I am pretty darn proud to announce that I’ve been picked as a member on the jury of the first international social media award show for communication and marketing professionals. The award show called The Bees Award will be held in San Francisco on November 9 later this year and it’s open for submissions as of today.
The Bees Award have gathered some of the leading social media experts from around the world to judge this award and I’m honored to be included in that list. Apart from the honor it’s also a great opportunity for me to scan some of the best case studies in the world when it comes to social media. I’m sure once the 9th of november has passed I’ll be packed with inspiration to share with you guys.
This new buzzing contest will award winners in the following categories:
- Best 140 Characters (SMS, Tweet)
- Best Use of a Micro-Blogging Platform
- Best Use of a Social Media Platform
- Best Use of mobile
- Best Relationship With Bloggers
- Best Conversation with Customers
- Best Use of Alternative Tool(s)
- Best Use of Media Press Room
- Best Writing
- Best Art Direction
- Best Social CRM
- Best Student Work
- Best Innovation
- Best Campaign
- Agency of the Year
- Client of the Year
And besides me, here’s the jury and their twitter accounts and blogs:
- Liz Strauss – Chicago, USA (@lizstrauss)(Liz’s Blog)
- Gary Goldhammer – Los Angeles, USA (@g24khamr) (Gary’s Blog)
- Paul Hoffman – Woodstock NY, USA (@hoffmanpaul) (Paul’s Blog)
- Mitch Joel – Montreal, Canada (@mitchjoel)(Mitch’s Blog)
- Helder Araujo – Sao Paolo, Brazil (@haraujo)
- Jesus Hoyos – Mexico City, Mexico (@Jesus_Hoyos)(Jesus’ Blog)
- Ralf Rottmann – Dortmund, Germany (@24z)(Ralf’s Blog)
- Matt Rhodes – London, UK (@mattrhodes)(Matt’s Blog)
- Eric Maillard – Paris, France (@PRland)(Eric’s Blog)
- Gaurav Mishra – New Delhi, India (@Gauravonomics)(Gaurav’s Blog)
- Rajiv Dingra – Mumbai, India (@rajivdingra)(Rajiv’s Blog)
- Andre L. Pan – Shanghai, China (@popoever)(Andre’s Blog)
- Isaac Mao – Boston, USA/Shanghai, China (@isaac)(Issac’s Blog)
- Li Ang Wang – Shanghai, China (@WebLeOn)(Li Ang’s Blog)
- Gao Ming – Shanghai, China (@gaoming)(Gao’s Blog)
- Toru Saito – Tokyo, Japan (@toru_saito)(Toru’s Blog)
- Alister Cameron – Melbourne, Australia (@alicam)(Alister’s Blog)
- Dave Duarte – Cape Town, South Africa (@DaveDuarte)(Dave’s Blog)
So, what the heck are you waiting for. Make sure me and the other jury members eyeball your social ideas!