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YouTube Announces the Winners of the 2013 Next Vlogger Competition

May 21, 2013 / Devon Glenn / No comments

YouTube has announced the winners of its Next Vlogger competition: an elite group of video bloggers who inspire others while they sit in front of the camera and talk about everything from their latest hauls from the beauty supply store to the best uses for pineapples.

The YouTube judges were looking to crown the next Philip DeFranco or iJustine, who are just two of the many talented vloggers who have made the format so popular on the video-sharing site.

The judges found talent in the U.S., England, Ireland, and Australia who cover a broad spectrum of geekery, beauty, comedy, and other topics.

And the winners are:

Each of these winners will attend a Google+ workshop series led by industry experts and YouTube staff. They’ll also receive $4,000 worth of production equipment and promotion of their channels on YouTube.

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Chart: The Internet’s Favorite Oscar Nominees

February 21, 2013 / Devon Glenn / No comments

It’s that time again: the 85th annual Academy Awards ceremony will air on February 25. While members of the Academy have already cast their votes, moviegoers are turning to social media to talk about which stars deserve an Oscar the most. Can they predict the outcome?

To create this leader board of internet favorites, Taykey measured the volume of conversation around each nominee on 50,000 social forums, noting the amount of positive sentiment the fans expressed. “This is interesting,” the company wrote. “Though Alan Arkin received the lowest number of conversations in his category, those conversations were all positive. The Academy votes passion more than popularity, so the sentiment score on this may be more predictive than the volume score.  But we had to make a choice and in social media world volume seems to win out.”

In the chart below, the nominees are ranked by popularity in the most anticipated categories of the night. Here, the musical “Les Misérables“ wins in more than category. Do you think the voters will agree?

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YouTube Announces Winners of the NextUp Competition

February 7, 2013 / Devon Glenn / No comments

YouTube has announced the winners of its second annual YouTube NextUp competition, a program first launched in 2011 to encourage video makers to collaborate with one another on new works.

Contestants were asked to partner up with another creator on YouTube and write in with a description of what they’d like to film together. “And you didn’t disappoint!” YouTube wrote. “We were overwhelmed with the imaginative and ambitious proposals and those selected represent a spectrum of determined creators who are all taking their channels to the next level.”

Prizes for this year’s competition include a $3,000 cash prize, $4,000 worth of production equipment, and two week-long “creator camps” at YouTube Space LA to film the projects. And the winners are:

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2013 Sundance Shorts Received 2 Million Views in YouTube’s Screening Room

January 23, 2013 / Jennifer Moire / No comments

YouTube hosted an online screening room of a select group of 12 of the 65 short films showing this year at the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Awards. The films on YouTube were seen more than 2 million times.

At last night’s award’s ceremony, Trevor Groth, director of programming for the Short Film program at Sundance, said they selected the 65 shorts from a record of more than 8,000 films submitted for consideration at the festival.

Among last night’s winners, presented by YouTube, was “The Whistler,” from Poland, which was given the coveted Grand Jury Prize. “Irish Folk Furniture” from Ireland was recognized with The Short Film Jury Award in the Animation category and was among the films presented in the YouTube Screening Room channel. A complete list of the award winners from the Short Film program may be found here.

This was the second year in a row that the Short Film program was presented by YouTube. Among the presenters at last night’s awards ceremony were jurors Mike Farah, president of production for Funny or Die, and Don Hertzfeldt, Oscar-nominated American independent filmmaker. Spotted at the ceremony was Morgan Spurlock, who created the film “Super Size Me,” which won a Grand Jury Prize for directing at Sundance in 2004.

Photo by Jennifer Moire.

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Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages: 2012 Winners!

September 6, 2012 / Phil Mershon / No comments

social media viewpointsSmall businesses can stand out in a big way with Facebook.

If you’re looking for some creative examples of Facebook pages from the small guys, look no further!

More than 1,800 nominations came in from our contest. These represent over 500 small businesses.

Our panel of Facebook experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing their landing pages, engagement, reader involvement and creative use of promotions (among other things).

