I always say my blogs are nothing without my community. I get all my ideas and inspiration from you and I’m always touched by how helpful you are to each other. Even though I’m surprised Freelance Writing Jobs won the Performancing’s Reader’s Choice Awards for "Best Blog Community", I’m not surprised because you’re the most loyal, helpful and interactive blog community out there. Plus you’re genuinely nice people. A community isn’t one person, it’s a collection of people. This isn’t my award, it’s your award. So pat yourselves on the back for a job well done, you truly are the best.
Freelance Writing Jobs also came in second to Copy Blogger for Best Writing/Blogging blog. This came as a major surprise. While Copy Blogger is indeed my choice for number one, others such as ProBlogger, Dosh Dosh, Daily Blog Tips and Lorelle on WordPress are bigger and better blogs. I honestly didn’t find myself worthy of this list. Thanks for putting me there. Glaringly missing is my favorite blogger about blogging, Chris Garrett and my all time favorite blogger Liz Strauss. I’d like to share my second place trophy with them as they’re the folks I draw on for inspiration. Even though they don’t know it, they’ve been helping me out for years.
See the complete list of winners at Performancing.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Congratulations on the award! Your website definitely deserves it.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Congratulations, Deb. I think you deserve the recognition. Never underestimate yourself or your blog, though as I’m often told, people like humble (I’m working on it… not doing well so far!)
Next year, though, I’m going to give you a damned good run for your money!
January 12th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Congratulations!
I love your blog and hope it NEVER goes away.
January 12th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Congratulations! One of the best things about freelancing is the true sense of community I’ve found. Gone are the days when writers sat by themselves in front of portable Smith-Coronas, thank goodness!
Deb, you work hard to create this community and encourage us all. You really deserve this award.
January 12th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
@ Nancy - Nope. These days, we sit by ourselves in front of a portable drinking Corona
January 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Congratulations on this well deserved award.
January 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
You deserve everything you get. I check your site out everyday and can’t thank you enough for all your help. Congrats
January 12th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Congrats, Deb. You keep the community growing by changing, adapting, and by being honest. So kudos to you.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
You definitely deserve the Best Community award. When I first started out freelance writing I gave my daily visits to another blog for writers, until I found this one. The reason is simple: you’re a far nicer person, and the community is nothing but supportive. There are a lot of writers out there who know their stuff, but it’s another thing entirely to know your stuff and be open, honest and approachable. Congrats!
January 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Way to go! Congratulations, Deb… I’ve been a follower for a long time
January 13th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Congratulations, Deb! You deserve the award.
This is a fantastic **community** blog. It’s always amazing when you can ask questions in the comments and get answers both from the blogger and from other readers.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Congratulations, I come here for my inspiration, The award’s well deserved.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Congrats, Deb!
Yours is the only writing blog I visit on a daily basis, no matter how late in the night or how exhausted I am, although I am more of a lurker than a commenter!
Thanks for being such a sane voice for us writers.
January 13th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Congratulations Deb. I have learned, and continue to learn a lot from coming here and it’s much appreciated.
January 13th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Congrats, Deb. Well deserved win.
January 13th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Congrats on the well-deserved win!:D
January 13th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Thank you so much everyone, but this is your win too!
January 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Congrats! You do have an excellent community.
January 15th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Congrats, Deb! Your win is 100% deserved! This blog is one of the most helpful — and thoughtful - out there for serious web freelancers, and I appreciate it tremendously.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:53 am
Congrats Deb, you do deserve it. This is the best community! Plus I’m glad to see someone I voted for come out ahead. I agree, Chris Garrett should have at least made cuts; he was my blogger blog vote. Still, it was an interesting awards deal.