16 September 2007 ~ 13 Comments

Break Out Blogger Award

Bob over at Bobbarama put me to the task a couple weeks ago of creating the artwork for a couple blog awards he wanted to release for the first year anniversary of his site. What’s cool about making these awards for others is when they find their way back to me. Such is the case with Bob’s Break Out Blogger Award which he has presented to yours truly along with four other outstanding bloggers. Now I get to turn around and present this award to others. That’s always the best part!

In Bob’s words the Break Out Blogger Award is one which “casts a spotlight on bloggers who are just beginning to draw lots of attention — the equivalent of a song with a bullet on Billboard’s Top 100 chart. Lotsa good posts. Lotsa good buzz. These bloggers are going places in a hurry.” Using that criteria, I would like to present this award to following bloggers.

  • Tish of The Kat House – Obviously most people that read this blog know of my connection with Tish by now, but did you also know she just broke into the Technorati Top 10k? Go Tish! I’m proud of you =)
  • Bush of BushMackle.com – Bush is great guy who writes fantastic articles on everything from blogging tips for beginners to video games. With such outstanding content it’s not hard to see he’ll be going places.
  • Danielle of Pink Internet Marketing – Though she has no plans to, I seriously think Danielle could put together a killer e-book on SEO and internet marketing topics. Her blog may be young, but she writes like a seasoned pro.
  • Aaron of Aaron Cook dot Com – Aaron is definitely one of the friendlier guys around the ‘sphere. Not only has he proven his excellent schmoozing skills, blog hopping with expert precision but he also finds the time to write some pretty darn good posts as well.
  • Polli of Polliwog’s Pond – I know Bob already presented this award to Polli, but I just think the world of her and feel like giving the award to her as well. Polli has such a great sense of humor, a very warm personality and always writes very engaging posts.

Now here’s the instructions for everyone when passing this award along to others.

  • Display the Breakout Blogger button in a post about the award — using the special code below. Do not alter the code, because the button links up to Bob’s Awards Page listing both the history and recipients of the award.
  • Give the award to three to five of your Breakout Bloggers and then send them to Bob’s Awards Page for the instructions and code.

Award Code:
<a href="http://www.bobbarama.com/blog-awards"><img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e264/bobbarama/breakout.png" title="Break Out Blogger Award" border="0" height="90" width="180" /></a>

13 Responses to “Break Out Blogger Award”

  1. Aaron Cook 16 September 2007 at 8:04 pm Permalink

    Aw, shucks Mike. You’re so darn talented you could even make me look good! :P

    Thanks so much for the wonderful mention, my friend. You most definitely shine. :)

    Shine on,
    Aaron

  2. Polliwog 16 September 2007 at 8:34 pm Permalink

    Is there an emoticon for a big crying buffoon? ‘Cause that’s me.
    I think the world of you too Mike-A-Rooni.

    And CONGRATS to the beautiful Tish on the 10K promotion. WOO HOO! I am soooo freakin’ proud of her. Give her a big kiss for me will ya Mike? :-)

  3. bobbarama 16 September 2007 at 8:44 pm Permalink

    So, wait, it takes me a week to get my post ready and published and you get yours out in a few hours. I suck. Hee hee

    Thanks again for designing those really cool awards. I’ll say it again. You rock. And so does Tish. You two are amazing. I’ll check out your breakout bloggers after the game. Can’t wait!

  4. bobbarama 16 September 2007 at 8:48 pm Permalink

    By the way. It has just dawned on me. Keeping a blogroll of everyone who gets one of these two awards may be … impossible?

    Yikes.

    :)

    Oh, hey, you’re too far ahead in our Fantasy Football matchup today for me to catch you. I suck again. LOL. Congrats.

  5. Mike 16 September 2007 at 10:05 pm Permalink

    @Polli: LOL…we may have to make one just for you :P And I’d give Tish a big kiss even she didn’t make the Top 10K :oops:

    @Bob: Haha…I can be a rather speedy blogger on occasion :P

    I also did notice my team was owning yours this week..lol. I think we both still have some stats left to accumulate though so we’ll see what happens ;P

    And yes if your awards get HUGE like the schmooze did you can forget keeping up with that and trying to make a blogroll..hehehe.

  6. Mike 16 September 2007 at 10:25 pm Permalink

    @Aaron: You’re welcome, buddy! Sorry I missed your comment. Suddenly a large amount of non-spam comments are getting stuck in Akismet….grrrr.

  7. Tish 17 September 2007 at 1:09 am Permalink

    Thanks so much for the award, Mikey! I’ll post about it tomorrow night. :)

  8. Mike 17 September 2007 at 1:21 am Permalink

    You’re welcome, hun :)

  9. Tish 17 September 2007 at 3:50 pm Permalink

    Mikey, I see a problem. The code you posted is for a different award. You might want to correct that. hehe.

    Mwah.

  10. Mike 17 September 2007 at 4:25 pm Permalink

    Hahaha…whoops :oops: Thank you, hun :P

  11. Bush Mackel 17 September 2007 at 11:29 pm Permalink

    Thanks Mikey! A lyric from my all time favorite rapper just came into mind:

    “Breakin’ out was the name of this game, for
    ME, YOU, YOU, YOU, and YOU.”

    Can anyone name him? (And it’s not Snoop)

  12. Mike 18 September 2007 at 4:13 am Permalink

    You’re welcome, bud! I haven’t a clue who the rapper is, but considering my taste in music I’m sure you can understand why…lol.

    BTW, I got your message on XBOX live. I wanted to reply to it but hell if I know where my stupid little mic ran off to…haha. I’m sure we’ll catch up on there eventually to kick some of those little ten year old smack talker’s asses ;P


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