On monday we (Sebastian and André) hold three sessions concerning Silverlight and Expression Blend 3 at WebTech Conference in Karlsruhe. It was exciting for us to come together with interested particpiators and colleagues.

So if you want, you can download or watch the slides of our sessions here (in german):

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If you have further questions or suggestions don’t hesitate and feel free to contact us at any time.

Today, we published another fanbook on SnipClip:

It contains seven video scenes and one commentary from the new and award-winning movie Wüstenblume! The movie tells the story of a nomad girl becoming a topmodel. If you watch the video collectibles of the fanbook you get an impression of the story and the movie. So, have fun with SnipClip!

Yesterday, we published a new Design Hotels fanbook on SnipClip! In my opinion, it’s the most beautiful collector’s book we have created so far. It takes you on a road trip throughout Europe and introduces you to some amazing Design Hotels in Spain, Germany & Switzerland, and Austria & Italy. The first slide (page) contains eight collectibles featuring luxury hotels in some of Spain’s most exciting cities.

Collectors, who complete the Roadtrip Spain Fanbook until September 31, enter a sweepstake to win two nights at the 5-star luxury Hotel Claris in Barcelona, Spain! So make sure to participate and complete the collection in time.

The Design Hotels AG represents over 170 luxury hotels in 40 countries. To become an official Design Hotel, hotels submit a member application and get certified. An official Yearbook showcases all member hotels and with help of SnipClip, Design Hotels now also offers an online collector’s book. This is available to all Facebook users and the almost 3000 fans of Design Hotels in the social network.

The Design Hotels Facebook fanpage also features a new SnipClip tab. Here, fans of Design Hotels (and only fans!) can click on the Design Hotels fanwall to get additional collectibles.

Additionally, collectors may also visit the Design Hotels’ web pages of the featured Roadtrip hotels in order to advance with their collection and discover more snips!

Good luck with your participation in the sweepstakes and we hope to receive a postcard from the lucky winner who will stays at the hotel in Barcelona.

Click here to get to SnipClip on Facebook.

Felix Schrader, editor of CREATE OR DIE, interviewed me at the Webinale conference about the Webinale Fanbook and SnipClip’s mobile integration of QR code (twodimensional barcodes). The interview is in German:

Usually, the coffee consumptions at startups is huge. In this case, however, SnipClip is really an exceptional case. Sebastian and Oliver drink no coffee at all and I have coffee very rarely. But we all love tea. Lots of tea.

So, it seems obvious that we should publish a tea collection. And – trombone please – here it is!

This so called Teabook is sponsored by allmyTea, a German website that allows you to mix and order your custom tea. The first page of the Teabook shows the seven basic tea ingredients, each collectible provides a brief description.

Get your own Teabook on Facebook or MySpace. Everyone completing the Teabook by July 31th, automatically participates when allmyTea is raffling off five “Luftige Erfrischung” teablends.

So, good luck and have fun!

Martin

Today was an exciting day. First, we pitched at the EXIST Venture Forum. There were about ten venture capitalists, e.g. Earlybird, Holtzbrinck, SevenOne, Target, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Creathor, DuMont and others. Thanks to Stylight, EXIST, CDTM, LMU EC, Gründer Regio M and b-neun, who organized the event!

Second, we launched SnipClip on Facebook and MySpace! There are three fanbooks for:

• Big Buck Bunny – a funny open source animation movie
• Flavian – a swiss musician
• Design Hotels – the most beautiful hotels in the world!

There will be new fanbooks and a lottery on Monday! So stay tuned and have a good time!

For our offices in Munich, Germany, and San Francisco, USA, we search for motivated people with entrepreneurial spirit and a background in business development / marketing. SnipClip offers you an internship in the context of an exciting and fast growing industry: the virtual goods business.

