reputation points, leaderboards and more.
Now though, with a newly introduced advocate marketing feature, DNN Evoq's gamification engine has a counterpart to work in tandem with.
Evoq 8 enables Marketers to activate the brand advocates already on their website by rewarding them for sharing content on their personal social networks.
The advocacy marketing capability is integrated with Evoq’s native gamification engine, and engages customers by issuing challenges, tracking challenge completions, and awarding points, badges, or other designated incentives.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/advocate-create-challenge1.png" />
By creating challenges for users to meet, brands can incentivize sharing content on social media. For instance, the example above shows a social sharing challenge, which rewards the user with 25 points for sharing news of an upcoming webinar.
As you can see, the challenge setup process is supremely straightforward, with URLs, titles, instructions, and points all easy to configure.
Each challenge can be set to be either locked or open for public editing. Challenges can also have expiration dates and times for completion.
A simple, yet effective idea which slots in very well alongside (and complements) DNN's existing gamification options.
To find out more about DNN Evoq Content 8, <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">visit their website</a>. Also, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/" target="_blank">DNN Evoq Content through our CMS Directory</a>.

How DNN Evoq 8 Charges Advocate Marketing With Gamification

CMS Critic's very first <a href="/featured-weeks/" target="_blank">featured week</a> is all about DNN Software, and we're now taking a closer look at how <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">DNN Evoq 8</a> helps to ease platform migration for brands through some stellar integration options.
The .NET platform is trusted by over 2,000 brands worldwide, including a range of Fortune 500 companies. DNN was also the <a href="/2014-critics-choice-award-winner-best-small-to-midsize-business-net-cms/" target="_blank">2014 Critics' Choice Award Winner for Best Small to Midsize Business .NET CMS</a>.
<img style="max-width:234px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/evoqcontent_1.png" />
<h2>The Importance of Integration</h2>
Adopting a new platform for your website (or websites) isn't the easiest task in the world, especially if it means having to leave behind the extra apps and solutions your company already works with.
For example, if your company depends on Microsoft Sharepoint as a digital asset manager, switching to a CMS which doesn't readily support such integration will hit your team hard. The double whammy of having to adapt to a new CMS as well as having to live life without Sharepoint will be a difficult pill swallow, for everyone.
Of course, Sharepoint is but one example, with most companies relying on a range of intranets and marketing suites to keep workflows in check and business in order.
Hence, the heightened importance of solid integration options — because nobody wants to deal with that double whammy.
<h2>All The Essentials, And Then Some</h2>
After already <a href="/how-dnn-evoq-8-charges-advocate-marketing-with-gamification/" target="_blank">discussing DNN Evoq 8 from a advocate marketing standpoint</a>, let's now delve into what it serves up on the integrations front.
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According to DNN, Evoq 8, “connects easily to popular cloud marketing software and social media networks, so you can use familiar and preferred solutions to extend your website’s functionality.”
Here's what DNN serves up as readily available integrations:
<ul>
<li>Google Analytics integrates just as easily as it always does.</li>
<li>Marketo can be configured even without any technical knowledge.</li>
<li>Storage Solutions including Box, Dropbox, Amazon S3 and Sharepoint can all be accessed simultaneously from a single window.</li>
<li>Extended Microsoft Sharepoint integration, with features that enable you to schedule publications, push documents, share lists, and synchronize files between Evoq Content and SharePoint.</li>
</ul>
But that's not all.
<a href="http://store.dnnsoftware.com/?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015">DNN Evoq 8 also boasts a fully fledged store</a>, which is home to a vast array of modules built to extend website functionality.
Many modules have been developed to add functionality in their own way, while others are there to help integrate with systems like Mailchimp, Google Maps, and so forth.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-33.png" />
And just in case none of that is enough, DNN also allows you to craft custom integrations via Evoq API.
DNN's powerful development libraries are there to help you build interactive web applications, integrate with ERP, CRM, marketing automation systems, and much more.
So, with all of those integration options and tools on offer, it's safe to say that DNN Evoq 8 is equipped to help any brand avoid the aforementioned double whammy during platform migration.
And of course, it's also more than ready to help existing DNN customers expand their website functionality.
To find out more about DNN Evoq Content 8, <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com/products/evoq-content?utm_source=cmscritic-article-april-2015&amp;utm_campaign=cmscritic-april-2015" target="_blank">visit their website</a>. Also, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/" target="_blank">DNN Evoq Content through our CMS Directory</a>.

A Closer Look at DNN Evoq 8's Integration Options

For those of you who are fans of or who are considering using <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">Evoq Content</a> from <a href="http://www.dnnsoftware.com">DNN Software</a>, I just finished this video walkthrough of the product for your enjoyment.
Evoq Content is also the winner of our <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">People's Choice Award for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS</a>.
In the video, I will show you how easy it is to set up a free 14 day trial of Evoq Content and some of the functionality of the CMS.
http://youtu.be/JMt_wX2s0HI
To learn more about Evoq Content, visit <a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">their listing in our CMS directory</a>.

A video walkthrough of Evoq Content by DNN Software

This year, the Best Small to Midsize Business CMS category was quite active with far more nominations than we expected from a variety of great products that are on the market today.
We are very happy to announce this year's nominees for the 2013 People's Choice award for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS.
Don't forget to check back on September 1, 2013 to begin voting on the <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">awards page</a>.
<h3>Adobe Business Catalyst</h3>
Business Catalyst (BC) is an all-in-one business website and online marketing solution, built for web designers. Using our unified platform and without back-end coding, you can build everything from amazing websites to powerful online stores, beautiful brochure-ware sites to lead generation mini-sites.
<a href="/products/adobe-business-catalyst/">Learn more.</a>
<h3>Ingeniux</h3>
Ingeniux is the only web experience management platform architected for the cloud. Featuring unparalleled scalability, lower total cost of ownership, and innovative content management software, Ingeniux empowers organizations to manage world-class websites and vibrant online communities across desktop web, mobile, and tablet devices.
<a href="/products/ingeniux/">Learn more.</a>
<h3>Evoq</h3>
Evoq Content, formerly known as DotNetNuke Professional Edition, is a business solution that helps bring your website to life with captivating content and engaging interactions. Users can add and edit content through a standard browser with no IT support.
<a href="/products/dnn-evoq-content/">Learn more.</a>
<h3>Percussion CM1</h3>
Percussion makes it easy and affordable to design and maintain an engaging and modern website. Drive change quickly to the web to increase leads and conversion rates.
<a href="/products/percussion/">Learn more.</a>
<h3>Sitefinity</h3>
Sitefinity by Telerik is an ASP.NET web content management platform engineered to make managing your website a more positive, empowering and usable experience. Sitefinity is the first and only CMS to enable enterprises to take full advantage of all three mobile development strategies— Responsive Web Design, mobile websites, and mobile apps, easily and effectively—and all from one CMS user interface.
<a href="/products/sitefinity/">Learn more.</a>
Best of luck to all who were nominated! Be sure to check back on September 1, 2013 to begin the voting process.

Announcing the People's Choice for Best Small to Midsize Business CMS Nominees!

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