For those of you who have been following the Open Web Awards, nominated someone, or have been nominated yourself, you'll be happy to know that today starts the beginning of round 1 of the voting process. This is your chance to let your voice be heard about your favorites. Below is the voting widget with all of the nominations in each category. Voting is open from today until Sunday, November 30th at 11:59 pm. For the nominations rou...

This blog, started only a little over 2 months ago, has grown in leaps and bounds in reference to traffic, rankings, brand, and all out "bad-assness" (new word for you). The Great News Today I am happy to announce that you will now see my blog sitting among the company of Shoemoney, Problogger, John Chow, CopyBlogger, Dosh Dosh, Chris Garret, and many more. I was added to the blogging niche list in the Alltop directory, which is anot...

Today is the first day of Mashable's Open Web Awards, where companies and blogs from all walks of life compete for the "People's Choice Award" and the "Blogger's Choice Award". The nominations begin today and will run through Sunday, November 16th.  So nominate your favorites, before it's too late, using the nomination widget below. I am an Open Web Awards Blog Partner, so be sure to come back often for up-to-date news as the Open Web ...

In the last month I applied to Mashable's Open Web Awards, to become a "blog sponor", and I was accepted.  This is a great opportunity to participate in a large community of bloggers and to get your blog noticed among the millions of others on the internet. The Open Web Awards is only in its second year, but the first year saw over 250,000 votes and had over 50 internationl blog sponsors.  It had a big turn-out of competitors such as Faceboo...

I promised many of you that you'd see something special announced here today.  The beginning of something amazing! Today marks the first day of the "iRock Award".  An award that I will give to the best of the best in the blog world.  But the best don't just get an award, you'll also get a chance at winning $100.  And best of all, it's free to enter. How To Enter the Contest If you're interested in applying to win the "iRock Award...