A Newsweek publication, Budget Travel is a leading source of information and inspiration for everyday adventurers the world over. With KickApps technology, BudgetTravel.com visitors can network with fellow travellers and share their stories in personal journals that include videos and photos. The site also uses KickApps comments & ratings functionality, so when a member participates in the conversation around a piece of editorial content, her comments are associated with her profile.

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Ovation TV, the only multi-platform network devoted to art and contemporary culture, chose KickApps to power its new online community for viewers in 2008, with the goal of allowing people who love art to participate with the brand. Members uploaded more than 60,000 works of art within the first 10 months of the OvationTV.com community, a place where members can not only share their creative endeavors, but also form interest groups, join discussions, start blogs, vote on programming, chat live and upload images, video and audio. As a result, in less than a year, Ovation TV’s online traffic shot up by 145 percent, page views jumped 311 percent, and the average time spent by users on the site quadrupled.

Ovation TV

H&R Block’s digits^TM Community (www.digits.hrblock.com) is a destination where people can get expert advice and answers from expert tax professionals. Launched during the lead up to the April 2009 tax filing deadline in the US, H&R Block, its agency MillerMeiers and KickApps worked together to develop the Tax Talk & Blogs section (allowing visitors to leave comments & interact with the experts) and widgets to share the content around the social web.

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TwoofUs.org is a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, a national resource and clearinghouse for information and research relating to healthy marriages. The website provides programming and content for parents, married couples and soon-to-be married people. KickApps powers the online community, providing members to share their stories and connect with others for support.

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The USGA created an online Memory Book to celebrate Arnold Palmer’s 80th birthday celebrations this year. The KickApps powered website invites fans to share their memories of Arnold by blogging or uploading photos and videos. Golfing legend, Tiger Woods, is joined by Rocco Mediate, Cal Ripken, and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, in sharing their Arnold memories. The Memory Book will be presented to Arnold on his 80th birthday.

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The online Fan Community connects people who are passionate about building a more accepting and inclusive world and enables them to share their stories and celebrate the spirit of the Special Olympics. The Fan Community was designed by Perfect Sense Digital (http://www.perfectsensedigital.com/) and built by the KickApps Client Solutions team. The website features a social network where members can create an online profile about themselves, friend other members of the community, upload blogs, photos and videos, engage in conversations with other members on message boards, and comment, rate and tag content that has been created and uploaded by other members.

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Synonymous with world-class television entertainment, HBO reaches more than 38 million subscribers nationally. The network chose KickApps technology to power the user-generated video engine for their acclaimed documentary about the African-American experience, The Black List: Volume One.

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49ers Faithful is the official fan community of the San Francisco football team. The team leveraged KickApps social networking applications, video & photo sharing, blogs and message boards so their fans can share their passion for the team and even intereract with their favorite players.

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The official social network of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, McCainSpace uses KickApps technology to foster conversations between voters and share their point of view via videos, blog posts and more. Sites like this and My.BarackObama.com are facilitating some of the most important interactions Americans will have this year, and KickApps is proud to have a small role in the process.

An American cultural institution, National Public Radio uses KickApps technology to power Get My Vote, a social media forum in which everyday citizens can speak up about their political points of view, and share dialog with their peers via video, audio, and text. It all starts with one question: What will it take for a candidate to get your vote?

NPR's Get My Vote

USA Votes 2008 is a production of the Voice of America (VOA), whose internet, television and radio broadcasts reach more than 134 million people every week. In this election year of unprecedented international interest, VOA has leveraged KickApps to power an online meeting place for visitors to learn more about the candidates and the electoral process, and to share their own experiences, comments, and questions through videos, discussion forums, blog posts and more.

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I Am A Ranger is the official social network of the New York Rangers hockey team. Powered by KickApps, the site invites Blueshirt Fanatics the world over to express their passion for the team and connect with each other by sharing photos, videos, shout-outs and more.

NY Rangers' "I Am A Ranger"

The NFL's Seattle Seahawks created a custom, KickApps-powered social media community called Spirit of 12. The site leverages video and photo sharing, and empowers Seahawk fans the world over to share their passion and connect via integrated blogs, message boards and groups.

Seattle Seahawks Spirit of 12

Airing on 182 stations representing more than 96% of the country, 'Rachael Ray' is one of the most successful shows on television. In order to engage viewers around the Rachael Ray brand, the show uses KickApps technology to power an online community promoting healthy lifestyles.

Established in 2002, the Bonnaroo music and arts festival is one of the most well-known and well-regarded contemporary music events in the world. More than 80,000 people attended the 2007 Bonnaroo, and this year is slated to be even bigger, featuring more than 100 bands and 20 comedians performing on 13 stages. Through media sharing, viral widgets, social networking and more, Bonnaroo is using KickApps to build buzz and encourage active audience participation leading up to the event.

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A household name, Guinness World Records uses KickApps to power a dynamic social media community around its brand. Visitors can view the site's library of video records, take a crack at fame themselves by uploading their own, or share their amazement on message boards, blogs, or through audio and photo uploads.

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A joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corporation, The CW broadcast television network boasts a popular programming line up including "America's Next Top Model," "Smallville," and "One Tree Hill." When the network sought a technology partner to help them build social media communities around these and other hit shows, they chose KickApps.

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Planet Orange is the official network of the NBA's Phoenix Suns and their award winning website, Suns.com. Planet Orange leverages the KickApps platform and Microsoft Silverlight to enable the team's fans to share their passions, opinions, and reactions to last night's game with video, audio, photos, blogs and message boards. 

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