Wait is over for blog finalists

Minneapolis, MN May 5, 2009 — www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com – Chapeau Blog Awards, the online competition dedicated to celebrating blogger brilliance, has announced its 2009 blog awards winners. Several blogs were named “Best in Industry” by Chapeau Blog Awards while one blog was named as 2009’s “Most Brilliant.”

Chapeau Blog Awards 2009 winners were honored following a nomination process lasting several months and a furious two week voting period leveraging insight from online voters and expert judges.

Receiving the coveted title of 2009’s Most Brilliant Blog, and a $2,000 grand prize, is Raymond.CC Tech Blog. A technology blog offering insight regarding advances in information technology (IT), Raymond CC.Tech Blog is a daily destination for blog readers seeking useful computer tips and tricks.

In a video from the 2009 Chapeau Blog Awards ceremony, judges detailed how Raymond.CC Tech Blog best fit the definition of brilliance, by transforming the blogger’s knowledge of technology into rays of insight helping to illuminate the IT corner of the world.

The 2009 Chapeau Blog Awards judging panel, consisting of Twin Cities notables Mike Yanke and Bill Young, will be sharing their thoughts on each winner and finalist as different video segments of the 2009 Chapeau Blog Awards ceremony are released weekly this summer.

Finalists and voters alike rush to online polls to help award blogger brilliance

Minneapolis, MN April 14, 2009 — www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com – Chapeau Blog Awards, the online competition dedicated to celebrating blogger brilliance, has opened the polls to its 2009 blog awards competition.

Voters have from today until 11:59pm on April 30th to select their favorite industry blogs from a list of Blog Awards Finalists.  This year’s Blog Awards Finalists cover ten industries, ranging from Technology  to Health & Beauty, with each industry containing two finalists.

The voting panel for this year’s Chapeau Blog Awards, made up of bloggers and blog readers alike, will be responsible for naming “Best in Industry” winners and 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog.”

Chapeau Blog Awards will present the winner of 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog” with a grand prize of $2,000, while “Best in Industry” winners will be eligible for prizes including an iPod Touch.

Award blogger brilliance by joining the voting panel for Chapeau Blog Awards and selecting an industry finalist from the list below.

Arts & Design:
AphroChic vs. Design You Trust

Entertaining:
Cooking Down Under vs. Intoxicating Prose

Health & Beauty:
Beautiful Faces vs. The Everything Yoga Blog

Blog awards voters enter last week to review finalists

Minneapolis, MN April 9, 2009 — www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com – Chapeau Blog Awards, the online competition dedicated to celebrating blogger brilliance, is reminding blog awards voters that they have just one last week to review this year’s list of Awards Finalists prior to voting polls opening next Tuesday, April 14th.

Voters will have the opportunity to select their favorite industry blogs from a list of Blog Awards Finalists between April 14th and April 30th.  Blog Awards Finalists cover ten industries, ranging from Arts & Design to Marketing & Advertising, with each industry containing two finalists.

In addition to awarding “Best in Industry” blogs, voters will be responsible for naming 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog,” which will take home a grand prize of $2,000. The prestige and honor of being named 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog” will be awarded to the finalist who receives the most votes overall.  Both “Best in Industry” winners and 2009’s “Most Brilliant Blog” will be announced on May 5th.

Become a voter for Chapeau Blog Awards and vote for an industry finalist from the list below.   Registered voters for Chapeau Blog Awards will be automatically notified when voting opens next week on April 14th:

Along with Santa, Chapeau Blog Awards Offers 2,000 Dollars for 2009 Most Brilliant Blog

Minneapolis, MN – December 24, 2008- www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com – Chapeau Blog Awards and Santa have been working closely this year to check – and double check – bloggers’ holiday wish lists.

This year it seems that top of most bloggers’ holiday lists is a blog awards program which:
1 – honors brilliant blogs
2 – offers a Grand Prize, and
3 – is affordable!

Santa’s eyes did twinkle when the elves presented their ideas for deserving bloggers this year.

Chapeau Blog Awards and Santa are proud to deliver the following gifts:
•  $2,000 for the Most Brilliant Blog
•  An iPod Touch to the top 4 Honorable Mention Blogs
•  A significantly reduced Chapeau Blog Award entry fee
Now $50.00

“For goodness sake, bloggers certainly have been good this year, and with nearly 23 million bloggers according to Technorati, Santa certainly has his hands full,” said Susan Misukanis, Director of Chapeau Blog Awards. “Chapeau Blog Awards is excited to be an honorary elf this year when we deliver a $2,000 award to the 2009 Most Brilliant Blog.”

Blog Review Inaugural Post Reviews ObamaBlog

Minneapolis, MN- December 4, 2008- www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com- Chapeau Blog Awards announces Blog Review, an online destination dedicated to providing bloggers a channel to review and comment on blogs around the world.

All blogs are subject to being reviewed on Blog Review including political blogs, entertainment blogs and opinion blogs.

“Blog Review is designed to be a candid review from real world bloggers covering best practices and opportunities of well known as well as more obscure blogs,” stated Susan Misukanis, Director of Chapeau Blog Awards.

Bloggers have already been sharing comments regarding the ObamaBlog. Some reviews questioned the impact Obama’s staff writers are having on creating his blog postings.

“Enjoyed your review,” stated one post. “We all know that the Obama blog was never intended to be ‘from’ the man himself but written by his staff.”

Other comments suggest ObamaBlog contained creative and compelling messaging while other reviewers requested to see blogs from other countries.

With candid blogger responses and consistent messaging Blog Review awards ObamaBlog with nine out of ten stars.

Each week a member of Chapeau Blog Awards along with a guest reviewer will review, comment, make suggestions and rank a new blog.