Blog Of The Day – Day 13
August 12th, 2009
Sheeesh ! This is getting tricky … Only today and tomorrow left in Alex Jeffreys’ traffic competition so that means only two more Blog Of The Day Awards are left to be made. But there are more than two blogs that I want to mention here ! I am going to have to make some tough decisions …
But today’s winner is somebody that I just can’t leave out. For a long time now, he’s been producing some really good content on his blog, both text and video. He’s been innovative too: for example, he’s run one competition already and has another planned for later this month. Plus, he has just started a beta video marketing site, that that looks like an interesting idea.
This guy would be another in the hypothetical “Where the Heck Does He Find The Time ?” category of my awards.
I say this because he’s doing most of this whilst working away from home. This is something that I used to do and I know that it can take an awful lot out of you. I used to wake up in the mornings and look to see which side of the bed my alarm clock was on – that was what told me where I was ! But our winner today seems to be doing all of this whilst working full time in a foreign country. Quite how he’s doing this amazes me !
Apart from his own videos, he’s also found one or two really cracking videos that really address some of the issues that should be at the forefront of our minds as entrepreneurs and marketers. For example, I particularly like the one about the cab driver 
So for sheer all round energy, innovation and versatility, today’s winner has got to be Iain Buchanan for www.iainbuchanan.me.
Congratulations Iain, your Blog Of The Day badge will be on its way to you very soon 
Update: whoops ! I forgot to update The Roll Of Honour – now corrected !
Categories: BOTD
Hey Roger,
Wow! Thank-you my friend for your kind words – and the great honour that is the BOTD award! This really means a lot to me.
The whole BOTD concept works so well on many different levels -
1) It has us visiting your site regularly if not daily to see who’s won.
2) You give a great write-up and reasoning so we can see what other people are doing.
3) We head on over to the blogs that you recommend.
4) As winners of the award, people can proudly display in on their site – which gives a boost to the winner and will bring traffic back to you.
You say that there are only two more awards left as you were doing BOTD for the duration of Alex’s blog traffic comp. May I suggest that you continue running it? Even if it’s too much to do daily – maybe make it a “Blog of the Week” or “Blog of the Month” feature?
I can’t speak for anyone else – but I think it’s a fantastic idea that works mutually well for you, your visitors and people that win.
Iain.
Hi Iain – it’s a real pleasure.
And you’re absolutely right about the way that BOTD works (though to be honest, I have hardly checked my traffic at all during this time).
I must admit that I have been thinking about keeping things going, though it probably won’t be daily. I will update everybody at the end of the competition period.
All the best,
Roger
Hey Roger,
I agree Iain is doing a great job a very deserving winner.
Cheers
Mel
hi rog i agree IAIN is flying along , his time management skills are one of his stRong points, and yes how does he do it?