Business Wire

KickApps (www.kickapps.com), the industry's first complete Social Software solution, received the "Best Social Media Platform" Award at the 2009 DPAC Awards (www.dpacawards.com) on December 8, 2009, in New York City. The DPAC Awards honors overall excellence and breakthrough achievement in Digital Publishing and Advertising. The DPAC Awards are presented by DM2, the publishers of digiday:DAILY and the hosts of the DPAC events.

"KickApps has shown us yet again that its innovation and leadership is producing a best-in-class solution for the publishers, advertisers and brands," said Nick Friese, CEO of DM2 Media. "When our judges reviewed the entries, KickApps stood out as the clear winner because of its innovative products, position in the market, and vision for where social media, online publishing and advertising come together. Congratulations to everyone at KickApps for this achievement and I look forward to seeing more great things from the company in 2010."

One of the most recognized brands in the Social Software industry, KickApps enables any web site publisher to easily create social media experiences on branded web sites, including full featured social media microsites that enable premium sponsorship opportunities for brands. KickApps powered experiences, including online communities, social networks, user-generated content, Social Video, comments & ratings, sharing, message boards, and widgets, allow brands to deepen relationships with customers, and media, entertainment and sports companies to grow and engage their online audiences and fans.

Throughout 2009, KickApps has continued to grow its business in the Media, Entertainment and Sports industries, adding innovative new Social Software product solutions that increase online engagement and create new premium sponsorship revenue opportunities, which are proving far more effective than basic display advertising campaigns.

Additionally, KickApps has fast become one of the emerging leaders in the Social CRM/Social Marketing sector, providing solutions for global Fortune 1,000 brands and marketing agencies. These new solutions are enabling brand and product marketers to quickly and cost effectively spawn full featured customer facing experiences in order to learn from and more effectively listen to their customers, deliver deep and meaningful online engagement experiences, and better inform product development, sales and marketing.

"2009 has been an extremely exhilarating year in the life of KickApps and this award reaffirms that our company continues to be in the right place at the right time," said Alex Blum, CEO, KickApps. "Our unique approach at KickApps is to provide our clients with an unparalleled breadth of social media applications that can be easily and cost effectively used to spawn new social media publisher and marketer experiences, and to also be integrated into any web site with the flexibility that our diverse client base requires. This year has validated our vision for the industry and I'm extremely excited about the momentum we're already seeing for 2010. We're humbled and honored to receive this award and I'd like to extend my deepest gratitude to our clients, partners and all of our employees for a tremendous year."

About KickApps

KickApps is an award winning Social Software platform that provides brands, enterprises and web publishers with solutions that enable social, interactive, dynamic, distributed and data-informed web experiences. KickApps solutions consist of a suite of hosted social and media applications and services that are used by some of the world's largest websites and brands to grow & engage their online audiences and deepen relationships with customers. Clients include: Scripps' Food2.com, NBC Universal's Local Media, including NBCNewYork.com and NBCLosAngeles.com, The NHL.com and all team sites, Budget Travel, CW Television, Guinness World Records, Special Olympics, HBO, Cox Television, the Phoenix Suns, the New York Knicks, the New York Rangers and thousands of other web sites. For more information, visit www.kickapps.com and www.kickdeveloper.com.