We still need nominations!
So we are currently sitting in the #5 spot in the travel category for the Shorty Awards, which is a place we would like to stay because if we do the judges will at least consider us, and that would be unbelievable. This online community that you have become a part of and we have all built up together is extremely unique, and we believe that what we were all collectively able to accomplish this year deserves a little bit of attention. You guided us through two incredible countries entirely by using social media to connect to us, and in turn we shared our discoveries through the exact same network and with the exact same tools, and we think that’s pretty neat.
Something else that’s pretty neat? Tomorrow is alexandluke.com’s first birthday!!! How appropriate is that? We would love nothing more than to be celebrating as Shorty Finalists on our blog’s birthday! Well, cake would be good too… okay, let me rephrase – we would love nothing more than to be a Shorty finalist WHILE eating birthday cake!
Now, we understand that many people out there are not that familiar with the Shorty Awards, and that’s understandable… its only three years old for one, and its all about Twitter users, which many of you might not be (hello Facebookers, YouTubers and Gowalla-ers!). But to put The Shorty’s in perspective, we have taken note of some other potential finalists in the other categories. Here are some names of other Twitterers who currently sit in the #5 spot in their categories:
Neil Patrick Harris
Britney spears
Jk Rowling
Astronaut Paolo Nespoli
Sesame street
Quite a list! Good luck to all of them, we know what it feels like to be teetering near the cutoff spot on the last day of nominations!
Now here’s the part where we beg… pppppppplllllllleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaasssssseeeeee consider nominating us in the travel category so that we may remain in good standing to become a finalist. We could not have done our social media road trip experiment without your participation, and so it is appropriate that we ask for it again now.
If you are a Twitter user, simply click below and fill out the reason why you think we should be nominated.
Thank you so much, and good luck to all of you as well. We believe that if we get recognized, it’s the alexandluke community that matters more than the alex and the luke – so this Shorty Award nomination is just as much about you (we would have included you in our name but that url would have simply been too long…)!
2011 Calendar
We recently purchased a state of the art scheduling system that has enabled us to create a ‘Calendar’ section on alexandluke.com! We have our first half of 2011 almost completely booked with fun projects in social media, travel, tourism, and blogging! We’re going to be revealing more about these projects in the coming months, but if you look at the new calendar you can get a preview of our schedule!
The calendar is visible in the top menu bar, or you can:
Click here to view our 2011 calendar
It’s worth noting that the calendar only shows projects that are 100% booked! Expect to see updates in the calendar in the coming month(s).*SPOILER ALERT* In 2011 alexandluke.com will no longer be contained to North America.
Thank you so much for visiting,
alex and luke
Valentine’s Day Contest
For Valentine’s day we asked people to submit a video about why they should be awarded a free romantic weekend at The BALSAMS Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. The finalists have been posted below! You have the power to award one of these couples the Valentine’s Day weekend of a lifetime!
Watch all the videos, and then visit The BALSAMS Inn-Bedded Resorter Blog to vote!
| Video 1 – Joel & Aly | | | Video 2 – Kevin & Bridget |
| Video 3 – Jenny & Mat | | | Video 4 – Paul & Emily |
| Video 5 – Julie & Chris | | | Video 6 – Karen & Todd |
| Video 7 – The Cameron Family | | | Video 8 – Nichole & Mike |
| Video 9 – Sue & Bill | | | Video 10 – Homer & Tilly* |
Click HERE to Vote!
Nominate us for a Shorty Award
The Shorty Awards are like the Oscars for social media and Twitter. Awards are given out to internet people like us based on creativity in their respective area! As you know, we’re not the most popular blog on the internet, but what’s great about The Shorty Awards is that all we need is 100 or so nominations in order to be seen by the judges. We (Alex, Luke, and All of You) did something really cool this year using social media to guide us through every State, Province, and Territory in North America! And, there is a category of awards that was tailor-made for us!
The Best Travel on Twitter
It’s so easy to nominate us, and if you could take 1 minute out of your day to do so, we would really appreciate it! Just click the giant box below and 2 clicks later you will have nominated us!