First Annual BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Pet Blogging and Social Media Awards
Announcing: the WINNERS!
Emcee Wendy Diamond added to the glam as twelve winners were announced and recognized during our red carpet gala awards ceremony at BlogPaws 2012, on Saturday evening, June 23.
We’re all grateful to Halo, Purely for Pets and Freekibble.com, the official sponsors of the 2012 BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Pet Blogging and Social Media Awards, who generously provided prizes for the winners, along with donations of 5,000 meals EACH to the shelter/rescue organization of the winner’s choice. Count ’em up and see where they’re going below!
Plus, the winners voted for World Vets to receive $100 each from BlogPaws, and to honor our wonderful #BlogPawty staff we “rounded up” to $2,000. ;-D
That was one of the six donations announced at our now-traditional closing of every BlogPaws conference, for a total this year of $12,120 in cash and another boatload of left-over pet products (a/k/a swag) for this year’s local pet welfare organization, Friends of Animals Utah.
Here are your WINNERS!
Winner for Best Blog Design:
Karen Nichols for
Karen’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Blog Design Finalists:
Winner for Best Bark Blog:
Paris Permenter and
John Bigley for
Paris’ and John’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Bark Blog Finalists:
Winner for Best Meow Blog:
Debbie Glovatsky for
Debbie’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Meow Blog Finalists:
Winner for Best Wiggle Blog:
Erinn Whitmore for
Erinn’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Wiggle Blog Finalists:
Winner for Best Cause Blog:
Christina Lee for
Christina’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Cause Blog Finalists:
Winner for Best New Blog:
Tracy Baetz for
Tracy’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best New Blog Finalists:
Winner for Best Blog Writing:
Robin Craft for
Black & Orange Cat Foundation Blog: Life in Rescue
Robin’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Blog Writing Finalists:
Winner for Best Humor Blog:
Yasmine Surovec for
Yasmine’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Humor Blog Finalists:
Winner for Best Blog Photo:
Jennifer Costello for
My Brown Newfies:
“World at My Paws“
Jennifer’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Blog Photo Finalists:
My Brown Newfies:
“World at My Paws“
My Tail Hurts from Wagging So Much:
“Me and My Shadow“
Sky Blue Photography Blog:
“Colors of the Season“
The Cat Ball: “Nyan Cat Ball“
Winner for Best Blog Video:
CJ Jackson for
My Favorite Pup:
“Santa Paws – Santa’s Little Helper
CJ’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Blog Video Finalists:
Brewskie Butt:
“Brewskie Butt ‘Rock Star’ Video“
Glogirly:
“(Blog)Paws Crossed – the Video“
My Favorite Pup:
“Santa Paws – Santa’s Little Helper“
Pepi Smart Dog:
“Rainbow Bridge Guided Tour“
Winner for Best Facebook Design:
Alana Miller for
Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary
Alana’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Facebook Design Finalists:
Winner for Best Twitter Design:
Cathy Keisha Kleinke for
Cathy’s choice to receive 5,000 meals from Halo and Freekibble:
Best Twitter Design Finalists:
Thanks again for the FAB-U-LOUS support from our sponsors!
As Freekibble.com’s official pet food sponsor since 2010, Halo donates the award-winning Halo Spot’s Stew Freekibble distributes to shelters and rescues throughout the U.S. – over 1 million meals every year. Halo, co-owned by animal advocate Ellen DeGeneres, has been making all-natural pet food from ingredients you can find in your own kitchen since 1986.
60,000 Meals! Gifts! Cash!
Freekibble.com awarded each of the 12 winners a 5,000-meal donation of Halo Spot’s Stew to the rescue or shelter of the winner’s choice. Winners also receive a $100 gift certificate to Halopets.com. And each runner-up finalist will receive one Halo gift pack.
Plus, the Winners got to vote on one more pet-related organization to receive one of our traditional closing ceremony donations from BlogPaws — and they chose World Vets! We’d promised to donate $100 for each winner, but we rounded up and a check for $2,000 is going to World Vets from the Nose-to-Nose winners and BlogPaws!
BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose™ Social Media Pet Blogging Awards
Who: BlogPaws, the first online pet community to establish an offline social media marketing conference bringing together brands and bloggers, announces the BlogPaws “Nose-to-Nose” Social Media Pet Blogging Awards, 2012.
What: This is the only awards program where pet bloggers (and pet people who “microblog” on Twitter and Facebook) are being judged by a panel of distinguished professionals on their expertise, creativity, and performance in one or more of 12 categories. Best of all, The BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Awards are not a popularity contest!
When: Nominations open April 23, 2012 and close May 6th.
How: Bloggers may nominate themselves or another pet blogger or microblogger.
Which: Categories for which a blog may be nominated are:
- Best Blog Design: judged on overall design elements of the blog homepage/landing page.
- Best Blog Writing: judged on overall writing skill – is the message clear to the reader?
- Best Humor Blog: judged on overall sense of humor – does it make us laugh?
- Best Bark Blog: judged on the content as it applies to dogs and dog parents.
- Best Meow Blog: judged on the content as it applies to cats and cat parents.
- Best Wiggle Blog: judged on focus of blog toward non-traditional pets (i.e. ferrets, guinea pigs, chickens, etc).
- Best New Blog: less than one year old, with good content and engagement.
- Best Cause Blog: judged on message, purpose and results as demonstrated on the blog.
- Best Video on a Blog: judged independently (one video per blog); is it well done, focused, creative and purposeful?
- Best Photo on a Blog: judged independently (one photo per blog); is it well done, focused, creative and purposeful?
- Best Facebook Design: judged on overall design of Facebook header and use of special Facebook page features.
- Best Twitter Design: judged on overall design elements for Twitter profile background.
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