None of these businesses have huge budgets, yet they all have achieved amazing success. The following are the winners of Social Media Examiner’s Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages for 2012:

#1: How to Market Your Horse Business

How to Market Your Horse Business is an award-winning social media marketing company focused on horse businesses and other small businesses.

Fans: 6,628

how to market your horse business

What the judges liked:

  • Amazing engagement
  • Good use of pinning and highlighting
  • Effective use of contests and spotlighting contest entrants
  • Good visual branding with apps and cover photo
  • Answers every post
  • Publishes a good variety of content

#2: Recruit Military

Recruit Military is a military-to-civilian recruiting firm, helping veterans and transitioning military service members and military spouses find civilian jobs, buy businesses and improve their education.

Fans: 42,022

recruit military

What the judges liked:

  • Great use of images and quotes
  • Love the way they are using Facebook events for their job fairs
  • Clever use of “Find a Job Friday”
  • Excellent combination of posts on military facts, pictures and resources

#3: Talking Finger

Talking Finger is a social media marketing company.

Fans: 3,289

talking finger

What the judges liked:

  • Great fan engagement
  • Nice use of apps—especially love the TF Services app
  • Good combination of fun posts and valuable posts on social media
  • Superb visual branding, particularly on apps

#4: Earthegy

Earthegy is retailer of ancient gems and modern jewelry.

Fans: 10,169

earthegy

What the judges liked:

  • Cool use of shopping page
  • Good fan engagement with photos
  • Great use of discount promotion
  • Lots of recommendations
  • Rewards app is a smart way to get continual engagement

#5: The Chicken Chick at Egg Carton Labels by ADozenGirlz

The Chicken Chick at Egg Carton Labels by ADozenGirlz is a retailer of chicken egg carton labels and other chicken-related products.

Fans: 14,376

chicken chick

What the judges liked:

  • Blog app is very well done
  • Great niche site with tons of tips and images
  • Fantastic engagement
  • Good use of contest
  • Good variety of posts demonstrating fun, chicken care, chicken crafts and personality.

#6: PoolSupplyWorld

PoolSupplyWorld is an online retailer of parts and products for swimming pools and spas.

Fans: 53,112

pool supply world

What the judges liked:

  • Great timeline cover photo
  • Coupon option is well done
  • Underwater camera giveaway aligns well with niche
  • Good use of call to action in posts to spark engagement

#7: Social Media Branding with Kim Garst

Social Media Branding with Kim Garst is a social media marketing business.

Fans: 23,001

kim garst

What the judges liked:

  • Great page with good use of photos
  • Engaging posts with good business motivation
  • Excellent visual branding

#8: Legendary Whitetails

Legendary Whitetails is a family-owned business selling unique casual apparel, gifts and gear for whitetail hunters through their catalog and website.

Fans: 677,079

deer gear

What the judges liked:

  • Great cover photo
  • Excellent use of apps
  • 10 Bucks effectively gets more fans with the Reveal tab
  • Fantastic use of photos
  • They get lots of shares because they ask for them

#9: Dog Pack Snacks

Dog Pack Snacks is a producer and retailer for human-grade dog treats.

Fans: 1,732

dog pack snacks

What the judges liked:

  • Great use of photos—especially the Social Media Examiner tribute
  • Dog biscuit app works great
  • Nice-looking storefront and email opt-in
  • Good variety of posts—particularly like the mix of voices between dog and owner

#10: Chocolate for Breakfast

Chocolate for Breakfast is the business page for Sue Ann Gleason, a culinary nutritionist and marketing strategist.

Fans: 9,858

choco for breakfast

What the judges liked:

  • Outstanding engagement on page—over 60% Talking About This
  • Good use of photos
  • Entertaining, educational and inspiring posts—particularly like the use of recipes
  • Good opt-in app

Congratulations to the winners. Be sure to check out these amazing pages!

The Prizes
Each of our winners receives the following:

A free pass to Facebook Success Summit 2012: Each company wins a pass to attend the web’s largest online Facebook marketing conference.
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The badge of distinction: If you’re a winner, you can post the image you see here on your blog or Facebook page and please link back to this page.

