Social Media Awards

#sockies13 Twitter categories

Best Business Twitter account – Marketing, Sales – Available to sponsor

(We’re in the process of cleaning this list up to make it read better)
RaboDirect Ireland @RaboDirectIE / @RaboInsider
Spin 1038 http://www.twitter.com/spin1038
UCC Twitter.com/UCC
Business Startup BusinesStartup
IFI Dublin https://twitter.com/IFI_Dub
Dublin Airport Authority https://twitter.com/DublinAirport
EIl Ireland @EILIreland
Warner Music Ireland Warnermusicirl Paramoreireland
Dublin Town @dublintown
SPIN South West @spinsouthwest
Deezer Ireland https://twitter.com/DeezerIreland
BHC @BrianHonan
Blacknight @blacknight
First Fortnight @firstfortnight
Groove Festival https://twitter.com/GrooveFestival
Glanbia CountryLife @CountryLife100
Canteen @canteen_
Body First Nutrition @BodyFirst_IE
Excel Recruitment @excelrecruit
UPC Ireland @UPC_IE_PR
Barnacles Hostels @BarnaclesHostel
Funky Christmas Jumpers www.twitter.com/XmasJumpers

Best Business Twitter account – Support, CRM – Available to sponsor

AA Ireland / @aaroadwatch

Blacknight / @blacknight

Eircom / @eircom

Groove Music Festival / @groovefestival

Hailo Dublin / @hailodublin

Irish Rail / @irishrail

O2 Ireland / @O2Ireland

Permanent TSB / @askpermanenttsb

SME Community / @SMECommunity_IE

Tesco Mobile Ireland / @tescomobileire

Vodafone Ireland / @vodafoneireland

Twitter Business Campaign

Arnotts – #arnottShoeGarden

Bord Na Mona Fuels / @LongNightIn

iPhones4Autism.ie / @iPhones4Autism

ISPCC Childline / @ISPCCChildline

Kronos Incorporated / @KronosInc

Laya Healthcare / @LayaHealthcare

Sligo Stats / @SligoStats

Vodafone Ireland / @vodafoneireland

#sockies13

Integrated Facebook Campaign: Page, App, Ads – Available to sponsor

Aptaclub Ireland

Bord Na Mona / Growise

Bord Na Mona Fuels

Cow & Gate Ireland / Spooky Smiles for Crumlin

Dell Ireland / Daffodil Day

Dine In Dublin

Funky Christmas Jumpers

Hailo Dublin

HSE / You Can Quit

Jameson Ireland / Jameson Ginger and Lime

Laya Healthcare / One4All Competition

Mid West Spina Bifida Association

O2 Ireland / Six Nations

Tour America

Warner Music Ireland – Buble Locator

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#sockies13

Facebook Page for a Business (Owner Managed) – Available to sponsor

Barnacles Hostels

Blacknight

Body First Nutrition

Brasserie Sixty6

Burns Car Sales

Clevamama

Cork Independent

Cow & Gate Ireland

Done Deal

Funky Christmas Jumpers

Galway Advertiser

Hailo Dublin

Hamish & Ozzie Custom Jewellery

Horseware

Irish National Stud

Kooky Dough

MusicScene.ie

MyKidsTime

PaddyO’s Granola

Pims Business Systems

RTE Republic of Telly

Sam McCauley Chemists

Spin 1038

Spin SouthWest

The Home Barn

The Organic Supermarket

Tour America

Vodafone Ireland

Voltaire Diamonds

Warner Music Ireland

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Facebook Page for a Non-Profit/Organisation – Sponsored by The Irish League of Credit Unions

Abbeyleix Community Page

Donegal Banter Page

Dublin Marathon

Dublin Zoo

DublinTown.ie

EIL Intercultural Learning Ireland

Enjoy Malahide

First Fortnight

Focus Ireland

Gaza TV News

Insight Theatre Celbridge

Institute of Technology Blanchardstown

iPhones4Autism.ie

IRFU Charitable Trust

Irish Autism Action

Irish Defence Forces

Irish Film Institute

Irish Kidney Association

Irish Wildlife Trust

IT Sligo

Kate’s Kitchen Sligo

Live Young Abroad

LookWest.ie

Mid West Spina Bifida Association

MusicScene.ie

Rabble

Redhead Convention

RTÉ Morning Ireland

SME Community

Smile Ireland

University College Cork

Waterford County Council

Cork Opera House

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#sockies13 Facebook Categories

