Gossies

heyjude88

Just thought i'd start a new thread here.... not to block up other threads.

I just find this awards a bit of a farce really.

You can buy tickets online starting at 150 euro...

ratmouse

Some of the categories! Seriously?! Best Girl Boss?! Best Celebrity Couple?!

retro:electro

It's quite telling how most of the categories are sponsored by companies that these bloggers tend to push and promote quite frequently, such as Flormar and Meaghers pharmacy. Make of that what you will.

heyjude88

:D:D Also, lots of the sponsors are nominated in the categories, ie the owner of meaghers.

Wonder who will win.

Some people haven't mentioned it on their social media at all. Wonder will they even bother going.

ratmouse

Some bloggers probably won't even bother going. Some might find staying at home eating pizza in bed more fun.

heretogetreal

You'd swear they were stuck for options with who they ended up choosing!

Definitely not an adequate representation of the individuals most worthy of nomination.

It seems from other awards & exposure pieces from Goss that, it just comes down to whoever is popular in their office at the time... plenty of better influencers & bloggers who didn't get a mention IMO.

All of these award ceromonies are a money racket for brands- endless free exposure from bloggers desperate to win whatever title is going, no matter how utterly irrelevant it actually is on top of all the money & exposure from the night itself... a marketing dream!

With the amount of money these bloggers seem to charge for social media exposure its common sense to get it for free several times over by danging the bone of 'award winning blogger' over their heads. SMH.

heyjude88

I've looked through all the categories. It really is a joke.

The best blog??? Its sponsored by Bloggerconf..... and surprise surprise Kate Kelly is nominated. She spoke at the "bloggerconf" blogger conference last May along with Coco brown I'm nearly sure. Her blog is nowhere near being in the same league as some of the other blogs nominated.

Nepotism?

Unless maybe I'm blind and just don't get her blog.

heyjude88

ratmouse wrote: »

Some bloggers probably won't even bother going. Some might find staying at home eating pizza in bed more fun.

I was at a blog awards a few years ago. SJ walked in, sat at a table with friends, collected her award and left straight after. She then snapchatted the rest of her night in McDonalds and kept commenting how good her McDs was :rolleyes: Too funny.

ratmouse

heyjude88 wrote: »

I was at a blog awards a few years ago. SJ walked in, sat at a table with friends, collected her award and left straight after. She then snapchatted the rest of her night in McDonalds and kept commenting how good her McDs was :rolleyes: Too funny.

Surprised she even went in to collect it . Surprised she didn't sit outside in the passenger seat of the car and send himself in for it.

Wexy86

This Girl Boss really irks me!! If there was Boy Boss references there would be uproar and sexist jabs left, right and centre. Does the gender really matter? business person award sounds so much more worthy and something people might actually want to win.
in my opinion the majority of nominees don't deserves to be there and are only there due to their affiliation with the sponsors or to try generate some publicity.
I'd love to know what sort of person parts with €150 to get dinner and look at a few people off Snapchat?

Keepingitreal

Wexy86 wrote: »

This Girl Boss really irks me!! If there was Boy Boss references there would be uproar and sexist jabs left, right and centre. Does the gender really matter? business person award sounds so much more worthy and something people might actually want to win.
in my opinion the majority of nominees don't deserves to be there and are only there due to their affiliation with the sponsors or to try generate some publicity.
I'd love to know what sort of person parts with €150 to get dinner and look at a few people off Snapchat?

I am only new to boards so I hope I am doing this right! I am a relatively new blogger and I have bought a ticket to attend the event!

Why? I work hard on my blog and I have tried really hard to make it detailed and informative (it is a beauty blog). I use social media channels to promote my content yet trying to reach an audience is still so hard.

I am hoping to make some contacts at this event as it seems to be the only way you can actually get noticed especially if your not from Dublin.

Crazy to you, no doubt but I do not want to keep writing content I spent a long time creating for no one to read it.

Hope this makes sense?

Cria

heyjude88 wrote: »

Just thought i'd start a new thread here.... not to block up other threads.

I just find this awards a bit of a farce really.

You can buy tickets online starting at 150 euro...

It's a joke considering the way half of these people conducted themselves in 2016.
The majority pushed every product they could onto their followers..
Some of them are being investigated by the ASAI.
Some of them illegally promoted products and lied about paying for products they received for free .
The majority are not transparent.
Last year for the bigger bloggers was all about Snapchat no content on blogs.

