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JaTwAw (Twitter Awards)

It's been a year this month since I started using twitter.
I think to celebrate I'll give out awards.

JArvie TWitter AWards

Yes feel free to be jealous and covet 

 

Most likely to respond award

1st place: @dwterry

2nd place: @Jeremyhall

3rd place: @skylercall

Most helpful in real life award

1st place: @jeremyhall

2nd Place: @kellybranan,

3rd Place: @jrbechthold , 

4th Place: @leggnet

Best Tweet Award:

1st Place: @leggnet / @nicolesy

"Quote @nicolesy during lunch at todays shoot: "I follow @jarvie on twitter, but I don't get what's so special about him". LOL

2nd Place: @cboyack:

"Dear IRS, Please remove me from your mailing list. Thanks. #teaparty"

3rd Place: @LiquidHeaven

The pigeons outside my window are total sluts. 5 eggs in 6 weeks? Come on now... wrap it up guys!"

 

Most Friendly on Twitter Award: @dwterry

Who I want to be like when I grow up award: Co-Champs @kellybranan or @jeremyhall

Best political commentary: @cboyack

honorable mention: @jaycehall & @russpage

Best non-person informative twitter account award: @masteroftrivia

Coolest CEO on twitter award: @donmacaskill

Most like to give away stuff award: @scottbourne

Most likely to post an accomplishment award: @leggnet

Most likely for me to disagree with completely and not spare words and yet remain friends award: @bwjones

Best LDS twitterer award: @cboyack

Best information on the Book world: @bencrowder

Most enthusiastic about photography award: @carissauribe

Coolest Musician on Twitter award: @bentonpaul

Most opposite from me, photography-style award: @leggnet

Funnest, Honestest, Best-lookin Lawyer award award: @Katiebq

Best banter between two individuals award: @kellybranan & @charlesuibel

Most active twitterer award: @calanan

Best lightroom resource award: @heninger

honorable mention: @xequals

Best photography resource to know: @pictureline

Fastest ever to become a great photographer award: @lookieloosuz

Last to the twitter game (so far) award: @mkshelley

Best flirt award: @chillylint

Most unlike the others i follow award: @kissmekate77

Most likely to give you feedback on pictures award: @dwterry

Best avatar awards: @ziggyp @leggnet @lookieloosuz @diamondmind @threewinks, @kennethlinge

Biggest concert fanatic on twitter award : @chrisbcrazy

Best organizer of stuff award: @jeremyhall

Most followers award: @aplusk

Best responder to referrals award: @myler

Photogs I should get together with next time in that area award: @ricksammon @thomashawk

Most famous person to DM me award: @mchammer

Best tweet about LDSCONF award: @cboyack 

"The commands of God have taken a beating in the vacillating marketplace of ideas." - E. Ballard #ldsconf 

Best promoter award: @leggnet

Most controversial topic of the year on twitter award:   prop 8 (same sex marriage)

Most disturbing icon: @dilvie

Saddest actions of tweeps in the last year un-award: voting for @barackobama or @johnmccain

Wonder why people follow award: @dooce

Trickiest maneuver to become follower 1000 award: @instudio 

Most necessary twitter program award: @tweetdeck

Best twitter promoted purchase: blackrapid strap via @pictureline

Tweep who people would be surprised (including me) to know I follow and enjoy: @mileycyrus 

Closest twitter-friend met while staying in a line all night long: @louish

Utah person I still have been meaning to meet: @paulballen

Doesn't tweet much anymore but i bet has lots of good things to say: @jrbond

 

About my twitter experience thus far:

• Many of people in Utah that I follow have become good real life friends. 
• Amongst many of the Utah people we meet often specially in the Photographer community.
• I've had many many questions answered. 
• I've answered many questions. 
• We've organized and promoted many events. 
• I've even had help with moving houses and borrowing trucks to move.
• I was offered 5+ shop vacs within minutes after asking to borrow a shop vac. 
• I've been able to get brides a photographer when I couldn't do their wedding.
• I've had lots of feedback on my photography.
• I've certainly received more traffic to my blog posts.
• Even had a follower from out of state request to do lunch when they drove through Utah.

Overall I try to add value to my twitter stream by posting informative facts.
And yes things that happen to me so that others in my situation are benefited.

This next year I'll continue to do the same, but at the same time I want to spice it up a bit. 

Some things that happened thus far:

Number of followers at beginning of the year abt 300

Number of followers when writing this post: 1223

Saddest tweet: Overheard: father yells 2 son " when will you realize what reality is... Never come back here again" quite neighborhood. Felt like a movie

Funniest tweet: Sign: "Unattended children will receive a puppy and a free espresso" http://twitpic.com/21kj8

Best rumor started on Twitter: "I hear they're giving away FREE LENSES at #pictureline opening today. Just ask for NICK @ngilson. Keep it on the DL I want to come get one."

first 3 people to DM me on twitter no longer follow me: @windley @bradwill @merrilee

First annual JaTwAw had: 61 recepients to 27 different awards

For you photographers out there... Look for tweets that start off: "Wedding Referral" etc

If you are planning on doing twitter awards I would suggest having had used the favorites option on twitter, saves a lot of time.

 

Oh yeah... one last thing... Follow me @Jarvie