Facebook Page for a Business (Non Campaign) – sponsored by MailMaker.co

A|Wear

Brasserie Sixty6

BreakingNews.ie

Brown Sugar

Clevamama

Cork Independent

Costcutter Ireland

Cow & Gate Ireland

Crown Paints

Done Deal

Dublin Airport Authority

DublinTown.ie

Ford Ireland

Fraser Models & Actors

Fujipix

Galway Independent

Glanbia Country Life

GoBus.ie

Hairy Baby

Hidden Hearing Ireland

INEC Killarney

Insight Theatre Celbridge

Irish National Stud

Irish Pride

Jameson Ireland

JJ O’Toole Ltd

Kooky Dough

Laser Spine Institute

Laya Healthcare

Marks & Spencer Ireland

MovieExtras.ie

MusicScene.ie

PaddyO’s Granola

Parcel Motel

Pigsback.com

RTÉ Guide

RTÉ Republic of Telly

Smithwicks

Spin 1038

Tattersalls International Horse Trials & Country Fair

The Brehon & Angsana Spa

The Carphone Warehouse Ireland

The Dining Room

The Gleneagle Hotel & Apartments Killarney

The Maxol Group

The Potato

Tour America

Universal Pictures Ireland

Up To My Eyes

Vodafone Ireland

Voltaire Diamonds

Waterford County Council

The Natinoal Lottery

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Nominations are now open for the 2013 Social Media Awards sponsored by Bord Gais Energy. You have until April 10th to get your nominations in. Why not get them in sooner instead of later? (50% of submissions happened in the last few days last year)

The ceremony takes place on May 30th in the Clyde Court Hotel. Our MC is Rick O’Shea. Tickets go on sale after round 2 of judging and will be €50 each. Want to sponsor? See sponsorship options.

New categories this year are:

• Inbound Marketing/Content Marketing Campaign
• Best Social Media Only Campaign (not linked to any other media)
• Best Mobile App (Events)

Full category list.

I’d like to thank so many people and I think this post will get updated as I re-remember who I meant to thank you.

First the headliner sponsor Bord Gais Energy and Eoin Ó Súilleabháin in there. Then all the other sponsors too who ensured the event could happen. (Sponsor page on the way). Naturally the man who was the glue for the event, kept it running smoothly while making it fun was Rick O’Shea.

If it wasn’t for Michelle McCormick then I wouldn’t be able to run this event at all. She made sure everything I wanted was planned to perfection. She sorted out the talking to the public part that I dislike. She got prices, suppliers, logos, you name it all to work together. She is the Gabrielle to my Xena. Also, a big thank you to Dave M who also helped enormously, especially with the ball pit. Yes, a ball pit!

Ryan Whalley once again did the amazing amazing photo work.

The AV crew were Brian Greene on wall of sound, Enda Crowley on button pincer movements and all around tech issues, John Williams for video and Voiceover Bloke for all the voicey bits and the great clips about Rick’s Balls. Intern in chief was Aoife Hayward and interned the shit out of the function.

Pembroke were the logistics masters, Curious Cupcakes produced some serious sweet treats, Colm O’Regan was sound for doing his routine and giving us a sneak peak at this new routine for Cat Laughs. Thanks to the Spike Badges crew of Klara and Alexia for making fun badges like “I trend internationally”. Thanks for the tees TedTees! Thanks for the help Robserver.

Our awesome judges were just awesome and their names shall live on in legend and for some event on the Wall of Awesome. The super dooper name badges were from Sam Warren in Digiprints

Pivotal for the goody bags, Fran Hollywood for the tonnes of fun props, Gerald McCarthy for the trophies and Aoife from the Mansion House for all her help. Thank you to The Sociable who were our social media partners.

See you next year!

Sociable has the skinny.

Is Retweeted to the world, forever with the best bits highlighted or at least someone’s bits getting broadcasted on Broadsheet.ie.

We’ve been asked by slightly suity people what the order is for the ceremony on May 17th and whether it is black tie, sit down dinner and all of that awards show jazz. Well we’re more a hiphop outfit. So Black Tie? If you’re going to wear one, suuuure. For everyone else:

Firstly it’s informal with informal dress code. There is no sit down meal and no tables. You will be encouraged to have fun and save the formalities for another awards gig.

Running order:

7pm open doors, drink reception
8pm Awards ceremony starts
9.15pm Break
9.30pm Comedy act
9.45 Ceremony resumes
10:30 Ceremony ends, bar reopens, finger food given out

For ticket holders, check is electronically at the door. Tell us your name, email or booking code and we’ll swipe you in on our iPhone Maxes.

Mansion House, May 17th, kicks off at 8pm. Rick O’Shea is your tour guide for the Social Media Awards.

All the posts below contain the 2012 Finalists. Our judges worked long into the night and stayed up for the dawn chorus to get us to here. We are very grateful to them, to our glorious sponsors and for the great businesses that trusted us with their submissions and share their work. Thank you all, congrats to the finalists but also the shortlistees and the nominees.

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