Apr
Friday 2.0’s First Ever ‘Blog-Off’
What: Blog Competition
Who: Central Virginia residents who own and operate a weblog!
Deadline for Submissions: May 15th, 2009
Blog-Off Date: Friday, May 22nd @ 9 a.m.
Where: The Muse coffee shop in Wyndhurst
Why: To evaluate the effectiveness of local bloggers!
What is Friday 2.0?
Friday 2.0 is a local Virginia networking group who meets on Friday mornings at 9 a.m. at The Muse coffee shop in Wyndhurst. Friday 2.0’s goal is to get educated about social media tools and opportunities. The most passionate and curious professionals attend this un-meeting as a way to connect with like-minded individuals and discuss the topics and trends relevant to technology, social media and the future of social media. Everyone from the freshly-minted twitter-er, to the tech-advanced executive managing 500 people are encouraged to attend and participate. All voices are equal and welcome at Friday 2.0! Join our Facebook Friday 2.0 Group.
Battle of the Blogs!
Friday 2.0 meets every week to talk about the effectiveness of blogging. Each week leading up to our ‘Blog-Off’ our panel of judges will be presenting the criteria by which they will be judging!
By submitting your blog to our panel of four judges, you will be entered into our first ever ‘Blog-Off’. Your blog will be evaluated for:
- Sexiness (Look and Feel), evaluated by Andrew Potter
- Usability, evaluated by Jennifer Bailey
- Search Engine Optimization, evaluated by Phil Tucker
- Community Engagement and Social Media, evaluated by Nannette Saunders
Instructions on Submitting Your Blog to the ‘Blog-Off’:
To submit your blog you need to…
- Write a blog about the ‘Blog-Off’. Make sure we know 1) your name, and 2) why you are entering the contest
- Post a link to your blog below in the comments section of this article!
- Submission deadline is May 15th, and the ‘Blog-Off’ event will take place on May 22nd!
The Grand Prize:
Winner of the ‘Blog-Off’ will receive something so incredible, so amazing, that we can’t tell you what it is just yet.
Roanoke is not really considered Central Virginia, but I would love to participate if I’m eligible. Let me know.
Entering blog-off to get feedback from “the experts”. Link to my blog is http://www.jeffsecrest.wordpress.com. Thanks.
I hope all of you Lynchburg bloggers don’t mind a little competition from Roanoke. Please consider this my official entry in the Blog-Off. You can check out my blog at http://chrisberryonthe.net
This is a great idea that brings needed energy and education, to small businesses and organizations! Please count me in on the “Blog-Off”
Bill and I are entering Lynchburg’s First Blog-Off Contest to WIN! We also want to learn how to be more effective in generating business and building relationships with our valued readers through our blog and all aspects of social marketing.
I’m in:
http://dthecoop.wordpress.com/
Insurance and Investments made sexy. Hmmm.
I would like to enter the blog off to see how close I am at meeting the criteria of an effective blog