Do you have the power of schmooze?
Schmoozing as defined by Dictionary.com is the ability “to converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.” When it comes to blogging, schmoozing is your ticket to making new friends, getting yourself noticed and building a reputation. Some bloggers are gifted with the ability to effectively schmooze and others not so much. My new friend Danielle and I would like to recognize those bloggers who exhibit strong schmoozing skills. In order to do so we’ve created the new Power of Schmooze award! Each of us are rewarding five bloggers to kick things off. Here are my five. These folks are not only wonderful friends but also masters of the schmooze.
- Adria of In Cinq – She’s friendly, easy going and pretty darn good at networking with others. Her In Cinq project wouldn’t be nearly as successful as it is if she didn’t know how to schmooze.
- Mark of MeAndMyDrum – A great friend and a truly excellent schmoozer. One of the co-founders of our iReply movement, clearly Mark knows the importance of communication in blogging.
- The Baron of Brown Thoughts – Also an excellent friend and co-founder of the iReply movement. He says he’s shy but that doesn’t stop him from making his rounds in the blogosphere.
- Christy of Christy’s Coffee Break – Just check out that Technorati rank of hers. This woman knows how to schmooze. A great sense of humor, outgoing and friendly personality make her a no-brainer for a Schmooze Award.
- Marzie of Mariuca – Wishing on Falling Star – Marzie is seriously one of the nicest people on the internet. She leaves thoughtful, sweet and often flattering comments wherever she goes. She’s a truly gifted schmoozer.
I could really go on with this list and name another five folks with ease, but I must stop at five. Now it’s up to these five schmooze-worthy folks to pass along this excellent award to others they believe have the power of schmooze :)
Aww… thanks, Mike! :D
Hehe…you’re welcome :D
All these big schmooze muscles are sort of intimidating. My post is up! Those are some great choices Mike.
Congrats Adria! You deserve this award.
People don’t really understand the power of the “schmooze.” It’s great getting to know different people, and learn new ideas. I try to comment on every blog that I can, because they might visit my blog, and comment, and we’ll be building relationships. Great post!
- Ask Trew Life
@Danielle: You totally cheated. I didn’t think we could pick each other :P
@Trew: Thank you! Schmoozing is what it’s all about :) It’s what breathes life into the blogosphere and makes it tick. Without the schmooze there’d be no motivation to continue doing what we all do :)
How is it cheating?! I gave the award to 5 very deserving Schmoozers – it’s not my fault you have a black belt in Schmooze! I wanted you to be among the first to win this award. It’s a good thing you made the badge so pretty, huh!
Hehe…well I thought we were going to give one to everyone else first :P
Black belt in schmooze :lol:
I didn’t know you were making a blogging award! How cool! Hopefully the ones I’m working on will be done some day…
You think I’m schmoozie!!! Awww…that’s sooo nice! Thank you Mike. When I first started blogging I thought that writing was all that mattered, I never thought about the power of the schmooze, but dealing with people is a big part of blogging.
Very cool award and I’m excited to add it, I love awards!!
Hope you have a great night Mike! :)
I didn’t know either until yesterday when Danielle e-mailed me…lol :P If you want some help with your awards, you know who to ask…hehe.
You’re welcome, Christy :D
Mike, I have grounded myself and must blog for one week since I was so bad! :P But I WILL NOT learn my lesson. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Well my reply to that would have been “I hope you’ve learned your lesson”, but you’ve already made it clear you haven’t :lol:
Thank you, Mike! Pretty cool that I’m in great company as well. I’ve been meaning to ask you if you’re available August 23, 2008 for our tee time? ;)
Youuu’re welcome ;P
Wow, August of next year, eh? Hmm. I’ll have to consult my planner. I may be in the hot tub on that day :P
Wow I like that award! Just to clear things up with everyone, yes, I’m very shy.
I just woke up and now I got an award yay!
Anyway, Mike, you’re forgetting that it will actually be the guys we’re paying who’ll be playing golf.
LOL..I am as well. But it’s easy to blog schmooze. I don’t actually have to say anything. I can just type it all ;P
Oooh, that’s right! Hmm, well in that case I suppose I’d probably be available any day in August next year :lol:
Mikey!!! Ha ha ha ha, you are ADORABLE aren’t you?!!! A very creative award you and Danielle ccreated and I’m honoured that you chose ME to accept it, lil’ old me he he he!! I accept with the highest level of pleasure, gratitude and pride. Now go and give Gummy some Mariucan love! And a huge all-the-way-from-Malaysia HUG especially for you! :) :) Thank you!
