In spending time this week at Blog Indiana I’ve had another opportunity to meet so many great, local bloggers and twitter tweeps.
I put the graphic above together after a little bit of fun I poked during one of the sessions and saying that Scotty, with Scotty’s Brewhouse, looked like the actor Bruce Davison (you may remember him as the Senator Kelly from the X-men movies). I’ve been told that I resemble a few people.
While in a session upstairs as part of the "Un-Summit", Duncan Alney with Firebelly was talking about you personal brand. As part of the discussion I asked the question of how do I take the brand (perhaps more accurately ‘persona’) I’ve developed in "Bnpositive" since the days of AOL chat rooms.
As I have started to writing more on the web professional at a variety of sites, I’m writing more under my real name of Jason Bean. I want to build, and KEEP, what I’ve developed with Bnpositive and mesh it with who I really am, Jason Bean.
So, that’s who Bnpositive is. I’m Jason Bean. Husband, father, brother, son. You can find out more about me and Bnpositive on twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and yes, still MySpace.
I just can’t help but say it. You know you’re expecting it!
"You LOVE ME! You REALLY LOVE ME!"
This week is the 2nd Annual Blog Indiana conference on Thursday and Friday here in Indianapolis. This is a great event and if you’re in the area at all you should plan on registering and attending. It’s well worth the price for the information and opportunity to network with bloggers from all over Indiana.
As part of the events this year they’ve started the Blindy Awards, which are awards to recognize area bloggers in a variety of different categories.
The 2009 BLINDY Awards will recognize Indiana’s best blogs, bloggers, and social media magnates for their efforts across a spectrum of categories. Help put your favorite blogs & bloggers in the Hoosier spotlight by voting!
I found out over the weekend that I’ve been nominated in three different categories for some of my work in the blogosphere.
- Best Social Network / Local Blog for I Choose Indy
- I started writing on this blog as I transitioned out of another blog I was writing about Indianapolis. Working with Douglas Karr and Pat Coyle on this project has been a great experience. I’m not the only writer on this site so it’s not "my" award by any means. Up against some serious competition with the Smaller Indiana website as well.
- Best Business Blog for Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association blog
- Again, I’m not the only one responsible for the work on this site. Casey Mullins and I were recently brought on to help write some content for the city. Other staff members also regularly contribute to the site. Another great partnership and it’s great to see the work being noticed by others.
- Best Hoosier Blogger for =) Bnpositive’s Blog
- This is by far the biggest honor for me. I can’t imagine this being for my blogging on my personal blog as this one has quite a bit of dust collecting on it. The challenge these days is I’m so busy blogging on a variety of other websites that hopefully that’s where the recognition is coming for on this one. I’m absolutely ecstatic about his nomination and honored to even be included on the list.
I’d love to blast all my social networks letting people know about this honor and ask them to vote for me on these awards. There’s part of me that I feel would belittle that honor though. I want to receive votes from people who really know my work and are readers and hopefully that’s what will happen. May truly the best blog and blogger win!
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