With the release of WordPress 3.0 right around the corner, I thought I might offer some perspective to those arguing against said tool as a professional content management platform.

I figured the quickest way to do this is simply to point out 20 large companies building their brand by means of WordPress – the links below taking you to their individual portfolio pages on the WordPress showcase:

1. Fisher Price Expert Series
   
2. UPS Racing
   
3. Nikon Festival
   
4. Pepsi Refresh Everything Blog
   
5. Now Playing by Nokia
   
6. Intel Blogathon 2009
   
7. OnStar Connections
   
8. VW TankWars
   
9. Best Buy
   
10. The Ford Story
    
11. BLogitech
    
12. Samsung Newsroom
    
13. GE reports
    
14. Inside BlackBerry
    
15. WSJ. Magazine
    
16. Coke Studio
    
17. eBay Insider
    
18. Yodel Anecdotal
    
19. Xerox
    
20. BNET
    

Please don’t misinterpret the purpose of this post. It’s not my intent to disparage other open source nor professional web-based content management systems …

… rather, I’m simply pointing out that WordPress isn’t just for us tech-weenies anymore