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Headshift's Lee Bryant on Web2.0

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:46:43 +0000

Lee Bryant of Headshift, a Six Apart partner headquartered in the UK, shares his thoughts on the use of social tools in the workplace at the Unicom 2008 Social Tools Conference. His full presentation can be viewed here (audio improves significantly after slide #4).

Headshift has consulted on many Movable Type projects for clients such as law firm Allen & Overy, Do The Green Thing and Metro.

Austrian daily Salzburger Nachrichten more than doubles site traffic using Movable Type

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:34:57 +0000

Mein.salzburg.com, a community site dedicated to life and leisure in the Salzburg area, has more than doubled its readership since creating their Movable Type blog. The service is managed by Salzburger
Nachrichten, a respected daily newspaper read throughout Austria and is working toward being the premier address for all kinds of essential information for locals.

Find out how Salzburger Nachrichten used Movable Type to increase their audience and create a dedicated new community here.

Seesmic plugin available for Movable Type

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:19:24 +0000

Movable Type now offers a Seesmic plugin, which allows for video commenting on your Movable Type blog. The plugin can be downloaded from the Movable Type Plugin Directory, which features hundreds of plugins including the recently-released and acclaimed TypePad AntiSpam.

For a rare behind-the-scenes look at the making of a startup, look no further than Loic.tv, where Seesmic founder, serial entrepreneur, celebrity blogger and ex-director of Six Apart Europe, Loïc Le Meur, publishes videos daily.

Olivier Creiche interviewed by Spain's TCN Magazine

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:09:19 +0000

Olivier is featured in TCN (p.4, Issue #391, week of 11 June 2008), one of Spain's biggest channel weeklies, talking about the Six Apart EMEA Partner Program.

The Partner Program is open to companies across the EMEA region that are interested in working with Six Apart to market, resell and inform customers about Movable Type.

Olivier on LiveJournal sale, Six Apart strategy and the state of blogging today

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:38:37 +0000

Our thanks go out to Robert Andrews of PaidContent:UK for his incisive interview of Six Apart EMEA VP and General Manager, Olivier Creiche.

In the videotaped Q&A at the World Editors' Forum in Goteborg, Olivier talks openly about why Six Apart sold hot property LiveJournal to Russian online media company SUP, as well as on the death of blogging (!).

See the full interview here.

Dhana does South America

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:57:54 +0000

Six Apart EMEA is sending its very own Dhana Silva, Sales Manager of Spain and Latin America, on a 3 week-long blog evangelism tour that will cover her trek (in stilettos, of course) through Venezuela, Columbia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

With existing Spanish and South American clients like Hola, El Tiempo, El Pais, Banco Sabadell, El Clarin, Mobuzz TV, Mercurio and Microsiervos, Six Apart hopes to help spread blogging throughout this exciting region of the world. Among other things, Dhana will be sharing her insights on the growth of Web2.0 in Latin America, based on her discussions with industry leaders and other pioneering companies already using web technologies in their respective fields.

Check Dhana's Blogging Trip Across South America for news, photos and podcasts from her grand 5-country blog tour.

Linux.com on Movable Type 4.1

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:36:37 +0000

Today we were notified of a great review of Movable Type 4.1 on Linux.com. The thorough write-up outlines the strengths of Movable Type, as well as some helpful hints. Recommended reading for anyone looking for a bias-free view of professional blogging options.

The Guardian's 50 Most Powerful Blogs In The World: Redux

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:09:07 +0000

The Guardian's 50 Most Powerful Blogs In The World is back, featuring still more TypePad and Movable Type blogs than last time. According to the new shortlist, over 35% of the World's Most Powerful Blogs are powered by Movable Type or TypePad.

