8. A method for gathering Customer Relationship Management (CRM) information in a variable imaging (VI) application, the method comprising: providing at least one digital image included in a digital asset database; associating at least one or more keywords with each digital image in the digital asset database, the at least one or more keywords including marketing information associated with the digital image; receiving, from a requesting user, a template for a VI job stream; generating the VI job stream, including: merging the at least one digital image with variable information included in a database using the template; receiving the VI job stream by a VI production system; and after the variable digital image is merged in a VI document, for each digital image inserted into the VI job stream, extracting the at least one or more keywords previously associated with the digital image; generating a CRM output containing the at least one or more extracted keywords associated with a recipient of the VI document and marketing information is based on interests of the recipient; and delivering the CRM output to the requesting user.
8. A method for gathering Customer Relationship Management (CRM) information in a variable imaging (VI) application, the method comprising: providing at least one digital image included in a digital asset database; associating at least one or more keywords with each digital image in the digital asset database, the at least one or more keywords including marketing information associated with the digital image; receiving, from a requesting user, a template for a VI job stream; generating the VI job stream, including: merging the at least one digital image with variable information included in a database using the template; receiving the VI job stream by a VI production system; and after the variable digital image is merged in a VI document, for each digital image inserted into the VI job stream, extracting the at least one or more keywords previously associated with the digital image; generating a CRM output containing the at least one or more extracted keywords associated with a recipient of the VI document and marketing information is based on interests of the recipient; and delivering the CRM output to the requesting user. 11. The method set forth in claim 8 , further comprising: storing the at least one or more associated keywords in a database; and linking each of the plurality of digital images to the at least one or more stored associated keywords, wherein the step of extracting the at least one or more keywords previously associated with the digital image includes extracting the at least one or more stored associated keywords linked to the digital image.