Small Business – 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 Small Business category is … drum-roll, please …

Google Blended Video Offers Small Business Marketing Opportunities
Michael Dorausch, Chiropractic Blogs | 3/26/08

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

In August of 2007, I shot a 90 second video of a friends 11 year old daughter speaking about his business, and I uploaded it to YouTube. I gave the video a link from one site and shared it with him and a few other friends, I then forgot about it. 6 months later he informed me his local small business was getting new clients as a result of the video.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

1. The Ten Commandments of Online Marketing for Small & Local Businesses
   David Mihm | 4/15/08
2. A Small Business Marketing Success Story: John Tuggle, Guitar Teacher
   Matt McGee, Search Engine Land | 4/10/08

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!