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The 2008 Weblog Awards

Someone has kindly nominated Created in Birmingham for the award of Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards.

It’s a public vote and we’re up against a few of the big politicos – as I type this we’re in 2nd and a Spectator-hosted blog is winning – so any support (votes, forwarding, re-blogging, re-tweeting, etc and so on) would be gratefully received.

It was about this time last year that CiB won the MediaGuardian Award, so I’m hoping I don’t let the side down in the award-winning stakes, especially as I’m passing the reins on in a few weeks. Speaking of which, I should also say that Pete Ashton’s blog has been nominated too, and rightly so.

23 Comments

  5. Pippa

    Oh – it wouldn’t let me vote today – I could yesterday though?! I thought we could vote everyday no?

  10. jpeeps

    Yes, please please vote – Created in Birmingham is running a close second to the utterly vile Melanie Phillips and it would be just too ghastly if she won.

  11. Dear Chris,

    My name is John Wilpers. I am the Global Blog Coordinator for GlobalPost, a new international news organization set to launch on Jan. 12 (see http://www.globalpost.com).

    My job is to build a list of blogs that will appear on GlobalPost where we will have approximately 65 correspondents in some 46 countries. We are looking for enlightening, informative posts from bloggers writing (in English) in those countries.

    I am pleased to extend an invitation to you to have the most recent post of “Created in Birmingham” included on the U.K. page of GlobalPost.com as part of our “Global Blogs” service. (I also sent you an e-mail to double the chances of reaching you before we launch next week. Please pardon my enthusiasm for getting your posts onto GlobalPost.com!)

    After reviewing thousands of blogs worldwide, we have found “Created in Birmingham” to be one that is thought provoking and gives readers your unique perspective on what life and the arts are really like in U.K.and in particular in Birmingham.

    The way it would work if you accept our invitation is that we would use your RSS feed to place your most recent post on your personal page on GlobalPost.com. We would point back to your actual blog for comments and for archives, hopefully driving lots of traffic to your site. Each time you write a new post, it would replace the older one so only one post would appear on GlobalPost.com.

    By appearing on Global Post’s exciting new international news website, your words, viewpoints, and pictures would gain worldwide exposure. Your posts would not only appear instantly on globalpost.com but also possibly on the sites of our partners, including the Huffington Post (7.8 million U.S. and 9.7 million global monthly unique visitors) and other news and information websites.

    You don’t need to do anything differently. We do request that you consider pointing back to us from your blog (we will send out logos shortly for your consideration).

    You should know that we have a few guidelines that we observe here at Global Post:

    1) We do not publish racist, sexist, or misogynist comments (unless those comments are the subject of the post).
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    I look forward getting your permission to put your RSS feed on our site. Please reply to: jwilpers@globalpost.com. Thank you!

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    PS If you choose to accept our invitation and would like a photo and a short biography to appear on GlobalPost, please send both to me with your confirmation e-mail or at some time shortly thereafter.

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  19. G. Baxter-Wright

    I’ve lived in B’ham for 20 years and I’ve never heard of you. Melanie Phillip’s blog is hosted by ‘The Spectator’ and NOT the Daily Mail. If this is your standard of accuracy, you don’t deserve to win.

  20. G. Baxter-Wright – CiB was only started in December 2006 and I’m pleased to say that, although we have no budget for publicity, people in this city continue to discover this blog every day, largely by word of mouth.

    Of course, you’re absolutely correct to say that Melanie Phillips’ blog is hosted by the Spectator. I described her as a ‘a Daily Mail columnist’ respecting how she is described in the sidebar of that blog.

    However, I appreciate there may be some confusion so I have amended my sentence from ‘as I type this we’re in 2nd and a Daily Mail columnist is winning’ to ‘as I type this we’re in 2nd and a Spectator-hosted blog is winning’.

  21. I’d also add that CiB was conceived to serve and monitor a pretty specific niche in the city. It’s not intended to be read, or even heard of, by everyone. It’s intended to strengthen the community within that niche and help them communicate.

    So, G, unless you’re an artist, musician, etc or someone working in what’s become known as “the creative sector” (horrible term I know) in Birmingham, that you’ve not come across the blog before implies you have impeccable Interweb filters. Congratulations!

    (Disclosure – I co-conceived the blog back in 2006)

  22. Phill

    Bloody weblog award site is not responding….. methinks you are getting the better of Melanie ‘voice of reason’ Phillips and the ZOG are on the case.

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