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Belgacom has recently unveiled Belgacom One, a new B2B solution that integrates the services provided by three Belgacom Group divisions: Belgacom, Proximus and Telindus. Check out the website designed by our studio to learn more about this “one stop shopping” for large accounts and public sector.

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As part of the global redesign of the Proximus Generation website, we released last week the new version of the Proximus moblog platform. A new amazing feature to be tested out: transform instantly your moblog into a full-screen slideshow that displays your pictures in an immersive 3D environment. Download the PicLens plug-in for your browser and check out this example from a Proximus customer who enabled this functionality on his personal moblog (just click on the arrow that appears on the picture when you pass your mouse over).

If you participate to the BVIC / ABCI (Belgian Association of Internal Communication Managers) Congress this Tuesday, don’t miss our two afternoon’s workshops about how Web 2.0 technologies “behind the firewall” are presently reshaping and improving knowledge sharing and internal communication practices inside large corporations. Practical info on BVIC / ABCI website.

Well, it seems that April is Madame Pipi’s month. After winning a IAC award for “I Need To Go”, we’ve been warned this week that this campaign has been nominated by the Webby Awards, probably the most prestigious award competition in the Internet world.

The Webby public voting website is now open until May 1st to elect the final winners in the nominees’ list. Enjoy the Internet Toilet? Register on the website and give your voice to Pauline (Interactive Advertising > “Rich Media Single: B to C” category). Because she’s worth it.

Our colleagues of The Reference have released this week the new website of KBC. Ambitious objective: setting new standards in e-banking websites by focusing on the only opinion that really matters, the end customer’s one. During two years of intensive work, a special effort has been put in improving usability and user exprerience through an extensive research process that included a.o. sector benchmarks, visitor scenarios, interviews conducted with several user groups, eye-tracking on customers panels and definition of KPI that will measure the success of this new website in the future. Check out the result here and, as usual, don’t hesitate to share your advice with us in the comments.

Our already world-famous I Need To Go has been selected by ours friends of Culture Buzz for the very first Viral Film Festival, a new section of the BE FILM Underground Festival that will be held this month in New York City.

If you’re located in the Tribeca area, don’t miss this event on Monday 28th April 2008 at The Dolby Screening Room. Practical info and registration for screening and cocktail on the festival website.

For those who attended our Academy on Social Media, the presentations are now available online. Missed our event? Don’t forget you have the opportunity to attend the second session we organise in Ghent on 17th April in collaboration with The Reference. Don’t wait and register now, we’ve still a few seats at your disposal…

Design, integration, CMS deployment, newsletters and promotional contests management: our collaboration with Flammarion, a giant of French-speaking publishing business, is a good demonstration of the “full service” approach which is at the heart of Emakina’s philosophy. To be pointed out: the implementation of Mediasphere, a custom-made content management system specifically dedicated to the publishers market. This ColdFusion toolkit helps our client’s crew to maintain the main hub as well as the websites of other brands under the Flammarion umbrella: Casterman Jeunesse, Casterman BD, Flammarion Enseignants…

We will participate next month to a conference on web copywriting and the collaboration between professional web writers and web agencies. Info and registration on the website of Technofutur TIC.

The Spanish city of Zaragoza is about to host the next international exposition which will promote the theme of water and sustainable development. Check out the virtual tour we designed for the March issue of Fortis Mine Magazine to learn more about this unique event.

As the very first 100% web-based banking institution on the Belgian market, Keytrade Bank (a subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole) appointed us for a global overhaul of their website in order to improve the service segmentation and raise the visitor/customer conversion ratio. After a long work on user experience to better highlight Keytrade’s financial products and services, we launched this new version a few weeks ago. If you’re a Keytrade Bank customer, we’d be curious to get your feedback about this revamping.

As a publicly traded company, we announce today our financial results for 2007. An extremely positive year which confirms Emakina’s position as a key European player in its sector. For the financial year 2007, Emakina posted sales of 17.371.543 EUR compared to 8.448.423 EUR for the previous year, an increase of 106% and a performance above the initial forecast of 15 000 000 EUR. At constant scope, sales increased by 47% in 2007. Emakina’s EBITDA (operating profit before depreciation and amortization) rose by 44% and reached 1 576 603 EUR compared to 1 095 162 EUR during the previous year. Finally, earnings per share rose from 9.91 EUR cents in 2006 to 18.69 EUR cents in 2007.

For further information, download the official press release in Financial Results section of our website.

Remember: last October, Emakina improved the life of millions of Internet users by launching I Need To Go, the first website where you can relieve yourself without spending a penny (to coin a phrase). Gents or ladies, whatever your business, I Need To Go is always free and, on the way out, Madame Pipi has even a little surprise offered by ING bank…

Today, we have the pleasure to announce we’ve won the Best Bank Rich Media Online Campaign of 2007 at the IAC Awards. Organised by the Web Marketing Association in the United States, this competition rewards each year the best interactive campaigns of the last 12 months at a worldwide level. A huge distinction for the smallest room on the Internet ;).

We will participate next month to a discussion panel during “Le Mobile 2.0″, a French conference about the latest trends and innovations in the mobile world. If you’re in the Paris area, don’t hesitate to register to this event: the programme and speakers list look really interesting. More info on the official website.

Blogs, Wikis, Social Networks, Social Shopping platforms… With the rise of the Web 2.0 galaxy, consumers have more power than ever to access information and share their opinion on absolutely everything… including your own products and services. In partnership with Attentio, Emakina and The Reference invite you to join this global conversation that is totally reshaping the brand-customer relationship. You will learn more about Customer Intelligence 2.0, Social Influencer Marketing, PR 2.0 and Social Media Optimization techniques.

Want to attend this Academy? Join us on 21st March (Brussels) or on 17th April (Ghent).

Agenda and free registration on the Events page of our website.

So, Clo was looking for some donators to fill in the goodie bag for the geek dinner that will follow the next Barcamp Ghent on 29th March. We’ve heard her call and we’re very happy to offer a small geek gift for those who will attend this event. More info on www.brusselsgirlgeekdinner.be.

IBBT (Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology) is an independent research institute founded by the Flemish government to stimulate ICT innovation. It brings together companies, authorities and non-profit organizations to join forces on research and development projects like Mobixx, the spin-off I recently wrote about.

Last week, our teams launched the brand new IBBT website. As good information design was central on this project, we organised several workshops in collaboration with the CUO (Center for Usability Research) in order to optimize the user experience towards the several IBBT target groups, including the disabled (the website is compliant with the “any surfer” label).

A joint collaboration Emakina / The Reference and our third major project with Drupal as Content Management System.

Krauthammer is a training, coaching and consulting company that helps “clients progress rapidly from thinking differently to acting differently to deliver substantial lasting impact.” For this new international client, we’ve built a new custom-made ColdFusion CMS that enables the administrators to manage the content in 11 different versions. Web design by Emakina, development by B. On The Net.