Business Catalyst + Muse News from around the web.

BC Sandpile is a weekly online meeting run by Business Catalyst Partners for the purpose of sharing ideas, best practices, and networking.

http://businesscatalyst.com/bc-blog/bc-sandpile-december-meetings-1

Most of us have tons of photos lying around on our computer somewhere. So why not take some of those photos and enhance the free sites that Business Catalyst includes in your Creative Cloud Subscription?

http://businesscatalyst.com/bc-blog/video-of-the-month-publish-a-lightroom-web-gallery-to-a-bc-website

Our very own Karim Ardalan will be hosting a webinar tomorrow (Wednesday, October 23rd) to show you how Muse + BC work together as a dynamic duo.

The US/EU session will be at 9:00 AM United States (San Francisco) / 5:00PM Europe (London).

The Australian/EU session will be at 6:00PM Australia (Sydney) / 8:00AM Europe (London).

http://www.businesscatalyst.com/bc-blog/muse-bc-a-dynamic-duo-register-and-join-us-tomorrow

Please join Karim Ardalan from AID+BC on October 23, 2013 for a webinar on integrating your Muse site with Business Catalyst. This webinar is part of the ongoing "Partner Orientation Webinars" that Adobe is offering.


• Australian/EU session --- 6:00PM Australia (Sydney) / 8:00AM Europe (London)

• US/EU session --- 9:00AM United States (San Francisco) / 5:00PM Europe (London)


http://www.businesscatalyst.com/bc-blog/a-fresh-new-series-of-partner-orientation-webinars

The new release for Business Catalyst is set to go live on September 10th. This looks like a great release with many long-time requests from BC Partners. The highlights of this release include:


• Improved Web Form spam protection

• SEO metadata for products in eCommerce

• New custom report — Customer and e-mail marketing lists

• Recurring e-mail campaigns

• Improvements to In-Context editing


http://www.businesscatalyst.com/bc-blog/announcing-our-september-2013-system-update

The Adobe BC migration project is approaching its second major step, with the North American data center moving to its new location. On August 31st, 2013 the Business Catalyst North American data center will be migrated to the new Amazon Web Service infrastructure. As part of the migration process all sites located on the North American data center will experience an offline maintenance window of up to 8 hours.

http://www.businesscatalyst.com/bc-blog/north-american-data-center-migration-august-31st

Don't miss this year's annual Adobe MAX conference coming May 2013! This gathering of Business Catalyst Partners is a great opportunity to network with fellow developers and get tips on expanding your Business Catalyst cliental. AidBC's founder Karim Ardalan will be hosting a session there so make sure to check it out!

http://www.businesscatalyst.com/_blog/BC_Blog/post/Business_Catalyst_MAX_2013/

Are you a Zendesk user? Now you can sync your Zendesk account with your Business Catalyst site and improve your customer service! Our BC friends Two Blokes With A Postie have provided this new integration service. See link for more details!

http://www.businesscatalyst.com/_blog/BC_Blog/post/Zendesk_integration_with_Business_Catalyst/

We are thrilled to see the announcement of our upcoming Business Catalyst training classes posted on the official Business Catalyst blog! Due to this announcement, we've extended our early bird registration discount until February 8th. If you haven't registered yet, sign up today and save $200! Space is limited.

http://www.businesscatalyst.com/_blog/BC_Blog/post/AID_BC's_Hands-on_BC_Training_Program_powered_by_dashbee/

Listen to the latest episode of the BC podcast, the first of 2013! 

In this episode:


• Learn about the latest system update

• Hear an interview with BC ninja and Partner Liam Dilley


http://www.businesscatalyst.com/_blog/BC_Blog/post/Catch_the_first_episode_of_the_BC_Podcast_for_2013!/