2010 Matchbin User Awards
Editorial Awards
Matchbin Innovator of the YearThis category honors an individual who has used the Matchbin Content Management System's tools to best serve their media outlet. This person will have used the CMS to its greatest level across all mediums and will strive ever forward with ideas, innovations and sites that take readers to a whole new level of experience. Innovators can be nominated by anyone or even themselves and should include at least five working examples via URL to show their innovations and projects.
Best use of Matchbin technology
This category goes out to a project or group of projects that shows off some of the best ways to use Matchbin technology. While it doesn't have to include multimedia, these projects should include more than just text and photos to show innovative storytelling. Each entry should have links to a project, showing how it tells the story and detailing the development of the idea, the methods of storytelling, and its overall success.
Best use of video
This category honors those on the cutting edge of video journalism for Web sites. This can go to a single video or a video series. Judges will be looking for excellent use of the medium to convey the message to readers. Each entry should have links to a project, showing how it tells the story and a written description of how it was conceived and how it was successful.
Best Blog(s)
Although not as new and fancy as video, blogs remain a vital part of today's media. This category honors the best of the best bloggers from Matchbin sites. Each blogger should submit three to five links to their best blogs. Bonus points will be given to bloggers using more than just words to convey their messages. If there are enough blog entries to warrant it, we can break this into multiple blog categories. Matchbin sites are also encouraged to submit URLs of two pages containing multiple blogs. Judges will not evaluate based on the quantity of blogs but quality. Each entry should have links to a project, showing how it tells the story and a written description of how it was conceived and how it was successful.
Most Innovative Multimedia Storytelling
TThis category honors those who have produced large-scale multimedia projects. This could include shows, documentaries, multiple-part video series, podcasts, or others. Emphasis will be placed on how well they used Matchbin technology to explore ways to tell new stories across multiple mediums. Each entry should have links to a project, showing how it tells the story and a written description of how it was conceived and how it was successful.
Advertising Awards
Matchbin Innovator of the YearThis category honors an individual who has used the Matchbin Content Management System's tools to best serve their media outlet. This person will have used the CMS to its greatest level across all mediums and will strive ever forward with ideas, innovations and sites that reach out and create new revenue streams and ideas. Innovators can be nominated by anyone or even themselves and should include at least five working examples via links to show their innovations and projects. Only one entry per Matchbin site.
Best Online Advertising Campaign
This category honors sites which have crafted great advertising campaigns aimed at driving more traffic and revenue into Matchbin sites using the Matchbin technology. Sites should include URLs and examples of how the campaign benefited the site and how the idea originated.
Best Online Advertising Special Feature
This category honors sites or individuals that have developed great special advertising features on Matchbin sites. These features should draw in a target audience and attempt to raise both revenue and traffic to the sites. These awards are for smaller features that may be part of an online campaign. Sites should include urls and examples of how the campaign benefited the site and how the idea originated.
Most Innovative User Participation
This category honors sites and individuals that have created great marketing campaigns to engage and encourage site participation to advertising programs by involving the user in new and innovative ways. Sites should include urls and examples of how the campaign benefited the site and how the idea originated.
Matchbin 2010 contest rules and specifics
1. All work submitted for the contest must have been produced and published to a Matchbin powered Web site from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.
2. Only work presented and posted to a Matchbin site is eligible for the contest.
3. Each Web site may have two entries in each category except the innovator of the year awards where there is a limit of one entry per Web site.
4. Award entries cost $15 per entry and must be paid to Matchbin by Feb. 23. Once all entries have been entered, you will be contacted as to how much you owe and given a link to paypal to process payment. Any entries that don't have their payment submitted will not be judged.
5. The deadline to enter the contest if 8 p.m. Eastern time on February 19. The entries will be distributed to our judges on Feb. 24. Once everything has been judged, we will post the finalists for the awards in early March. All awards will be presented at the Matchbin conference in Utah in late April.
6. If there are enough entries in a category from non-daily and daily Web sites, we will instruct judges to separate the category into two portions.
7. All judges decisions are final.
8. Each entry needs to be accompanied by a 250 to 750 word precis explaining the entry, how it was created and it's impact.
9. Each entry must also have the name of the person or group who produced it and Web site url linking to it.
10. All entries must use the contest entry form located on http://www.matchbin.com.
11. All winning entries and finalists for the categories will receive write ups online at Matchbin.com and in a special tabloid product to be distributed at the Matchbin conference in April.
12. If there are any questions or problems, please contact Jim Alred via jim.alred@matchbin.com.
2. Only work presented and posted to a Matchbin site is eligible for the contest.
3. Each Web site may have two entries in each category except the innovator of the year awards where there is a limit of one entry per Web site.
4. Award entries cost $15 per entry and must be paid to Matchbin by Feb. 23. Once all entries have been entered, you will be contacted as to how much you owe and given a link to paypal to process payment. Any entries that don't have their payment submitted will not be judged.
5. The deadline to enter the contest if 8 p.m. Eastern time on February 19. The entries will be distributed to our judges on Feb. 24. Once everything has been judged, we will post the finalists for the awards in early March. All awards will be presented at the Matchbin conference in Utah in late April.
6. If there are enough entries in a category from non-daily and daily Web sites, we will instruct judges to separate the category into two portions.
7. All judges decisions are final.
8. Each entry needs to be accompanied by a 250 to 750 word precis explaining the entry, how it was created and it's impact.
9. Each entry must also have the name of the person or group who produced it and Web site url linking to it.
10. All entries must use the contest entry form located on http://www.matchbin.com.
11. All winning entries and finalists for the categories will receive write ups online at Matchbin.com and in a special tabloid product to be distributed at the Matchbin conference in April.
12. If there are any questions or problems, please contact Jim Alred via jim.alred@matchbin.com.