Blog Competition MurrayNewlands.com Summer 2009 Blog Competition Update
Hi Everyone! It has been great to see the best and the brightest in the blogging world come to MurrayNewlands.com!
I am happy to say that there were 52 entries- Thank you all for entering and putting in the time and effort to be part of the competition. It has been great meeting new bloggers and seeing all of the great, creative content out there on the web.
Thank you to the generous and wonderful competition sponsors Affiliate Window, Ad:tech London and Market Leverage- the competition would not be possible without you! And a huge thank you to our Competition judges for contributing their time and blogging wisdom to our selection process:
Steve Hall, Adrants and Ad:tech blogger 
Ted Murphy, CEO of IZEA 
Heather Smith, IZEA Network Ambassador and Beautiful British Columbia Blogger 
Joe Colburn, Critically acclaimed blogger at JoeTech.com
It is hard to make distinctions in the blogging community as everyone has their niche and perspective, but it is fun to see everyone represent their blog and see what kind of support they get from their readership! And with that…
I am pleased to announce Conny of http://brainfoggles.com/ is the overall winner.
Honorable mention
http://www.benspark.com/
www.trisha-lynn.com
Category Winners for The 2009 MurrayNewlands.com Blog Competition!
Social Media: Danny Brown: Social Media, PR and Marketing for the Conversation Age http://dannybrown.me/
Marketing: Business Marketing Online: An Article A Day http://www.bmon.co.uk/leadgeneration/
General: The Dreamin’ Demon: Real. Life. Horror. http://www.dreamindemon.com/
Reviews: Live for Films:
“I’m the Dude. So that’s what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.”
http://www.liveforfilms.com/
Fashion: Vintage Gent: Vintage Gent’s Menswear Daily
http://vintagegent.com/
Company: Engauge: 360-degree feedback, employee engagement and HR solutions build real business improvements. http://www.engauge.co.uk
Green: Environ Sustainability: Sustain the World’s Environment http://environsustainability.blogspot.com/
Mommy: Brain Foggles: Forgetting to Remember
http://brainfoggles.com/
Congratulations Everyone!
Top Ten MurrayNewlands.com Summer 2009 Blog Competition Vote-getters:
1. Dreamin’ Demon (General Blogger): 144 votes
2. Business Marketing Online (Marketing Blogger): 87 votes
3. Live For Films (Review Blogger): 43 votes
4. Watch With Mothers (Review Blogger): 37 votes
5. Trisha Lynn (Marketing Blogger): 25 votes
6. Ben Spark (General Blogger): 19 votes
7. Vintage Agent (Fashion Blogger): 17 votes
8. Midnight Movie Review (Review Blogger): 14 votes
9. Brain Foggles (Mommy Blogger): 14 votes
10. Dixon Jones (Marketing Blogger): 12 votes
Blog Competition Sponsors
Affiliate Window
Ad:tech London
MarketLeverage
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Congrats to all the winners- that’s a lot of votes! Looking forward to the next competition and maybe seeing some more categories
I’m impressed that I received an honorable mention. Thanks very much. And congrats to Connie of Brain Foggles, she is awesome!
Very successful contest Murray – and awesome prizes too!
Congrats to Connie and all the others who entered – you’re all winners
Thank you so much for this wonderful news! I am so honored. Thanks to all of the sponsors. Congrats to the other winners too.
Hey guys – “category winner” in marketing? I’m deeply humbled. Congrats to everyone who won or got honourable mentions.
Wow…I had no idea that I won for Fashion blog until I stumbled across this!
Do I get a candy bar now? Just kidding.
Thanks everyone for your votes
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