So I'm not very comfortable praising myself. As with a job application, I think it is for other people to point out my strengths with quality references. To do so yourself is basically biased.
Anyhow, since LAMB members are doing For Your Consideration publicity, and if you have not yet voted, please consider Movies and Songs 365 for Best Community Builder for 2013 LAMMYs.
Why should you consider giving me a nomination for Best Community Builder?
I take pride in quality commenting and showing a genuine interest at many different blogs, and spend many hours compiling Monthly Links From The Blogosphere posts.
During The LAMMYs, I have offered a few pieces of advice to moderators Joel Burman and David, they agree with my idea of having a LAMMY promotion poster made for 2014 with the important voting date(s) on. This poster could be available at the LAMB site, and members could copy/paste it, and place it onto their sites to increase LAMMY awareness in the LAMB community. Similar to what you can see on my sidebar top right(which a friend made). I also suggested the LAMMY rules page needs tweaking for next year, maybe adding a few pictures, so the text is not so heavy to read.
This year I decided to keep a record of my LAMMY participation, so who did I vote for yesterday in nominee stage? I mostly went with sites I am a regular follower of, with a few exceptions.
I hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting this. If so, I'll take it down. If you want the link for any of the below, I can provide it in the comments. Hopefully I haven't offended anyone, by snubbing them for a nomination. If so, I hope you forgive me! :)
MY NOMINEE VOTING:
Best Blog:
And So It Begins/Flixchatter/The Warning Sign/U me and Films/Velvet Cafe
Best Podcast:
Best Vlog:
Best Movie Reviewer: Cinematic Corner/The Warning Sign/1001Plus/Amiresque
Best New LAMB: The Cinematic Spectacle/Lights Camera Reaction/On Page and Screen/Lisa Thatcher/On The Screen Reviews
Best Design: Cinematic Corner/Lime Reviews/Time Well Spent/Inspired Ground/Bonjour Tristesse
Best Ratings System:
Best Classic Film Blog: The Cinematic Spectacle
Best Horror Blog: Obscurendure
Best Film Festival and Convention Coverage: Life Between Films/Bonjour Tristesse/Big Thoughts From A Small Mind/Amiresque/The Film Emporium
Best Awards Coverage: Bonjour Tristesse
Best Movie Genre Blog: Life Between Films(independent films) / Bonjour Tristesse(foreign films)
Best Movie Element Blog: Soundtrackgeek
Best Blog-a-thon/Meme: Nostra Myfilmreviews Movie Jail Race/Nostra Myfilmreviews Movie Confessions//Flixchatter Small roles Big Performances/Mettel Ray Movie Alphabet/Lime Reviews Snubathon
Best Running Feature: Surrender to the Void-auteurs piece/Nostra Myfilmreviews Monday question/Screen Insight-incredible soundtracks/Josh from The Cinematic Spectacle-Decades/Public Transportation Snob-Top 5
Funniest Writer: 3guys1movie/Dusty from Playground of Doom/Sati from Cinematic Corner
Most Knowledgeable Writer: And So It Begins/The Cinematic Spectacle/Lisa Thatcher
Best Community Builder: Gotta vote for myself in the only category I feature in :) Ruth at Flixchatter is the favorite to win the award in my opinion, her site is among the most interactive and commented on, and she is a prolific commenter all over the blogosphere. Also Nostra from Myfilmreviews, for starting and keeping those blog-a-thons going, which seem to reach out to the far corners of the blogosphere. However, the most hard-working community builders at the moment are Joel Burman and David from NeverTooEarlyMP-but they are ineligible, as they are running the 2013 LAMMYs.
Highest number of nominations I gave to:
Josh at The Cinematic Spectacle (4)
Bonjour Tristesse (4)
Nostra at Myfilmreviews (4)
Sati at Cinematic Corner (3)
Ruth at Flixchatter (3)
2013 LAMMY AWARDS NOMINATION VOTING NOW OPEN. HEAD OVER AND VOTE
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Thanks so much for that, much appreciated! :) I love your monthly links posts.
ReplyDelete@Sati: You deserve praise. The world is nuts if you don't receive a nom in Best Design! Thank you, nice that my work is appreciated.
DeleteThanks for considering me in the Running Features category. I always enjoy your monthly posts as well.
ReplyDelete@thevoid99: The first name in each category is my pick for winner, so I'll vote for you in Running Feature. Another solid auteurs piece I just read! Thanks for reading my monthly posts.
ReplyDeleteChris, I'm so happy just to get a nomination...it's already paid off handsomely in traffic. And you don't definitely have my vote for community builder.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, for best vlog, vote for Freddie over at Full Moon Reviews. Good stuff.
ReplyDelete@Dusty McGowan: Happy to here paying off in traffic! Thanks for thinking of me during voting.
DeleteWell technically none of us have got an official nomination yet, we'll have to wait until mid April to find out who's moved forward.
Now is the time for voting, and making/displaying a For Your Consideration banner at your site. Plus getting the banner published at LAMB site.
I don't really follow vlogs, I'll take a look at that one some time. Thanks for taking part in LAMMYs!
Thank you for voting me! I've replaced the banner, if you link to it perhaps you can check if it's still working? Thanks for that also!
ReplyDelete@Andina: You're welcome! 2013 LAMMYs banner you created looks great! I placed it in my latest post. Hopefully other LAMB members use it too.
DeleteBest of luck Chris!
ReplyDelete@Pete Turner: Thanks! We'll see if I receive a nomination.