The honest bloggers will be completely overlooked due to the sponsors of these made up awards.

What's the bets the people that win are the top people for plugging products.

Nikkid27

Do any of you follow The White Moose Cafe/Paul Stenson on snapchat. He is absolutely brilliant. They never get nominated for any awards as Paul said "they are not in bed with PR companies". They asked followers to tweet Goss.ie asking why they weren't nominated. The CEO replied to one followed and I have to say she really let herself and the company down. She said it was a celebrity driven event. I nearly spat out my tea. Paul is known worldwide for his antics at the hotel and cafe and is far more entertaining than anyone on that list.

ally_pally

Nikkid27 wrote: »

Do any of you follow The White Moose Cafe/Paul Stenson on snapchat. He is absolutely brilliant. They never get nominated for any awards as Paul said "they are not in bed with PR companies". They asked followers to tweet Goss.ie asking why they weren't nominated. The CEO replied to one followed and I have to say she really let herself and the company down. She said it was a celebrity driven event. I nearly spat out my tea. Paul is known worldwide for his antics at the hotel and cafe and is far more entertaining than anyone on that list.

I have no time for the vast majority of bloggers but, honestly, I'd read and follow every one of them on every social media platform going before following that guy. His "antics" amount to nothing more than trying to stir up fake controversy every few weeks so his name and face will keep being posted on social media and the likes of joe.ie.

SB_Part2

Nikkid27 wrote: »

Do any of you follow The White Moose Cafe/Paul Stenson on snapchat. He is absolutely brilliant. They never get nominated for any awards as Paul said "they are not in bed with PR companies". They asked followers to tweet Goss.ie asking why they weren't nominated. The CEO replied to one followed and I have to say she really let herself and the company down. She said it was a celebrity driven event. I nearly spat out my tea. Paul is known worldwide for his antics at the hotel and cafe and is far more entertaining than anyone on that list.

I agree. I think he's really funny.

BeeMee_123

Keepingitreal wrote: »

Wexy86 wrote: »

This Girl Boss really irks me!! If there was Boy Boss references there would be uproar and sexist jabs left, right and centre. Does the gender really matter? business person award sounds so much more worthy and something people might actually want to win.
in my opinion the majority of nominees don't deserves to be there and are only there due to their affiliation with the sponsors or to try generate some publicity.
I'd love to know what sort of person parts with €150 to get dinner and look at a few people off Snapchat?

I am only new to boards so I hope I am doing this right! I am a relatively new blogger and I have bought a ticket to attend the event!

Why? I work hard on my blog and I have tried really hard to make it detailed and informative (it is a beauty blog). I use social media channels to promote my content yet trying to reach an audience is still so hard.

I am hoping to make some contacts at this event as it seems to be the only way you can actually get noticed especially if your not from Dublin.

Crazy to you, no doubt but I do not want to keep writing content I spent a long time creating for no one to read it.

Hope this makes sense?

I think your bang on that the event will create connections for you. Best of luck with the blogging..

BeeMee_123

Nikkid27 wrote: »

Do any of you follow The White Moose Cafe/Paul Stenson on snapchat. He is absolutely brilliant. They never get nominated for any awards as Paul said "they are not in bed with PR companies". They asked followers to tweet Goss.ie asking why they weren't nominated. The CEO replied to one followed and I have to say she really let herself and the company down. She said it was a celebrity driven event. I nearly spat out my tea. Paul is known worldwide for his antics at the hotel and cafe and is far more entertaining than anyone on that list.

Wow that's such a disappointing reply. It's what we all know & see but don't want to hear.. really like that guy he's very funny & totally honest

LizT

It's a bit unfair really, they nominate loads of people in each category, clearly to to get each blogger to mention the site and ask for a vote. But someone with 50000 followers is definitely going to get more votes than someone with 20000 followers, even if their blog/snapchat/website isn't better. It's just a popularity contest.

Keepingitreal

BeeMee_123 wrote: »

I think your bang on that the event will create connections for you. Best of luck with the blogging..

Thank you, now I hope I can network it's not really my strong point!

