Dec 24 2007
The 2007 JF Article Community Awards - The Winners
So here we are my final, final posting of 2007 and it’s time to announce:
The 2007 JF Article Community Awards.
As I suggested last week, whilst last year’s awards were very much “tongue in cheek,” this year, I have invested time in really assessing the sites to which I contribute and others which I have considered doing so.
I have divided the awards into just three categories that are pertinent to me personally i.e.
Miscellaneous Article Communities - sites who do not specialise, but rather accept articles on a wide range of subjects.
The nominees in this category were:
Ezine Articles
Go Articles
Buzzle
Idea Marketers.
This was probably the easiest choice for me: The winner is Ezine Articles
Chris Knight continues to develop a very strong brand and with more than 70.000 contributing authors, Ezine is probably the most successful article community ever. However, despite their size, the quality of their service has not been compromised and they continue to exceed expectation in every department. So congratulations to Chris and his team for winning this category for the second year running.
Business Article Communities - sites who promote business specific articles.
The nominees here were:
The Sideroad
Build Your Own Business
Woopidoo
Best Management Articles
This was a much more difficult decision because all of these communities have their strengths: For example, The Sideroad present very well and Heather and Michael take their work very seriously. David Bain’s BYOB continues to attract some very high quality authors and Woopidoo appear to be very selective.
However, this year I believe Ismael Tabije at Best Management Articles has made a herculean effort to establish his community and he just edges it.
Congratulations to you and your team Ismael.
Sales Article Communities - sites that specialise in promoting sales and marketing articles and services.
The nominees here were:
Rain Today
Sales Gravy
Salesopedia
Eyes On Sales
The most difficult decision for a number of reasons: To begin with, they are all really excellent communities, who promote their contributing authors superbly. Sales Gravy and Salesopedia are the new boys on the block but both have developed an excellent reputation and I know for a fact that Jeb Blount (Sales Gravy) and Clayton Shold (Salesopedia) work tirelessly to continually improve their product
Aaron at Rain Today provides an excellent editing service and they are probably the largest and best known.
Finally, it will be interesting to see how Eyes On Sales develops now that they have been purchased by Landslide Technologies – a very forward thinking organisation. Not sure if Jan Visser is staying around, but I hope he is because he also a smart cookie who I like very much.
In the end it came down to personal experience: I have had a much closer connection with Clayton this year and both he and Jeb have enthusiastically supported Top 10 Sales Articles.
So just edging it is Salesopedia – congratulations to Clayton and his unsung partner Dave. Great job guys. That wraps up the awards for this year and it’s time for me to wind down for a well earned festive break. Once again, my thanks to all of you for your loyal support and I do hope you will come back and join me here on January 7th – JF
PS: Please don’t forget that the Top Sales Article Of 2007, will be announced on New Years Eve at www.top10salesarticles.com