A special thanks to our judges—Amy Porterfield, Andrea Vahl and Phyllis Khare (co-authors of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies) for their participation!

What do you think? Share your questions and comments in the box below.


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Check Out The 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards Winners

June 11, 2012 / Megan O'Neill / No comments

Back in April, Vimeo released the shortlists and opened voting for their 2012 VImeo Festival and last month they announced the finalists.  The winners were announced during the festivities, which took place from June 7 – 9, and now you can watch them all right here.
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Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2012 Winners!

January 30, 2012 / Cindy King / No comments

Are you looking for some good blogs to read? Look no further!

Our third-annual social media blog contest generated nearly 600 nominations (almost twice as many as last year’s contest).

Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement (among other things).

With that in mind, here are ten blogs that need to be at the top of your reading list.

#1: Social Mouths

Social Mouths, the brainchild of Francisco Rosales, provides deep and honest looks at social media marketing and trends that impact our industry.

Social Mouths

The site contains detailed posts with real-world examples, and addresses new and difficult topics.

#2: ViralBlog

ViralBlog provides a daily stream of social media trends and inspiration through case studies and other interesting articles.

ViralBlog

The site has excellent content with useful tips and advice.

#3: Jeff Bullas

Jeff Bullas takes a close look at how businesses can get found online through social media.

Jeff Bullas

The site has excellent content with solid social media insights.

#4: Hubze

Hubze has built an audience by focusing on social media trends and tips on social media marketing tactics.

Hubze

The site contains a nice variety of media, including articles and podcasts.

#5: The Sales Lion

The Sales Lion from Marcus Sheridan is a blog that seeks to build community around inbound marketing, blogging, business and life.

The Sales Lion

The site fosters strong community with great participation through comments.

#6: Pushing Social

Pushing Social from Stanford Smith provides practical blogging tips and resources from a fresh perspective.

Pushing Social

The site contains creative, informative and readable posts with deeper-than-average advice.

#7: Heidi Cohen

Heidi Cohen provides intelligent insights on social media tactics and trends, all while making the complex simple.

Heidi Cohen

The site contains comprehensive and thoughtful content.

#8: MarketingTech Blog

MarketingTech blog provides a technology-focused approach to new media marketing.

MarketingTech

The site covers a variety of topics and media, including radio and video.

#9: Likeable Media

Likeable Media keeps readers current on industry trends and new tools while also providing strategies and tactics for using Facebook and social media marketing.

Likeable Media

The site contains very current information on new tools and platforms.

#10: SplashMedia

SplashMedia provides interesting takes on strategy, tips and trends, while their SplashCasts offer some great success stories.

SplashMedia

The site features great use of a video show as well as diverse postings with good in-depth content.

Congratulations to the winners! Be sure to check out these amazing blogs.

top social media blogThe badge of distinction: If you’re a winner, you can post the image you see here on your blog and please link back to this page.

A special thanks to our judges: Andy Sernovitz (author, Word of Mouth Marketing and CEO, SocialMedia.org), Rick Calvert (CEO, BlogWorld) and Michael Stelzner (author, Launch and CEO, Social Media Examiner).

What do you think? Share your questions and comments in the box below.


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Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages: 2011 Winners!

September 6, 2011 / Phil Mershon / No comments

social media viewpointsSmall businesses can stand out in a big way with Facebook. If you’re looking for some creative examples of Facebook pages from the small guys, look no further!

More than 1400 nominations came in from our contest.

Our panel of Facebook experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing their landing pages, engagement, reader involvement and creative use of promotions (among other things).

None of these businesses have huge budgets, yet they have all achieved amazing success. The following are the winners of Social Media Examiner’s Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages for 2011:

#1: Intrepid Travel

Intrepid Travel is an Australian travel agency specializing in creating unique travel adventures.

