Wrapping Up the Second Annual Plutus Awards

by Flexo on October 12, 2011

On October 1, hundreds of personal finance bloggers attended the ceremony for the Second Annual Plutus Awards. In the Garden Marquis Tent at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg, Tom Drake and I recognized the winners of the Plutus Awards, assisted by Matt Jabs and live-blogged by Suba.

Plutus AwardsAs a pleasant surprise, I was able to secure trophies with engraving to present to all the Plutus 2.0 winners who were in attendance. With a conference full of great content, sessions, and activities, I didn’t want the Plutus Awards ceremony to take away from all else that was going on at the conference.

I’ve received a significant amount of feedback after the event, both from the Financial Blogger Conference evaluation forms and directly. Phil Taylor and I intend to bring the Plutus Awards back to the Financial Blogger Conference next year, and based on feedback from the community and my own analysis, I plan on making several changes to the format of the ceremony as well as to the awards.

It is clear from those who provided feedback that the Plutus Awards, particularly the Plutus 2.0 Awards — the set of categories focusing on bloggers — should be given the proper attention. Over the next few months, with the help of Phil, I’ll be planning a Plutus Awards ceremony to be held at the 2012 Financial Blogger Conference that will give the finalists and the winners in each blog-related category the proper attention. To start, you can expect an entertaining ceremony, a proper setting, more time, and multimedia.

Thank you to everyone who has already provided feedback and suggestions. If you have any more thoughts to share, please feel free to contact me.

Photo: Jesse Michelsen

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Plutus 2.0 Awards Winners

by Flexo on October 3, 2011

In the town of Schaumburg, Illinois, almost 300 personal finance bloggers eagerly awaited the defining moment of the Financial Blogger Conference, the crowning of the kings and queens of the prom, the Plutus 2.0 Awards. The winners were live-blogged at 5:00 PM Central Time on Saturday, October 1, on plutusawards.com and on Twitter with the help of Suba from Wealth Informatics. Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog and I, with assistance from Matt Jabs of Debt Free Adventure and DIY Natural, presented the winners of this set of categories with Plutus Awards trophies.

In addition to the trophies, winners of each of these categories will receive a $20.11 gift card from Consumerism Commentary.

This is the second set of categories. The first set focuses on the best financial products as services, as voted by the financial blogging community. This second set recognizes the best blogs, bloggers, and blog-related products as voted by fellow bloggers and their audiences. The focus is on independent writers rather than mainstream media and large corporations’ public relations departments.

Plutus Award WinnerPlutus Awards winners are welcome but certainly not required to display this achievement proudly using the attached image. The following code can be used to insert the image onto a website. A link back to plutusawards.com is optional.

<a href="http://www.plutusawards.com/"><img src="http://www.plutusawards.com/images/PlutusAwards-winner1.jpg" alt="Plutus Award Winner" title="Plutus Award Winner" /></a>

In a few days, I will send an email to each winner to confirm delivery of the prizes. After that, I plan to begin preparing for the Third Annual Plutus Awards, culminating in a ceremony to be held at next year’s Financial Blogger Conference.

Congratulations to all winners!

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Plutus Awards Winners

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On Saturday, October 1, Tom Drake and Flexo announced the winners of the Second Annual Plutus Awards for a live audience in the Garden Marquis of the Chicago Marriott in Schaumburg, Illinois. In the first set of awards, the community of personal finance bloggers voted for their favorite products and services. The event was live-blogged [...]

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Nominations Extended to Monday, August 29

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Due to Hurricane Irene, nominations for the Second Annual Plutus Awards will be extended to Monday, August 29. Take this time now to nominate your favorite personal finance blogs and financial products. Once the nominations are collected, we will announce the finalists. If there are enough nominations in each category, there will be five finalists [...]

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Nominations for the Second Annual Plutus Awards

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Thanks to everyone who provided feedback in the first phase of the Second Annual Plutus Awards! From today through Sunday, August 28, nominations are open for this year’s Plutus Awards. The nominations phase allows the every member of the personal finance blogosphere to have a say and write in as many suggestions as he or [...]

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This Year’s New Plutus Award Categories

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After soliciting feedback from the personal finance blogging community, the Second Annual Plutus Awards will feature some new categories. These, as well as the initial categories listed here, will be open for nominations beginning tomorrow, August 15. Nominations will be open through Sunday, August 28. Here are the new categories: Best Overall Credit Union Best [...]

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