First of all, thanks to everyone who voted last year! You put this blog in the top spot in the "best b-to-b marketing-topic blog" category in the 2004 MarketingSherpa Readers' Choice Best Blog Awards

Well, it's now 2005 and MarketingSherpa's 2nd Annual Reader's Choice Blog Awards are just around the corner, and the voting starts today.

If you dig it, please Vote Here! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=333931095143


After doing some quick analysis on last years' winners and this years' nominees, it's interesting to note that there are only 2 winners from last year that were not nominated this year. Canuckflack and re:invention, Kirsten Osolind's blog.

After looking over many of the entries, I see a lot of folks I know! Great stuff. Toby's in here. Brian Carroll is in, and Kirsten posted a fabulous comment - please have a read.

Dana,

Congratulations on another nomination!

Cheers,
Brian

Here's to you blogmeister!

Congrats, Dana, on your well-deserved nomination!

Yes, we were disappointed about our blog's exclusion from Marketing Sherpa's Best Blog nominations...but with re:invention representing Northwestern's Center for Women Entrepreneurs in Technology, Springboard Enterprises Venture Forum, nearly 20 clients, and 40 different re:invention associates, I have become a Marketing Company CEO with limited time to blog (a sentiment echoed by a marketing leader whom I revere, Dick Edelman). My role on Springboard Venture Forum Mid-West's steering committee, Entrepreneur marketing column, chairperson responsibilities for YWCA Future Leaders Board, and new responsibilities on Chicago NAWBO's new Board of Directors as the National Public Policy Committee representative occupy what little free time I have - time which I once used for blogging. And reading blogs? I receive over 300 emails a day and am content-jammed long before I review my web content aggregator.

Over the past year, I have come to recognize that blogging - while sassy - does not monetize value like hard work and face-time with existing and new clients. Charlene Li (Forrester) and I spoke at length today over coffee about monetizing the blogosphere, content subscription models, and self-serve advertising systems during my trip to the West Coast for the Stanford New Media Networking Symposium and Women's Technology Cluster Venture Awards. I don't know the answer. But more than likely it involves re:invention associates becoming blog content authors.

On a more poignant note, re:invention has blossomed into intellectual activist, rather than traditional marketing blog, and out-grown Marketing Sherpa categories. We now focus on women-led businesses (not women-owned, not small businesses). Our goal is to move the social needle for women executives, women entrepreneurs, and women business owners. And that puts us squarely into a category of our own.

We are thrilled that one of re:invention's clients, Small Business Trends (edited by Anita Campbell, a technology and small business futurist) has taken our place on the marketing blog nomination roster. Small Business Trends is worth a daily read, and Anita is blazing the path towards profitable podcasting.

Wishing you continued success...

kindly,
kirsten
ceo and founder
re:invention, inc.
www.reinventioninc.com

Congratulations Dana.

My votes have been submitted.

Best of luck,

Peter

Of course you deserve the honor you get.

But how do you go about getting noticed by people like this?

Congratulations on your nomination. Your blog is most deserving of the honour.

Well, I don't have a nearly as elaborate explanation as Kirsten for Canuckflack's omission from the list of candidates.

Simply put, my new spam filter seems to catch marketingsherpa as well, no matter what I do.

As a result, I had no idea the new survey was coming up.

Best of luck, Dana!

Colin