Fans: 79,018

intrepid travel

What the judges liked:

  • Great description of company philosophy on Info page
  • Appealing use of “photo of the day”
  • Keeps customers returning through mystery trips (“surprise and delight” element) and an interactive game
  • Creates customer community on Meet Others page

#2: Easy Lunch Boxes

Easy Lunch Boxes makes healthy, green lunch boxes and containers.

Fans: 11,606

easy lunch boxes

What the judges liked:

  • Fabulous branding on welcome page, also making clear the incentives for liking the page
  • Creative use of Photos tab
  • Excellent responsiveness to each individual commenter
  • Shares good content for moms/people raising families

#3: SnapRetail

SnapRetail is an online marketing agency for retail stores.

Fans: 3,455

snap retail

What the judges liked:

  • Good use of quotes, links and personal stories in posts
  • Keeps it personal through photo uploads and allowing employees to reveal their identities
  • “Snappy Hour” is a great way to increase conversation, involvement and answer social media marketing questions
  • Welcome tab has a good video and integration with other social media platforms

#4: Garden Quest

Garden Quest is an innovative Facebook gardening game that requires knowledge of gardening to win.

Fans: 56,719

garden quest

What the judges liked:

  • Effective pre-launch page and campaign – good buzz created
  • Smart use of incentives for liking the page
  • Fantastic interaction on the wall (getting fans to post pictures, etc.)
  • Effective job of marketing its unique 3D gaming experience

#5: Arizona Pro DJs

Arizona Pro DJs is a teen entertainment company based in Scottsdale, AZ.

Fans: 10,261

arizona pro dj

What the judges liked:

  • Vibrant graphics appeal to the right demographic
  • Good use of prizes for liking the page
  • Great enforcement of spamming policies
  • Excellent engagement practices of posting photos and music asking for feedback

#6: Dog Training Ireland

Dog Training Ireland are dog trainers and behavior specialists based in Blanchardstown, Ireland.

Fans: 2,287

dog training

What the judges liked:

  • Tons of helpful info on Info tab (might never have to visit website)
  • Good use of Facebook for customer service (e.g., taking reservations)
  • Fun video under About Us
  • Great practice of posting pictures of dogs available for adoption

#7: New Jersey Family

New Jersey Family is a magazine and resource for New Jersey kids, parents and families.

Fans: 2,515

new jersey family

What the judges liked:

  • Great use of the avatar and photo strip
  • Outstanding family-oriented content (recipes, trip ideas, free advice)
  • Good customer engagement
  • Fun use of Questions tab

#8: Obeo

Obeo is a creator of online interactive visual experiences for realtors.

Fans: 2,378

obeo

What the judges liked:

  • Good use of incentives to like the page for Facebook exclusive promotions
  • Variety in posts (blogs, pictures, trivia, links)
  • Nice presentation of video and virtual staging on Welcome tab
  • Smart balance of content on YouTube tab – informational and inspirational

#9: Piggies & Paws

Piggies & Paws are creators of custom art from children’s hand- and footprints.

Fans: 5,961

piggies & paws

What the judges liked:

  • Fun and engaging Welcome tab (good use of Fan of the Week in avatar)
  • Find an Artist Near You tab is helpful to fans wanting to host a party
  • Posts are audience-appropriate
  • Consistently responsive to fan posts

#10: Brasserie Sixty6

Brasserie Sixty6 is a modern European restaurant in Dublin, Ireland.

Fans: 4,730

brasserie

What the judges liked:

  • Excellent use of apps for displaying menu, reviews and reservations
  • Strong call to action for joining mailing list
  • Good use of videos
  • Engagement on wall is personable and consistent

Congratulations to the winners. Be sure to check out these amazing pages!

The Prizes

Each of our winners receives the following:

A free pass to Facebook Success Summit 2011: Each company wins a pass to attend the web’s largest online Facebook marketing conference.

The badge of distinction: If you’re a winner, you can post the image you see here on your blog or Facebook page and please link back to this page.

A special thanks to our judges—Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day), Dave Kerpen (author, Likeable Social Media) and Michael Stelzner (author, Launch)—for their participation!

What do you think? Share your comments in the box below.


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