Winners and Finalists
The winners and finalists of everywoman Network Awards 2009 are listed below in their monthly categories they were nominated in.
- January 2010: The Best Twitterer
- November 2009: The Best Blog
- October 2009: Most Useful Web Tool
- September 2009: Most Embarrassing Business-Related Incident
- August 2009: The Best Work/Life Balance Tip
- July 2009: The Best Business Logo
- May 2009: The Best Business Tip
- April 2009 The Best Website Homepage
January 2010: The Best Twitterer
Congratulations to Karianne Myrvold who won January's everywoman Network Award. She nominated Zoe Sands as the Best Twitterer, which the everywoman community agreed - notching up an impressive 86% of the votes.Winner
Karianne Myrvold / Nominated Twitterer: @zoe9
November 2009: The Best Blog
Congratulations to Laura Wolfe, who received the most votes for The Best Blog. She nominated her own blog 'The Broody Years' and it proved a popular choice, receiving over half of the total votes.Winner
Laura Wolfe / Nominated Blog: The Broody Years
October 2009: Most Useful Web Tool
Carolyn Bannister's suggestion of Flissys, a lead-trading website proved most popular in this category. "I recruit Avon representatives and sales leaders throughout the south of England, and this is the one place that we can sell surplus leads and buy suitable leads."
Winner
Carolyn Bannister / Flissys
September 2009: Most Embarrassing Business-Related Incident
Joanna Dewberry's funny tale was voted the most popular this month - well done and here's hoping the kids keep it quiet in the future!
Winner
Joanne Dewberry
"I work from home and I think this has to have happened to every mother trying to run a business. I was taking an important phone call when my deightful 2 year old shouted 'Good boy Charlie' I ignored him and continued my conversation. 'Charlie clever boy' again ignored. 'MUMMY LOOK AT MY BIG POO ... OOOOOO ITS BIG!' argh sheer embarrasment. Luckily the customer found it highly amusing!"
August 2009: The Best Work/Life Balance Tip
This was a close three-way battle, and infact Rosemary Chileshe and Jennifer Hallwood finished in joint second place, but the ultimate winning tip was supplied by Nicola Shearer.
Winner
Nicola Shearer
"Love what you do that way the energy comes from within."
July 2009: The Best Business Logo
This was a very popular category, and was a closely fought battle, but ultimately Elizabeth Geldart's Chiggs Ltd received the most support, gaining 48% of the votes.
Winner
Elizabeth GeldartChiggs Ltd
The business is Chiggs Ltd, inventors and wholesale suppliers of the Baby Feed Wheel, the Baby Medicine Wheel and the Get Well Wheel - unique, patented parenting products, greeting cards and gifts with numbered dials to keep track of baby's feed times and everyone's medicine times.
May 2009: The Best Business Tip
Winner
Heather Townsend"Instead of asking for 30 days payment terms (and getting paid in 60 days), ask for 14 days payment terms (and get paid in 30 days)"
Congratulations to Heather for her wise words, which 62% of her fellow community members found worthy of Best Business Tip - certainly useful for making sure your business is paid promptly in these tighter times!
April 2009: The Best Website Homepage
Winner
Living Right NowCongratulations to Marie Taylor, whose website Living Right Now was named Best Website Homepage, gaining 40% of the total votes. Nominations were made on this category based on website homepages that were deemed inspirational, user-friendly and informative, summing up the business' aims or products.