Ieshia Hill is Senior Product Marketing Manager at ContractSafe, where she works on product launches and writes the feature announcements and release notes on What’s New in ContractSafe. She’s spent nearly seven years in B2B software product marketing, at Boardable, OpenSesame and Employ, focused on launches, sales enablement and turning feature adoption into customer retention. On the blog she covers ContractSafe’s features, how teams roll out a contract management system and how they get value from it after they buy. She studied journalism at Indiana University Bloomington and is based in Fishers, Indiana.
When legal documents move across uncontrolled email threads, sensitive details leak, deadlines slip past unnoticed, and unapproved terms get signed. Managing company agreements inside employee...
Adoption is one of the most important factors of introducing a new piece of software, especially when it comes to contract management. Since a major part of a CLM’s usefulness comes from having all...
Contract collaboration software creates a digital workspace where you, your team, your boss, and any other key players can work together to draft and negotiate. But while it’s wonderful to keep...
The G2 Fall 2026 reports are out, and we've got news worth sharing. ContractSafe picked up a brand-new badge this season: Best Usability in G2's Contract Management category. And every badge we...
New review, tracking, editing, performance, and AI tools help small and midsize teams manage contracts without the cost or complexity of enterprise CLM. ContractSafe, a leading contract lifecycle...
Contract repository management is the ongoing work of keeping uploaded agreements searchable, assigned, permissioned, current, and ready for the next contract decision. Uploading contracts feels like...
ContractSafe G2 badges are a practical way to read customer feedback about ease of use, setup speed, estimated return, and performance across the Americas. Picture a legal operations lead who owns a...
The ContractSafe AI webinar recap is a plain summary of how ContractSafe uses AI to pull key terms from your contracts, keep every result reviewable, and help teams search, ask questions, and check...
A contract repository implementation is the work of turning scattered signed agreements into a searchable system with reliable records, owners, permissions, alerts, reports, and upkeep rules. Picture...
A secure contract repository is a controlled, searchable system for signed agreements, contract metadata, renewal dates, owners, permissions, reports, AI answers, and audit history. Imagine a locked...
Quick answer: A centralized contract repository is one searchable place for signed contracts, their key dates, owners, permissions, reminders, reports and history. To centralize contract storage,...
Contract drafting software helps teams create, edit, reuse, and control contract language before an agreement is signed. That sounds like the whole contract job, but it isn't. Drafting is the...
Contract metadata mistakes are errors in the labels, dates, owners, or links your system records about each agreement, and they make contract records a headache to trust. Think of them like bad shelf...
This quarter, we focused on one goal: helping teams move contracts forward faster—with less friction, more visibility, and clearer accountability. Q4 brings some of the most meaningful product...
Tracking changes—often called redlining—is one of the most time-consuming and complex stages of the contract lifecycle. Legal teams, Finance, Procurement, Sales, and leadership often take turns...
Tired of downloading, editing, and re-uploading contracts just to make a tiny change? ContractSafe's contract editing feature page has the full rundown. Yeah, us too. That’s why ContractSafe’s...
Contract Lifecycle Management That Customers Actually Love. The leaves are changing — and so are the leaderboards. 🍂 ContractSafe just cleaned up again in G2’s Fall 2025 Report, earning top honors...
Ever wish you could just ask your contract what’s inside? Or fix a typo without the whole download-upload-rename-final-v5 routine? Yeah, us too. That’s why we're about to roll out some of our biggest...
Break out the shades and crank up the A/C — ContractSafe is on fire in the G2® Summer 2025 Grid Report! We’re not here to humblebrag. We’re here to loud-and-proud shout from the rooftops: our users...
Get Up and Running in 30 Minutes. Seriously. Forget complex rollouts, weeks of training, and frustrating tech hurdles. Our support and implementation team handles setup with you. ContractSafe is...
We're thrilled to share that ContractSafe has been recognized as a High Performer and has received multiple badges across several major categories in G2’s Spring 2025 Grid Report for Contract...
Full-lifecycle CLM is contract lifecycle management software that carries an agreement from request through drafting, review, approval, signature, storage, and every obligation that follows....
It’s official. ContractSafe is the easiest contract management software to work with and the most likely to be recommended. But don’t take our word for it! The new G2 reports are here and...
In today's complex business landscape, contract collaboration plays a vital role in ensuring smooth operations and successful outcomes for organizations. But it’s a part of the contracting process...
Is your contract management system more like a “shared drive of chaos?” Everyone who needs it has access, and most things are in there somewhere (except for the ones that Susan from Sales saved to...
Getting started with a new CLM? Watch this webinar to prepare your processes for new technology, learn what to look for in a CLM and learn how to set yourself up for success when implementing a new...
Thinking about contract lifecycle management software but not sure if your organization is actually ready for it? CLM readiness isn’t about buying the right tool — it’s about understanding your...
75% of legal teams are looking for ways to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve their everyday work. Companies across the legal tech space are rushing to get big splashy AI tools on their list...
It’s official. ContractSafe is the easiest contract management solution to work with and the most likely to be recommended. But don’t take our word for it! The new G2 fall reports are here and...
Struggling to adopt legal tech? You’re in good company. ILTA reports that more than half of legal teams hit roadblocks—usually around training, workflows, or just getting people to embrace something...
In the ever-growing realm of contract management software, there's no shortage of options. We recognize that finding the right tool is essential yet overwhelming. Every vendor claims to offer...
It’s official. ContractSafe is the easiest contract management solution to work with and the most likely to be recommended. But don’t take our word for it! The new G2 fall reports are here and...
