Dec 23 2009
The 2009 JF Awards – The Winners!
Yes, this post was due yesterday, but you may have read from Monday’s post, we set off from Paris at lunchtime that day, and as a result of Eurostar’s continuing issues, we arrived in the UK fourteen hours later!!!
Certainly the most horrific journey I have ever endured, and I may share it with you, once we have been appropriately compensated.
I managed to muster sufficient energy to co-host last night’s TSE Christmas Party, which was so much fun that it overran by almost an hour. My thanks to all the great guests, and if you missed it, we’ll try and arrange a recording to be available.
Congratulations once again to Steven Rosen, who won the Top Sales Article Of The Year final. He beat a great field.
OK, I know that you are eagerly awaiting the results of this year’s JF Awards, so here we go:
What I do need to repeat again, is that mine, as ever, is a very personal and subjective view based on my experiences through 2009, and this my opportunity to thank so many wonderful sites and communities which have supported me and my initiatives.
Miscellaneous Article Communities – sites who do not specialise, but rather accept articles on a wide range of subjects.
The nominees are:
Ezine Articles
Buzzle
Idea Marketers
And the winner is…Ezine Articles. Chris Knight continues to do a terrific job, and 200K authors cannot all be wrong!!
Business Article Communities – sites who promote business specific articles or services
AllBusiness
Best Business Webinars
The Sideroad
Rain Today
And the winner is…. AllBusiness. I have developed an excellent relationship with AB, and I am honored to be part of their Sales Star contest.
Sales Article Communities – sites that specialise in promoting sales and marketing articles and services.
Sales Gravy
Sales HQ
Eyes On Sales
Salesopedia
And the winner is …… for the third successive year, Salesopedia. I think that Clayton Shold continues to do a brilliant job, and continues to exceed expectation. But, I do really like and recommend the other nominees here.
“Blog Grabbers“ These are sites who syndicate and promote blog posts, and this year I have worked with three very good ones, so they deserve their own “JF Gong”
Blogowogo
The Customer Collective
Best Sales Blogs In The World
AllTop
And the winner is….. I was tempted with an incestuous thought, and give the award to Best Blogs In The World, maybe next year, when it is housed within Top Sales World!
So I am going to give it to… The Customer Collective because Robin and Jerry have come through a tough year, and they have created something special, which is growing in its appeal year on year.
Plus Highly Commended – Here are sites which do not fit into any of the above categories, and yet offer tremendous support to front-line sales and business professionals.
Smart Selling Tools - Nancy Nardin’s superb site, which certainly offers loads of fantastic sales tools.
Sales 2.0 -Nigel Edelshain’s take on all things Sales 2.0
One Degree Connected - a brilliant place to connect with like-minded professionals.
Sharpenz – Nancy Bleeke’s original sales boosters.
Get Back To Work Faster - Jill Konrath dedicated a large chunk of her year helping people get back to work faster – here is the result of her generous work.
CanDoGo - Michael Norton and his team have gathered together the sales “big-guns” here.
Sales Posse - Jerry Hocutt has collected a huge amount of great sales tips here.
Lots more, but I need to keep a few back for 2010.
That’s it. Congratulations to all the winners and also the nominees..but most of all a very big thank you from me, great job guys.
Final Christmas message tomorrow…
Hi Jonathan, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the TSE Xmas party last night.
Congratulations to all the award winners. Keep inspiring us my friend! Happy Xmas and continue to lead “the JF Way” in 2010. Regards, Niall
PS. make sure to put those feet up
Thanks Niall,
It was a real pleasure to host the show, and of course to connect with so many significant VIP Guests like yourself.
I promise the feet will be well and truly up on the 25th!
Happy holidays my good friend
Jonathan
It was a lot of fun thanks in great part to the terrific guest panelists. Thanks also to the TSE team members in the audience for supporting this event. And … congratulations to Jonathan for his unwavering support of everyone involved with TSE and his collaboration with so many great ventures as he listed in his post.
Jonathan,
I have to say we were delighted to receive top honours in the Sales Articles Communities category for the third straight year. We are proud to stand nominated with outstanding sites like Eyes on Sales, Sales Gravy and Sales HQ, all of whom provide a great service to the sales professional around the world.
You announced some exciting things coming in the New Year on your end so looking forward to hearing and seeing more.
Best wishes to everyone in the sales fraternity for a wonderful holiday season. Here’s to 2010 being a much better year for everyone!
Clayton
Salesopedia
Thanks Paul, not only for your kind comments, but also for doing such a professional job in hosting the event.
We should not expect anything less!
Jonathan
Clayton,
As I said in my comments, you fully deserved it!
I could have also added that in my opinion, you are the best because you work tirelessly to maintain your standards, and you treat your contributing authors as friends – that is why we both like and respect you so much.
Keep up the good work.
Jonathan