Here is the job description (in German – contact us for an English version):

SnipClip bringt den Sammelspaß ins Internet. SnipClip ist ein junges Unternehmen aus München mit einem begeisterten und leidenschaftlichen Team. Unser Ziel ist es, ein unterhaltsames Social Game für Facebook und MySpace zu entwickeln, das es unseren Partner aus der Sport- und Unterhaltungsbranche ermöglicht, ihre In-halte online zu bewerben und zu vermarkten. Für die Verwirklichung dieser Vision suchen wir eine/n Praktikanten/in mit unternehmerischem Geist. Deine Bewer-bung schicke bitte an jobs _at_ snipclip.com.

Wir bieten Dir:

• Startup-Atmosphäre – Du entscheidest mit und Deine Taten wirken!
• Die Option auf ein Auslandspraktikum in San Francisco, Kalifornien
• Die Perspektive auf eine Ãœbernahme in eine Langzeitanstellung
• Flexible Arbeitszeiten und eine steile Lernkurve

Deine Tätigkeiten sind:

• Markt- und Unternehmensinformationen recherchieren und analysieren
• Marketing-Unterlagen und Kundenangebote entwickeln
• Kundenkontakte generieren
• Verhandlungen mit Kunden und Partnern vorbereiten und begleiten

Du solltest mitbringen:

• Erfahrung im Umgang mit Kunden vorteilhaft und Service-Orientierung
• Flexibilität und unternehmerischer Geist
• Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englisch-kenntnisse in Word und Schrift
• Viele Freunde auf Facebook, MySpace und Co. ;-) 

The German economy magazine Handelsblatt published an article in its today issue about SnipClip and our idea to promote and monetize brands in online communities through the sales of virtual collectibles. The author also quotes a consultant from Vivaldi Partners that there will be many creative ad formats in the near future, especially during the world soccer cup 2010. Lets see if there will be a SnipClip soccer fanbook next year! If someone knows somebody from the FIFA, let me know! And have a good time!

For our office in Munich, Germany, we search for a web designer that joins the founders team. Find detailed information (in German) here. For information in English, please contact us.

(German text)

SnipClip bringt den Sammelspaß ins Internet. SnipClip ist ein junges Unternehmen aus München mit einem begeisterten und leidenschaftlichen Team. Unser Ziel ist es, ein unterhaltsames Social Game für Facebook und MySpace zu entwickeln, das es unseren Partner aus der Sport- und Unterhaltungsbranche ermöglicht, ihre Inhalte online zu bewerben und zu vermarkten. Für die Verwirklichung dieser Vision suchen wir eine(n) kreative(n) und hart arbeitende(n) Mitgründer/in mit unternehmerischem Geist. Als Bewerbung schicke uns bitte ein Sammelalbum (vgl. www.snipclip.com) über Dich und Deine Referenzen an jobs _at_ snipclip.com.

Wir bieten Dir:

• Eine kreative Arbeitsatmosphäre mit viel Gestaltungs- und Entscheidungsfreiraum
• Abwechslungsreiche Tätigkeiten und stets neue Herausforderungen
• Flexible Arbeitszeiten und die Möglichkeit, auch von zuhause aus zu arbeiten

Deine Tätigkeiten sind:

• Unser Corporate Design und Website zu gestalten 
• Rich User Interfaces und Experiences zu entwerfen und umzusetzen 
• Grafiken, Videos und Animationen für unsere Sammelalben und unsere Marketing-Unterlagen zu erstellen

Du solltest mitbringen:

• Freude an der Entwicklung innovativer und intuitiver Benutzerschnittstellen 
• Fortgeschrittene Kenntnisse in der Grafik- und Videobearbeitung sowie in Flash oder Silverlight 
• Viele Freunde auf Facebook, MySpace & Co. ;-)

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, visited the FH Köln in April and conducted a presentation about Microsoft. He also mentioned BizSpark and “Unternimm was.”. The corresponding slide showed the logos of the “Unternimm was.” startups – including the SnipClip logo!

PS: Thanx Tobias for making me aware of this video!