DeleteYour monthly links posts really stand out, and I agree that this makes you a strong community builder. Congrats on the well deserved nomination. And thanks for the shout out for OPaS.
ReplyDelete@Quirky BookandFilmBuff: Thank you! I'm not the only one who does linkage posts, but I do try my best. If LAMB members don't have time to read everything, hopefully reading my monthly links posts is a way of catching up a bit. Though I'm not able to visit every LAMB blog, obviously, with 1500 member sites. Then I would be at it 24/7 :)
DeleteThanks so much for thinking of me for these awards, Chris! Best of luck this year!
ReplyDelete@Eric: You're welcome, you run a great site. Best of luck to you too!
DeleteThanks so much for your support here and through my blog Chris. I voted for you as best community builder, because I think you are that times ten.
ReplyDeleteAlso, mega congrats on the sites new look. Its really great!
Hey Chris, I'm not sure if my last comment posted or not (I can't see it) so I just wanted to let you know I have just voted for you. (New look on the site is amazing by the way)
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your support. Not just with votes but also with your emails and your visits and reading. You are a very generous reader with an excellent mind of your own. The best there is.
And thanks for your great posts. I always come and read, even if I am not a good commenter.
@Lisa: Thanks for the kind words! Nice that my commenting and site is appreciated. You run an interesting, multifaceted site, so happy to support your work.
DeleteI read your 2013 LAMMYs article, I agree a light competition raises the standards of the blogs in the LAMB community.
Also happy to hear you've been discovering some amazing new film blogs on the submissions list. I really must visit The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World, which you nominated in several categories.
I see on your site you've been listening to Push the Sky Away - Nick Cave, that's my favorite album of 2013 so far.
ps I have comment moderation to filter out spam comments, that's why there is a delay publishing your comment.
Wow, you voted on me 4 times? I'm flattered and really want to thank you for that. Will also think of you when I cast my vote!
ReplyDelete@Nostra: 4 nominations, yep. You're welcome, you do a good job :)
DeleteWow man, thank you so much for the votes. That really does mean a lot. Best of luck to you in the Community Builder category, your monthly links post brings a lot of people together!
ReplyDelete@Alex Withrow: You know so much about film, that I'm almost certainly giving you my final vote for Most Knowledgeable Writer, and maybe Best Blog as well.
DeleteWe'll see about Community Builder, there are many solid contenders. My site's never even been nominated, so that would be a first.
This post right here is an example of excellent community building, and I would say that even if you had given me zero votes.
ReplyDeleteBut since you did, I'm honored, and I thank you for your public display of support Chris, it means a lot.
@Bonjour Tristesse: Thanks a lot for the kind words, you're welcome. Maybe I can get a nomination mid April for the work I contribute.
ReplyDeleteHaving friendly, supportive followers like yourself, who take the time to read/comment, and who keep coming back. That means more to me than an award.
I agree entirely. Awards are a nice ego boost for sure, but I'd be happy to have genuine interactions with one or two devoted followers, over a million hits or any amount of accolades.
Delete@Bonjour Tristesse: I agree.
Delete@Bonjour Tristesse: and I'm not giving you 4 noms, because you are a frequent commenter, just so that's clear.
ReplyDeleteI think you truly deserve praise, your extensive Vancouver International Film Festival coverage last fall was outstanding. Your continued highlighting of foreign films is the best I've seen in that genre. Plus your continuous awards coverage is useful too, as a way of keeping up with what's new and awards-worthy. And I haven't even started on your reviews, which are to-the-point and well-written. Good job, BT.
Oh wow, THANKS SO MUCH for thinking of me, Chris. I'm speechless to be in the same categories as those awesome bloggers for Best Blog. I love your music + movie posts, and you're definitely a great community builder w/ your link posts, and this one here is a GREAT example as well as it reminds people to get out and vote :D Cheers Chris!
ReplyDelete@Ruth: You’re welcome! Your site is so popular, that I’m sure you’ll receive lots of votes during LAMMYs :) Come to think of it, you deserve a nomination for Community Builder, as your site is among the most interactive and commented on, and you are a prolific commenter all over the blogosphere, and a friendly presence in the LAMB community at large.
DeleteThank you for pointing out my community builder skills. I’m actually most proud of my loyal commenting at various sites, than I am of my Monthly links posts. I would be happy just getting a nomination.
Woah! Thanks so much for the votes, Chris! Best of luck in the Community Builder category. You've got my vote. :)
ReplyDelete@Josh: You're welcome, you deserve praise for your blog. Thanks for considering me for Community Builder.
DeleteYou feature in quite a number of categories for LAMMYs, so good luck!
Thanks a lot for the nomination Chris. I'd vote for you on Community Building. You work hard supporting and promoting other blogs. Thanks again :)
ReplyDelete@Keith: Thanks for the kind words! I don't act this way to receive nominations or awards, would just be a bonus. The real joy is in doing what you love :)
DeleteThank you so much, Chris! Glad you like our site, as we do yours <3
ReplyDelete@Courtney: You're welcome! Happy you like visiting my site too!
DeleteNew to your site, but maybe next year I'll be seeing you vote for me eh?! How did you get on nomination wise? Some great work going on here, and I will be an avid reader from now on :)
ReplyDelete@headinavice: Welcome aboard, and congrats on your LAMMY noms! No noms for me, probably a case of my blog not fitting with the categories. I feel my capsule reviews are above average, but I suppose not eligible, because not full reviews. 50% of blog is music, so maybe people vote for strictly movie sites.
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