If you're still relying on on-premise software and in-house resources to manage your contracts, it's time to consider an upgrade. Post-COVID, remote work and digital collaboration have become the new...
It’s official. ContractSafe is the easiest contract management solution to work with. But don’t take our word for it! The new G2 summer reports are here and ContractSafe came away with some big wins....
Updated October 2026 Quick answer: OCR (optical character recognition) technology is software that reads the text in an image, such as a scan, phone photo or image-only PDF, and turns it into...
Every contract management software in the market is unique in its own way and so is each software’s search. If speed, ease of use, and accuracy are all important qualities you’d like from contract...
Like many technical terms, optical character recognition – or OCR – actually describes a fairly straightforward concept. It’s important to understand what it means for contract management because...
Over the past six years, we have heard a lot from our customers about their ContractSafe contract management software wish list. You spoke … we answered. We are excited to announce that we have...
Happy New Year everyone! To help you start the year off right, we have: Added a new type of Custom Field for tracking spending Improved AI for Effective and Termination Date Boosted Search &...
Summer is here! And with it, some great new ContractSafe features . Keep reading for more information about SubFolders, an improved Dashboard, User reports, and more. Let's dig in! SubFolders For...
Just because we're all working from home doesn't mean we're slacking off! We're excited to announce a bunch of exciting new features for you this month. You can now generate redlines, convert scans...
How often do you receive an NDA that's a PDF, but you need to redline? Or search for an old contract that you want to use as a template, only to find the only version you have is the final scanned...
Fun news...ContractSafe was included in the list of the Top 20 Contract Management Blogs. We know what some of your are thinking. There are really more than 20 blogs focused on contract management?...
Wow! Our development team has been busy. Tons of great new features were just added to ContractSafe. From better document handling to better search...it's another release focused on ease of use and...
As we head into the home stretch of 2019, we have some exciting updates to share with you! Saving views Do you wish that you could customize your views in ContractSafe so that you’re always only...
We just released a new feature that will save you a lot of time. Advanced Search is here. Also, bulk edits have been updated so that you can bulk edit any field in ContractSafe. Add in some improved...
We know that business managers and professionals across all industries face incredible time management challenges. On some days, it feels like two new fires erupt for every old fire we put out. Plus,...
Americans have long been fascinated by automation and the concept of artificial intelligence. In that vein, science fiction books and movies have long captured the attentions and imaginations of...
Easier Filters Easier Column Changes Easier Deleting Easier Edits We've got some great St. Patrick's Day presents for you! Lots of new features, all designed to make your life easier. Let's take a...
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technological innovation with important business applications. In essence, the technology allows a software program to analyze text and convert it into a...
Contract management systems depend on precise, efficient systems for organizing and retrieving contracts. This often translates to a system for metadata management. But what is metadata - and what...
The concept of security is nothing new, and has long captured the American imagination. In many popular books and movies, whether set in the old west or in a modern office building, someone has...
All contract management software is designed to streamline the contracting process while reducing costs, but a good CMS is not one-size-fits-all. Certain CMS features, such as a digitized repository...
The rate of technological growth around the world is truly transformative, and shows no signs of slowing down. According to Moore’s law, computer processing power roughly doubles every two years,...
Top concerns for today’s business leaders continue to include the storage, management, and safety of data. That’s not surprising, given that every time we pick up a newspaper (o.k., every time we...
Assessing your contract management needs means identifying where contracts create risk, delays, or confusion across your organization before selecting software. A contract management needs assessment...
Yes — with one caveat that matters more than the rest of this page. Reputable cloud contract storage is more secure than the shared drive it replaces: dedicated security teams, third-party audits,...
Contracts don’t fall apart because the language was sloppy. They fall apart because nobody can find the latest version, nobody knows who owns the next step, and “we’ll deal with it later” turns into...
Most contract management software fails because it’s never fully adopted—not because the tool is wrong, but because the rollout is. Missed renewals, unclear ownership, and contracts scattered across...
In today’s society, more so than ever before, business managers are bombarded with technological products and concepts, and must make sound decisions on behalf of the organization. Hardly a day...
The concept of security is ubiquitous in our lives. We lock our homes and cars, and sometimes add electronic security monitoring systems to them. We keep cash, smart phones, and other valuables close...
We're excited to announce a few big improvements to ContractSafe. Faster Filtering/Sorting/Searching We significantly upgraded the filtering, sorting, and searching functions so that they will work...
Cloud-based contract management systems offer an easy way for businesses of any size to store, access, backup, and secure their contracts. A locally-based system like a hard drive or a physical...
We are excited to announce some big changes. Based on your feedback we have made ContractSafe even easier and faster to use. High Level • “Folders” are the new “Types.” Same feature, just a new name....
Our mission is to help our clients move from the picture on the left to the picture on the right. And this latest enhancement does just that. One of our most popular features is the ability to email...
ContractSafe announced today the availability of a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant version of its site hosted in the European Union. Following recently-launched integrations with...
Typically, the two most important reasons for choosing a Contract Management System (CMS) are increasing productivity and improving workflow for your team. A good CMS system will streamline contract...
Usually a company that’s getting started with a new contract management system has one big worry: How will I get all my existing contracts into this new system? If you’re like most companies, you...
Our best ideas come from customers...and we've been busy adding requested features and improvements. Here's a few recent improvements: Choosing "Type" on Upload. Now, whenever you upload contracts...
Today I’m going to answer a question I get asked all the time . . . what does OCR stand for, what is it, and why should I care about it? Most legal documents today are scans that are saved in PDF...
ContractSafe is now a member of the Okta Application Network. That means ContractSafe is an approved, pre-integrated application that works with Okta (and any other SAML 2.0 application) for easy...