Online Marketing / General – 2009 Winner

Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the Online Marketing / General category is … drum-roll, please …

The Best Damn Web Marketing Checklist, Period!
Stoney deGeyter, Search Engine Guide | 9/2/08

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

Below is my master website marketing checklist covering over 400 specific items over 23 topics. These topics include things such as website development, SEO, usability, accessibility, etc. This list doesn’t cover any “how tos,” which are essential ingredients to successful online marketing, but sometimes you need to first know what to do so you can then discover how to do it.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

1. Making Money Online With Local Affiliate Programs
   Jeremy Schoemaker, Shoemoney | 11/4/08
2. Better Than Free (tie)
   Kevin Kelly, The Technium | 1/31/08
3. Ten Recipes for Persuasive Content (tie)
   Colleen Jones, UXMatters | 12/1/08

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!