Keepingitreal

Nikkid27 wrote: »

Do any of you follow The White Moose Cafe/Paul Stenson on snapchat. He is absolutely brilliant. They never get nominated for any awards as Paul said "they are not in bed with PR companies". They asked followers to tweet Goss.ie asking why they weren't nominated. The CEO replied to one followed and I have to say she really let herself and the company down. She said it was a celebrity driven event. I nearly spat out my tea. Paul is known worldwide for his antics at the hotel and cafe and is far more entertaining than anyone on that list.

I have not heard of him before I will add him and see. I don't understand why he would kick up a stink on Twitter and get others too as well. I am not sure what that will achieve to be honest.

SB_Part2

Keepingitreal wrote: »

I have not heard of him before I will add him and see. I don't understand why he would kick up a stink on Twitter and get others too as well. I am not sure what that will achieve to be honest.

He likes to get people backs up.

Nikkid27

Keepingitreal wrote: »

I have not heard of him before I will add him and see. I don't understand why he would kick up a stink on Twitter and get others too as well. I am not sure what that will achieve to be honest.

He had said in a later snap that he had no interest in being nominated and even if they were he wouldn't go it's his marketing strategy. Basically he wanted to get @whitemoosecafe mentioned hundreds of time on twitter to open them up to new followers and it worked. He is a marketing genius and not in the traditional nicey nice way

scarbouro

All these awards are just a gimmick. All so the blogger can add "award winning blogger" to their Bio! €150 to attend is madness! I also hate the expression girl boss, who made this crap up?! There are so many professional women out there doing great things. I'd be offended to be labelled a "girl boss". Just shows the level of maturity and age group these awards are gearing towards!

ratmouse

scarbouro wrote: »

All these awards are just a gimmick. All so the blogger can add "award winning blogger" to their Bio! €150 to attend is madness! I also hate the expression girl boss, who made this crap up?! There are so many professional women out there doing great things. I'd be offended to be labelled a "girl boss". Just shows the level of maturity and age group these awards are gearing towards!

I feel the same about that ridiculous term. Imagine the female doctor of a GP surgery or medical centre calling herself a girl boss. Imagine a female partner of a solicitor's firm wanting to be referred to as a girl boss. Wouldn't happen. Most professional people (often more so those with formal education) have more going for them and their actual hard earned professional title than to be bandying around some cringe worthy made up label. Mortified for these gobsh*tes who use that reference.

rougegal

The irony is that no real celebrities would be caught dead at these so called 'celebrity' awards unless they're really really desperate to promote something.

The term 'Girl Boss' makes me cringe.

Mzo1978

heyjude88 wrote: »

:D:D Also, lots of the sponsors are nominated in the categories, ie the owner of meaghers.

Wonder who will win.

Some people haven't mentioned it on their social media at all. Wonder will they even bother going.

Waxsperts Ellen was begging for votes last night. Wasn't she the snapper that asked people to vote for her friends blog (who at the time was far back in the running for winning) and all her followers then voted for said friend just because she asked not because the blog was quality that boiled my blood think it was her.

miamee

How were the nominees chosen in the first place? By the public or by Goss.ie then to be voted on by the public?

Keepingitreal - while I can understand the lure of going to an event like this to make contacts, you really won't get very many new readers out of it. That is something you can do organically via tagging, regular networking, commenting on other people's blogs that you read and promoting your blog via your own social media channels. I hope you enjoy the even though and make a few useful contacts or meet other similar minded bloggers

Mzo1978

Nikkid27 wrote: »

Do any of you follow The White Moose Cafe/Paul Stenson on snapchat. He is absolutely brilliant. They never get nominated for any awards as Paul said "they are not in bed with PR companies". They asked followers to tweet Goss.ie asking why they weren't nominated. The CEO replied to one followed and I have to say she really let herself and the company down. She said it was a celebrity driven event. I nearly spat out my tea. Paul is known worldwide for his antics at the hotel and cafe and is far more entertaining than anyone on that list.

what's his snapchat I didn't know he was on snapchat wasn't it him that caused uproar with his vegan antics so funny

ratmouse

miamee wrote: »

How were the nominees chosen in the first place? By the public or by Goss.ie then to be voted on by the public?

