The event business is perhaps one of the best examples of an industry that can benefit from social media. A recommendation from friends, colleagues or an industry peer provides the kind of “social proof” that generates interest and drives event attendance.
Until now there have been very limited resources for event planners to tap into social media tools and reap all of their benefits. Acteva, the leader in online event registration, ticketing and payment management services, now allows event organizers to fully leverage social media with a new partnership with Rondavu, developers of popular social networking tool Party Buzz, and seamlessly integrated social media marketing tools.
Mashable announce the winners of 2nd Annual Open Web Awards are the first and only web-based award competition dedicated exclusively for the most accomplished websites and services. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements of websites and services in 26 categories.
Over 100 Blog Partners have helped make this the biggest Open Web Awards to date with 50,000 total nominations, 80,000 total votes in the first round, and 90,000 votes in the final round.
While voting continues until midnight Sunday to decide who is crowned the Open Web Awards “People’s Choice”, today we announce the winners of our Blogger’s Choice voting, as selected by our Blog Partners.
Over 100 Blog Partners have helped make this the biggest Open Web Awards to date with over 100,000 confirmed nominations and votes so far. Our blog partners come from 25 countries and are written in 10 different languages.
The dynamics of ticketing has begun to evolve. However, much of the evolution simply focuses on the format of the bearer instrument with terms such as print-at-home, virtual ticketing, electronic ticketing and paperless ticketing. These concepts do not capture the exciting prospects made possible by Social Ticketing.
2nd Annual Open Web Awards - Voting Round 1 is from Wednesday 9 am PST till Sunday, November 30th 11:59 pm PST. Please nominate your favorite startups in the Mashable Open Web Awards. You can vote for 1 company in each category per day. Use this above widget for your voting.
Mashable announces the launched of its 2nd Annual Open Web Awards. The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards are the first and only web-based award competition dedicated exclusively for the most accomplished websites and services . The deadline for nomination is Sunday, November 16th at 11:59 pm PST.
December 18th, 2008 by Social Guy
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While voting continues until midnight Sunday to decide who is crowned the 
