DISQUS

Hi Paul

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Hi Paul

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Congratulations!

Having attended the initial SA Blog Awards meeting at Neo I really thought there was potential to elevate the awards to a level that it deserves in terms of both recognition and participation. This is its fourth year running and most people I know, only heard about it last year for the very first time.

First off an award platform such as this requires reputable backers with enough cash to sustain both the operations side as well as the actual ceremony. (Cool Runnings just doesn't cut it as a venue.) I know of at least one major player who has been plaguing me for details on how they can become involved due to the fact that I told them there is an opportunity and that because of who they are, they should consider backing it. To date they have had very little response form the 'organisers' despite the fact that I have followed up on numerous occasions.

I also believe that the awards should be cracked open to a wider audience. Although I don't blog, I am an avid reader of both local and international blogs and know many of my peers who fall into the same category. Somehow the SA Blog Awards remains an 'elitest' platform that the general Internet user (one who does form part of the so called blogosphere) hardly knows of or hears about. Surely approaching one of the bigger online portals in SA will open up the debate, allow for less biased votes and lend the awards more credibility?