Keepingitreal - while I can understand the lure of going to an event like this to make contacts, you really won't get very many new readers out of it. That is something you can do organically via tagging, regular networking, commenting on other people's blogs that you read and promoting your blog via your own social media channels. I hope you enjoy the even though and make a few useful contacts or meet other similar minded bloggers

I kind of agree. I reckon it's so hard to break into the blogging circuit as a new blogger and it's a shame if it's a new blogger who has talent and a capability to actually write. It's been ruined and oversaturated with talentless dim wits leaving no room, or even interest it would appear, for genuinely good new bloggers.

Cria

BeeMee_123 wrote: »

Wow that's such a disappointing reply. It's what we all know & see but don't want to hear.. really like that guy he's very funny & totally honest

Can you link me what she said I can't see it .

idunno78

Mzo1978 wrote: »

Waxsperts Ellen was begging for votes last night. Wasn't she the snapper that asked people to vote for her friends blog (who at the time was far back in the running for winning) and all her followers then voted for said friend just because she asked not because the blog was quality that boiled my blood think it was her.

I think that was Marissa carter getting votes for Kate and Stephanie that used work for her. They both won to as far as I can remember.

BeeMee_123

Nikkid27 wrote: »

Do any of you follow The White Moose Cafe/Paul Stenson on snapchat. He is absolutely brilliant. They never get nominated for any awards as Paul said "they are not in bed with PR companies". They asked followers to tweet Goss.ie asking why they weren't nominated. The CEO replied to one followed and I have to say she really let herself and the company down. She said it was a celebrity driven event. I nearly spat out my tea. Paul is known worldwide for his antics at the hotel and cafe and is far more entertaining than anyone on that list.

Cria.. that's all I have on what was said.. I would like to see said reply tho

poconnor16

I have a blog, an actual blog that has written content! Its small time but I enjoy writing and do it as a hobby. What I have learned from meeting some these bloggers is that you dont get anywhere writing content unless you are selling something. Your image is everything - you have to have a certain look, a full length mirror and full make up in every pose. It is the fakest click I have ever seen - they all know each other, they're all loaded and all bitch about each other. Not a hope you will get into these awards without 'contacts'. These awards are for best advertisers, nothing about writing, journalism etc

scarbouro

idunno78 wrote: »

I think that was Marissa carter getting votes for Kate and Stephanie that used work for her. They both won to as far as I can remember.

Yes, you're correct that was Marissa. I thought that was very unfair at the time as no one had even heard of that girl before Marissa started begging for votes. The girl didn't win that award on her own merit. I don't think I'd like to win something falsely. There were plenty of other people in the category more deserving of it.

rougegal

idunno78 wrote: »

Mzo1978 wrote: »

Waxsperts Ellen was begging for votes last night. Wasn't she the snapper that asked people to vote for her friends blog (who at the time was far back in the running for winning) and all her followers then voted for said friend just because she asked not because the blog was quality that boiled my blood think it was her.

I think that was Marissa carter getting votes for Kate and Stephanie that used work for her. They both won to as far as I can remember.

You're right, I remember that too. Sadly it seems to be all about quantity of votes, with no regard for the quality of the content. I'm not saying that either of those blogs are bad (I can't judge what I haven't read) but it is sad that there are genuinely good content providers out there who don't get a look in because they don't have higher profile connections, are not signed up to an agency or known as being 'PR friendly'.

heyjude88

scarbouro wrote: »

Yes, you're correct that was Marissa. I thought that was very unfair at the time as no one had even heard of that girl before Marissa started begging for votes. The girl didn't win that award on her own merit. I don't think I'd like to win something falsely. There were plenty of other people in the category more deserving of it.

Neither of them work for her anymore. One moved to New York, the other was given a promotion and then about 3 weeks later announced she was working for benefit. Defiantly bad blood between them now, its obvious with the lack of likes etc. They were a super close team so obviously something major happened.

So basically, Marissa won't be getting votes for her this time.

heyjude88

rougegal wrote: »

You're right, I remember that too. Sadly it seems to be all about quantity of votes, with no regard for the quality of the content. I'm not saying that either of those blogs are bad (I can't judge what I haven't read) but it is sad that there are genuinely good content providers out there who don't get a look in because they don't have higher profile connections, are not signed up to an agency or known as being 'PR friendly'.

I really like the girl who moved to New Yorks blog. Its different and interesting. She shared her motivation etc on how she lost like 5 stone.

The other girl Kates blog is nowhere near the standard of other bloggers. I wrote on the other thread about this. All her posts are basically about freebies that she has been sent and gifted, eg, the Christmas gift guide and the my shining armour gift guide.