Blogs powered by Movable Type:
Huffington Post (#1)
Boing Boing (#2)
Kottke (#4)
Talking Points Memo (#7)
Beppe Grillo (#9)
Gawker (#10)
Treehugger (#13)
Microsiervos (#14)
Jezebel (#22)
Gaping Void (#31)
Chocolate & Zucchini (#38)
Samizdata (#39)

Blogs hosted by TypePad:
Marbury (#17)
Chez Pim (#18)
Greek Tragedy (#26)
Go Fug Yourself (#30)
The Daily Dish (#40)
Stylebubble (#48)

Nonprofit finds cost-effective solution to create strong web presence

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:03:54 +0000

When the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) was just starting out, they needed to create a website to build credibility -- on a limited budget.

"Organizations customarily spend over $40,000 for a website, plus more for a CMS. With Movable Type, our initial web development costs were close to zero."

-Andy Sernovitz, Founding CEO, Word of Mouth Marketing Association

To find out more about how Movable Type was an effective tool in WOMMA's success, see the full case study.

MT unites over 700 UNIQLO stores worldwide

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:45:52 +0000

UNIQLO, a Japanese apparel retailer that is now a global brand with more than 700 stores across the globe, needed a foolproof method to collect feedback from its employees. Enter Movable Type:

"Because Movable Type blogs are easy to grasp and allow posting via mobile phones, we are able, for the first time, to collect timely and critical feedback from our in-store employees, including part-time workers."

- Kiyoshi Mori, Fast Retailing (parent company of UNIQLO)

Click here to read the full UNIQLO case study.

Software provider uses MT to improve productivity

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:36:59 +0000

Citrix Online, a leading provider of software, on using Movable Type to create an easily searchable, central storage repository for ongoing projects:

"Movable Type has saved us time and money and has helped us protect the intellectual capital of our company."

-Hansel Larson, Web Developer, Citrix Online

Click here to see the full Citrix Online case study.

Movable Type makes global leader TBWA feel like a "25-person company"

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:00:41 +0000

TBWA, a leading international advertising agency, talks about using Movable Type to facilitate improved communication among its 9,700 employees scattered across 258 offices worldwide:

"Thanks to Movable Type, we'll save hundreds of thousands of dollars this year alone on publishing we didn't have to do, and meetings we didn't have to have."

-Laurie Coots, Chief Marketing Officer Worldwide, TBWA

Click here to see the full TBWA Case Study.

Global Enterprise Web 2.0 - a $5 billion industry?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:08:46 +0000

Six Apart has always understood the possibilities in enterprise-level blogging (internal and external communications, easy publishing, data collection for R&D through direct client feedback, content management, creation of virtual communities and social networks, etc...). This month, we found out that we are not the only ones who see a proliferation of Web 2.0 tools in large companies.

According to Global Enterprise Web 2.0 Market Forecast: 2007 To 2013, corporate spending in the Web 2.0 sector will hit $4.6 billion by 2013. The report, written by G. Oliver Young at Forrester Research, also names Six Apart as a major industry player.

¡Hola! launches community site

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:53:15 +0000

¡Hola!, the Spanish-language weekly celeb news magazine (and parent publication of Hello! magazine in the UK), has just launched a beta version of its community site, h! el corazón más joven. Built on Movable Type Community Solution, the site allows users to create a profile and dish about the stars with fellow fans online. Members can also stay on top of important dates with the event calendar (Scarlett Johanssen's debut album coming out 20 May!), post classified ads, check their horoscopes and watch videos. Incidentally, ¡Hola! also offers a host of blogs, all powered by Movable Type 4.

Contre-feux

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:58:38 +0000

Fittingly named after a collection of essays by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu which called for a counter-movement against an increasingly exploitable media at the mercy of world governments, Contre-feux has a mission: to provide a space for discussion and analysis free of biases and hidden agendas. Covering a wide array of international, cultural, political and economics stories, this French news analysis site encourages readers to react, discuss and petition in an honest and intellectual atmosphere.

Contre-feux takes advantage of Movable Type 4's community-friendly architecture, by allowing readers to create their own profiles for a truly interactive experience.