Hehehe…and that right there is why you won a schmooze award. You’re awesome, Marzie :D
I’d give you another one if I could…hehe.
Wow, with praise like that, Mike, I think you’ll have no trouble writing for the blogathon in the not-so-distant future. I know it was meant for you, but after reading it I just got my second wind for the evening, so I think I’ll be able to write one more post before calling it a night. Thank you, Mariuca. ;)
I can’t shmooze to save my life. LOL.
Hola Mark! I might just have to visit you and give YOU some Mariucan love too ;)
Thanks again Mike, you are definitely one of my best friends here! :)
Great choices Mike!
@Mark: Clearly if there were ever a blogging schmooze hall of fame, Marzie would be on the first ballot :P
@Jenny: Sure you can! With a little practice every one can schmooze :D
@Marzie: You’re welcome, Marzie! And you are one of mine as well :)
@Bobby: Thanks Bobby! I hope people get a kick out of this award as it makes its way around the blogosphere. It recognizes something important in a fun way :)
Wow, I just got one! I got mine from Christy, so now it’s official: I am a Schmoozer in the 2nd degree! And likely to be the first Schmoozer Awarded Blogger in the Netherlands.
Congrats! It’s unfortunate that schmooze roughly translates to “lame excuse” there though…lol. That wasn’t intended :lol:
I’ll try not to use the award that way ;-)
I got a schmooze award from Brown Baron. :D
Woohoo! That Brown guy may be shy but he knows schmoozing, so I’m sure the award is much deserved :D
very cool award and concept Mike!! And just in time for my Thursday 13! WOO!
Schweeeet :) I really need to give out another round of schmooze. Five schmoozes was just too few :P
Mike, for the next round, can you do a button with a schmoozer wearing this black belt? :)
BTW: did you see THIS?? http://www.schmooze.co.nz/
LoL Jos, a karate schmooze award isn’t such a bad idea! I can’t believe they have a whole website about schmooze!
Mike, I just read your comment now! Sure now I see you offering to help with the awards….I would have asked you what freakin’ color they were!!! LoL. Oh well, too late. You can still build half a website though. (Lucky You, hehe)
:)
Haha…no I hadn’t seen that, but that’s awesome :D
I’m not sure if I’m going to need to do another round of schmooze now. It’s starting to catch up to people I still wanted to award it to…lol.
Just a little something I stumbled upon when searching for “cute” blogging awards, see this: http://nodirecton.blogspot.com/2007/07/in-de-serie-blog-awards.html
I just can’t wait to find Gummy & girlfriend in a similar situation…
Hi Jos! That’s a very nice picture :)
I can just imagine how many more blogging awards are out there we’ve never heard of :P
http://www.hard-c.com/2007/07/10/hardcopy-weblog-wint-schmooze-award/
Got an English translation for me? :P
Let me figure out what 10 minus 2 is in English, first ;P
You seem to be doing alright :P
Yeah, that’s what YOU think. Only 1 in every 9 attempts I make is getting through. I should jot this down somewhere /=
I could have used my no. of comments in your Top Commenters ranking, but now I’ve spoiled that too.. Just can’t wait to get this Smart A** Award.
Hi Mike. Mine is up! Thanks for giving me the chance to award five of my blogger friends :-)
Your award made it all the way to my blog in Miami, FL. Thanks!
@Renny: Cool! One of these days I’m going to attempt to make it around the web and figure out just how many bloggers have been awarded the schmooze :P
@Dayngr: Nice! It’s all over the place…lol. Congrats :)
Please do that Mike and then make an update and keep us posted. I mean it would have been nice to have an updater Schmooze blogger award list, don’t you think?
hello? how was i passed up for this award?
:)
glad i stumbled across your blog
It’s sweeping the internet at a record pace…lol. Someone will likely tag you with it soon :)
this is so cool! i got it from a dear friend, can’t wait to award more bloggers. thanks for sharing your creativity!
Hi there, Donna! I’m glad you liked it :)
I finally receive one of this award. Thank for the idea.. :D