Its been annoying me since last year that really good blogs with great updated content missed out on winning that big aussie award because of Marissa.

tatumkelly

Cracking up laughing at how unprofessional the owner of goss.ie has been on Snapchat about Paul Stenson. I find him brilliant because he doesn't pander to the masses.. Love him or loathe him, Paul says it like it is and is a fantastic marketer.

The fact that she lies in her snaps and says she's never heard of him is gas since she's following him since Oct 2016!

ratmouse

A portion of the Girl Boss nominees are sponsors for other categories at this joke awards. How is that fair, especially if one wins? Bit of a fix, no?

Cria

tatumkelly wrote: »

Cracking up laughing at how unprofessional the owner of goss.ie has been on Snapchat about Paul Stenson. I find him brilliant because he doesn't pander to the masses.. Love him or loathe him, Paul says it like it is and is a fantastic marketer.

The fact that she lies in her snaps and says she's never heard of him is gas since she's following him since Oct 2016!

What's her snapchat name

meeeeh

I am positive those awards are done with sole purpose to make Goss money. You overcharge tickets, a get people feel important and hopefully the event is a sell out and it makes some profit for organizer. They are not the first ones to come up with that idea.

Who cares who is nominated it's not like organizers do.

JellieBabie

Just Googled Paul Stenson. He seems pretty funny. Have to say it's refreshing to see someone operate on social media without a filter - so sick of hearing bloggers repeating verbatim 'this product is great, this is great, everything is so great'.

Nikkid27

Mzo1978 wrote: »

what's his snapchat I didn't know he was on snapchat wasn't it him that caused uproar with his vegan antics so funny

It's just whitemoosecafe. You have to have a sense of humour and not take life to serious to enjoy him. The amount of press/promotion he has got by trying to piss people off is more valuable than what the like of meaghers pharmacy or Miss fit skinny tea do and costs them nothing

Nikkid27

Cria wrote: »

Can you link me what she said I can't see it .

Follow him on snapchat he just showed her snapchat rant saying she had never heard of them before and it turns out she has been following them on twitter for the last 8 months

Kikiwhelo

What is her snapchat name?

Nikkid27

Kikiwhelo wrote: »

What is her snapchat name?

I don't follow her so don't know but Paul took snaps of her story that's how I saw it

Babyspice13

Kikiwhelo wrote: »

What is her snapchat name?

It's alir23

ratmouse

Some of the nominee combinations are mystifying to say the least. Colin Farrell & Micahel Fassbender are nominated for the Best Actor award category, along with an actor from.....Fair City!

trishaaaa_X

ratmouse wrote: »

Some of the nominee combinations are mystifying to say the least. Colin Farrell & Micahel Fassbender are nominated for the Best Actor award category, along with an actor from.....Fair City!

makes loads of sense!! they really on par with each other!! I had a look at the nominees myself. they are quite random they are putting Picture this in the newcomers category along with a few nobodies that I have never heard of and a few snapchatters that are all part of one click. I just don't understand their reasoning for putting these nominees up for these awards!!

Vogue Williams is hosting- *eyeroll*

ratmouse

trishaaaa_X wrote: »

makes loads of sense!! they really on par with each other!! I had a look at the nominees myself. they are quite random they are putting Picture this in the newcomers category along with a few nobodies that I have never heard of and a few snapchatters that are all part of one click. I just don't understand their reasoning for putting these nominees up for these awards!!

Vogue Williams is hosting- *eyeroll*

Vogue Williams hosting sums it all up really.

Meangadh

Lads, in all fairness- it's a celebrity gossip site. It was hardly going to go down the classy route. But honestly, charging €150 for tickets is absolutely disgraceful. If a portion of the money was going to charity or something, it wouldn't be so bad. Instead, it's been used as a fundraiser for the website. I'd say it was sneaky, but that'd mean it wasn't obvious- but it is.

On top of that, it's as clear as day that the winners of these "awards" don't get picked on merit. It's farcical.

In a way, these awards sum up how I've started to feel about blogging in general anymore. It just seems so fake and "bought".

To be honest, if I was a blogger, I wouldn't want to be associated with the event. I'd rather keep my integrity and separate myself from it. Maybe that's idealistic, because I know it may be social media suicide, but I still would feel like such a fraud at the event.