{"id":1140,"date":"2018-04-03T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assetworks2stg.wpengine.com\/eam\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:15:15","slug":"eam-asset-management-dummies-white-paper-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assetworks.com\/eam\/white-paper\/eam-asset-management-dummies-white-paper-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Asset Management for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1140\" class=\"elementor elementor-1140\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c42bea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c42bea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b95d816 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b95d816\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d09dbaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d09dbaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you have assets that need to be managed, but you have no clue where to start? 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