Comments on: About http://wineblogawards.org Recognizing Excellence in New Media Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hosting companies in india http://wineblogawards.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 Hosting companies in india Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:36:39 +0000 http://wineblogawards.org/?page_id=2#comment-2189 I very much to like and agree with your point of view.I have met some really neat people through the comments, I certainly want to encourage more me to comment. I very much to like and agree with your point of view.I have met some really neat people through the comments, I certainly want to encourage more me to comment.

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]]> By: thewineguy http://wineblogawards.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 thewineguy Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:20:26 +0000 http://wineblogawards.org/?page_id=2#comment-2171 When do the nominations open for 2012?<br><br>Have you read this wine blog-site?<br><br><a href="http://gavinhubble-wineblogs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://gavinhubble-wineblogs.b...</a><br><br> When do the nominations open for 2012?

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]]> By: Alana Gentry http://wineblogawards.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Alana Gentry Mon, 30 May 2011 21:53:01 +0000 http://wineblogawards.org/?page_id=2#comment-1743 Tom & WBC team,<br><br>I know how hard you and your team/advisors have worked to develop these awards and have deftly dealt with growing pains. It's good to see that you are continuing to develop the project.<br><br>It's a hard thing you're doing and I give you lots of credit for dealing with questions like mine. I have no doubt that you've had tons of conversations and there may never be answers to best practices for contests/awards.That said, I have a burning question. (smile)I wonder if the self-promotion (via Twitter mostly) for nominations threatens to cheapen the awards making it appear that potential winners are begging for a promotional tool (the WBA logo) for their websites/blogs. It's like producers vying for the Oscar but bloggers are using social media, therefore it is loudly public.The public voting after the nominations are in is the culprit, yes? I'd like to hear the panel's thoughts regarding the purpose behind the public voting. Does it cheapen it when the nominees are begging their social media circles to vote for them? If they don't create buzz/get the votes, they can't win, right?  <br><br>Is the public voting a panacea for the potential accusation of the panel giving awards to a small coterie of insiders/friends?<br><br>Ok, now that I've got the question out of my head, it no longer feels like a burning question, maybe just a nagging thought. Any perspective?<br><br>Warmly,<br>Alana<br> Tom & WBC team,

I know how hard you and your team/advisors have worked to develop these awards and have deftly dealt with growing pains. It's good to see that you are continuing to develop the project.

It's a hard thing you're doing and I give you lots of credit for dealing with questions like mine. I have no doubt that you've had tons of conversations and there may never be answers to best practices for contests/awards.That said, I have a burning question. (smile)I wonder if the self-promotion (via Twitter mostly) for nominations threatens to cheapen the awards making it appear that potential winners are begging for a promotional tool (the WBA logo) for their websites/blogs. It's like producers vying for the Oscar but bloggers are using social media, therefore it is loudly public.The public voting after the nominations are in is the culprit, yes? I'd like to hear the panel's thoughts regarding the purpose behind the public voting. Does it cheapen it when the nominees are begging their social media circles to vote for them? If they don't create buzz/get the votes, they can't win, right?  

Is the public voting a panacea for the potential accusation of the panel giving awards to a small coterie of insiders/friends?

Ok, now that I've got the question out of my head, it no longer feels like a burning question, maybe just a nagging thought. Any perspective?

Warmly,
Alana

]]> By: Jeremy Parzen http://wineblogawards.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Jeremy Parzen Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:49:56 +0000 http://wineblogawards.org/?page_id=2#comment-480 why was I able to comment and nominate for other categories but not for best writing? help please... thanks! why was I able to comment and nominate for other categories but not for best writing? help please… thanks!

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